I have finally put up a new layout. It’s just something simple I put together while I was bored at work. I’ve always been a big sucker for simple, clean & easy to read layouts.

Another new thing in my life is Windows 7! I’ve been using Windows Vista for the last year and completely hate it. It’s so so so slow. Over the weekend I installed Windows 7.

The OS in general is much quicker compare to Vista. However the task bar does need a bit of getting use to and I did find it a little confusing at first. Once you get the hang of it, it’s pretty sweet.

If you’re a Vista user, I would really recommend getting Windows 7. Windows 7 is also much cheaper than the previous Window OS. Definitely something worth looking into, especially if your computer running Vista is extremely slow.

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“Times goes by fast when you’re having fun” is commonly known saying. It is too true. The time goes by too fast when I’m at home because there’s so much I want to do. I only have about 3hrs to do my own stuff each evening. Wish it was a little bit more balanced.

Do you have moments where you feel that time is just moving way too slow or way too fast?

I’m thinking of writing a PHP application when I have time. I don’t have any good ideas what sort of application to write. Any suggestion on a web application that I can write? Anything that you want to integrate with your website? I was thinking of a link tracker (to track your external links to see people are clicking on your link exchanges, affiliates etc) or Q&A application that can be integrated with WordPress easily (could even be a WP plugin).

I started reading Twilight last Thursday. I know this whole Twilight hype was over a year ago but it’s better now then never. I bought the whole collection for my sister last year for her birthday. She read all four books in a week, crazy girl! I was going to read it over the summer but never got round to doing it.

I get really addicted when I read a book I enjoy. Addicted as in like I can’t put the book down! I’m actually almost done on Twilight. I should be finished by tomorrow evening and onto the next one “New Moon”. I will probably watch the first movie this weekend but I have heard that it isn’t as good as the book. Movies are not always as good as the books unfortunately.

As a child I’ve always loved reading books, it seems to be a common interest in female. I find that many of my male friends don’t like reading books and they would prefer to watch the movie instead or rather play on their consoles. Many of them tell me that books are boring and they hate it. I wonder if they really do think books are boring or they are just influenced by the way geeks & nerds are protruded in films. Geeks & nerds in films are sometimes book worms. Maybe they feel that if they read books they will be seen as geeky and uncool.

I travel to and from work by train everyday so reading books on the train is just perfect I get through quite a few pages during the journey. It makes the journey far less boring.

Visitor Content
I added some visitor content last week. I wasn’t sure what sort of content to do so decide I will do some PHP tutorials. Most people know how to use include() but off course there’s a lot more to that. So if you are interested in learning some basic PHP then pop over to my visitor section.

So far there’s tutorials on the very basic of PHP. I will continue with basic tutorials because it’s important to know the basics before moving onto advance topics.

If there is anything you want me to write about, please do let me know. I will try my best to write a clear tutorial on whatever you need help with.

I’m going to be arranging all the content pages and also rewrite a few of them. Going to start off with the “About” page. I really dislike writing “about me” pages though  because I never know what to write about when it comes to myself. I started several ”Health & Beauty” pages sometime ago but I haven’t written any for ages. I still have that massive list of all the different types of “Health & Beauty” pages I want to write. I will definitely start getting on with those.

Designing website or web pages really draws me into it. It makes me completely forget about everything around me. Last night I was drawing up a new front page for my store. I started at around 9pm and aimed to just do it for an hour then go to sleep. I was so lost in it that it was 10.45pm by the time I checked the clock. I ended up going to sleep at 11pm. I was super super tired at work today and falling asleep during work. I get up at 6.30am during weekdays so I only had about 6hrs sleep which isn’t enough for me. I need at least 8-9hrs of sleep a night.

Here’s a preview of what I’ve done so far:

I modified this from a pre-made template for the shopping cart application I’m using at my store.

I will get round to making a brand new layout from scratch but I need to familiarise myself with their template code first.

Quick reminded to everyone. The May giveaway ends at the end of this month so make sure you don’t miss out.

As the topic title says, I’ll going to rant about something. I really dislike my journey to work! So here’s a little info about it before I tell you why I dislike it so much.

To get to work I need to get from train station A to train station C, just like any other train journey till you hear the rest. I get on the train at station A then have to get out of station A and walk to station B to catch a train to station C. It isn’t a far walk really, it’s about 5-6 minute walk. So you’re probably thinking, what’s so horrible about that?

The horrible part is there is only a 6 minute gap between the time the train arrives at station A and the time the train from station B leaves for station C. That isn’t so bad as it doesn’t take that long to walk to station B but if the first train is delayed for more than 2 minutes I would likely to miss the connection. If I miss that train I have to wait 20mins for the next train. The train is often delayed by a few minutes! Sometimes the train at station B leaves a 1 or 2 early meaning that I’ll miss it! I won’t miss it if I run but I don’t always run unless I see the train approaching the platform.

Imagine walking that 5-7mins everyday where it is mostly windy and rainy (the weather is mainly like in the UK, those from the UK you know what I’m talking about).

The journey home is also similar, with only 6 minutes to get from station B to A. Again with another 20 minute wait if I miss the first connection.

The total journey time is only about 40 minutes but it’s that annoying change. I don’t mind changing platform but station to station is just too much, especially when trains are delayed!