Two-In-One

I've just been tagged by Marvic twice in two separate meme in just three days. It's a book of record for most often tags by the same person. I think I am gonna crown her Queen of Tags! lol! But she has chosen the right person to tag because I love tags! It's a great exposure for both myself and AGP. So peeps, ready to read more about me? :)

The first one is You Shouldn't Meme

The Rules
* List these rules on your blog.
* Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog.
* Tell 7 unspectacular quirks on yours.
* Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
* Link the person who tagged you.
* Leave a comment for each blogger

7 facts about me:
1. I love spicy food, the spicier, the better.
2. I don't like bitterguord.
3. Most of my life, I had my hair long.
4. I am a proud catholic. :)
5. I am a Teochew, but I can't speak their dialect.
6. I've just turned 27th this year.
7. I am an animal lover. :)

7 unspectacular quirks:
1. I prefer steamed fish than fried fish.
2. I don't like waking up after noon, no matter how late i sleep. If I did wake up after noon, I'll be a Miss Grumpy whole day long.
3. I like all my clothes to face one side while it hangs nicely in my wardrobe. And the hangers must all be the same too!
4. When watching a movie, my reaction could be very exaggerated. Like if a good guy is being chased by bad guys, i'll keep shouting "Run, run, run!" while stomping my feet.
5. I can control my emotion very well when I am working, but at home I am like a fragile little girl.
6. A yummy~licious dinner could make me forget all about my worries. :)
7. I am used to taking medicine, I can swallow 2 big tablets at once.


And the second meme is A Simple Meme.

The Rules:
Copy the questions below. Simply use the first letter of your name/nickname as your answer for each questions. You can't use any answer twice and don't use your own name for questions # 3 & 4. After you're done, tag 10 people.

1. What is your name? Jean
2. A four letter word: Moon Jazz
3. A boy's name : James
4. A girl's name : Jacqueline
5. An occupation : Journalist
6. A color : Jade (Green)
7. Something you wear : Jeans
8. A type of food : Jif Peanut Butter
9. Something found in the bathroom : Jasmine bath gel
10. A place : Jamaica
11. A reason for being late : Jumping around?
12. Something you shout : Jom!!
13. A movie title : Jurassic Park
14. Something you drink : Juice
15. A musical group : Jet
16. A street name : Jalan Kewajipan
17. A type of car : Jaguar
18. A song title : Jammin' by Bob Marley
19. A verb : Juggling


I am tagging these wonderful ladies for the above two tags: Marzie, Janice, Emila, Monica, Debbs, LJ, Ane, Gagay, Liza and Enchie.

Have fun doing the tags, ladies! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, marzie! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)

Our Bedroom

Without our realization, it has been a year since we reside here, in our new home. I can still remember clearly the headaches we had when making the decisions on the house renovations, indoor lightings, lamps, home furnishings and decor. Everything is about good bargains and good stuffs. Who wouldn't want the best for their home and yet at the same time getting a good bargain? So, we went to all places looking for good cheap stuffs. When i said all places, i really meant EVERYWHERE. Just imagine this, we got our mattress and bed frame from Shah Alam, our sidetable from LDP Furniture Mall, our writing desk from Sungai Besi and our pillows, bolsters, comforters, bedsheet, bookshelf from IKEA. And that is only our bedroom! It was really a tedious experience and if i were to go through this again, i would choose to shop online from the comfort of my own home.

First Commentator

Congratulations, TH! and thank you for your comments love!!! :)

Instant Soto Vege

I simply love eating soto! May it be soto ayam or soto kambing, i just love it! That is why when my BFF marzie told me that she love soto too, i was delirious. It was a such great joy to found out that someone love the same thing as you. Like me, Marzie is crazy about soto. She even cooked her own begedil to go with the soto.

And today, I am gonna show you guys how to cook an instant soto vege in just 5 minutes. I've used vege because I don't have any chicken at that moment. You may use it if you want.

Ingredients:
1 packet of PAMA vermicelli
3 bird's eyes chillies (halved)
3 kaffir leaves (cut half)
1 clove garlic (chopped)
350ml/ 1 bowl water
Cabbage, roasted peanuts and fried shallots as garnish.

1. In a small pot, saute garlic and bird's eyes chilies until fragrant.

2. Pour in water, follow by kaffir leaves.

3. When water has boiled, put in rice vermicelli and seasoning. Let it simmers for 2-3 mins.

4. Pour into a bowl and garnish with cabbage, roasted peanuts and fried shallots.

So, easy enough, rite! ;)
Happy eating & Happy Friday, peeps! :)




First Commentator
Congratulations, Limoeg! and thank you for your comments love!!! :)

Blog Makeover: My Precious Moments

Tadaa!!! Here's another makeover i've done. This was requested by Eva. At first, when I found out that she's using wordpress, I told her that I am not doing makeover for WP blog. Then she told me that she has just created a new blog at blogger and asked me to design a sweet template for her. "Yay!! A wew blog to work with!" I thought happily.

I really love this makeover coz it's all PINKY!! And I had so much fun doing this makeover for Eva. Thanks, Eva! Hope you'll like it! :)

Before

After

If you want a makeover for your blog too, feel free to contact me. Remember, I am only doing makeover for blogger blogs! ;)


<a href="http://www.agreatpleasure.com/2008/12/jean-does-blog-makeover.html"><img src="http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k77/jeanchia_2006/JeanMakeover/Jean-Makeover_125x125.png" alt="Tired of your old look? Get Jean to do a blog makeover!"></a>
Happy Tuesday, peeps! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, marzie! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)

AGP is in SlogBite.com

Hello peeps! How was your Valentine's Dinner? I hope you guys had an enjoyable dinner and a wonderful time with your loved ones. Read about our Valentine's Dinner at our blog: TGB. :)

And while it was still Valentine's Day, I've decided to join my BFF Marzie in SlogBite, a social site which i was interested to join since weeks ago when Marzie first became a member there. SlogBite will officially launch in April but memberships are already growing now. If you noticed, you can see most of our friends have this SlogBite widget at their sidebar.

As marzie have said in her post, we can submit our site/s for more than one category. Currently A Great Pleasure is in Cook Islands, I am still figuring out on how to submit for other categories, because the more categories you are in, the better exposure you'll get. Malaysia, Meme Creator, Culinary and Pets - Dogs.


I'll let you guys know more about SB once I am more familiar with it, k!

Happy Sunday! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, marzie! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)

Valentine's Love

Valentine's Day is the perfect day to express your love to your special someone by sending cards, flowers and gifts. For me, Valentine's Day is not just about lovers but also about friends. It is the day whereby i can express my love to my special friends. And that is why i came out with this meme. It's called the Valentine's Love. I would like to share this Valentine's Love with all my special friends.

Marzie & B, Janice & L, Emila & Z, Bobby, Sandman, LJ & A, Adrian & Wifey, Nick & Wifey, Enchie, Jackie & W, Debbie & C, Mr. Zubli, Bono, Metz, Haaziq, Manggis, Yoon See, Rozella, Nessa, Bintang, Bro Bokjae & Sis Rock, Marvic, Sushi & Mama/Papa, Vidst, NafaSG, FL Sam & Wife, Karen & Hubby, Bobo & Love, Liza, Abby, Emmy, Randy, Ratu Syura & R, Jamilla, Sollee, Stephanie, Min Min, Pia, Shemah & Hubby, Sabrina & Hubby, ECL, Nina, Kevin, Vhiel, Trinity and TH & Hubby.

May you guys have the most enjoyable Valentine's Day! Love y'all! *HUGZ & xoxo* :)

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Rules:
1) Once you're tagged, install the corner banner at your blog as a third party html code. (The corner banner need to stay at your blog for at least 2 weeks).
2) Post about this meme, Valentine's Love.
3) Add your blog/s with link/s to the Valentine's Lovers list and leave a comment at this post HERE.
3) Tag all your special friends.
4) Please remember to update your list regularly so that you would not miss out anyone in your Valentine's Lovers list.

Corner Banner


p/s: The wordings on this banner with automatically changed to 'Tagged with Love! xoxo' on Feb 15.

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Instruction to install corner banner (For blogger):
1. Go to 'Layout', Click on 'Add a Gadget'.
2. Select 'HTML/ Javascript', insert the html code above in the provided box.
3. Click 'Save'.

Valentine's Lovers:

1.A Great Pleasure 2.Time Goes By 3.Listen With Your Heart 4.Glossalicious 5. Wishing on a Falling Star 6. Mariuca's Perfume Gallery 7. Simply Shinade 8. A Simple Life 9. Mommy's Little Corner 10. Ramblings of the Phat 11. 0007 Undercover TAGMEMAWARD CAT 12. Notes by Marvic 13. Maiylah's Snippets 14. Picture Clusters 15. This is a Miracle 16. purplefrogcat 17. Also Mommy 18. Both Sides Now 19. illusionaire 20. Candles, Crafts and Whatnot 21. The Brainy Bimbo 22. Sweet Nothings 23. Turn-u-Off 24. Chopsticks 25. My Views On My So Called Life 26. Gagay 27. Empty Streets 1027 28. Life According To Me 29. Yummy-as-can-be 30. Mom...Check Nyo 31. Everything Under the Sun 32. My Sweet Escape 33. Never Enough Stuff 34. Windmill on the Hill 35. Snapshot 36. Twinkletoe Writing Space 37. A Piece of M.I.N.D 38. Life is too short to be ordinary... 39. Our Journey to Forever 40. What a colourful life!! 41. Oh Fer Cryin' Out Loud 42. My Online Paradise 43. My Life Story 44. Moments of Colours 45. Lynn's Chic Spot 46. Simply The Best 47. The Spirit of Blogging 48. Tales of A Pinay Single Mom 49. Simple Life 50. Hit-or-Miss 51. Show Me Your Interest 52. Soy Wax Candles Blog 53. Night Clicks 54. Housewife @ Work 55. Pretty Firefly 56. Straight From The Heart 57. In The Eyes Of The Beholder 58. Mary Anne's Musing 59. Emila's Illustrated Blog 60. Pinay Mommy Online 61. Amazingly Me 62. Dancing IN Midlife Tune 63. my so called life 64. Michelle's Life here and there 65. Chuchie's Hideaway 66. Life's All About 67. Proud Mommy 68. Caffeine Fix

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Okay, now go spread the valentine's love to others, k! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, marzie! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)

Win A Purple Flip Flop Necklace

If you're like me, who love to collect accessories, come quick to There Is Happiness & stand a chance to win a pretty purple flip flop necklace (as shown in the banner below).
How to take part in this giveaway?

1. Subscribed to There is Happiness by email. (1 entry)
2. Blog about this giveaway at your blog and link back to this post. (4 entries)
3. Make a 125×125 banner link to this post. (4 entries)
4. Add There is Happiness to your blogroll. (1 entry)
5. Add Twins Happiness to your blogroll (1 entry)
6. Twitter the giveaway (1 entry)
7. Leave a comment at this post on what you have done, or else what you did will not be counted.

Giveaway ends on 14 Feb 2009 at midnight Malaysia time. Winner will be chosen using random.org .

So, hurry now, only few days left! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, TH! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)

My 27th Birthday

I had the most unforgettable birthday this year. It all started on 31st Jan night. On the 31st, I had to visit my uncle at Gombak with my families. And M have to visit his uncle at Kepong with his families. So, we were separated for the day. When we were to meet up at night, he has planned the birthday dinner for me. I wasn't expecting it. We had our scrumptious thai cuisine at Ahan Thai, Puchong together with M's brother: Marcus, his gf: Jen and my kai yeh (God Father).

Marcus & Jen bought me a cute little chocolate mousse cake with a huge strawberry on it. It was delicious! Thank you, you two! :)

After the dinner, the 5 of us went to Neway Karaoke, Subang. You know how people say time passes by quickly when you are having fun? It's true! It felt like as though we've sung for 2 hours only but in fact, we've sung for 4 hours already. Actually, i wanted to sing the indonesian song that i saw at MPG, but that night, i couldn't recall what's the song title nor the singer. Now, checking back, it was Cinta Kan Membawamu Kembali by Siti Nurhaliza. I shall sing this at my next karaoke session. :)

We headed for our breakfast at McDonald's after the karaoke session. And by the time we reached home, it was around 5am. The next morning, which is my birthday morning, M's mom called and asked me what i wanted for dinner. My future MIL & FIL will cook for me. Yay!! The feeling was great! As if you are the king of the day! :)

Again, the 5 of us gathered together. First we had lunch at Margaret's Yong Tow Foo, USJ14. The yong tow foo pieces were huge and yummy! Love it! :) I've forgotten to take the photos but will be sure to remember it next time i'm there.

Then, we went for bowling at Summit USJ. M & I are into bowling games lately, since few months back. And I even had my bowling gears as my birthday present. I'll show you my bowling gears some other time, k!

After the many bowling games, it was already time for dinner, so we headed to my future in law's. There, my beloved future MIL & FIL have cooked a scrumptious dinner made of love for me.

Thank you, Uncle & Auntie! I am so blessed to have both of you. Thank you, Mel & Steph for the cake! :)

The rest of the night was spent playing MJ and Blackjack. There, that's how i spend my birthday this year! Surrounded by peoples that i love! Thank you, Lord for all these wonderful peoples! :)


Before ending this post, i would also like to thank all my friends who has wished me at facebook. I am sorry for my late reply. I've only manage to check my facebook today. Love ya' all! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, Darren! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)

Have You Ever Tag

I was tagged by Marzie on Have You Ever tag! It's really interesting and I hope you guys will enjoy reading more about me. :)

1. Have you ever been on TV?
Nop.

2. Have you ever sung in public?
Yes, karaoke sessions with friends.

3. Have you ever dyed your hair blond?
Nop. I don't think I will ever do that! It won't go well with my features.

4. Have you ever eaten frogs' legs?
Yes. I love them with kung poh style. Yumm!!

5. Have you ever received a present that you really hated?
Nop. None that I could recalled.

6. Have you ever walked into a lamp post?
Yes. Usually i dont pay much attention to the road when i am walking while chatting. That's why i always walked onto doors, pillars and glass. :D

7. Have you ever cooked a meal by yourself for more than 15 people?
I am proud to say yes. :) (high five, marzie! ;))

8. Have you ever fallen or stumbled in front of others?
Nope, but almost. M hold me back up. :)

9. Have you ever done volunteer work?
Yes.

I would like to tag: Metz, Sushi, Marvic, Manggis, Haaziq - Bluecrystaldude, Bintang, TH, Nessa, Shemah, Ratu Syura, Rozella, Nina and Enchie and Darren.

Have fun doing the tag, peeps! and Happy Thursday!



p/s: I've just joined a brand new consumer network site. It is called Acobay. You can share anything there, from the shampoo that you use to the car that you drive. And best of all, you can also share your blog at Acobay. I've just shared mine, now how about u? :)

First Commentator

Congratulations, LJ! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)