Grandmother perfect cuppa

December is a beautiful month with so many activities packed to one single month! Just parties alone, and there are more than my ten little fingers can count! But, this page is about coffee maker ratings that is so beautiful that most of you would let out a "sigh" and maybe some of you would have tears in your eyes.

My mummy wrote that rating page many many months ago, and that was long before me -the singapore cutest baby even existed! That page was about the coffee, the beautiful experience that she shared with her grandmother, it is a simple cup of coffee but filled with such love and other positive emotional stuff that it is worthy to be rated the world best coffee!

Very often, in the search for the best coffee, we would looked at the machines, the beans and definitely the NIP (nutrition information pane, especially these days, you want to make sure that there is no melamine!), but have you consider how are you having them?

Mummy and daddy was just discussing the life that was lost in Mumbai recently. The lady was so young and would definitely have a full life but it was all taken away from her, but reading the reports, they know that she live a good life.

Life after all, is not about what you have, but what you are. And what you are, comes from the impressions the rest of the world has about you. The young lady has nothing but positive comments, which means she lives a good life.

Even Mummy's grandmother with her great coffee has live a good life. She has done a thing that nobody can take it away from her! She has brewed coffee that is etched in the memory of my mummy forever. After all, you cannot really beat coffee brewed with love, right?

I am not ready to do my coffee maker ratings (I do not know when I would be able to do that!), but if you have a story to share and inspire the rest of us folks, just click on that link and let your emotion run (there is even some free stuff to download!)

After all, stories are what define humanity, do you really believe that the numbers in the bank meant anything to you if there wasn't a someone to share with? Moments and memories are what we live for, and recently more important with the spate of negative news floating around...

This krupps coffee maker is wrong!

When I grow up, I am going to make sure that I master my spelling well. So that, there would not be any mis-communication or embarrassment. I am thinking of the recent krupps coffee maker saga that involves daddy and one of his good pal.

If you have been following my writing, you would know that daddy loves his cuppa. He reads about them and make some money writing about them. He consider himself to be sort of a coffee machine guru. So, he was not too happy when his friend told him that there is no such coffee brewer known as krupps coffee maker.

So, they banter for a while, with daddy telling him how this machine is supposed to look like and the friend telling him that he cannot find any machine that matches this brand. In the end, daddy's friend is right. There is no such brand krupps, there is however a brand known as krups.

And of course, there is a coffee maker that matches the description that daddy says. Well, it is sort of a happy ending but you can see how confusing life can be when a word got spelled wrongly.

They are just talking about nonsensical stuff, can you imagine what would happen if they are talking serious things. I guess this is how misunderstanding comes about and maybe even how wars are started -wrong spelling...

But anyway, do you know that in the end the friend ended up buying that coffee maker online (as they are arguing and they are trashing it out on Google). This is one of the reason why daddy remembers this coffee machine vividly.

It is a real value for money. Retailing at only $40, this krups coffee maker comes with all the trappings of a full feature coffee machine that is retailing at more than $100. Seeing a good deal, daddy's friend bought it immediately.

Daddy was sharing with him that in Singapore retail stores, you probably would not be able to get such a deal because, the prices of coffee brewers are sort of fixed in the retail scene here. So,it is cheaper to buy machines online even after factoring the logistics cost.

Would he replied?

This is a story that touches mummy and daddy heart, it was told by Pastor Chia on a beautiful Sunday of 2nd November 2008. It touches their hearts, because deep within all of us, christians and even non-christians, at a certian point in time, we would asked if our god answer our prayers.

Of course, being Christians, we know there is no other gods and so, the prayers of non-christians would likely be unanswered. But for us, christians, how many of us has actually heard the voice of God? How many of us has actually hear God talking?

Now, this story is interesting in two ways, God works in mysterious ways and Yes, he answered prayers.

The story goes like this, with a young man like all of us wondering if God still speaks to his people. I mean as you read bible story, you read about Moses, Abraham and David, all having so close contact with God, and think aloud that of course it is easy to follow God -they have all spoken to him.

But, what about us? I have been going to church for a while, but have yet to hear God speaks? But, are we sure about that?

I guess this is what goes through the young man's mind as he was thinking about how God used to speak to his people and now maybe not so often. Anyway, after the service as he was driving back, he prayed that God would speak to him.

Then, he sort of hear a voice asking him to buy a gallon of milk. he ignore it. Then, the voice came again -this time more persistent. Well, he think aloud, if this is God speaking and an action that God requires him to do, it is not too diffcult.

So, he purchased that gallon of milk and then as he was driving back, a voice told him to turn to the 7th Avenue. It does not make any sense, but then he think back to the many bible story where god asked people to do things, usually they just obey, and so did he.

This 7th avenue is a middle class neighbourhood. Not well to do, but definitely those in dire needs. And he was driving through, he noticed that all the shops and houses are dark, probably have retired for the night.

Again, the voice speaks, telling him to stop the car and send the milk to the house across the street. The house is dark like the rest, the occupants supposedly should be sleeping.

He questioned the voice, thinking it would make him a fool if he would to do that. But, he choose to obey. He walk to the front door, knock on the door.

A man with jeans and t-shirt bellow "who is that". It gave the young man a startle, he only manages "this milk is for you". Immediately, tears streamed from the man inside the house.

The man speaks in Spanish to the wife, rush to the wife and the young man could see that with there was a baby together with them. When the man came back, he asked the young man if he is an angel send by God.

He told the young man that they have spend all their money paying for their bills, and do not have any money left to purchase milk for the baby and is praying to God for milk. And straight after, the young man came with the milk.

With that, tears flow from the young man eyes, he took out his wallet and gave all his money to the man and walk away from the house. It left him a changed man, but with a strengthen faith -God STILL answered prayers...

The young man probably never expect God to answer his prayer in this manner and neither did the man inside the house. But when God works in mysterious ways and you can be sure that not only are they blessed by this situation, their story continues to bless and encourages many more, and yes, he would always reply...

Do you know poop can be very expensive

Everyone knows that babies poop alot. And my mummy is delighted everytime I pooped, I am so happy to be able to make her so. I tried to poop as much as I can, but sometimes during the weekend, the activities are so packed that I do not even have time to breathe, let alone poop.

And that is the reason when I go to my care-giver house on Monday, usually I pooped like 3 times or more. Sometimes I think, I might a pobia about pooping. This is because it takes so much effort and the poop is so hard that it is pretty painful.

Sorry, if you are feeling sick over this article about poop, my parents love it, so thought I share my thoughts on it. And by the way, do you know some poop are very sought after.

There is this civet cat poop that they used to make kopi luwak that is the most expensive coffee in the world...anyway that is what i read from some coffee maker reviews.

Can you imagine people drinking poop and actually paying alot of money for it? Well, this is how "crazy" the world is getting into, hmm, maybe I should saved some of my poop and try ebaying..

Oh, by the way, if you find this interesting, you would definitely like this trivia site, trust me, it is fun and interesting.

Singapore cutest baby joins first competition!

Gosh, I started late. By the time I enter the competition, many of them already have a head start of more than a month. So, to ensure that I have some "chance" of winning, daddy and mummy decided to do a little friendly "spam" to all their friends and contact. Hopefully, it can push me upwards.

This is because you would win this competition by votes, so the more votes you have, the better your chance at winning. Enough said, if you want to vote for eugenia, click on this link:

I wonder how many votes would it take to win such a competition, hundreds or thousands? Cannot be tens of thousands right? Anyway, it was a fun experience for daddy and mummy, and even if I did not win, guess they have fun anyway...

But seriously, their prize, the Baby Gift Baskets of diapers and toys is pretty attractive, keeping finger crossed, so we win...:)

Pursuing your dream...

Long time ago, daddy read that success is not about what you have but what you are willing to give up, and this statement stick to daddy's mind like no other statement. So, whenever he wants to do something, he questioned on the things that he can trade in, the things he can give up.

He figured out he probably would not find great success in his present post and worse, in the long run he might have to give up his sanity. Sometimes, stress comes in the form of lethargy.

Of course, it usually starts with a catalyst. The fire starter was the departure of his boss. I mean, this is a man that stood for his subordinates. The integrity and loyalty is beyond words, but because he and the "bigger" boss dun click, he was asked to leave...That is sick.

What happens to loyalty, integrity and trust? Oh, by the way, that happens to be the credo of this "bird nest" logo company! Anyway, the way the company function is crazy (or maybe it is because daddy is crazy).

What he saw make him sick (as in the way the company function), you gave out your whole life to a company and the moment you are old, there are in a hurry to rush you out. If you spend 25 years in a company, you probably spend more time there than with your love ones and the moment you outlive your usefulness, you are out of there!

He saw it happening to few of the colleagues. At the time of the writing, many people are worried about the toxic nature of food (tainted milk from china and stuff), it is sure bad, but the damage is limited. At least, for the older kids, there is cure.

What is worse are toxic emotions. Once you get it, it is very difficult to get rid of it! So, ironically, people are worried about the world largest food company producing toxic food when what is actually does is just generating huge amount of toxic emotions that are killing its employees.

Daddy left the job not because he has better offers or great ideas that would reap him millions. He left, so that the emotions can be contained, there was a book written on this topic a couple of years back. Not really a bestseller but one he thought should be look upon, given the high stress level of executives in Singapore...

His professor told him years ago, that some folks are entrepreneurs by choice, some are forced to be one. I guess daddy belongs to the latter. Although, daddy does fulfill the first criteria of being an entrepreneurs -he is always dreaming.

Walt Disney says this "if you don't dare to dream, what do you dare to do!" and so, at least daddy has an element of moving forward to pursue his dreams. What he need now are probably some brain power, a lot of motivation and huge amount of tenacity.

At this moment, everything seems shaky, very uncertain and he is really glad that there are somebody always beside him -his wife, my mummy!:) Sometimes, if you think about it, if you think daddy is leaving his job to pursue his dream of fulfilling other people dreams brave -mummy is braver! she never doubt this man and she never once discourage him. In fact, at times when daddy worries about his decision, she was there to encourage, this would be classic lesson 101 on how a supporting spouse is.

Hey, today daddy is being very "emotional", nothing trigger it. It was just the random thoughts and the idea about how blessed he is to have mummy and Jesus. Oh, and of course eugenia too!

Guess should stop here before daddy shed any tears...:) He was supposed to use this page to do some marketing of his single serve coffee maker, guess with such emotions, it is just difficult to do huh...

Please do not bring "him" shopping!

It is in the papers! Please do not bring your boyfriend or hubby to shopping if you do not want to be embarrassed! Check out this report! It was in the paper! A major shopping mall wrote in to complain and ban a lady and her family from visiting the mall after her hubby's destructive behavior!

Gosh, no wonder they says guys would always be boys. One could not imagine that an adult man is capable of such behavior right? OH, just to set the record straight, this man is not my daddy!:) If mummy goes shopping, he would probably be snoozing at some bench...

Amazing to know that me -singapore cutest baby is learning to read huh!