These are a few of my favorite things.....

I got a couple of things that I cannot live without simply because I need them in order to go through the normal course of my day to day life. In the information age, these are the must-haves for a professional woman on the go.

As I am always in the middle of several projects and constantly on the move, I need all my work files to be at my fingertips any time of the day. So I got myself a Samsung Notebook...I bought the same model as hubby's so we sort of have a 'couple PC' instead of a 'couple tee'...hehehe. Hubby has a black one.

We decided to get one at the time when Hubby was busy compiling his manuscript for his first book. I was helping him.I wrote a couple of sections in English. We were cramming to meet the publisher's deadline. At home it was just impossible to use the PC with my son guarding it like a hawk. So hubby ended up going to the internet cafe, commonly known here as "PC Bang". For my part, I could only work on my writing when I have spare time at the office. Hubby is a patient man, but when it comes to completing a project at the time when his passion for it is at its peak, he simply cannot wait. So, one day he announced, 'honey, why don't we get a notebook?' My response was a reassuring smile. We got the notebook and we finished the book.

This is my Sony MP3 player which hubby bought for me during our holiday in Japan. What's the story of the i-pod? Well, we often travel to Busan to visit our branch office there. Since long trips can be dreadfully boring and tiring I thought I should get one. So I bought a cheap one. I brought this with me on our trip to Kyushu. Hubby saw it and was a bit disatisfied with it so he bought me a better one--a Sony MP3.

Ah, my original DAKS purse -- one of my personal favorites (but I must say, it cost me an arm and a leg). I bought it last year in London at Gatwick's Duty Free Shop. At the time, hubby and I were waiting for our flight to Dublin, Ireland. This is of course not as important as the other stuff but it is an image maker. Superficial it may seem but in the world of business, it is necessary to project the right image. At the time, we were marketing our agency's consulting services to schools in Europe. We needed to project the 'right image'.

Do away with trifles, sensible people say...but I have learned that even the superficial things serve a significant purpose...