Surfing the internet for information on skin problem, specifically eczema treatments, which I occasionally suffer from whenever I handled harsh household chemicals without glove, I stumbled on a post I read years back.

I know I’d regret reading it – especially after I read the part about the highway we regularly travelled on – but that did not stop me from finishing the post.

But this also reminded me about a trip we made to a local bookstore recently.

As I was browsing the shelves close to where my children were, I overheard them talking about a particular book. At a glance, I noticed that it was a Malay ghost story – for children, complete with a hideous drawing of a “pontianak” on the cover.

Before they could skim through the other pictures in the book, I quickly took it away and explained that the cover was drawn by a lousy artist – luckily they did not understand the title or there would be more explanation to do!

I was looking for a few good stories in Malay but it was disappointing that not only are there very few books in Malay, the ones they prominently displayed were ghost stories – which in my opinion is not something kids should be reading.

*Picture : Tutong highway, Brunei

There was this quiz I came across aimed at promoting online security – for women (who like to shop online).

Since internet surfing and online shopping is like second nature to many of us, it is good to be reminded once in a while what we take for granted most of the time.

It’s not all technical – such as this question on sizing strategy.

When taking measurements or choosing the right size for your online clothing purchases:
[a] Suck in your stomach or stand really straight or hop around
[b] Get a friend’s help to measure you
[c] Choose sizes which are smaller than your measurement hoping to fit in when you have lost weight (which reading the apidexin reviews may help)

Seriously, some of us ARE guilty of being blissfully ignorant of the threats and safety issues when it comes to shopping online.

We all know the situation – we reached a page filled with beautiful images of fashionable clothes or trendy handbags  with even sweeter prices – and before we know it, we would be in the payment page, expertly filling our credit card information.

Who can remember that we are supposed to read the fine lines at the bottom of the page or look for the little padlock at the side or that we are supposed to shop only from reputable stores?