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Asyik Bisa Daftar Umroh

2011-10-20T16:19:00.000-07:00

Apa sih yang paling membahagiakan kamu dalam hidup?, wah salah satunya adalah saat kita untuk pertama kalinya daftar umroh.

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About Melilea

2008-10-26T16:31:00.000-07:00

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Melilea International is now the youngest and fastest growing network marketing company in the region, with more than 400,000 distributors and accumulative turnover exceeding RM550 million.

Melilea International as pillars of success are its range of superior organic products, a solid company built on ethical principles, an effective training system and a highly rewarding marketing plan.

It champions and upholds the philosophy of Transforming Lives and has won numerous accolades as the Brand that Transforms Health, Beauty, Happiness and Success.

Under the inspiring guidance and mentorship of Melilea International Founder-Group Chairman, Datuk Dr Alan Wong (DMSM), Executive President, Datin Dr Stella K.Y. Chin and Father of Organic Theory Dr Henry Chang, the health and beauty of millions of customers have indeed been transformed

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Translate English Indonesian

2008-10-01T16:44:00.000-07:00

Translate English Indonesian is one of sentences used by people to search the English-Indonesian translator on the internet services. People say it's uneasy to translate document. Does it hamper you now? Let's travel around the world with language such as English, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Dutch, Russian, and many more. TRANSWA answers your need of foreign language. The translation, interpreting, editing, legalization and interpreting system are our integrated services that will remove the barrier of the language and make clearer and easier for you. To translate English Indonesian in a written document differs from verbal translation as it requires a special expertise. Hence, we are here to provide such services for foreign language. One step with us, then there will be no more barriers against the language.

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2008-09-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

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THE LIFE OF A HOME STAGER

2008-08-08T02:40:00.000-07:00

THE LIFE OF A HOME STAGER

All Home Stagers and Interior Designers are perfectionists at heart and this is the asset
that they all have to bring them success in this industry.

For the professional all aspects of a home must be in order and to perfection. First impression
is just a matter of life. Working in a field where one must perfect homes on a daily basis,
can be either an asset or a curse to one's personal living. You might think that while we design
and create the perfect interiors and exteriors of our clients homes that we, most likely, are more
relaxed in our own personal environments. Not so for many of us! Most of us view our own
surroundings as an extension of our professionalism. The drive for perfection for our clients
comes home with us every day. Not that we are out to impress our family and friends but it is
very difficult for the professional designer to leave her work outside of her own doors. We declutter, re-arrange, re-decorate and re-design our homes quite often. We fall in love with our finished products
in the field and therefore must have the same order and beauty to come home to ourselves.

So one may wonder how does a Professional Home Stager live privately.
We live in our own "Staged Homes"and learn to make it work perfectly for our family members,
our friends and all who enter into our own private world. It is a wonder that we earn "praise" from our loved ones when they are forced, as well, to live in our world of perfectionism. While it is not fair to them at times they do appreciate us making a comfortable and inviting home life for each of them.
Of course, we do allow for relaxation and messes but are quick to get our rooms in order before retiring for the night!

There are so many rewards in the field of Interior Design/ Home Staging.
The art of creativity, the satisfaction of doing what you truly love doing, the reward of our clients gratitude of our completed homes.
Being our own boss and the ability of making time for ourselves and our family at will. Being in control of
our earnings and the growth of our business. The joy of creating beauty all around our own lives.

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A Kitchen Renovation VI

2008-07-31T22:38:00.001-07:00

A Kitchen Renovation VI

20080731-indesign.jpgOur cabinetry is set to arrive today, and installation is scheduled for tomorrow. If all goes according to plan, in a few days, we'll be moving forward with countertop fabrication. In the course of designing our kitchen, our choice for countertop materials was complicated. Since we use our kitchen so often, picking a durable, practical material was important, but so was aesthetics. Besides, this is the center of our home.

Inspired by apothecary shops and old-school laboratories, we initially wanted materials like white marble and soap stone. Both can withstand the heat of a hot pot (though suppliers recommend trivets and cutting boards to further protect the countertop materials), and properly finished, they also provide a cool, smooth surface for rolling dough or tempering chocolate.

The dark gray soapstone would make for a sober, utilitarian look, providing an attractive contrast to the soft wood tones of our cabinetry. The creamy marble would impart natural warmth and texture since the luminous surface can reflect light, allowing our kitchen space, hemmed in by cabinetry, to feel brighter and more open. So what did we pick? Marble and soapstone each had pros and cons, plus there was granite, stainless steel, and an "engineered stone" called CaesarStone to explore.
Marble

Marble is notoriously soft. Even with regular sealing and fastidious cleaning—as in every two months—it's difficult to keep white marble countertops looking fresh. Over the long haul, the scratches, stains, and general wear-and-tear coalesce into the classic, worn beauty found in the counters and tabletops of Old World druggists, pastry shops, and cafes. But it takes years to amass such character.

In the meantime, imperfections don't appear so graceful and charming, especially when juxtaposed with cabinetry and flooring likely to age at a different rate, looking newer and more pristine than the marble.
Soapstone

Soapstone is harder than marble but more brittle; less likely to scratch and wear down but prone to chipping, particularly around the edges. Regular oiling is necessary to keep it from looking mottled and stained. Though my husband and I really liked the look of the soapstone, we were also a bit concerned about having so much of a dark surface in our small kitchen, sucking up precious light.

Nonetheless, we also considered dark gray and black versions of some of the paper-based composite materials on the market, including Slate Scape, Paper Stone, Richlite and Squak Mountain Stone, many of which are used as more affordable, durable alternatives to soapstone. These products are composed of recycled paper fiber bound by proprietary resins or cements, yielding materials that are eco-friendly (to varying degrees), durable, non-absorbent and therefore stain resistant (especially darker colored versions), easy to cut and finish and bear a convincing likeness to natural stone. Such benefits aside, the light-sapping darkness of these materials ultimately urged us to keep looking.
Wood

For several years, we’d lived with wooden butcher block countertop. Inexpensive and easy enough to work with, we cut and installed it ourselves, and over time, it brought pleasant warmth to our previous kitchen. It was, however, undeniably high-maintenance.

It stained easily, mildewed around the sink (despite our best efforts to keep it well-oiled and dry), and was generally too porous to work on directly, unless you wanted a tedious clean-up. Less than ideal functionally, wooden countertops were even less appealing aesthetically. Coupled with the two shades of oak on our cabinetry, they would surely lead to arboreal overkill.
Granite

We admired granite for its functionality, low-maintenance, and resistance to stains, chips, scratches, and heat, but aesthetically, it never held much interest. With its variegated appearance, we’ve always found it visually noisy and distracting. It was never a serious contender for our countertops.
Stainless Steel

Stainless steel, on the other hand, was. The countertop of choice for most professional kitchens, it's relatively inexpensive, smooth, and easy to work on. Resistant to stains, rust, mildew, and heat, it's generally a cinch to maintain. But, in our small home kitchen, we feared that all-stainless countertops, coupled with our stainless appliances, might seem cold, glaring, and too institutional for our tastes.

We did, however, begin to consider stainless steel for a portion of the countertop— namely, the area around our sink. We admired the custom stainless steel countertop in our architect's home, which transitioned seamlessly into their stainless steel sink. Water and debris can be swept effortlessly from counter to sink; there are no joints or crevices for mold and goo to collect over time, and with a slightly raised lip around the perimeter, spills and slops are contained within the sink area.

This seemed like a functionally ideal solution for the countertop in our kitchen’s wet area (below our cabinet's dish rack, surrounding our sink, and above our dishwasher). This being tucked into the cubby-like area between the window and the fridge, it was also unlikely to overwhelm the space visually. On this much, we were sold.
CaesarStone, the 'Engineered Stone'

But what to do about the rest of our countertops? Marble still seemed the most promising option aesthetically, but it was a bit off the mark in terms of utility. Though we briefly considered and discounted a number of other options, including zinc (too unpredictable in its aging), concrete (too bulky and high-maintenance), and glass composites (too expensive and visually busy), CaesarStone was our final serious candidate.

The darling of every architect and kitchen showroom rep we encountered, this “engineered stone” is 93 percent quartz, making it even harder, more robust, and easier to care for than granite, which is generally composed of less than 50 percent quartz. Granite’s remaining components, the majority of which are feldspar and mica, are softer and less dense than quartz. As a manufactured stone material, CaesarsStone colors and textures are highly regulated and much more consistent than those of natural stones, which often possess structural and visual perfections. Unlike natural stone, it can also be made into larger or more irregular shapes without threatening structural integrity—this keeps visually distracting and debris-trapping seams to a minimum.

CaesarStone is also available in broader range of colors and styles—about 40 in all— from a very subtly textured, nearly solid white to heavily speckled and mottled facsimiles of limestone and granite in earthy shades, as well as brighter colors like lime green and red. We were particularly interested in the Misty Carrera, CaesarStone’s interpretation of the much beloved Carrara marble, the same stone that was used for Michelangelo’s David.

Upon close inspection of a small sample of Misty Carrera, it is certainly possible to ascertain that this isn't a true marble. Installed in a larger field, however, as we were able to see it in one showroom and in online images, the overall impression is about the same as that of the real deal, luminous and classic. CaesarStone is a bit more expensive than most marble, but we ultimately decided that it was worth it for a countertop that promises to be equally attractive and functional.

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In Design: A Kitchen Renovation I
In Design: A Kitchen Renovation II
In Design: A Kitchen Renovation III
In Design: A Kitchen Renovation IV
In Design: A Kitchen Renovation V

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The trends in the interior design

2008-04-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

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The trends in the interior design of commercial and personal style keep changing frequently because of their cyclical nature. The trend that was very famous 50 year ago now comes back and people tend to push the trends of interior design to nostalgic ways to give it a try and make the trend that was new in the past also new in the current day.

Sometimes this does work and the other times it fails and is completely dependent on how back you would go and the amount of extreme you determine to get, your personal trends in interior design might cause a potential harm rather than doing good. So, before you start to tear things down and also nail these up you should consider a few of the interior design trends of current day.

One of the well-known design trends for your interior for today is to simplify the office and home. The efficient and sleek furniture idea and its accessories has made a come back and people are going back the Americana style of 1950's to achieve the look they prefer. Sleek chairs and couches have taken the place of big and comfortable glass tables and easy chairs and these are taking the place of bulky and big coffee tables.

Textured walls are used by designers to give the feeling of having more space and also rooms being opened up with mirrors and few other trends in interior design. This idea should have come up from the fact, Americans like to economize on their space rather than make it a clutter or mess it up and the days for the big cushy furniture might come to and end.

Earth tones have also become famous trends in interior design as many people are planning to paint the walls of their room with the colors that would match to the outside colors. Shades of brown and green have become famous and most of the people would prefer to accent these tones with small places of color for the entire home. This color would make the earth tones look more general and basic and would even open up a room much more and give the look of more area or space.

Many of the current day interior design trends focus on the want of not to create a more space but to create the feeling of having more space. This is rather interesting as many people like the concept of illusion over changing the rooms physically. It is this wish to be in control of your domain which is causing people to prefer to try and distort the perception using the colors.

It is now looking like what was once history is now become new again. The idea of conversing space with a new age sleek look which was very well-known the late 1950's and the early 1960's looks to be making a big comeback. The only concerns with this are some of this home furniture may not be comfortable.

By:Adam Peters

Buiding Materials n Design

2008-04-07T18:24:00.000-07:00

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THE LIFE OF A HOME STAGER

THE LIFE OF A HOME STAGER

A Kitchen Renovation VI

A Kitchen Renovation VI

The trends in the interior design

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