Announcement - My Blog Migration wef 22 Nov 2016

Dear All,

As many of you are already aware, I had been working on a new blog on a new blogging platform for the past weeks. I had also been busy doing trial and error with the help of a good friend. We managed to backup and export everything from this blog to my new blogging platform. However, I had to spend a few sleepless nights to touch up on the interface, design and also to edit the categories and to make sense of the taglines.

Finally, my new baby will be delivered and launched on 22 Nov 2016 at 00:00.

I had directed my personalised domain name: http://jolene428.com to the new blog already BUT I will continue to retain this blog because of all the memories which I had accumulated since 2009. This blogging platform had been through my ups and downs with me all these years and it takes me "great courage" to leave it and embark on an "unknown journey". If not for the non-functioning iphone apps which made blogging very inconvenient for a working mother like me, I would hope to continue with this blogging platform.

This will be my last blog post on this blogging platform. I hope you can continue to sail through my Blogging Venture with me, via my new blog, aka http://jolene428.wordpress.com or simply key in http://jolene428.com and it will lead you to the new blogging platform.

I hope this new "unknown journey" will bring me to a Whole New Better World, where I begin my Whole New Better Phase in my Blogging Venture. Seeya soon! ^^

A Very Special 11 Nov 2016 to Look Forward To...

You must be wondering what am I busy with these few weeks.

Well, a lot of things are up my sleeves. Haha...

And just as I thought I won't need to stress over Jamie's Mega Birthday Party this year, since I convinced her that she will enjoy small group playdates with different groups of friends more (and individual playdates = more DayOuts and PlayTime for her too).

But I guess my love for her has bewitched myself, to give in to her once-a-year Birthday Request. I decided to bring cupcakes to her school on 11 Nov 2016 during her recess time to do a simple school birthday celebration. But this year we will be going budget. Yes, I will keep reminding myself we need to go budget this year, though my love for her has often blinded my eyes to notice the prices of cakes and goodie bags. Haha..

Why Cupcakes? Well, it is less messy to clean up. No need to be stressed over how to cut a multi-tiered or 3D cake or even cutting a round cake can be stressful at times. By choosing cupcakes, everyone get one equal size "cake'' and will be easier to cater more for good eaters ;)

Jamie was not sure what ''theme'' she wants for this year birthday ''cake'' until I suddenly remember this morning that, I can actually choose the Pokemon Theme since 99% of Primary School Children should know what is Pokemon by now. Yes, choosing a theme is never easy especially for ''less exposed children''. I remember last year her 6th birthday party theme was ''Inside Out", hence I got the children Inside Out Tsum Tsum in the goodie bags. Then I realized not everyone had watched the movie ''Inside Out'' before... But Pokemon for this year's theme should be safe ^^ I will be ordering 3 dozens of very lovely twelve cupcakes and pokemon cake toppers ^^ And of coz not forgetting the yummy goodie bags :)

Why Twelve Cupcakes? I had never tasted them before because I always thought they are really expensive coz they look pretty and the outlets look very posh. Then I realized they are actually very affordable. 12 pc for $36? Where to find? I was initially shocked at how expensive cupcakes can cost these days... $4.50-$6.00 even by Home Bakers. Gosh... Maybe Twelve Cupcakes are smaller in size than the $6 cupcakes but 3 dozens  will be just nice for the kids. I heard it tastes yummy too :)

Okay, back to the Topic of today's blog.

So why is 11 Nov 2016 so special? Apart from Jamie's School Birthday Celebration, I will also be launching my newly migrated Blog.

Yes, I had signed up for Wordpress, which I heard can reach out to more people around the world (especially those countries who are anti-google). I also heard that their interfaces are more user-friendly. Best of All, Wordpress Smart Phone Apps allows you to not only follow my blog posts closely, but you are able to access to all other Wordpress Blogs too! So you can read any Wordpress Blogs on the go using a Smart Phone Apps instead of using a Phone Browser.

Oh yes, I had finally thought of a theme/tagline for my blog too. And it is a pretty cheesy theme/tagline but I do like it lah, coz I thought it sounds meaningful and easy to remember :P

I am calling it SuperMum Jolene - Gotta Have Them All...

All = The Best of All Worlds!

Who says Working Mummies cannot enjoy Personal Time, Social Life, Couple Travels/Paktors and Stay Slim, Pretty and Fit at the same time? Who says Working Mummies have to restrain and constraint herself to a Fixed Set of Guidelines or Rules by our Ancestors or the Social Norms? I am definitely a very unconventional mummy. I won't dare say my kids will grow up into Scholars or Future Leaders, but I look forward to see them grow up into adults with good characters and values. So, here I am to share with you how every Working or Non-Working Mummies can have them all :)

I am at the midst of tidying up my new blog and adding in more widgets, before launching it in 2 weeks time :) Meantime, stay tune k?! Have a good Weekends in Advanced too :)

Finally! The Blog has been revamped!

Did you notice any difference in my blog interface, colour and banners?

I was doing research and found that this interface/layout looks really simple and clean. I am not someone who is fond of physical clutter and visual clutter. So this new layout and colour theme really suits me! 

I have to thanks my good friend, Hao, for taking time to help me revamp my blog :) The banner was very well done. Simple and speaks it all. More than Words isn't it?

Trying out the cloud design for my labels/categories. Looks ok to me so far but if u do find it difficult to find the posts you want to read on, do tell me k? We can always change it back to the list/bullet design.

I may still continue to touch up the sidebar and add in about me so that readers can understand more about the real me ^^

I hope the Labels are self-explanatory. In doubt, do not hesistate to clarify k! Hope to blog more regularly and I have so much I wish to share! 

As I dug my old photos, I found some "treasure" too! Haha! Can't wait to share! 

So stay tune! 

New Happenings next month!

Hello World!!!

Please stay tune for the new happenings coming next month! 

Beside the backlog checking up, blogging about my upcoming staycation, I will also be revamping my blog layout and design! 

Do throw in more ideas on what changes are u expecting to see! 

I am as excited as you!!! 

Nitez! 

Oops... Sorry to all my readers if I did not respond to your comments or enquires

Oops.. I was labelling my latest posts and decided to pop by to have a look at the list of comments to my posts. Seriously, I did not expect myself to have so many regular readers. I am really very flattered by all the readers who had been following my blog. Thank you very much for your support!

I have to apologise to all the readers who had left me a comment or an enquiry in my comment. I seldom pop by my blog via my laptop and usually upload my blog posts via my mobile apps. Hence, I had missed all the previous comments since year 2014 :(

Sorry everyone! 

I will make it a habit to check my comments page more often in future, so that I can thank everyone of you for your support :)

Oh yah! Please drop me an email in future via jolene428@gmail.com, if you have any urgent query k! I respond pretty fast via email ;)

Meantime, take care of yourself as the haze is here. I am still recovering from my illness :( Hope everyone stays healthy k! Stay Tune for more of my blog posts ^^

Lobangmama@Carousell

Most of my close friends would have known that I am actively doing garage sale in the Carousell apps. 

I am not hoping to earn a profit from selling my Preloved and Unused loots but it's definitely a waste to throw the items away as they are all in good condition. I thought of donating them away too but am not sure if the receiving parties will find the items useful. I will prefer the next users are those who can truly appreciate the items they inherited/bought at a minimal cost.

Less than a year more to go before my Punggol flat can be sold or rented out. Hence, I am slowly digging out the "treasures" and putting them on garage sale too.

Happy Birthday to me and I am taking this opportunity to launch my new Lobangmama @ Carousell Facebook Page! I am having a 30-50% birthday  discount (kitchen appliances vs non-kitchen appliances) from 28-30 April 2015! So do help me spread the words k! I will put up the link onto the side bar of my blog soon too to link to my Carousell page ^^ 

Cheers!

Start Browsing https://carousell.com/lobangmama/

^^ Thank You!!!

Dear Followers/Readers, Thank You All for Being There for me!

I was rather low-spirited lately and I could feel how it had affected my life. I got no mood to blog, to talk and to smile. The episode is finally over and I had a good rest over this one week of hospitalisation leave too. 

I have also chosen to believe that 明天会更好...

I decided to run through the statistics and comments, which I might have missed out during this period of time..

Now I feel blessed and am grateful to know that I do have friends/public following my blog posts ^^ 

Really appreciate the inputs too! I am taking note of the comments and the suggestions because I believe this will help me to become a better blogger :D 

I will keep up with my positive spirit and to keep on blogging because there are people out there who care about what I think!

Thank You All for Being There for me!

谢谢!

Making Sense of the Blog Labels

Good Evening Singapore!

Finally, I squeezed out some time to touch up on the Blog Labels again!

I tried to group relating topics into the same categories so that there will not be a LONG list of blog labels. Hope this helps readers who want to read about the archived posts :)

Just some explanation on what the blog labels mean:

1. iVain - Replaced <爱美日记> so that English readers can understand. Readers can look out for the whole series for 'The Making of Hot Mama' under this category.

2. iDrama/iMovie/Reviews - Drama and Movie Reviews that I will like to share. If you don't see any Review lately, it may not mean I hadn't been chasing dramas or catching movies. It just means I may not like it that much till I wish to write a review on it :P But of coz it may also mean coz I am busy busy busy :(

3. iSpot - It could be something new from food, products to any interesting incidents I encountered. If there is some food or products you hope I can try out, do let me know k :D So that I can share with the rest of the world :) If it's just a clearance sale you will like to shout out to the world, let me know too so that more people can benefit from it!

4. iLoots - Every woman loves to shop! But of coz different types of women will shop for different things. In this category, I will like to share all my shopping conquest from baby stuff to household stuff ^^ If there is any good product you feel that is worth to buy and try it out, let me know! I can buy to try the product and write a review on it.

5. iGames - I always tell people that Facebook saved my life during my pregnancy with Jamie. As I was not working and most of my friends were working, I had no one to chat with me at times. Facebook games became my saviour and I became 'Number Ones' in many Facebook games. When iPhone came along, I then switched to mobile gaming on iPhone! So if you know of any must try iPhone games, let me know k? So that I can try it out and write a review to share with the world! 

6. iCook/iBake - I had created KPIs for myself to try to cook once a week and try to bake once a month. The KPI for cooking was hard to achieve, especially now that I am on strict diet. I will try to catch up on it once my strict diet ends, so that I can enjoy the fruits of my 'labour' too. As for baking, I made twice so far - chocolate chip cookies with my mini toaster oven and chocolate chips muffins with my cupcake/muffin maker. Will catch up on my baking experiences after my strict diet plan ends too!

7. Advertorials/Spnsors - As far, I had only done advertorials and sponsored posts with Rustic Nirvana after I delivered Jamie. I was lucky to be shortlisted and approached by RN's then marketing executive. I was sponsored 5 home-based Jamu massages and 5 salon-based Jamu massages. It was a good experience and I slimmed down a lot after the 10 sessions of Jamu massages. I will hope to work with more sponsors and advertisers. As I am at the moment urging to slim down, I will say beauty, health and food related advertisements and products/services will be most relevant to me now. Hope interested advertisers will drop me an email soon :)

8. Bad Times - It just sharing of some bad experiences I had.

9. Celebrations - This includes all kinds of celebrations, eg family events, festive events, anniversary celebration, kids' parties and friends' birthday celebrations.

10. Travel - Love travelling and we will always try to have minimum one high key travelling a year. However, sometimes I am lazy to find time to post photos and share about my itinerary. This year, I will like to set KPI for myself to upload new blog posts at least 3 times a week and to upload all my travel info, itinerary and beautiful photos :)

Let me know if you find this grouping okay! 

Stay Tune for the next Blog Post on my 'secret' to Slimming down so fast!

Oh yes, if you have anything you want to share with me or if you will like me to be your product ambassador, please email to jolene428@gmail.com. I will reply you as soon as I can.

Seeya soon!

Editing My Blog

Hello~~~ Good Morning?! Hahaha... If you noticed the messiness of the Blog Labels... Yea! I am in the midst of editing my blog! Had been procrastinating over this... for as long as I can remember :P So hopefully THIS IS IT~!!! First of all, I had registered a domain name for the blog~ Hurray!!! The new URL is http://www.jolene428.com! But you still can find me on http://www.jolene428.blogspot.sg and of coz on nuffangx too :) Please download this awesome Apps IMOTIV so that you can follow your favourite blogs! With this apps, you can be updated on the whole list of new posts by your favourite bloggers! And don't forget to add me in lah :P Only managed to 'clean up' the side column a bit. Wonder if it looks better now? Halfway through the Blog Labels... Hope to get it done by end of the week! Stay Tune ^^

Touching Up on the Blog

Currently touching up the blog layout and design a little. May not be too obvious yet but hopefully this will bring new life to the blog. And of coz, New readers too :)

Opening up new opportunities too for retailers or blogshop owners who wish to find a more affordable source to advertise their products. Feel free to drop me an email at jolene428@gmail.com if you have any collaboration ideas :) I am open to joint marketing, blog advertising or space advertisement etc. Do feel free to give your suggestions :)