…my cuppa iced coffee…

I did it!! I have successfully ported over my blog to my own host. Thanks to the detailed instructions provided by WordPress, it was really a quite simple process. Just follow the steps exactly. You can’t go wrong.

Okay, I admit it didn’t go 100% smoothly. The installation part was not that difficult. It was much harder in configuring the blog. I had problems with templates, links, stylesheets.. all of which I am not familiar with. But perseverance finally paid off. Particularly when it was done during office hours. Hahahahaha…

So… what do you think of the new layout? It’s a bit on the pale side but I quite like it. I can always change it to something else if I grew tired of it, anyway. So no harm in trying something new.

Now I can put whatever I like in this blog

The things people came up with. I would never have thought caning can be included in the list of healthy activities like jogging or swimming. But apparently the Singaporeans do (The Star, Tuesday 13 November 2007). And some of them were even willing to pay to be canned!

Okay, I do indulge in.. ehem.. a few butt-slappings now and then during bed-fun but personally, caning is a bit over the top for me. But I can name a group of people (not by their first names, of course) who’d be very happy with this revelation.

Care to have a guess?

Thursday, 15 November 2007 will mark the birth of a giant in the insurance and takaful industry in Malaysia. 3 insurance and 2 takaful companies (Malaysia National Insurance, Mayban General Assurance, Mayban Life, Takaful Nasional and Mayban Takaful) have merged into a single entity and will now be proudly known as Etiqa. The business entities will be known as Etiqa Insurance and Etiqa Takaful respectively.

For us, the staff, this week will be full with activities leading towards the official launch, starting with the distribution of the brand toolkit which consists of a brand book, a smiley pin (oops, I’m supposed to wear it today), a mug, a t-shirt (nice, I like it) and a lanyard for the ID tag.

We were supposed to collect the toolkit starting at 10 am yesterday but apparently some people decided to queue up early. By the time I got to the multi-purpose hall, the queue was already like a mile long. Fortunately I still manage to get the t-shirt with the size I want.

The Etiqa logo is yet to be unveiled but since I don’t have that many readers yet, there shouldn’t be any harm in giving you an early preview

Anybody into fantasy? If you are, then Stardust is really a movie that you should see. I watched it at 9:45 tonight with a couple of friends. It was nothing grand like The Lord of The Rings but it was actually quite good. The story was light, the plot was simple, it has romantic scenes, comedy, suspense and a few quite unexpected ones as well. You’d never guess

And of course, Michelle Pfeiffer was simply divine. All in all, I actually quite liked it

Overall verdict:

I came across this really interesting article in The Star today. All these times I have heard about Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss Earth, Miss this, Miss that but this is the first time I actually heard about Miss International Queen. If I didn’t read the title, I would’ve thought.. yeah, well.. it’s just another one of those Miss things. Who would’ve guessed that the ladies in the photo are actually, well… transsexuals. Have a look.

Surprised? So was I. Beautiful, though, aren’t they? So you real ladies out there.. don’t you feel.. ehem.. challenged? Hehehehehe…