Searching for Utopia

What’s one thing you can’t live without, when you live abroad like me? I know, most probably it’s your favorite food. Well, then the second thing after that should be a cheap international calling card to keep in touch with your family and friends.

Of course there are many ways to communicate with them, when you’ve settled in the new place, especially with internet connection of your own. But there were a time for us when we had nothing but two suitcases in our hotel room. And that’s when an international phone cards would be important. Travellers take note! Arm yourselves with one before travelling.

Still don’t know where to buy one? Do visit getmecallingcards and take your pick. It’s one of the largest retailers of calling cards which allows people to call from 153 countries around the world. If you stay in Singapore, calling an Indonesian fixed phone will be charged as low as 16.1¢/minute.

If you live in the US, click here to find out the rates for overseas calls.

Why did I mention the US, I hear you ask. Well, US residents are eligible to receive 3% cash rebate on purchases from getmecallingcards.com. It’s free, and there are no limits to the amount you can acquire within the program period. You can earn cash back on every time you buy online.

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As expecting parents, lately we get questions about our baby’s name. We may have considered a name or two, but right now I’m not going into the details. Rest assure that it won’t be anything like Pilot Inspektor, Kal-El, Fifi Trixibelle, nor Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie; um, I mean Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt.

Choosing names for our babies can be difficult, yet exciting. For me, a name is the parents’ prayer for their child. It’s therefore important that we pay attention to the meaning of our chosen names. Apart from that, make sure that at least they won’t embarrass your children once they grow up. It’s them who will have to bear the name for the rest of their lives anyways.

Some parents in New Zealand have apparently forgotten about it. The revelation came after a nine-year-old “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” asked for her name to be changed for fear of being bullied. To her friends, she’s otherwise only known as “K”. Other names found among children in New Zealand are including Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence and Benson and Hedges (twins).

So if you live in New Zealand, remember that you must adhere to the following criteria to name your child:

* Must not cause offence to a reasonable person

* Must not be unreasonably long (less than 100 characters long including spaces)

* Must not be without adequate justification, be, include or resemble and official title or rank

* Does not use punctuation marks, brackets or numbers