Kelly’s posterous

Status:  Almost getting back my webhosting but with another webhosting service provider

Also, just argued with my dysfunctional mum today.  lol

I had a bad day from the start.  I had terminated a mobile phone service (last payment in Oct).  So imagine my "horror" when I received a legal letter from Starhub's lawyer yesterday (barely a month later on 12th Nov 2008), asking to settle SG$101 payment.

I just wanted to pay at an AXN service station and inform Starhub via phone that I refuse to pay the legal fees as it was unreasonable.  My mum insisted I went down and make a fuss.

I was like, "What's the point?  Either way I've decided not to go with Starhub, I had another phone plan with another service-provider anyway."  But knowing my mum best, I acceded her request.

She tagged along with me to Starhub's headquarters just behind where Centrepoint was.  My old lady almost had her head injured as I turned back in time and shouted to her - that barge that went up and down for cars to enter/exit from (carpark) almost came down on her head.  She managed to avoid it in time because she heard me.

She caught up with me and started grumbling and blaming me for her near-death fright, and I thought, "I was only a few steps ahead of you mum.  You've refused to be pushed in a wheelchair, nor did you want a walking stick.  So how am I supposed to dictate where and when you put your feet?"

This day, it was very unlike me cos I usually call and double-confirm appointment and address.  I didn't call, neither did I make an appointment.  So when we finally reached Starhub headquarters, I was kinda pissed when they told me I had to go to one of their customer service shops.  They apologised for the inconvenience, I and mum proceeded to Plaza Singapura.

Okie....big fuss made at Plaza Singapura (got a ticket and had waited less than 7 minutes to be served).  I was told that I should be paying lesser than the required $101 but that they needed to have their internal revenue department waiving the legal fees.  I was advised by the friendly Starhub staff to hold on to the payment.  My mum insisted I paid off the bill!

Okie, again I acceded to her request cos Starhub is gonna refund via cheque for overpayment anyway.  I paid SG$90.

Pet Lovers' Centre was also there!  Oh all the qute qute hammies were there and I itched to get a few again since my last hammie was suspected of "murder" (he had a clean horizontal cut on his tummy and had his poor intestines sticking out but there was no sign of blood for which I suspected a **boy who we were looking after for 3 months since his mum tried to strangle him DID IT - he's since returned to his father who then later sent him to a boys' home for other behavioural problems).

I woulda spent the rest of the early evening window-shopping but I couldn't.

Again I acceded to my mum's request to rush home so she can catch her favourite news and TV seriel drama.  I had barely sat in the room for a minute when I realised we forgot to mail my brother's READERS' DIGEST envelope.  She suggested I post it since I have not yet changed into my usual home t-shirt and shorts.

I said,"Me?"  I was thinking of the tidbids to buy but more importantly, I suddenly remembered I was waiting for an overseas phone call from someone at 7pm and this person only had my home phone number.  The phone call was a confirmation for a viewing date and time for a walkup apartment in the East area.  It meant $$$$ to me.  I was about to call on someone (someone whom I would name as 'JO') to run the mailing errand.

Before I could summon Jo into the room, my mum grumbled and said that I am useless, blah blah...and she will go mail the letter now on her own.  In the past she would say stupid things like,"My children never support me!"  And I would go,"Oh, then how did you get the money to buy groceries and stuff to cook???  You make it sound as if we ill-treat you!"

I feel that it's not that we kids don't appreciate her, it's she NOT appreciating us.  I had enough of her treating me like a doormat and said,"Mum, can you please stop getting angry?  Did you even give me a chance to call Jo into the room???"

She picked up my brother's envelope and proceeded to tear it open.  She was in one of her temper tantrums.  I said."Mum are you out of your mind?  Where are you going to get another no-postage required envelope like this?"

And she was like,"Useless envelope!  Causing so much trouble.  Tear you up!"

This time, I snatched the envelope away from her.

Guess what?  She picked up a stool and threw it.  It flew towards the door and for a minute I wished it went straight to the TV I bought for her.  It would have been ample penalty for an over-sized over-grown kid in an old body.

It was at this moment I told her,"Stop acting like a spoilt brat mum!  Can't I even have the freedom of mailing it tomorrow?  Why are you so bloody inflexible??  It's only a Reader Digests' reorder form and cheque!!"

She continued being angry; even after 3 hours she challenged me to complain to my brother.  I looked at her and shook my head.  Kid!

My mum's main problem is, she can get angry over the most mundane of problems, finger-pointing and not being able to see the light even at age 72!  One of her childhood friends who played with her told me,"Do you know Kelly?  You mum hit me when I was a kid!  She hit me!  You look at her and she can fool almost everyone cos she looks like a teacher.  But she is damn fierce lo!"

I looked at the lady who brings me grandaunt food daily.  She had a smirk on her face.

I smiled and said,"Yes, I know."

I've put up with her "gross misconduct" for as long as I could remember.  Everytime she insists on something (sometimes she makes detrimental decisions or do things that makes me cringe) I try to have things her way.

My friends said that if I make it a little more difficult for her to get her monthly allowance may be it will make her behave better.  Another friend said it's difficult for anyone to stomach her constant verbal abuse and that my mum belongs to the nursery for senior citizens; being in the "public eye" will force her to behave.

A brother's friend's wife (from Thailand) said she wouldn't expect my mum to be nice to her when she could not even respect her own daughter.  (She said this when she found out how calculative my mum got over some meat and groceries she placed in our fridge.  She and her husband rented a room from us for a good 3 months.  I guess she didn't like my mum that much.)

Ironically, it's thanks to her that I indirectly had a chance to have the boy** leave the household for good.  The super-naughty boy could not stand my mum at all!

Finally understood what "overuse of CPU" means!  Excessive CPU usage by one or more clients causes extreme slowness in all areas: FTP, Telnet, Web Sites and more.  If the CPU usage gets too far out of hand, all sites hosted on the machine will return Errors and not be accessible in any way.

A friend told me,"Still, they should have warned you instead of suspending your webhosting account.  Not everyone is a computer-network expert!  It's only right they refund you your webhosting fees."

I said,"Yeah, they did say so - to refund me my annual webhosting fees in 'their next payment cycle'.since the wordpress themes I uploaded are worth way more than my webhosting fees, not to mention I was not allowed to retrieve a backup of my blog entries and comments.  I lost more than I will ever get back but at least the refund softens the damage somewhat."

Lesson learnt and I am sure my experience will save some from hosting headaches!

Never hog your wordpress admin control panel for more than 20 minutes per day if you can help it - only use your FTP to upload/delete/rename files!

You can do this by testing wordpress and php scripts by making your computer a server.  How?  Download the WAMP server which includes MySql and PhpMyAdmin.  Google for the latest version!

For those of you who are keeping track of my webhosting issue results, I came across a "forum conversation" that put a smile to my face:

Start date: today and ending soon! It's a pretty tough market out there! Too many competitions. Too many sluggish as well as great hosting providers. You got to stand up and prove something somehow. So!  That's why I am here! What if I give you away a web hosting accounts for FREE? What if my wife, who is my Financial Advisor (as any husband's is) wouldn't know that I am too generous to give out this awesome offer? I am offering below for FREE! 8GB storage xxGB monthly transfer What is in it for me? Nothing..  My only request, once you visit Singapore, please drop by my place and I'll buy you beer! (or maybe coffee) Interested?  You got to post here. Say something unique. Reply with your thread link and surely you will get this. regards. xxxxx Yup. he's pretty drunk last night alright. He posted on 3 forums.  Our apologies! Before my husband gives out anymore of our offer, let me control this! His mentioned offer will only be valid until 12-sept only.

I just joined Blip.fm today...already uploaded several mp3, including I KISSED A GIRL by Katy Perry and MOUTH SHUT by the Veronicas.

I KISSED A GIRL by Katy Perry  -  Very quirky but credible song......especially when you're drunk!
MOUTH SHUT by the Veronicas - Emotional and lovely!

Here's one called AKALA (play or download below).  Aha...don't need to tune your player.  You heard it right.  It's NOT English but it does remind you of Akon's wonderful music!

Add me ok if you're on Blip.fm too!

  

Didn't pay much attention to Superstars so when Derrick's CD was launched, I really thought it did him justice.  Cos you know, lots of people say it's the bass and backup singers - can't be further from the truth!

Here's proof of his crystal-clear voice that easily merits him an award no less 'shinier' than our Singapore's Sun Yan Tze's.

Below are Derrick's best 2 tracks (in my opinion) although the slower numbers are equally dreamy and enjoyable.  (Piano tunes in some tracks reminds me of those from Jay Chou's).  [ Derrick's blog (in Mandarin) has 2 cute audios of him singing as a kid (his 9-year-old demo!) ]

Or watch Derrick goofing in Taiwan (the initial "taxi part").

  

  

I show here some dresses and their accessories that helps make the Hime
Gyaru look (romantic and sweet Princess)  --->  see below pictures.


What's Hime Gyaru?
Complexion:  tanned to fair (but not very tanned)

Clothing Colours - mostly pinks and whites, sometimes red and black and any
pastel colours, flower designs, etc.  Almost anything frilly or lacy.

Hair - long-roll curly hair, sometimes bleached blonde or shades of
burgundy, sometimes bee-hive hairstyle

Nails - “Bling bling” fingernails caked in glitter and imitation precious
stones.

Jewellry - Lots of bows (ribbons) and crystals or fake diamonds. Lots of
bling, faux fur and lace.  Brooches and bracelets designed like boo-boo
kitties, clowns and ice-cream cones. 

Mobile phones: jewel stickers to make cellphones look like gaudy national
treasures.

Shoes:  Cinderalla high-heels, see-through stilletoes, shoes with lots of
glitter or 3-dimensional flowers.  Another playful version of the Hime Gyaru
wear knee-high stockings and flat-coled ballet-inspired shoes.

Other accessories:  Lacy gloves, lacy or cutesy or over-sized ribbon
head "gear", lacy gloves and lacy umbrellas, lace cuffs (for wrists),


Hime Gyaru Fashion started in Japan although I see it as a variation
of the Victorian dresses prevalent in 'ancient eras' USA, Britain and Europe.

Celebrities Yuri Ebihara and Tsubasa Masuwaka are perhaps the most
well-known for publicly appearing in their Hime Gyaru styles.



Which FASHION STYLE is you?

Other styles that could be YOU

Gothic
Clothing Colours - black, white, other dark colours
Jewellry - crosses, other religious symbols, sometimes crowns, lots of
silver and metals

"Kurothic" is also a gothic but they wear mostly black.


Decora
Clothes and jewelry has lots of Cherries, cakes, hearts, ribbons, bows. All
loud and psychadelic colours of the 1960s, lots of stripes at times.
Other accessories - stuffed animals, bags, colourful knee-high socks,
plastic accessories (hoops, rings, necklaces and earrings), Character goods
(Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty and Marie from Disney’s The Artistocats are
best) and a rolling suitcase (for clothes and accessories)

Punk uses American British punk elements
Clothing colours - black, white, red, plaid
Jewellry - safety pins, chains, etc
Other accessories - bags, purses

Walita (my definition!) - traditional Japanese clothing mixed with any one
of above fashion
Clothing colours - kimono or yukata prints
Other accessories - bags, purses


Emo?  I have a feeling it's a mix of Gothic and a always-frowning-and-my-
life-sucks kind of image.  :D

A hit some months back but it's become a "classic" for me.

If you like the artiste's music - please support them by buying their album!  :D

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