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My two colleagues, who are more senior than I, went for a brief walk at nearby shopping mall during work. We went there for a bazaar sale. There were many vendors selling various types of items including educational books for children. One of the salesmen, quite old, perhaps in his early 50s approached us and threw a question to a senior who was in her mid-30s. “Madam, are you expecting first child?” I got stunned by the question, and it would be harder for her to be thrown such question in front the two of us. I pretended I wasn’t aware of the situation. There might be few factors that made him asked such offensive question. 1. He was too obsessed in selling products that he saw everyone in the mall are having kids or expecting.   2. Two of us are skinnier with flat bellies, assuming three of us are conscious about health. It makes the other one look pregnant instead of having beer belly. 3. Her dressing? Tight tee with protruding belly (the current ...

The Journey I have completely weaned my toddler from breastfeeding about few months ago when she turns two. To be honest, I really miss those moment which we were so close and the bond was strong. Despite having sweet moment, the 24-month of breastfeeding journey was not easy for small bust like me.  My daughter's grandparents have been skeptical about the amount of milk I could produce for my baby since day 1. Their Chinese culture perceives breastfeeding as an odd jobs in ancient time and they even believe children who are fed with breast milk are more clingyto their mothers and hard to be taken care of. Another factor is the pain inflicted while breastfeeding the kid. When she was younger, her needs to suckle the nipples for long period at one time caused back pain. It could be the posture or lack of good support.  When she grows older, the girl liked to move around and I had difficult time to accommodate her. But, luckily my determination helped...

There are several reviews written by bloggers on what kind of dishes they would recommend for other patrons. But there are not much information on latest price and the taxes which is essential for patrons to estimate their budget.  Writing another one to share how much we paid for a table of 10 persons during recent visit to renowned Gaya Sport seafood restaurant Inanam, Sabah.  Altogether, the dishes amounted to RM251 but with 6 per cent Goods and Services tax (RM15.96) and another 6 per cent of service charge (RM15.06), we paid RM282. Yes, they have credit card facility and imposed no additional charges (fuh).  Below are the price list as printed in the receipt. Chinese tea RM1 each glass.  Pickles(raw papaya) RM3 per plate.  Picture by Eugene.blogspot Soft Shell crab RM80/kilogramme butter prawn by everydayfood.blogspot Live butter prawn (white/grass) RM26/kilogramme. Tung Fung Luo picture by everydayfood.blogspo...

National Science Centre is having science exhibition themed “Bringing Science to the Community” at Sabah Museum. The exhibition will be opened to public beginning Dec 14, 2015 until June 1 2016. In conjunction to SciFest 2015 in November, similar exhibition had been held at 1 Borneo Shopping Mall. The programme had received overwhelming response. For more information, contact Dius Kubud or Andrew Peter at 088-215606, 088-225033, 088-263551.

In 2010, the census revealed there is 3.23 million population in Sabah including 1 million of foreigners.  Major economic activities in Sabah are on Tourism (services), Agriculture and Mining/Quarrying sectors. Agricultural production contributes 18.1 per cent of total national production.  Inflation rate in 2014 is 5.1 per cent Sabah export between 2010 and 2014 is RM47 billion (mainly exported to US amounted about RM1.3 billion) and (fairly lower amount to Indonesia) Consumer price Index is higher particularly in medicine price which gone up from 113 to 121 . It is due to the implementation of Goods and Services tax in April 1, 2015.  Migration:  The young generation, including from rural areas, tend to move to places which offer higher and better job opportunities. Those from villages are either move to the state capital or even to other countries like Singapore and Arab.  The concern is when the people move out, the agricultural sect...