From Blogger to Wordpress

I started blogging officially on April 2006 under Blogger. Not long after that, I moved to my own domain name which was a present from the boyfriend and continued to blog happily about my daily life under Blogger. Oh well, I couldn’t even tell the difference between Blogger and Wordpress at that time. I was pretty much clueless about web hosting as well.

I moved to Wordpress and used paid hosting since November 2007. I knew the difference between Wordpress and Blogger but I still when it came to choose a good web hosting. I left the hosting thing for the boyfriend until recently the stupid hosting pissed us off cause our blogs were down for a day with php error. There was so many unscheduled down time before that. Every time there was a problem, the support would be away and missing.

We thought that it’s enough and start looking for a better web hosting at a not so expensive price. We read reviews and ratings from webhostingrating.com before decided on Lunarpages. We learn the lesson, that good things seldom come with cheap price.

Be aware of breast cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Wiehanne Lounge is going pink as a support to Pink for October campaign, which encourage websites to go pink for October to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.

Alright, my blog design is already pink at the first place so nothing needed to be changed, except that I added the go-pink-for-october banner (offered by by Pat Dryburgh) at my sidebar.

Advertising Agency: Graffiti Marketing Communication, Kuwait

I am an ignorant when it comes to breast cancer issue. But today, I was ‘awaken’ when my Mum delivered this news.

“Do you remember your ie-po (my grandma’s sister) *insert her name*? She was detected for having breast cancer at 4th stage and is hospitalized at Gleneagles hospital now.”

I was shocked,”What? Did she just know it recently or years ago?”

To my surprise, my Mum said that this ie-po of mine, 60 years old something, knows about her sickness (having breast cancer) since years ago!!! She even told my grandma about the black liquid flowing out from her breast. But, she refused to go to any hospital for checking and curing. Not only that, she hide the fact from her sons and daughters.

Why did she do that? All because of her stinginess. She has the money but she’s been living a very stingy life all the while. The only time when she is not stingy was not long ago when she went to US with her husband, paying a visit to her newly born grandchild.

Alright, maybe she has her own reason for doing so (being stingy). But for God sake, this is about breast cancer that can take over her life! Is it really worthy to save lots of money and risk her own health, life, time and happiness with her family? Sigh.

Money can’t buy health. Really. Unlike things like car, when the car parts are broken, we can get it fixed as long as we have the money. But it’s different with health. No matter how much money you have, you just couldn’t ‘fix’ it sometimes.

Pay more attention to your health, people (women and men). Breast cancer can attack anyone.

Birth gift and myth

Last week I met up with my high school friends we chit chatting for a while. One of them wanting to give crib bedding as a gift to her colleague whom just gave birth not long ago. But something holds her from giving the gift because there was a said that if you are still single and you give present to a newly Mom, you will hardly find your partner in the future (which means remain single).

Duh.. I myself don’t believe that. While I was in junior high school, I ever gave baby’s equipment for my teacher whom just giving birth at that time and I have boyfriend now. What to be scare of anyway. Some more this crib bedding from baby earth is oh so cute.

Tell me who can resist that? They even offer high-quality fabrics in a variety of textures, from lions and tigers and bears to sweet butterflies, funky polka-dots, etc. Oh heaven…

How to win a Wacom Bamboo

When I was in my last year of college, I had an internship (as a Graphic Designer) at a well-known advertising agency. During that time, I was often asked to search for images online. It’s either for a mock up purpose or mood board. Because of that, stock images websites has become my best friend.

From all stock images websites, 123RF is one of my favorite with wide range of free images besides the commercial images. Bottom line, 123RF is a one-stop royalty-free photo library offering stunning, practical stock photos at the most affordable price!

Now, they are having this 123rf Search and Win contest, where all you have to do is search for images on their site and check to see if you have won a wacom bamboo or 20 123RF credits! If you haven’t know, Bamboo is a graphics tablet that allows your computer to be your canvas. It is a design tool that almost (if not all) every designer wish to have one! *talking about me*

Before this, Wacom Bamboo had a neat contest showcasing the powers of using the Bamboo and it can be found in facebook.

Last but not least, if you refer someone and that person wins, you will be awarded a free Bamboo as well! Join the contest or start referring now.

Is this partial solar eclipse?

I was having my lunch and my Mum was telling me about Sebo vacuums when my brother sms me from school. The sms goes like this,”Sis, auntie told me there is solar eclipse now. You go out and see. If true, take a picture for me .”

I hardly believe it cause it seems like a normal bright day. Solar eclipse is supposed to be very dark eh? And, if I not mistaken, we are not suppose to see the sun directly if there is solar eclipse, no?

Anyway, I sms my auntie and she told me to go out and see, the sun is surrounded by a lil bit of rainbow but slightly darker. She knew it because her colleagues ‘ran out’ from the office to see it and so she followed the crows. lol.

I went out, looked at the sky with my hand trying to protect my eyes and I saw exactly what my auntie said. Then, I quickly grabbed my digicam and snapped it before my eyes went blind (incase).

I never see such a phenomenon before. *so kampung* I think it’s a partial eclipse? Or other phenomenon? Somebody enlighten me, please…

Edit:
Alright, so it was the phenomenon called Halo.

Play Disney Bingo on DVD

Once, the boyfriend shared about his childhood time with me and I realized that I was one lucky kid back then. Basically, I got what I wanted. Being the first child in the family, the first grandchild to my grandparents, the first niece to my aunties and uncle, I was spoiled with gifts and care.

I have a collection of Barbie and I would ask my friends from neighborhood to come and play along with me; although most of the time I shoo-ed them away from touching my Barbie’s accessories. Then, I remember playing this traditional yet interesting game, Bingo, with my classmates. Each of us would have a piece of paper at the back of our notebook. So, when the class was a bit bore, we would quietly play Bingo. Since there was a teacher in class, we couldn’t yell out loud BINGO! We just gave a hand signage or say it in a low volume.

Now, Bingo has evolved and it’s no longer a traditional game (using paper and pencil). Why? Cause Disney has come out with Disney Bingo that can be played on a DVD! It offers a high-tech twist on an old favorite Bingo. Kids can learn numbers, colors and matching with their favorite Disney characters and movie clips. Disney Bingo even offers a variety of matching methos; by color, letter, picture and number.

When my 4 years old and 8 years old cousins come to my house on the weekend, I’ll surely play this game with them. I don’t remember them ever playing any Bingo game, not even the traditional using paper one. I suppose this could be a new addiction for them and for me to reminisce the good old time. The DVD is available for purchased at Amazon.com and Drugstore.com. Head off and buy one for your kids~!

Digital Makeover

I love taking picture (of myself) and so do my friends. Most of the time this close friend of mine will ask me to do some magic with her pictures in Photoshop first before she puts them up in Friendster, Facebook, or printed out. From removing pimples to adjusting the color. I suppose digital makeover is pretty much in demand now.

This is where Roxio Extreme Digital Makeover show comes in to help the average Joe get the most out of their digital lives. This show is entertaining especially the Wedding Day Crunch episode, where Zoey and Chris try to help a couple to come up with a multimedia show for their wedding in a very short time.

Apart from there, you can join the contest and stand a chance to become the star of the show and also win some digital goodies like an HDTV, cameras and more.

Spice up your digital lives

Nowadays digital camera really helps us. We can take as many pictures as we want, we can view the picture first before print it out, we can delete it if we don’t like it. What more grateful is, we can edit the pictures; pimples can be deleted, skin can looks smoother, eyes can look bigger, etc. That’s what we called digital makeover.

If you want to get a digital makeover, you may want to check out Roxio Extreme Digital Makeover show, where Zoey and Chris will help you to get the most out of your digital lives. Currently, they have 2 episodes: Wedding Day Crunch and A Walk in the Park. I personally like Wedding Day Crunch episode where they try to help a couple to come up with a multimedia show for their wedding in a very short time - 2 weeks. You can enter the contest and stand a chance to be featured on the show or win some prizes.