A couple of weeks ago, I was at the office of a friend. He has an aquarium in the lounge and I marveled at the way he could keep his aquarium so clean. I remember that it was such a chore for me to keep mine clean and not stink the whole house. I gave up keeping fish after awhile although I still would love to have an aquarium at home one day if I know the trick of maintaining a clean tank.

Coincidentally, I was told to check out the website of FishTankDirect.com, a website that specializes in fish tanks and other aquarium accessories. I was amazed that there are so many different shapes of aquariums available. I mean, the ones that are so common here are the rectangular and quarter cylinder tanks but I don’t believe I have seen the Wave and Living Picture before. It must be a wonderful sight to have these in any room!

I learned that acrylic aquariums are the ones to use now because they are seamless, clear, light yet strong. I like the idea of not having silicone seams. I remember what a tough time I had scrubbing water mold from the inside seams of my aquarium. It was horrible and took too much time.

Now that I know better, I will be opting for acrylic aquariums instead of conventional fish tanks.

I may own an Apple iPhone and a Nokia E61i but I don’t own a DVD player. Can you believe that? Hah I am not as high tech as I sound. The reason I do not even own a DVD player is because I hardly watch TV. I only subscribed to satellite TV for its bill so that I can verify my home address with a financial institution and it is watched mainly by my father.

The other day, my father asked me to buy a DVD player. It was cheap, less than a hundred bucks only but I didn’t want a China-brand DVD player because their quality is sub-standard. I figured that if I were to buy one, I would want to buy the best DVD player currently in the market.

Technology moves so swiftly that if I do not buy the best DVD player now, I would forever be playing catch up since new models are released quickly, too quickly sometimes.

So my question is, which is the best DVD player right now that is reasonably priced? Any suggestions?

How time flies. It’s already two years since my friend joined a wholesale distributor company. When he first started, he found it hard to adapt from his previous job in a logistics company. Now that he has the experience, he could even explain to me the workings of a wholesaler.

According to my friend, his company has an automated warehouse which distributes their stocks to clients in an efficient way. They also hired an order fulfillment company that takes care of processing and fulfilling orders accurately and swiftly, including packing and shipping to clients.

Order fulfillment companies like GDF, a company that offers total fulfillment solutions, are very useful and cost saving to companies in the whole sale business, like my friend’s company, a wholesale clothing distributor. Fulfilling orders quickly and accurately means that there is no miscellaneous cost incurred from processing orders wrongly and that could happen if this is not handled properly and professionally.

Working in a wholesale clothing distributor company, my friend has gained new knowledge and now he is not only an expert in logistics but in warehousing as well.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I suffered from power cut for two hours and used up almost six long white candles. That’s because I was burning two at once placing them at the front and back ends of the house. I couldn’t stand the fumes and have been sneezing ever since.

I told my friend about it and he says that I am stupid because I should have used soy candles which will not pollute the atmosphere and generally healthier to use.

I have to admit, I have no knowledge about soy candles at all and embarrassed that a guy should know about it instead! I went online to check up about soy candles and noticed that at Soy Candles Plus More, they carry more than 150 fragrances of soy wax candles. Certainly, they smell great and look so cute, I am sure my friend has mistaken the usage of these candles!

Besides an extensive range of soy wax candles, Soy Candles Plus More also carries Body & Bath products to give ourselves a complete home spa experience.

Last month, when my cousin returned for from London for a holiday, she was very frustrated because she could not find a parking space for her rented car. Well, there is no such service here as far as I know. She said that living in London for more than a decade now, she has gotten used to the convenience there.

My cousin owns a car in London, albeit a second hand one, due to the nature of her job which requires her to travel quite a bit. And she said that although parking space is hard to come by, she has never had problems looking for parking for rent.

I know that there is a website at http://www.parklet.co.uk that was founded by a team of people who know what they are looking for in parking spaces and garages after years of experiencing the difficulty of looking for a reasonably good parking space in the city of London!

With their experience, they have created a website so that other car owners need not go through the same problems like them. Just by accessing the website, a car owner would be able to search for a suitable parking space and then submit a rental application online. It’s all hassle-free!

You may think that Park Let only serves people in London but they also have a pretty comprehensive database of parking spaces and garages in other cities throughout the United Kingdom.

The holidays may be over for most parts of the world but for Chinese, we are anticipating a long 15 days of celebrations during the Chinese Lunar New Year in early February. Well, I can envision lots of parties, drinking and merry-making.

A friend of mine has already planned a BBQ party at his home. He is going to show off us his new home which has a sound-proof music room, a Jacuzzi and an open air bathroom. HHmmmm I can’t wait to see THAT!

And he is also going to show us his new natural gas grill. While the rest of us are still using charcoal fired grills at our BBQ parties, he is going to use his new natural gas grill. I can’t wait to see if the food will taste better than those that are prepared via the conventional charcoal-fired grill. What do you think?

One thing I know though, using natural gas grill, at least it’s way cleaner than BBQ-ing the old style where you can expect lots of sparks, dust, smoke and not forgetting, burnt parts!

If you have been to London, you would know what an expensive city London is. Even if you could afford a car, you would have a headache looking for a place to park it! Did you know that when a friend of mine went to London to study, he went to a store to work part time and the boss of the enterprise gave my friend a second hand BMW. GAVE!! The boss said that with a new car, he does not know where to keep the BMW anymore so he might as well benefit my friend. A gesture like that will NEVER happen here!

According to my friend, with his “new” car, he also did not know where to keep it but his landlord helped him to search for suitable garages in London, the most important issues would be the rental rate, terms and locality.

That happened years ago but now with a website like Parklet.co.uk, people in need of London garages could just search for it online without the hassle of going from place to place and knocking on doors to find out if there is a space available for the car.

Living in London, even if you are rich enough to own a fancy car, you must be prepared to fork out an additional £200 per month for a place to park it. At least, with Park Let, you can find that place easily!