What Do You Wear To Work?

For work, I've been advised to wear formal clothes like good-looking shirts with collars and sleeves, black slacks or pants and shoes that aren't sandals, sports shoes or slippers. Jeans and t-shirts are absolute no-nos. But some people at my workplace wore jeans and khaki pants!

Anyway, I guess it's the work that one does and not the kind of clothes one wears to work. What's the use of dressing up like Michelle Obama and end up delivering less than 100% at work? That bothers me a lot actually. I feel kind of guilty when I'm not doing anything or if I finished my work early. But not to worry nowadays because my boss realized that I like to do work so he gives me some to do. My overall performance will be graded at the end of my training so I feel that it's important that I do something every other minute of my working hours not including lunch time.

As for accessories, what do you wear? Yeah, there's the watch, bags, water tumbler, etc. Anyone wears jewelry to work??? A co-worker was really casual once when she wore slippers but maybe the boss didn't notice or just didn't bother.

Well no matter what, looking presentable is still important besides giving your best at work. :)

What I'm Up To Right Now...

Currently doing this...



...but wants to do this...



and this...



and this...



but in a month's time will be doing this!



Kind of liking my internship now but wish had more time to do other things like read and do nothing! Now I understand what it's like to work from 9 to 5 for five days a week. Going to work also makes me appreciate home more.

I can't really go off at 5pm sharp. My boss gives me extra work at 4pm and it usually takes me 2 hours to finish them up. I have five more weeks to go before finally going back to sweet, sweet uni!

Rain Barrels

Do you keep a rain barrel outside your home? Do you collect rain water is some way, perhaps with a pail or something that works as a pail? I have not heard of rain water barrels until just. My mom used to put pails out in the garden to collect rain water and then use it to water the plants and wash the car. It is definitely a good way to save water. That means lower water bills!

If you are looking for rain barrels for sale, just try visiting the Simply Rain Barrels website and you'll see various types of rain barrels for you to choose.

There are barrels of all shapes and sizes and colours. If you are on a budget, there are ranges of prices for you to choose. The cheapest cost between $100 and $200. You can also read testimonials from other customers who have bought barrels from the store before. Maybe if you're happy with their products, you could contribute your own feedback and they'll publish it on their website! It'd be a great way to let others know what you think of certain products.

Wow, some folks even use rain water for washing clothes! Incredible.

Unread

This week's Booking Through Thursday question:

In the perfect follow-up to last week’s question, as suggested by C in DC:

Is there a book that you wish you could “unread”? One that you disliked so thoroughly you wish you could just forget that you ever read it?

My answer would be Doing It by Melvin Burgess and perhaps New Moon by Stephenie Meyer??? Really, I found New Moon terribly dull unlike the other books in the series. Other books would be A Wrinkle in Time but it wasn't that bad actually.

Keep Your Home Safe

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Don’t wait a moment longer. Safeguard your home right now.

Emma and Pride & Prejudice

I'm currently on a Jane Austen movie marathon. Lately I've been watching Emma and Pride and Prejudice over and over again. I wonder when I'll get sick of them!

I have the Gwyneth Paltrow 'Emma' DVD but I watched the Kate Beckinsale version on the Internet. Initially, I found a lot of faults with the latter because I was so used to Gwyneth as Emma and Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley. And it was weird seeing Beckinsale as Emma.

As for Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 version is really long! I'm only starting to watch Episode 3 now. I already have the 2005 movie on DVD, the one with Keira Knightley.

There is a lot of difference between the two versions. The girls in the 1995 version looked kind of weird at first because they were plumper and not so good-looking like the ones in the 2005 version. But their performance is unexceptional and I enjoy watching them.

How many movies are there that are based on Jane Austen's books? I know that there are movies on Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park. I'll watch them later.

Rent, Not Buy

Why buy books when you can rent them? From BooksFree.com, you can rent unlimited paperback books from $10.99 a month and unlimited mp3-CD audiobooks from $13.49 a month. There are other plans as well so you should check out the website for more information.

Perhaps your house is overflowing with books and you simply cannot buy anymore because there is nowhere to put them! Then, try renting books instead. Another reason to rent books is that you don’t have to keep the book if you didn’t enjoy it like how you thought you would.

There are over 150 000 books and 23 000 audiobooks to choose from. Choose which ones you like and BookFree will send them to you for free! When you are done reading, send them back. If you like the books, you can keep them for a discount. Fantastic, isn’t it? If only there are such book rentals in Malaysia too.

BTT: Second First Time

This week's question:

What book would you love to be able to read again for the first time?

This is a tough one. There are a lot of books that I would really love to read for the first time all over again! For instance, the Harry Potter books, The True Story of Lilli Stubeck by James Aldridge, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, the Shopaholic books and lots more.

I didn't include any classics. For me, I will like classics better if I re-read them.