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Tagged…

…by Tracy for 7 true things about moi:

• I will buy 2 extra pairs of the same pair of heels that I wear most often. This is to avoid any frantic search when the current pair worns out.
• I always use bullet points not just to make lists but also while writing articles. Dotting helps me process my thoughts.
• I will sing the last line of the hymn “My Jesus I love Thee” (…If ever I loved Thee, My Jesus tis now) whenever I think of snacking late at night to remind myself not to because it’s not the best time to digest.
• I run several websites but my first and oldest is the tips site and this baby of mine is 7 years old this year. 5 or 6 years ago, I incorporated small online shops for every topic. Example, when I wrote tips on constipation, then the shop will feature products that help relieve constipation. I had more than 30 ’shoppes’ and for each, I gave them a name, like these:
  - Snorer’s silent aids (snoring)
  - Antibacterial agency (natural antibiotics)
  - Blackout survival shoppe (power failure)
  - Clearance Aids (constipation)
  - Veinglory shoppe (varicose veins)

  My baby used to look like this.

• Except for once when I topped the class for a maths test, I was almost always a straight F student for this subject. If it hadn’t been for a new teacher who came and invested extra time on the weak students, I wouldn’t have gotten through a major exam with a B+.

  Several years later on my friend’s wedding day, I discovered that this teacher was (well, still is) the bride’s brother-in-law, ie, the bride’s sister’s husband. *Oh!*

  And when I went on to engineering maths, it was yet another exceptional teacher who taught in such a relational and humorous manner that only made me appreciate maths even more. His efforts paid off. I got an A. I was overjoyed. Sooo happy! In his class, he would always reiterate that in mathematics, we need to know the laws very well because they are laws, and even if we were to be called out of bed in the middle of of the night, we must be able to recite the laws!

  Hence, besides the joy, the impact I’ve received from this wonderful learning experience— don’t walk away from maths (or any unfamiliar learning subject).

• This month is a birthday month for hub, me and at least 15 other people we know. How old you ask? Hmm…how about a maths question? 7×9-27.
• I don’t like clutter and neither do I do like to contribute to it. The only time when clutter exists is when I’m unable to decide or think of a place to store the stuff.

The tagging rules are:
1 Link the person who has tagged you
2 Tell seven true things about yourself
3 Tag seven new people
4 Leave a message with the person you have tagged so they know about it

Oh no, please excuse me from rules #3 and 4 because everyone I know has already been tagged! Am I right?

And thank you very much for dropping by the shop yesterday. I wish I could stand at the ‘doorway’ to welcome you in!

3 Comments »

1. From Colleen
   10 11, 2007 @ 12:16 am

   Re: math … kinda the same for me, too! I was just barely passing for years and then I had a teacher who cared about me getting it and I passed Algebra 11 with a 96 percent! I couldn’t believe it! The power of a teacher who teaches people and not subjects.
   At Colleen’s blog: this guy I know

2. From Tracy
   10 11, 2007 @ 11:12 am

   Such fun to read your list! Happy anniversary to your tips site–that’s a long time! I’ve always been hopeless with math *SIGH* Everything else I did good in at school, but never maths :o( Happy weekend, my friend ((HUGS))

3. From tea time and roses
   12 11, 2007 @ 6:21 pm

   My goodness, I did not you had your Tips site that long Happy Anniversary…how fantastic!! Math, oh my, not a good one for me. I would get it be happy and before long it was gone! :o) Have a lovely week…

   Beverly..

   At tea time and roses’s blog: A Tiny Peek…..

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