Check out what I've been up to & drop me a line while you're at it .. G.: In the month of September 2008..

September was fasting month and it came and went pretty quickly. Apart form the big highlight of getting our bonus pay out, it was a pretty quiet month.

Well, I had told myself that when I have extra cash, above everything else, there are 3 things I must do. One, have my eyes tested and invest in a good pair of glasses that I SO need. Two, take Carol, Aunty Connie and the gang out for dinner. And, three get Carol a new handphone for Christmas cum her birthday.

No.1, was easy enough.. I reckon it's a good investment 'coz ometimes my eyes get so tired from staring at the PC and I don't really have a decent pair of glasses to wear out of the house! Managed to find a nice pair of frames that I liked.. nice and simple with no excessive bit of metal (especially tacky gold bits or screaming brands!) at the side. The optimetrist actually had some pretty good news for me - I don't need multi-focal lenses just yet! It's a good, comfortable fit and it wasn't over, over budget - I'm very pleased!

My new glasses.. And, that's how I look in them..

No. 2 was a bit tricky 'coz of timing. At first Aunty Connie was away in Penang, then Carol, James & Jade were gonna go to Vietnam.. I've already decided on Delicioud at 1-Utama and I'm sure there'll be a post on our dinner in the near.

No. 3 was made so much easier for me thanks to Luke, who clued me in on what type of phone Carol liked. I ended up getting her a pretty nifty Nokia that had all these feature s(that Carol may not even use, like Yahoo Messenger!) that even my phone didn't have. Carol was pretty pleased and intimidated by the phone all at once. Pleased 'coz, hey.. free new phone.. hello, what's there not to be pleased about?? Intimidated 'coz she's a bit of a techno-phobe and she's been using a basic phone for so long all the new functions & features will need some time figuring out.. I'm sure she'll be fine and enjoying her new phone in no time!

The phone I got for Carol.. yes, it's a pink one! Next, to get her a matching phone pouch.

I've been on the phone with Mona from time to time and true to her word, I got pictures. Mona, Ben and the girls are all fine and Asha has begun to look like Mona. According to Mona, she's a happy baby who hardly ever cries and.. sleeps thru' the night! Sweet!