All glory comes from daring to begin

Mimi gave birth to 7 healthy pups. Love her so much despite her her quirky ways. In fact that is reason to love her more.

I be away in Israel in November or December. In that time I have to ensure that my hammies are well taken care of. I already made some contacts with hamster nannys to look after my hammies if needed. For my part I will be giving away 'excess' hamsters to SHC members you wanna adopt them. Gotta streamline my operations.

Reading Nanz Chong-Komo's book, One Business 99 Lessons, right now. Nanz was the founder of the ONE.99shop chain. Business boomed until they had 14 stores and a turnover of $60 million. She received rave reviews and awards for her entrepreneurial endeavours. Then in 2003, her business underwent receivership in the wake of the SARS outbreak. What should have broken her spirit instead steeled her resolve to make her 'failure' into success. This book is a testament to the true entrepreneurial spirit that is Nanz. And how through what many of us consider as failure, we find the true secret to sustainable success in business. The book is so named because it contains 99 business principles so to speak stemming from Nanz's influences and her setbacks in her business(es).

Gonna start from now to prepare for my impending Israel trip. Gonna read up and save up for what should be a tremendous journey.

My fish air pump burnt out barely 2 weeks after I purchased it. Hmph! So it is back to my old one again, which coincidentally leaked today as water from the tank seeped back down the tubes and leaked onto the floor through some gaps in the tubing.Probably gonna go and get a new one tomorrow.

Other things to get tomorrow....Mouthwash...my old bottle ran out a while back...and been taking forever to replace it...

World Cup Finals beckons tomorrow. But first the titanic battle to ascertain 3rd and 4th placing. Germany battle Portugal tonight. Then tomorrow France and Italy face off for all the bragging rights. Italy and Portugal resorted to under-handed tactics to get this far and I hope to see them get their respective asses handed to them in their matches. But somehow Italy are the favourites going in to the Finals. But one can only hope that justice prevails in the end.