A Homemaker’s Diary

I never know that there are so many versions of Autumn Leaves. The more modern one sung by Diana Krall, Eva Cassidy, and even Andrea Bocelli sang it in French. I prefer the one by Nat King Cole compared to Frank Sinatra because Frank sang it too slow…heh! This song reminds me of the time in TKC when the choir girls will usually sing this when there is any farewell. How I miss those happy, carefree day..how time flies and soon I will be hitting 30..huhu!

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To all the Chinese out there, Happy Chinese New Year and hopefully the year of Rat will bring more prosperity and peace in our life. It seems that I am not going anywhere this long weekend. For once I am happy because I heard the traffic report from the radio and unluckily for those driving on the highway to the North and to the South as they got stuck in the unmoving traffic for hours.

Hubby is as usual working since the other 2 Chinese guys are on leave. Now he has more than 20 days accumulative annual leave..heh! I’m sure we will find some ways to utilize that leaves..either taking vacation somewhere soon or simply take a break and laze around at home.

As for me, I am struggling to complete the bunga telur orders (I have 3 orders..huhu) which will be collected by the clients end of this month. Then I will be taking a short break until early March…yeay! And this weekend despite the thought that nobody is interested to attend my craft classes, I have a few students coming for bunga dip and decoupage class.

Well, that’s it for now as I have to get back to all those wires, glitters, ribbons and q-dip solution..huhu! Oh, I have finished The Thirteenth Tale, nice story and very unexpected twist of plot, I like…hehe!

Listen to all homemakers out there, especially those who like to share their opinion and expertise being well rounded in the area of home management, financial operation of the household and so on. This is your chance to flaunt your ebuzzing talent, and not just to burst the bubble of monotonous routine house chore by chatting with next door neighbor but to get money just by buzzing around in your own blog.

It’s so simple as long as you know how to blog well, it shouldn’t be a problem. Easier than thinking of what to cook for dinner tonight, heh! And less tiring than scrubbing the toilet seat.

What you have to do is sign up to ebuzzing and submit your blog. Once your blog(s) have been accepted, you simply have to choose topics, products and services that of your interest and write about it creatively in your blog. And you will be paid once your entry post has been accepted (of course not on the day itself but enough to fill up your purse by the end of the month).

The best part of it for me is the price they pay, imagine getting something like £10 for a 20 minutes brain job. It could be higher than £10 with ebuzzing direct, where you as the blogger can set your own price and let advertisers contact you directly with campaigns. That £10 once converted to my country’s current currency rate would be enough to pay for a week groceries, mind you!

Oh, don’t you worry, they do pay through Paypal once your accumulative amount rises up to £50. That would be like doing 5 articles worth £10 each.  Sound easy? Give it a try!

Sorry la you girls for the Korean subtitle in the video clip…heh! I like this version which was sung by Tony Orlando. There are a few more clips sung by Perry Como, Dean Martin but I think the one by Tony Orlando has the power, full of hope that his loves one will tie the yellow ribbon..hehe!

As requested here is the lyrics as well: