My kitchen flooring

Hi peeps..

This is the new look of my kitchen. Actually I was not so satisfied with the choice of colour of my cabinet. It is not I don't like the mocha colour, but it did not contrast with my floor tiles. My mistake, did not check the colour of the cabinet with floor colour. So guys out there, this is one of the lesson you should learn!

Anyway, I have Rm500 Floor Depot deposit that I paid almost 1 year ago to lock the current promotion price. It's going to expire on 31st March 2012. Since I don't feel any needs to replace my flooring at home and at the same time I did not want the deposit to be forfeited, therefore, I have used it to replace my kitchen flooring. That has caused me RM1400, and since I have paid RM500 one year ago, I just need to top up another RM900.

FYI, I have chosen the cheapest 'water resistant' type of material. That is not my first choice, but that is the cheapest among its range. I buat betul2 sbb taknak burn my deposit. But those yg hunting for barang rumah while waiting for your house keys to be handed over, please don't get caught over your excitement. Especially with Floor Depot. Because why, I ended up paying higher if I were to use the voucher that I paid for last year's promotion. Yes, they gave you 55% discount on the material, but you have to pay the installation fee, transportation fee etc. etc. while the current March 2012 promotion gave me only 40% discount on the material, but other fees are FOC.

So .... moral of the story, tak payah la bayar deposit to FLOOR DEPOT to lock the current price sbb :

1. You tak really sure whether you really need it unless you already move in.

2. Promotion dia maybe right, but dia exclude other charges/hidden charges which I found this ada unsur2 nak menipu customer. Sbb once we have paid, mesti ramai yg tak nak end up your money to be forfeited, so like me, terpaksa jugak buat walaupun tak rasa pun nak pakai laminated floor just yet..

3. If you wanna do laminated flooring, I heard other company gave better price and better service. One of them is LaWoodCare ....

That's all folks, jgn comment my kitchen, sbb overall, I had dreamt a much better kitchen than this, tapi tunggu lah, bila dah byk duit nanti :-)

p/s I don't know why I could not arrange the photo as I wished, to show a clearer before and after photos..







Gluten Intolerance

Hi people...

I wanna share something that I discovered that is very important to some of you. How to start? In my 2 previous posts, I shared my experiences on skincare...yes, until today I still admit Clarins is a good skincare. But despite it is good...I still have pimples here and there. Being someone you had a clear skin before, having one two pimples really made me stress.

So I googled on the benefits of homemade mask and there are many types of mask that is can be easily prepared. The homemade mask that I tried is a combination of honey, oat and lemon. I used it everyday for 3 days. The verdict : My pimples became worst! I was so stress and I believe it must be something is wrong with my body. I continued my research and found something very disturbing.

Have you heard of 'Gluten Intolerance' or 'Gluten Sensitivity' relates to acne? I don't want to discuss in detail what are the disease that relates to this allergy, because you can google it yourself as there are many articles that are very informative, but what I want to emphasize is that gluten food can cause acne. But what is gluten? Gluten is a protein composite found in foods processed from wheat and related species, including oat, barley and rye.

So back to my homemade mask tadi...I started get very bad acne week when I started to use the homemade mask. Then secara kebetulan, on the same week, I minum air barli setiap hari that week, makan my favourite noodle soup @ mee sup (mee kuning), all on the same week. I mmg have been suffering joint problems and on medication on and off. But on that week, I makan ubat pun, still tak relieve my joint pain. So I suspect something is not right, internally. And I have been taking oats as breakfast almost every morning!!

From my research : Symptoms of Gluten Intolerance include :

Diarrhea - My stomach is very sensitive, senang dapat diarrhea
Weight Loss  - nope
Malnutrition  - maybe
Mild weakness - Yes, I am! Always energy less
Joint and  Bone pain - Definately
Abdominal bloating (stomach swells) - Champion of bloated tummy! Esp lepas makan mee..
Acne - Yes!! Sufferer for almost 2 years

Research shows that gluten intolerance in some form affects approximately 15% of the US population. But many people don't realize it ... you know what, gluten is almost everywhere ... let me just name it few :

Bread, cake, pasta, noodle, Noodles, Oatmeal, Pancakes, Pie and pie crusts, pizza ....

You can get the list from here .

Most of the symptoms, I am pretty sure that I am one of the sufferer, but I have set an appointment with skin allergy specialist just to get official confirmation. Deep down I'm still hoping the that I don't have it, just problems with my imbalance hormones..I can't face the fact to live with gluten free diet....Tidakk!!! Takkan I tak boleh makan my kids' birthday cake? Takkan I tak boleh makan my favourite mee sup, lasagna, Big Apple doughnut, Garret popcorns, pizza, roti canai, Mc Donalds??