Tips on Cold and Rainy Weather

By Rosidah Abidin

I took this picture around 8 o’clock this morning at our backyard. It has been cold and rainy for days and I was thinking about  some tips to share on this blog. Here are a few of them.

Health.com is a quite comprehensive site which gives vital health information with a human touch, like Quick Tips: Staying Active in Cold Weather.

Paul Hochman’s: 7 Tips to Stay Warm and Save Dough is a link on how to stay warm, avoid the chill, and keep your wallet safe from sudden leaks. Go on and read it!

Reed Berry’s: Rainy Weather Driving Tips reminds a rainy day can be refreshing, a walk in the rain can be romantic… but driving in the rain, however, can be quite dangerous. So he’s giving you some helpful tips.

Well, the following link actually isn’t a tip, but Entheos Free Resources’: Rain Effect Photoshop tutorial. You can also find a lot of other useful tutorials on this site.

Help! I’m A Game Addict

Playing games is cool and entertaining. It may help you to maintain or recover  your strength and improve some of your skills. But there are certain people in life who really got drown into it. Stepping over the border without even realizing. Gaming has made them numb to their environments. It just isn’t healthy anymore.

Ron Khare has written an article about How To Beat Computer and Video Game Addiction. You can check for symptoms of addiction, learn steps to shatter the cycle of addiction and get some tips to help making transition easier.

So have fun, but don’t get lost ! Get a grip on your life.

Easy Step Handicrafts

My 8 year old daughter and I  became fond of handicrafts.  Inspired by a friend and a certain school activity, we have learned about some simple techniques.

Here are links to some easy to follow steps and pictures about flower theme handicrafts. Plus, some inspiration for rug hooking and cross stitching.

Do you wanna try ?

Learn To Upgrade Your Blog

As new blogger, I got pretty confused  about all those blogging stuff. Even though  upgrading your blog becomes much more easy and simple these days, there are still a lot of questions crossing the mind. I have documented the steps to upgrade my Friendster blog under a blogging category. Although there is still a lot of space for improvement, I’m quite satisfied with it’s present look.

Who knows? May be you can find some little inspirations here.

Life’s Disagreements

On August 2008, I posted a link to causes for disagreement on my Friendster blog. It’s not hard to guess what I was going through . There are days in your life where you have to face those certain people getting on to your nerves.  But, do you know what? It actually doesn’t have to be that way. They only can get to you, if you let them…

Sometimes the urge to put disagreements right moves you even closer to the edge. Just let it be, if you already have tried the best to communicate.  Make peace with yourself. We can’t change everyone’s point of view.  My husband always says that the people with pure heart and faith in you will stay by your side. They will see the facts behind every rumor. While on the contrary, other people would immediately pull a string around your neck given the slightest chance to gossip. You don’t need to be around them. Why bother at all?

Last but not least, be honest to yourself. There’s always the possibility of being on the wrong side. Don’t be ashamed to apologize and improve yourself.