A Homemaker’s Diary

I wish I am not that busy. I have piles of new magazines not even opened since I bought them at the book store last week…and that for me is really an indicator of how lack of leisure time I really have in hand at this moment.

These are among many things I completed last weekend and the past two days when most of Malaysians were enjoying their long public holiday due to Wesak Day and Labour Day.

And yet it was a laborious day for me..huhu!

But what to do, business is business.

And when the due date is looming near, no amount of time is ever enough to be spent on the crafting work.

Yet I still take some time to go out and enjoy fresh view and take deep breath because in my line of creative work, inspiration and the right mood is very, very crucial.

I hope this chaos will be over soon.

I take it August as the right month to relax (provided I don’t have any new order coming in the list)

I’m off PC for now because those colorful ribbons are calling me to go and craft my ideas to bridal bouquet of perfection.

I think I need to let my friends who use their office email address to know about this SecureZIP – The next generation of ZIP.

I read in a product review that their Version 11 ZIP has the ability to encrypt e-mail body and calendar attachments via improved integration with Microsoft Outlook which is good especially when we exchange emails that I consider as confidential.

It’s sad to realize that most people are really living in ignorance when it comes to emailing data and secured information.

Maybe they think whatever info and data they circulate through email won’t jeopardize their career later.

But then again, who knows when somebody is really holding a grudge on you and waiting for the opportunity to find strong evidence that could taint your reputation.

A colleague from my previous employment told me that he is still in the mailing list that the managers created and when the managers of that different departments are having cold war, he can read every single words they hurl in the emails they send to each other.

That would still be fine but what if those managers are actually having intimate affairs that could risk their marriage and career.

Believe me, infidelity at work is very common now and yet people usually close their eyes at the office, minding their own business. (In this case it would be good for the spouse if the managers do not know how to encrypt the love email..haha!)

Plus if you have SecureZIP, you could use it like the normal ZIP software. You can unzip .zip (including all WinZip files), .rar, .tar, .gz, .jar, .uue and more and compress files up to 95%.

Next time when you want to send some documents with unoptimized pictures and all sort of things that burden the mailbox of the recipient, learn the easy way to compress your file.

I hate to open my email and see all bulky emails send by my ignorant friends. (But I just feel grateful that at least they are still IT literate, otherwise it would restrict our two way communication)

Have a look at SecureZIP at their official website at www.securezip.com. It is so simple to download and use. They are giving away free license for a limited time so don’t waste your chance.

Have you ever been involved in credit cards fraud? I have the experience about 4 years ago. I was stunned to see massive spending on petrol in states about 400km away from my place.

Luckily that time was the time when credit cards fraud cases on petrol was rampantly published on the news so most of the banks and credit cards companies were aware of such problem.

Otherwise I would have to come out with alibi and written statement stating that on that date so and so, I was actually slaving my back at work and not filling up petrol in my tiny car up to the volume enough to fill up a tanker.

Fortunately enough, that I am the kind of person who check what’s printed in the statement every month because otherwise I wouldn’t know that my card has been used in fraud activities.

Anyway, while still on the topic of credit card, do you wonder what do you spend your credit card balance on? For me, I spend it on dining out and buying stuffs, it used to be clothing and household appliances but now I spend on business supply.

Check out this article about what do you put into your credit card.

I think I spend quite a large amount on one of my hubby’s cards on IKEA furniture and we are still paying it now. Come to think of it maybe it is wiser if we use the 0% credit cards on such big buying and save a lot more on the interest.

Hubby is thinking of doing 0% balance transfers but since he just change his job so we thought it will be more easier to apply for new card if he has at least 3 months payslips from this new employer.

This way there will be less hassle from the credit card sales guy next time hubby fax the application form and other relevant documents to the credit card company.

I hope by doing this balance transfer will help cut down on the interest amount we have to fork out every month.

If you are born in the early 80’s in Malaysia you must have grown up (somehow) watching this space cop episodes. I love the fact that he can change into his costume in 0.05 seconds (was it 0.005 seconds or something much-much faster?..haha!)

And the fact he can act so macho and poyo on his special vehicle plus the red dragon that could burst out laser weapon..huhuhu! Why can’t we as adult be entertained with something so simple and child-like now?

I wish demand could be lesser nowadays so that I could live happily reminiscing old Gaban song.