July 3rd, 2008
The price for a pack of Barbie Doll consists of 1 doll, 3 handbags, 3 pairs of clothing and 3 pairs of shoe is equivalent to the price of 50 kg rice. “Boleh beli 5 kampit beras”, I’m sure my mother would say that, if I mention this to her.
Watching the young girls in my family playing with the costly Barbie dolls, made me want to recall back the old days how my sister and I owned our dolls. Mother made them using pieces of cut linen; just a simple doll with round head and hands stretches side-wards. I just made one here, exactly like the one mother made before, except for the color being white not yellow.
“BABY CORNS” were our seasonal dolls with hair color resembled the Barbie Dolls. We had them only when our father’s corn field started bearing fruits. English name were given to them as the influences of the westerns were quite strong those days; the movies we watched, the books and magazines we read were in English. “Blondie, Brunette and Brownie”, those were the names given to each of them accordingly to the color of their hair.
Today, I don’t see young girls plucked them to play with; only mothers do but for other reason, cooked them.
One of the reasons that caused our cost of living very high is pampering our children with expensive toys… hmm what to do.
7:19 PM | My Home, myself |
June 12th, 2008
Kadusmama tagged me with this. So here goes…but please don’t mind me breaking the rules. I have many friends but they don’t blog, and I’m not sure whom to pick from here, so let me do this for myself only, OK!!.
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About me
1. I’m a single mother having just a son, a daughter-inlaw and 2 beautiful and loveable grand-children.
2. As an Asian, I’m tall (5ft 4 in), not fat but far beyond slim.
3. I have a slightly broad nose but consider mancung as well; very sensitive to unpleasant smell (muntah) and strong perfume (pening kepala). Not bad looking (cewah!!!) but having pimply face.
4. I’m unlucky in love, now married to my work only and devoted to it.
5. Quite active in sport but quit when I got transferred to my new place. I played volley-ball and basketball for our annual sport meets. I played football when I was much younger and hockey when I was still schooling. I went swimming and sang karaoke at our club.
6. I don’t go to university only finished high school. Getting attractive salary, bonus and shares but never had enough, in other word, a spendthrift.
7. I drink Nescafe and herbal tea and also addicted to coca cola and love eating out.
8. I’m a Sabahan who just learned blogging and loves all my blogger’s friends but cannot follow suit them due to living in a place where communication line is not favorable. So my dear friends if I don’t visit your blog or update mine often this is the reason why; do excuse me.
There you are Kadusmama… something to laugh at about myself. But I’m a happy single-mother now having quite a successful son and grandchildren to spoil.
12:17 PM | myself |
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