I WON!

Posted by Mrs Imran on Mar 8, 2010
Filed Under Contest, Feature Post, Gadgets | 25 comments

HP TouchSmart600 PC

Maybe some of you have heard about me winning the “Blog A Trend” contest by HP computer.  Click HERE to read my winning entry. Yup, you heard it right I won the grand prize which is the latest HP TouchSmart600 PC worth RM4,988. WOW, I’m pretty impressed with myself now. Haha. This is the second time I won a gadget from online contest. The first one was 2 years back where I won myself a PS2 for my iTalk entry and for this time around, I won a latest computer by HP and it is the most expensive prize that I’d ever won so far. Adakah kerana I love gadget so much, so semua hadiah yg saya menang pon gadget-gadget belaka? If yes, god please make it happen more often. Ehe.

Alhamdullilah, rezeki Ichiro

When I discovered about the contest and prizes, I was genuinely interested to join. Firstly maybe because I love the topics. I never got a chance to write something that is beyond imagination as I think no one would show any interest to it [same goes to all my health entries also...hohoh]

Secondly the prize. I was super excited to know the generous prizes that HP offering and was thinking that maybe I should give it a try since contest Friso Gold Nuffnang adalah lauk [saguhati pon tk menang ok]. Hahaha. And I always wanted to buy a computer/laptop for my husband and he always insists for a Windows computer. I told him that I won’t buy him a computer/laptop if it is not a MAC. Once a MAC always a MAC. So, another reason for me to enter the contest is to win the computer [that apparently use Windows] and give it to my husband.

My first errrr..my husband’s first touch screen computer

Alhamdullilah again, maybe my nawaitu nk join contest adalah mulia [giggling], finally the computer is mine! Yayy! I did plan to keep it as a secret so that I could surprise my husband later, but knowing me, I can’t wait. Imran was so happy and tersengih-sengih tk tentu arah upon hearing the news. Hihi. He quickly asked where to letak the computer. I said you need to do some housekeeping and find a place to put your new computer. And today he told me, he gonna kemas our room, shove the bed and yada yada. [semangat ok sampai nk alih katil, apakah?] Hehe..cute tho.

Nuffnang was the first published the news and followed by an email from HP acknowledging me about me winning the grand prize. Best giler!

Official result announced on HP website

I need to attend the prize presentation ceremony and apparently many other bloggers will attend the event too. Hmmm, what should I wear then? Will I be featured in Buletin Utama? Ahaks!

Oh btw, my husband and I went to Putrajaya today for a photo shoot session with Lina the lomo lady. She invited us for the session and I was more than happy to accept the offer. So, lets hope the pictures will turn out ok and lovely. Sbbnya guna camera lomo adalah challenging ok, kerana tidak boleh immediately check gambar yg you telah snap and tidak juga ada option utk delete. Sbb lomo pakai filem. Waaaaaa, dah la I ni asyik nk terkelip jer mata. Below are few pictures taken by my husband during the session. So, stay tune for the write up.

Pose sambil berkerut-kerut sbb panassssss

Sebaik ada railing, if not Lina dah tergolek masuk air kot tu..hihi

Last shot

My Brother & Singer sewing machine

Posted by Mrs Imran on Feb 21, 2010
Filed Under Darwis Ichiro, Gadgets, Photography, Sewing | 2 comments

Well, I did mention in my previous entry here that I would put up some photos of my new sewing machine. Sadly, haven’t got the chance to do so, sorry. My mom had placed the machine inside our old house [made of wood, with zinc roofing], and it’s pretty hot in there during day time, close to temperature of a burning oven. Hence, comfortable to sew during night time only, and the lighting is very poor so end up I didn’t take any photos.

But fret not, the machine now is no longer in our wooden house. We moved it into the brick house [ehe], so that I could use the machine whenever I got the chance to [read as whenever Ichiro is sleeping]. Good news, I also have a couple of photos of the machines.

I had a tough time using the machine in the beginning. Even though the machine is semi-computerised, but for someone like me who had zero knowledge about sewing , it could be a nightmare

Things getting worst, when my mom also having trouble to familiarize herself with the machine. She kept on making noise on how difficult to sew thick and soft fabric with the machine that I newly bought [my mom was a tailor, has been sewing for about 20-30 years].

I love the machine, I love new technology, I love gadget. But sewing machine ain’t a computer or handphone or camera that I can just simply explore. Sewing machine is super sensitive with the needles and moving mechanical parts, you need to really know what you are doing. I chose Brother over many other brand because of…errrrr…I don’t know. Simply attracted to it, mungkin sbb ia canggih, semi-computerised. Yeah I love everything about computer and if I boleh surf internet dgn sewing machine ni sure lagi best. Huhuh.

But ever since I got more access to the machine [thanks to the new placement], am starting to develop my skills using the machine, had done some googling on tips and proper method to sew via the internet. But was bit frustrated since I couldn’t find video tutorial that I want, thus I thought that maybe I could make video tutorial / tips for beginner. I truly understand the agony and suffer that beginner need to go through, so I hope I can share little knowledge that I have about sewing. Expert can watch but please don’t laugh Hehe.

In the video I will use my own sewing macine and serger/overlock machine which are Brother Innovis 50 – NV50 and Singer. Thus, please refrain from asking me on how to use other brand ok.

Ichiro yang sibuk nk menjahit jugak

Till then…daaaaa.

Big Bang Advertising

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jan 29, 2010
Filed Under Advertorial, Application Review | 6 comments

It’s the Holy Friday again. Today will be my last day in PJ for this week. I will be here again around end of next week for Ichiro’s aqiqah and perhaps for my sewing class too. I found a teacher already and she will come to my house and teach me personally. Can’t wait for that! Seriously. But the schedule hasn’t confirm yet, hope she could make it next week.

To those who quite familiar with my previous live chat Olark, just to inform that at the moment I’m testing another type of live chat which is Zopim. There will be an advertorial post for Zopim later, but for the time being I need to test the software first before I could write a review. The software is pretty brilliant compare to Olark I should say, but it is still in Beta mode.

Maybe by next week I can conclude the advantage of using Zopim. To those who’s planning to install Olark, perhaps you guys might want to wait for my review before purchasing Olark. To Cik Pid and Isma, tunggu dulu ok. Sbb Zopim is much better in a sense of it has it’s own dashboard [you can access this dashboard from within your wordpress account or in separate window] and you can chat directly from the dashboard. Meaning if your office or workplace block all type of messenger, then this is the best solution! Message from Zopim also can be relayed to the IM messenger, which for me is a must feature for all kind of live chat.

Ok dah terbagi teaser review la plak.

I got few more advertorial post, but haven’t receive the product sample yet, thus, will just wait until the advertiser send me the sample.

To all business owner , you can hire me to review your business on my blog at a very minimum fee. I have a fix rate tho, but it is negotiable. Feel free to contact me and discuss further on the rate and how you go about. Don’t be shy if your business is just about to start, in fact small business owner is the one who really have to look on the marketing side seriously. You for sure need the “Big Bang Advertising”. Oh and I have also allocated some space on my sidebar for banner. Feel free to join the other advertisers’ banner as low as RM1 a day.

Click here to contact me for more info.

New Gadget! Clover Rotary Cutter

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jan 26, 2010
Filed Under Gadgets, Sewing, Usana | 21 comments

My laptop digital clock showing time now is 2.16 am. I’m still terkebil-kebil depan laptop. I don’t know what to do [should I sleep?], what to read and what to blog. I don’t have any plan to update my blog neway , but since I need to do something in order for me to call it a night , hence I opt for updating my blog then.

~Even though I had basically nothing to blog about.

But people are weird kan? When the author say that he/she got nothing to blog about, most of us will still reading it to the end [same goes to myself also]. Aren’t you? Walaupon dah tahu that particular entry contains nothing worth reading, we are still reading it. Why?

Kalau you ask me why, my answer adalah sbb I busybody and sgt nosy. Hihih. Tidakkah kamu semua juga begitu? Hihih. Kalau tidak mmg la I sorang jer yg keji sket kot. Hehe.

Hmm, hari ni tk diet langsung. Sbb nyer my sanquick orange dah habis, asyik lupa nk beli baru. Oh have I told you that my weight now is 52kg? Yup! My next target is to achieve 50kg by next month. Once you are on track on losing weight, I tell you it can be very very very addictive. I’m getting closer to my old weight which is 46kg. Another 6 kilos to go!

75kg, 72kg, 70kg, 68kg, 65kg, 62kg, 60kg, 59kg, 57kg, 56kg, 54kg, 53kg and….

NOW 52 KILOGRAM!

Rahsianya? For sure la Usana

Hmmm, I’m still looking for a sewing teacher [major in DIY tudung] to come to my house and teach me to sew DIY tudung using my own sewing machine. I know there are many classes available, but I’m looking for a mobile teacher with affordable rate [sudah pasti]. Please please please help me out here ok.

I know already how to sew tudung, it just that I need some guidance on how to jahit lagi cantik. Sbb nyer kain jenis chiffon selalu buat I rasa cam nk head banging. Hehe. And plus I need to know the correct method to sew jersey material as well. Jadi memang jadi, tapi I nk quality jahitan adalah terbaekkk.

Oh btw, I bought new sewing tool today.[heee happie!~beli apa jer sure excited haku ni] Actually, the tool is for quilting or other craft work. But, I think I can try to use for other purpose as well, as long as I deal with fabric, I think I can make use of this tool. The tool is call Rotary Cutter, it can cut straight and curve lines easily. You can play the video to see how easy to use this Rotary Cutter. The brand of my rotary cutter is CLOVER. I got myself the smallest size which is 18mm. Kalau I rasa ok, perhaps I can buy bigger size. But, the sales asistant told me, the smaller the cutter, the easier it would be to cut curvy line. Lagipon yg besar adalah mahal berdegang, sbb tu haku tk beli. Huhuh.

p/s: hmm I cakap tadi tkder idea nk blog kan? Huhu. Tiba-tiba terlajak. Ok nk tido! Babai! Muahssssss.

Things that I ponder, things that I do

Posted by Mrs Imran on Dec 23, 2009
Filed Under Gadgets, Miscellaneous | 12 comments

Ok I know, I know….u guys must be expecting frequent update from me since I quit my day job already. Well, I planned to update my blog everyday too, but the problem is I don’t think it’s possible. I got a teething baby to take care, entertaining my usana customers and downlines and also busy setting up my next coming biz. I could say that I’m very productive! Can you guys guess what time is it now? It is 2 o’clock in the morning and it seems that this is the only hour I’m free to update my blog, watch tv and do some reading. See, pukul 2 pagi baru free. This is even worst compare to my previous life. Haha.

Well, even though I’m not working anymore and busy with my own thing, it does not mean that I totally give up to work. I’m still looking for job especially in oil and gas industry. In fact I never stop looking for job in O&G field for the past 6 years! And I will keep on trying, who knows tiba-tiba boleh dapat, huhu. If I manage to get job in O&G company, I will for sure accept the offer sbb people are dying to work in such industry, so do I. Ehe. But sejak 6 tahun lepas, ada few times dapat interview and cuma sekali jer I was this close to be hired, tapi takder rezeki tetap takder rezeki, so tk dpt la. I’m not going to give up..yet. I know it’s not easy tho since I came from different industry.

However, this is only applicable to O&G industry, if not O&G….hmm my spirit to work kinda fade already la. Haihh. That’s scared me tho. Question now, when the time comes, when there’s an opportunity arise, will I be back to work? Like for real? Sekarang berani la cakap nk kerja balik. Nnt later on serabut. Faham sesangat dengan diri sendiri.

Orait, I have been meaning to tell all of you about my next coming biz yg I dok bising-bising kasik hint dalam entry I have to control myself from writing about it all these while sbb I have no idea whether not me and my mom could make it. But as for today, we managed to sew few already, of course banyak tak jadi masa mula2. So far progress is very promising, my mom and me, we made a really good team Terima kasih mak. My mom she used to be a tailor, dari kecik sampai besar I pakai baju yg dijahit oleh emak. But since mata dah tk berapa nampak, she retired from sewing. Nevertheless, now she’s back! So, to make thing easier for her I bought 2 new sewing machine [Singer for edging and Brother for jahit biasa and simple embroidery]. Will definitely buy the cover stitch machine once the biz dah ok

Initially since my mom still using the antique machine, byk fabric yg agak susah nk dijahit, kalau boleh pon jahitan serabut. Tkkan barang yg nk jual nk jahit cincai-cincai kan? Dah ada machine baru, it gets better. We stayed up late every night, sewing, ironing, gunting kain, buat plan and etc. Dengan nk familiraize ourselves with the new machine pon satu hal. But kinda like the machine, computerize machine pretty easy to use Bagusla utk I yang tangan mengelupur ni. Huhu.

So far dah jahit banyak giler dah, but baru malam ni berjaya buat yg memuaskan hati but not perfect yet. Sebelum ni, ada yg terkecik, tersalah potong, jahitan tk cantik, tersalah fabric banyak la benda yg salah. Determination mmg kene really strong, if not, tell you sure give up. Di samping bersedia utk kerugian banyak kain juga. Huhu. Nnt I tunjuk gambar2 product yg tk jadi tu. Hahah. Motif? To tell the world that my mom and I indeed start from scratch.

Parallel with that, I need to ready with a website, tailor made for the biz as well. That’s the proper way to do an online biz I guess. Many think that it is not necessary to have a website, we can just you know… simply use the free blog platform yang banyak bersepah2 sekarang, but for me, I look at different angle and I always think a proper, attractive and neat website is very important to attract customers. No? Branding, labeling, packaging, marketing are among the areas that I need to pay attention too.

Happpy…hmm esok hari apa yer? Can’t seems to remember the date and day since tk kerja ni. Huhuh. Mcm la masa kerja I ingat hari..heee. Oh yeah I did remember especially Friday!

p/s: will update some photos of my new sewing machine [my new gadget!] tomorrow around 2-3pm

New Obsession : Twitter

Posted by Mrs Imran on Dec 15, 2009
Filed Under Application Review, Usana | 13 comments

I’m an early bird today and I think I need to update blog as the latest entry is little bit naughty so I need to quickly sweep it away from the first page of my blog. Hohoh.

This week is the second week I’m being jobless and I can say that so far I think my life is way much busier compared to before. But no complain since I’m busy doing things that I enjoy and love it to bits. I bought a new gadget yesterday, will blog about it later since I send it to my mom’s house and I’m practically in PJ at the moment. Today I got to attend Usana training on the skin care products SENSE.

I left Ichiro with my mom but now I’m missing him so much. Hopefully I can get things done quickly so I can go back to see Ichiro again. Thus, to those who wants to see me (especially Usana customer or downlines), please set your appointment in advance as I’m not going to be in town for long period.

On my new addiction, I think I’m addicted to Twitter! I opened up a Twitter account quite sometime ago, but there were not so many people that I know back then in Twitter and I was just simply forget about it, since to me it was no fun at all and I didn’t really have time to tweet. But, hey not anymore! Now I have like bunch of friends in there who seemed to enjoy expressing their feeling “sejujur-jujurnya”. Here I quote the best tweet that I think for yesterday. Hahaha. [foxyfarah jgn marah ok] and on top of that I got plenty of time to merepek di sana. Hihi.  I have put up a twitter gadget on the left side column, you can easily ready my tweet without signing up to Twitter! But better to sign up, so you know…we can “berkak nam” together-gether. Hehe.

@foxyfarah i can never ever make love with a pretty vampire.gimme collin farrell anytime.or nadal.or mark mcgrath.or..hmm sejuk2 ni.haha.