Count your blessings daily

1. Drinking coffee makes me realize how people with insomnia feel and how bless I am to be able to have a good night rest.

2. Being able to stock up on groceries makes me realize how lucky I am to have food on the table everyday.

3. Being a housewife makes me realize how lucky I am to have a good husband that supports the family and having the time to cook at home daily.

4. Looking at the shoes and clothes that I previously bought and are now sitting in the cupboard makes me realize how stupid I am to spend so much on non necessity purchases. 

5. Coming to Seychelles makes me realize that I can survive without shopping mall, fancy restaurants and cinema.

It's All About Choices

Most people I know will envy my life as a housewife in a foreign country. At times they forgot the fact that I too work from home on my own on-line business (but of course they will again complain and compare having to go to the office daily, not having any freedom, having to wake up early, traffic jams and such...). Something they fail to realize is they too can have this choice to become a housewife but they are unable to let go of the fact that they will be making less money and having less branded articles in their closet and losing the fame and recognition from others. Most will want others to perceive them as a successful career woman instead of a measly housewife. They will also go on badgering you to have kids when sometimes I secretly think they regretted that decision.  
For your information, I wake up at 5am in the morning, have breakfast with my husband and see him off to work and of course I'll be in bed by 9pm. There really is a huge difference waking up at 8am and sleeping at 11pm and another thing that bothers me is the weird timing in Malaysia. I think they forgot to adjust the hours to daylight saving time. It's still dark at 6am in Malaysia while in India and other tropical countries, the sky is already blue at that same time. 

Brazilian Hair

为什么Brazilian Hair那么好卖？一定要巴西人的头发！马来西亚，中国，印度，缅甸的不能接受！因为巴西人的发质最好。难道那么多女生那么不喜欢自己的头发？头发不够多？不够滑？不够亮？不够厚？那么没有安全感？看到货的时候，还来不及看自己的钱包有多少就大声说要买。当要付钱的时候就会跟你说‘还不确定’或则‘待会联络’或则‘我进钱了会让你知道’。一卷头发卖$20-100++都有人买，什么世界来的。。。

Cost of Living in Seychelles

I've been here for a little more than a month now. Before moving here I've search high and low through the internet for the cost of living in Seychelles but nobody seems to give the exact amount of the price of the items sold here or what is available here. Unlike other countries where you can easily gauge the cost of the food by visiting the grocery mall website like tesco or carrefour. Here is the list I've collected so far and I hope it helps. Price will be listed in Seychelles Rupees (SCR).

Bread 11-40 SCR
Coke 1.5 Litre 33 SCR
Coke 500ml 17 SCR
Onion 2kg 24 SCR
Oats 500g 20 SCR
Pasta Sauce 19-50 SCR
Marmite 51 SCR
Brinjal 40 SCR per kg
Tomato 35 SCR per kg
Carrot 28 SCR per kg
Garlic 30 SCR per kg
Potato 11 SCR per pack
Soy Sauce 18 SCR
Banana 20 SCR per kg
Chili 10 SCR per pack
Fruit Juice 16 - 23 SCR
Milk 19 - 25 SCR
Apple 25 -30 SCR per kg
Lemon 60 SCR per kg
Orange 17 SCR per kg
Cheddar Cheese 161 - 200 SCR per kg
Butter 200g 27 SCR
Cream Cheese 200g 44 SCR
Cooking Oil 1kg 25 SCR
Pasta 11.5 - 15 SCR
Cabbage 20 SCR per kg
Flour 9.25 SCR per kg
Corn Flakes 19 SCR - 80 SCR
Tuna Canned 17.50 - 30 SCR
Corn 2 for 25 SCR
Egg 2.55 - 3.5 SCR
Cooking Cream 1 Litre 93 SCR
Whipping Cream 1 Litre 117 SCR
Sugar 13 SCR per kg
Mayonnaise 18-35 SCR
Canned Mushroom 17 - 35 SCR

As for meat, I wouldn't really recommend any except for fish which are caught fresh daily and it's the cheapest source of meat. All the other meat products such as chicken, beef, pork and lamb are imported.
The most common vegetables found here are tomato, brinjal, chili, some kind of gourd, bok choy, capsicum, cabbage and carrot. Cucumber and corn seems to be seasonal. As for lemon, so far I've only saw it selling in one place. I hope it helps for those that are considering to move here for work or long term.