And...the wedding..

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person-Mignon McLaughlin

Congratulation to both Mrs Munirah and Mr Zainal..for finally tying the knot. It was a lovely wedding and may I add it was huge.I never seen a more nervous bride-to-be nor a nervous bride-to-be mom (Mun... your mom really did look more worried than you). But then when the Tok Imam start preaching about responsibility in marriage..I guess everyone else who listens will get a little scared themselves.

To the world you may be one person,but to one person you may be the world - Bill Wilson

Tuning in with TuneCard

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain- Robert Frost

I own a TuneCard by TuneMoney, the reason it’s the cheapest and easiest way to do my internet transaction. Believe or not TuneCard work marvellously with Paypal whether transferring money or receiving it. The other reason is I’m not a very big fan of credit banking.

In a way TuneCard is easy to apply, you don’t have to even leave the comfort of your living room…if you are connected to internet there of course. I applied mine a few month back, the only glitches that I still have until today is reloading my money via internet through it’s FPX services. It never seems to work, the only reply I got was ‘transaction failed’. I have no idea why.

So the only option left if reloading it at the Pos office, CIMB bank or BSN, cost me extra RM2 but if your reload via FPX 4 times in will also cost you RM2 so just do the math and find a way to save trip and money.

After applying online I waited for about two weeks before going to pick it up at the Pos office. They said to wait for 7 days but just to be at the save side I waited for two. One thing for sure Tunemoney will not call you or give you any letter indicating whether the card is ready for pick-up or not. Wait longer or called their customer care if you want to make sure the card is ready.

The firsts time I went to pay for it’s initial fee at the nearest BSN, everything went smoothly, only the clerk ask me to write ‘prepaid’ at the form since Tunemoney has other services as well.

The second time around it was a different clerk and she had a few problems. I thought it was not a big problem, but to my surprise the money I reloaded was not transfer to my card, I waited several days before sending an email to Tunemoney, they ask for details and I give that too. (in this department I salute Digi Telecomunication for fast reply, Tunemoney need to work on replying email faster).

Waited another several days and still my money was lost in transaction. Last option I decided to complaint directly to the CEO at his blog. ..(how many CEO of a company have their own blog and take time to answer complaint? he does, kuddos!)Surprisingly a day after, the money was transferred to my account and 3 day after I receive a phone call from Tunemoney apologising for the slight mishap. So they are of the hook for being nice…hehehe

As for the PIN number, since I don’t use the card for ATM transaction I didn’t really care but I got my PIN number about two month after activating my card. They said they will send it within 7 days …oh well at least it arrived safely in my post box. Anyhow they should try to live up to their promises.

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P/S: I just figured out my problem with the FPX reload, my internet explorer blocked the bank's pop-up window from the FPX page. (btw I used IE7 haishhh...).It seems although the pop-up windows are allowed for tunemoney website, it wasn't so for the FPX link. To counteract the problem all I need to do was turn 'off' the pop-up blocker from my tools section. Then everything will be fine.

Creditors have better memories than debtors- Benjamin Franklin

Getting wise up

There's an old saying that said 'when you are older you are wiser'. Well here is a few things I found out that no matter how old I am..I never get to be wise at it.

-Managing my closet, being a girl means lots and lots of stuff but it also means a lot of washing, ironing and arraging it it the closet. My closet need constant rearraging but it is just damn difficult, I never get my wardrobe right no matter how I rearrange it. After a few days it's a mess again.

-Putting the cork back on top of the hot water tumbler, my mom has this hot water tumbler that uses cork on top of it, everytime I pour the hot water it and try to put the cork back, it always bounce back because of the preasure but if I don't put it correctly the water will be cold. No use of a hot water tumbler then. Somehow my mom doesn't face this problem, the cork just sit tight..no bouncing. I keep wondering how she did it.

-Cooking for other people, my culinary skills exist only I found it difficult to face other people with the stuff I cook. Baking cakes, cookies, or even puding is not a problem because all the measurement is there. I only have to follow it. But when it comes to 'kampung' meal, all the 'masukkan secukup rasa'. I'm still having problem with how much is enough.

-Managing conversation with stranger. I'm a shy kid, I grew up reading books and fighting with my brother. My parents adore me because I never made any trouble while visiting their friends, unlike their kids who storm off making all the toys in my house their property the moment the lay their eyes on it. No offence but kids need to be tought to respect people privacy. My shyness however decrease by time and non -existence with people who are close to me. But still I'm a quite person which sometimes people oftenly mistaken as shy, a snub or just plain stupid.

And until today I still find it hard to strike a conversation with stranger. I prefer to shut my mouth rather than ask the person 'How's the weather today?'. Gosh..it's plain to see, need I to remind you about that. Perhaps thats the problem, I think to much before speaking to stranger. And my dry humor don't really sit well with some.

- I'm a bit of a telephobia, meaning I hate making calls to people, not a chronic condition (thank God!) but still I find myself cringing everytime I'm ask to make a phone call. I have no problems answering calls though. I found out I am not scared of making phone calls to operator or help desk, since those people work to anwer the phone and received probably hundreds of it everyday so making a fool out of myself to them is not really a big deal. But calling a person is a different case. Luckily text messages were invented, still my heart rate escalate while waiting for people to answer the phone and praying I don't utter anything stupid.


The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age- Lucile Ball