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	<description>Ramblings of a Despe'rite Housewife</description>
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		<title>Info needed : fun stuff for kids</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/info-needed-fun-stuff-for-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on a guidebook listing fun stuff and interesting places for kids to visit.  The age group is from 3 to 18.  The focus is on activities around the Klang Valley but I will also be listing popular places from the rest of Malaysia.  If there is a place or activity that you think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=818&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back / Hell rider</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call me fickle.  But I can&#8217;t do without this blog.  So I&#8217;m going to switch it on again.  There are stuff that I can&#8217;t put into the other blog without ruining its focus as my &#8216;media gallery&#8217;.  However I won&#8217;t be blogging everyday, more like once or twice a week at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=812&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bye-bye, blog</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/bye-bye-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog has turned into an announcement portal. There are so many things on my plate now there&#8217;s hardly time to update the blog with personal anecdotes. I&#8217;ve also outgrown the addiction of blogging and don&#8217;t feel the pressing need to &#8216;commune&#8217; with it as often as I did at the beginning or blog-hop all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=807&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Astro&#8217;s U-Wartawan</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/astros-u-wartawan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catch me on Astro channel 501 tomorrow. I have been invited as a guest on U-Wartawan. Delivered in Bahasa Malaysia, U-Wartawan is an interactive current affairs show that gives viewers the chance to participate in news reporting using information and communications technology (ICT).
The programme, hosted by Nazri Kahar, embraces the news from, and views of, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=801&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MOE results out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOE Eponym contest
Congratulations to the 10 winners of the contest held in conjunction with MOE’s 8th anniversary (in alphabetical order):
1) Abg. Redzuan bin Zainuren of Kuching, Sarawak
2) Chen Li Ling of Subang, Selangor
3) Chuah Soon Koun of Puchong, Selangor
4) Fazillah binti Sulaiman of Malacca
5) Bridget Khaw of Klang
6) Lim Yiew Tan of Kuala Lumpur
7) Kenny [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=798&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s up?</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/whats-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 06:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been popping by here and going away disappointed that there has been no updates in the past two weeks, thousand apologies. I had been super-busy. My Indonesian cleaning lady who had been coming in once a week for the past ten years or so had been deported by Immigration. So I had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=795&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fat and firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. 3 is heavier than me. He is stout for his age. I&#8217;m waiting for his height to shoot up so that the weight will be distributed more evenly and he won&#8217;t look so fat. According to him, being fat has its advantages. He told me this story recently.
Today the teachers were all in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=784&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MOE contest</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/moe-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you have a copy of 23 April&#8217;s Star. There&#8217;s a contest where you could win a copy of Do You Wear Suspenders? The wordy tales of Eh Poh Nim. Send in your entry quickly. Closing date is 8 May 2009.

Note : The graphics of the book cover has been doctored : the book [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=780&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Message to centipedes</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/message-to-centipedes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dishrag was lying on the floor.  I picked it up and a centipede dropped out from it.  I screamed and flung the rag away from me. It landed on the floor rug.  I retrieved the dishrag gingerly, and using a broom, I flicked the floor rug away.  The centipede was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=774&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Curse of the tongue</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/curse-of-the-tongue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conversation at the dinner table :
No. 1 : Did you eat two pieces of kuih?
No. 3 : No, I only eat one piece.  How dare you curse me!
Me thinking : Huh?  What curse?  We don&#8217;t curse around here.
No. 2 : Haha, that&#8217;s not curse.  That&#8217;s accused, dong-dong!
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		<title>Witty Words</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/witty-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this in the email from Kathy. The word play is pretty clever and witty.  If anyone knows who wrote this, please let me know so I can credit the author accordingly.
1.   The roundest knight at King Arthur&#8217;s round table was Sir Cumference.
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		<title>Idol in a Million</title>
		<link>http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/idol-in-a-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad timing that American Idol Season 8 and One in a Million Season 3 are being aired at the same time.  The differences between the two productions are oceans wide in terms of talent, scale and professionalism.  Though you are aware of the disparity, if you watch the two shows, say six months apart, you don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lydiateh.wordpress.com&blog=117403&post=758&subd=lydiateh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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