February 14. A day where couples celebrate. But how many will know exactly the history of this lovely day? Apart from knowing who is Cupid, I didnt know much about this season. So if you are curious like me, you may wish to watch the short videos at this link... Happy Valentine's Day by the way!Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14. A day where couples celebrate. But how many will know exactly the history of this lovely day? Apart from knowing who is Cupid, I didnt know much about this season. So if you are curious like me, you may wish to watch the short videos at this link... Happy Valentine's Day by the way!
Monday, February 09, 2009
First day of work
This is the first time in my life where I had not spent a single cent during my first day of work. The reason being that there was free company transport and I had brought my own lunch (having the nearby canteen to be in renovation)...
So far, fatigue has not hit upon me yet even though I woke up at 5.30am this morning. I reckon it could be that I had not move much in the office, being a couch potato, whilst doing the scanning of documents and keying in of data. But I am sure my eyes and wrists would feel the weariness soon. Perhaps in 2-3 hrs time...
By the way, a young fellow who is also working temp at my workplace tot I was married... becos of the ring on my middle finger... haaa... i almost got choked. Perhaps I cant blame the kid, cos I was wearing formal clothes as well, thus adding on to suppport his assumption that I am married. And since today is the last day of Lunar New Year (Yuan Xiao Jie), I would forgive anyone who might have unintentionally uttered the wrong question.
So far, fatigue has not hit upon me yet even though I woke up at 5.30am this morning. I reckon it could be that I had not move much in the office, being a couch potato, whilst doing the scanning of documents and keying in of data. But I am sure my eyes and wrists would feel the weariness soon. Perhaps in 2-3 hrs time...
By the way, a young fellow who is also working temp at my workplace tot I was married... becos of the ring on my middle finger... haaa... i almost got choked. Perhaps I cant blame the kid, cos I was wearing formal clothes as well, thus adding on to suppport his assumption that I am married. And since today is the last day of Lunar New Year (Yuan Xiao Jie), I would forgive anyone who might have unintentionally uttered the wrong question.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Facebook turns 5.
It was quite surprising to realise that Facebook has turned 5. I mean, I didnt suppose that it have been around for 5 years. I thought it was at most 3 years old? And talking about 5 years back, when I just left poly...the top networking site in Singapore would have been Friendster. Everyone were pretty contented with it because you could add friends, send private msgs, post on each others' 'walls' and look at photo albums. Who could have thought that Facebook wave was introduced to add more 'colours' and varieties to the then virtual networking scene.
Even though I still log on to my friendster account, I do them less frequently as most of my friends are members of facebook rather than the former. Hence, it makes more sense for me to log on to FB cos I can get better updated over there.
Besides, I am more attracted by the applications at FB. At this moment, my most active involvement would be Pet Society. Here's a snapshot of the application.
For FB frequenters, i guess no elaboration is required. But for FB newbies, this application simply allows you to create and customise your own pet and to reach higher levels, you need to keep it clean and carry out activities to score points. In essence, this is a pretty good game if you got plenty of time to kill (play at your own risk in office though).
Now that most people got accustomed to FB's layout, can anyone still remember there was some uproar over the revamped appearance just last year in 2008? I might be one of those who are neutral about it, or in fact, glad of the change becos the page looks cleaner. My only negativity was just about the part of getting used to un-learn and re-learn. Some angry members at that time even created hate groups and petitions to condemn the changes and wanted the administrator to revert to the old format. Come to think about it, i actually joined one of them just for sake of joining. I wanted to see if the petition worked. Well, I guess it didnt cos I am still faced with the new layout till now, and i guess people already got use to it and forgotten about it, cos I dun hear or see any more complaints...
Another issue of FB is that at 5 years old(, it is still not generating profits. Read this article from yahoo lately. It is obvious that at such tremendous success, FB ought to make money. But why not? Perhaps costs have been too high and also the information are not fully optimised. I mean, this social network has so much information about its members, and people are linked to one another very closely. In fact, I can reach some of my friends faster in facebook rather than email.
One potential which I think FB should take advantage would be in terms of sellng events, or conferences, or even help employers to recruit people. The challenge would then be on the issue of privacy and authenticity maybe. But whatever it is, FB is something that is already deep into the lives of the new age people, and I am one of those who cant picture the lack of it, should FB fail to survive. Not at this moment yet.
Even though I still log on to my friendster account, I do them less frequently as most of my friends are members of facebook rather than the former. Hence, it makes more sense for me to log on to FB cos I can get better updated over there.
Besides, I am more attracted by the applications at FB. At this moment, my most active involvement would be Pet Society. Here's a snapshot of the application.
For FB frequenters, i guess no elaboration is required. But for FB newbies, this application simply allows you to create and customise your own pet and to reach higher levels, you need to keep it clean and carry out activities to score points. In essence, this is a pretty good game if you got plenty of time to kill (play at your own risk in office though).
Now that most people got accustomed to FB's layout, can anyone still remember there was some uproar over the revamped appearance just last year in 2008? I might be one of those who are neutral about it, or in fact, glad of the change becos the page looks cleaner. My only negativity was just about the part of getting used to un-learn and re-learn. Some angry members at that time even created hate groups and petitions to condemn the changes and wanted the administrator to revert to the old format. Come to think about it, i actually joined one of them just for sake of joining. I wanted to see if the petition worked. Well, I guess it didnt cos I am still faced with the new layout till now, and i guess people already got use to it and forgotten about it, cos I dun hear or see any more complaints...
Another issue of FB is that at 5 years old(, it is still not generating profits. Read this article from yahoo lately. It is obvious that at such tremendous success, FB ought to make money. But why not? Perhaps costs have been too high and also the information are not fully optimised. I mean, this social network has so much information about its members, and people are linked to one another very closely. In fact, I can reach some of my friends faster in facebook rather than email.
One potential which I think FB should take advantage would be in terms of sellng events, or conferences, or even help employers to recruit people. The challenge would then be on the issue of privacy and authenticity maybe. But whatever it is, FB is something that is already deep into the lives of the new age people, and I am one of those who cant picture the lack of it, should FB fail to survive. Not at this moment yet.
Monday, February 02, 2009
A bad beginning
I really need to apologise to myself- for not taking good care of myself. So I hope my body will recover soon- or rather, my mouth.
This whole ridiculous episode happened on Sunday morning. I was awaken by the alarm on my phone- of which I set it the night before. I wanted to get up earlier than usual to accompany my mom to the mkt. It is well- the 7th day of lunar new year, being the birthday of everyone. I didnt know why and how it happened, but it did. All in the split of maybe one second. I was down on the floor without me realising it. I tripped and fell on the hard tiles in my room. I guessed I wasnt fully awake enough to reach to my computer table to silent the alarm.
It was then I realised that I didnt just trip and fall. My mouth hit the floor hard and I broke my teeth. Yeah, there was blood too. Scared the hell out of me. I cut my lower lips. And they are bruised and looked as though I was given a punch on the lips. Only 1 front (read FRONT) tooth was smashed and broke into half. I thought it was lucky that I didnt smash my two front teeth. Until later.
My mom was totally freaked out by me. She wasnt able to completely get the picture as I stormed out of my room, into the kitchen to tell her that I fell down and broke my teeth and cut my lips. She didnt understand how it happened. In fact, my whole family didnt understand how this thing could happen. Well, it is ok, cos I didnt understand how I can get into this mess as well. Stupid me.
Becos of the not-so-little blood that I lost, I got a little bit of dizzy and faint. This usually happens when I didnt have enough sugar in my body. By this time, my mom is totally worried. After some rest, I got better. Afterwhich, my mom accompanied me to the doctor- I wasnt sure which doctor to see. A dentist or GP. But I eventually figured out that a dentist would be more apt in this case.
When the dentist looked at me, his reaction was something like.."Wah... quite serious"... Damned. I didnt want to hear this. At first I was worried abt my broken tooth but he advised that it wasnt the main issue. The more problematic part is that I hurt my two front teeth. The fact that they didnt fall off didnt mean that they werent hurt the most. the dentist performed an X-ray and he says that there is 90% chance that the root broke. So, what he can do now is to just splint up the two front teeth and go for review 2 weeks later. In other words, there isnt much he can do now. He also advised that root canal for the 3 teeth are inevitable. Now, the physical pain of the accident and injections werent the worst- the "heart" pain from the bill is more tormenting. The bill came at $250 for less than an hr of consultation and treatment.
And how am i gg to go for interview on wed? #%$#%
I hope my lips will get better and less obvious on wed. Cross my finger.
By the way, friends, I cant bite properly for now. So most likely have to put off any dinner outings for later time. Not until I get a new set of front teeth. I can still mit up for soft food though, if u dun mind.
Now I need to find out how much the root canal are going to cost me.
This whole ridiculous episode happened on Sunday morning. I was awaken by the alarm on my phone- of which I set it the night before. I wanted to get up earlier than usual to accompany my mom to the mkt. It is well- the 7th day of lunar new year, being the birthday of everyone. I didnt know why and how it happened, but it did. All in the split of maybe one second. I was down on the floor without me realising it. I tripped and fell on the hard tiles in my room. I guessed I wasnt fully awake enough to reach to my computer table to silent the alarm.
It was then I realised that I didnt just trip and fall. My mouth hit the floor hard and I broke my teeth. Yeah, there was blood too. Scared the hell out of me. I cut my lower lips. And they are bruised and looked as though I was given a punch on the lips. Only 1 front (read FRONT) tooth was smashed and broke into half. I thought it was lucky that I didnt smash my two front teeth. Until later.
My mom was totally freaked out by me. She wasnt able to completely get the picture as I stormed out of my room, into the kitchen to tell her that I fell down and broke my teeth and cut my lips. She didnt understand how it happened. In fact, my whole family didnt understand how this thing could happen. Well, it is ok, cos I didnt understand how I can get into this mess as well. Stupid me.
Becos of the not-so-little blood that I lost, I got a little bit of dizzy and faint. This usually happens when I didnt have enough sugar in my body. By this time, my mom is totally worried. After some rest, I got better. Afterwhich, my mom accompanied me to the doctor- I wasnt sure which doctor to see. A dentist or GP. But I eventually figured out that a dentist would be more apt in this case.
When the dentist looked at me, his reaction was something like.."Wah... quite serious"... Damned. I didnt want to hear this. At first I was worried abt my broken tooth but he advised that it wasnt the main issue. The more problematic part is that I hurt my two front teeth. The fact that they didnt fall off didnt mean that they werent hurt the most. the dentist performed an X-ray and he says that there is 90% chance that the root broke. So, what he can do now is to just splint up the two front teeth and go for review 2 weeks later. In other words, there isnt much he can do now. He also advised that root canal for the 3 teeth are inevitable. Now, the physical pain of the accident and injections werent the worst- the "heart" pain from the bill is more tormenting. The bill came at $250 for less than an hr of consultation and treatment.
And how am i gg to go for interview on wed? #%$#%
I hope my lips will get better and less obvious on wed. Cross my finger.
By the way, friends, I cant bite properly for now. So most likely have to put off any dinner outings for later time. Not until I get a new set of front teeth. I can still mit up for soft food though, if u dun mind.
Now I need to find out how much the root canal are going to cost me.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Happy 牛 year!
Hei hei... it is chinese new year's eve today...apart from having to wake up early in the morning to go sch specifically to just sell a textbook to a fellow school mate, today has been pretty much pleasant.in case you are wondering why I would agree to go to school today, well, the buyer has bargained nearly a week earlier for a lower price. I compromised a little to reduce to a slightly lower price but the person wanted an even lower amt...yada yada...so in the end.. there was impasse...and come yesterday night, the person smsed me again saying tat she agreed to buy the book... and needed it urgently... well, I empathise the pain of being a student.. so I agreed to make the trip this morning even though it is chinese new year's eve...
there wasnt alot of people in sch, ('duh'? today is Sunday and CNY's eve!) but there are still some small groups having meetings... Poor thing.. I am sooo glad i dont have to go through this any longer... haa...
anw...it is time for reunion dinner soon... hope you guys have fun and enjoy this festive! Happy Chinese 牛 Year. =p
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Tired but fruitful day
Yeah, Lunar New Year is approaching soon. Just one more week and it's time to celebrate. But before enjoying e festive by gorging sinful goodies and taking ang bows, it also implies that spring cleaning is at the top of the to do list. This time round, my room was the first to be completed because I had one full month of time lazying ard at home.
Yeah, the sad news is I havent found a job. but the good news is, well, I am one day closer to finding my perfect career. Crap.
Anw, with all the cleaning up of the house, though I am pretty tired now, I still feel quite alert. But I am sure my energy level is still far behind my mom's. She is still washing the laundry now while I am relaxing in my own room, typing this blog. I am suspecting all moms in this world are superwoman! ;p
Yeah, the sad news is I havent found a job. but the good news is, well, I am one day closer to finding my perfect career. Crap.
Anw, with all the cleaning up of the house, though I am pretty tired now, I still feel quite alert. But I am sure my energy level is still far behind my mom's. She is still washing the laundry now while I am relaxing in my own room, typing this blog. I am suspecting all moms in this world are superwoman! ;p
Monday, January 12, 2009
Temptation for Desserts
If there is only one thing that I cant resist falling for, then the answer might be desserts..ha
and lately, I had tried making a cheesecake again, based on a low fat cheesecake recipe from Wendy's Delight recipe book. I am still quite skeptical as to how desserts can really be low fat if you want it to be delicious. I always tot that "sinful" and "desserts" always come as a pair.
ok. side aside this argument for the time being. Most of the ingredients are quite simple and can be found at home, but most prob u will nd to specially get the cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt and whipping cream specially for this recipe. and here is the a look at the end product. the cheese part is very fluffy and light. So, my verdict is that even though this dessert may not exactly be totally 'low-fat', it can be classified as much 'reduced fat' version.
and lately, I had tried making a cheesecake again, based on a low fat cheesecake recipe from Wendy's Delight recipe book. I am still quite skeptical as to how desserts can really be low fat if you want it to be delicious. I always tot that "sinful" and "desserts" always come as a pair.
ok. side aside this argument for the time being. Most of the ingredients are quite simple and can be found at home, but most prob u will nd to specially get the cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt and whipping cream specially for this recipe. and here is the a look at the end product. the cheese part is very fluffy and light. So, my verdict is that even though this dessert may not exactly be totally 'low-fat', it can be classified as much 'reduced fat' version.
and here's the recipe:
Ingredients:
100g digestive biscuits (as base- you may use oreo biscuits instead, if you love it sweet)
50g melted butter (I used margarine)
200g cream cheese
20g sugar
80g sour cream
70g yogurt
50g whipping cream (I use whipped cream)
40g egg white
20g sugar
Steps:
1. Crush biscuits. Mix biscuits with melted butter. Press the mixture onto the bottom of a cake tin.
2. Beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Pour in sour cream and yogurt. Mix well and fold in whipping cream.
3. Beat egg white and sugar at medium speed until soft peaks form. Pour in cheese mixture and mix well.
4. Pour the mixture into cake tin over the biscuit base. Bake in water bath at 150ºC for 50-60 minutes. (Water bath refers to using a larger pan containing water in which to place the smaller cheesecake baking pan. This is to prevent surface cracking. But as i flipped the cheesecake upside down to try to get it out of the pan, the surface got ruined.)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
TP Alumni Nite 09 Jan 2009
Went to TP Alumni Night yesterday evening. For the very first time, it was held outside TP, at Fort Canning Centre. It was a pretty good choice of venue, with the surrounding to be serene and cooling at night. As expected, there wasnt much familiar faces. Cos i guess many of my fellow classmates arent aware and most perhaps, nt so interested to join in as well. Alright, if I ever decide to go again next yr, I will pull the rest in definitely.
There was the usual games and performances, by TP students and alumni band group. And I was glad to catch 2 songs which I felt was good, a reason being that the person who delivered did it well and more imptly, the songs are simply good. They are 'Bleeding Love' and 'Always be my baby'.
So, this morning a search in Google was all I need to do. The results showed me Mariah Carey's 'Always be my baby' but it wasnt what I wanted. So, after clicking more options, it brought me to the right one- David Cook's version. The song which he sang while he was in Top 7. It is not that Mariah Carey's wasnt nice. It was perfect actually. It is just that perhaps as a female, David Cook's version touches me feeling more.
Meanwhile, enjoy the video.
There was the usual games and performances, by TP students and alumni band group. And I was glad to catch 2 songs which I felt was good, a reason being that the person who delivered did it well and more imptly, the songs are simply good. They are 'Bleeding Love' and 'Always be my baby'.
So, this morning a search in Google was all I need to do. The results showed me Mariah Carey's 'Always be my baby' but it wasnt what I wanted. So, after clicking more options, it brought me to the right one- David Cook's version. The song which he sang while he was in Top 7. It is not that Mariah Carey's wasnt nice. It was perfect actually. It is just that perhaps as a female, David Cook's version touches me feeling more.
Meanwhile, enjoy the video.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Nothing will be the same again
Let me tell you why this feeling...
One of the last 2 movies which I caught on New Year's eve was Twilight and Ip Man. Yes, 2 movies on the same day, one hour break in between. It was sort of a movie marathon as my sister managed to secure 3 free movie tix, of which, the condition was to use it on the same day as dec 31 was the expiry date. And since she had watched Ip Man and has whole heartedly recommendeded it to me, I decided to watch it alone... while she will watch twilight with me.
After the 2 movies, my sis even took the trouble to sms me to ask for my review of Ip Man. Well, this was the first time she did that. I guess she really idolised Donnie Yen after the movie Ip Man. Ha. But much as I enjoyed the movie, I would say that the vivid images in my earlier movie was still encapsulated in my mind, and would have affected my mood for the latter one. So, sorry sis, I still prefer twilight.
It was an irony that when the movie 'twilight' first started, I hadnt got a faint idea that the movie has already started cos there wasnt the usual intro. It was a minute later that I (or we) figured out that the movie has started. I guess it was also becos there was only abt 15 minutes of trailers and commercial as compared to the usual 30 minutes practice at gv. It was lucky we werent late or I will certainly regret it.
As the movie plot unveils itself further, you will somehow get more and more thrilled. Some Twilight fans have said that the movie wasnt as good as the book itself but I find that it wasnt very fair to say that cos the actors and actresses in the movie really did a great job portraying the characters. Besides, you cant really squeeze in one whole book of events in only 90 minutes of movie right? Except maybe it is a little pity that the character, Alice was given less emphasis in the movie as compared to the book.
Now that I have watched the movie, it really sparked off my interest to read the other twilight saga series. And nothing will be the same again. Reading the story really somehow changed part of my feeling abt family, love and sacrifices.
It was really one of my regrets that I simply ignore the books when it was still in stock before the movie started. So now, i am sort of searching high and low for them. But well, I am sure there will be stocks soon.
One of the last 2 movies which I caught on New Year's eve was Twilight and Ip Man. Yes, 2 movies on the same day, one hour break in between. It was sort of a movie marathon as my sister managed to secure 3 free movie tix, of which, the condition was to use it on the same day as dec 31 was the expiry date. And since she had watched Ip Man and has whole heartedly recommendeded it to me, I decided to watch it alone... while she will watch twilight with me.
After the 2 movies, my sis even took the trouble to sms me to ask for my review of Ip Man. Well, this was the first time she did that. I guess she really idolised Donnie Yen after the movie Ip Man. Ha. But much as I enjoyed the movie, I would say that the vivid images in my earlier movie was still encapsulated in my mind, and would have affected my mood for the latter one. So, sorry sis, I still prefer twilight.
It was an irony that when the movie 'twilight' first started, I hadnt got a faint idea that the movie has already started cos there wasnt the usual intro. It was a minute later that I (or we) figured out that the movie has started. I guess it was also becos there was only abt 15 minutes of trailers and commercial as compared to the usual 30 minutes practice at gv. It was lucky we werent late or I will certainly regret it.
As the movie plot unveils itself further, you will somehow get more and more thrilled. Some Twilight fans have said that the movie wasnt as good as the book itself but I find that it wasnt very fair to say that cos the actors and actresses in the movie really did a great job portraying the characters. Besides, you cant really squeeze in one whole book of events in only 90 minutes of movie right? Except maybe it is a little pity that the character, Alice was given less emphasis in the movie as compared to the book.
Now that I have watched the movie, it really sparked off my interest to read the other twilight saga series. And nothing will be the same again. Reading the story really somehow changed part of my feeling abt family, love and sacrifices.
It was really one of my regrets that I simply ignore the books when it was still in stock before the movie started. So now, i am sort of searching high and low for them. But well, I am sure there will be stocks soon.
By the way, filming for New Moon (2nd Book after twilight by Stephanie Meyer) will be starting soon. It will be on big screen in end Nov in US so perhaps dec in Singapore again? Meanwhile, enjoy the trailer of the movie if you have not catch it (or let it recap yr mind if u have seen it). I am sure you will all like it no matter what. My fav scene (also my sis') was when the Cullens played baseball in the woods and how Edward protected Bella from the untamed villain vampires.
To look at the trailer, click the link: http://www.twilightthemovie.com/
Related websites:
1. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/
2. http://twilightsingapore.com/
3. http://www.edwardsmeadow.com/ (Newly added)
4. http://toptwilightblogs.com/ (Newly added)
P.S. I will be keeping a close track to this Twilight Saga. If you are also a fan, keep coming back or also add on more updates pleasse. Thanks!
Saturday, January 03, 2009
A fresh new year!
Hey hey.. Happy New Year 2009!! Say goodbye to yester-year...
Anw, it is always unbelievable that the year can pass by so fast. On this day last year,I was still a year 3 student, looking fwd to the end of the year so that I can graduate, find a job, earn money and pay off sch loan. In essence, to step into the working society once again.
but things seem to be not within my expectation yet, cos I am still unemployed now. ah! I know this is my very first post in 2009, so I better quit being pessimistic! So anyhow, I am not gonna lose my fighting spirit.. I will get a job i want! Well, I have to!
So a fresh new year often means some new new resolution. In past years, I seldom publish my new year resolution cos I never bother to achieve them. So when i decided to do so this time round, an article from BBC states that "Resolutions 'bad for your health'".... ha... but I have still decided to go ahead and state mine here.. let's see if I manage to complete them by 2010?
1. Find a job I want
2. Learn basic Japanese or any 3rd language
3. Be more patient and tolerant twds others
and newly added to the list after new yr lunch and afternoon tea with felicia, nick and company...
4. Lose weight!
Anw, it is always unbelievable that the year can pass by so fast. On this day last year,I was still a year 3 student, looking fwd to the end of the year so that I can graduate, find a job, earn money and pay off sch loan. In essence, to step into the working society once again.
but things seem to be not within my expectation yet, cos I am still unemployed now. ah! I know this is my very first post in 2009, so I better quit being pessimistic! So anyhow, I am not gonna lose my fighting spirit.. I will get a job i want! Well, I have to!
So a fresh new year often means some new new resolution. In past years, I seldom publish my new year resolution cos I never bother to achieve them. So when i decided to do so this time round, an article from BBC states that "Resolutions 'bad for your health'".... ha... but I have still decided to go ahead and state mine here.. let's see if I manage to complete them by 2010?
1. Find a job I want
2. Learn basic Japanese or any 3rd language
3. Be more patient and tolerant twds others
and newly added to the list after new yr lunch and afternoon tea with felicia, nick and company...
4. Lose weight!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I'm a self knowing money managing tree hugger... how abt u?
I saw this personality quiz from a blog and decided to take up the short test. Well, this is who I am... it even says that 0% of the 13633 people who have taken this quiz are like me. Now, am i that rare?
I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Self-Knowing Money Managing Tree Hugger  |
Monday, December 29, 2008
Soon-to-be-retirement
After having my mp3 passed on, it is going to be my camera's turn soon. Despite so, credits go to it being so 'strong-willed' as it has already long passed its retirement age by over 1 yr (as canon repair shop only gave it a half yr warranty due to it being a replacement set).
Hence, I cant really blame it after using it for perhaps a thousand shots. So it is now in an unofficial near retirement status. Good bye soon, my camera. *sobs
Thursday, December 25, 2008
It's Christmas!
Here's wishing all my dear loyal readers (you know who you are) a Merry Christmas and hope u all will have a wonderful and joyful season.
DIY Recycling
What can you do with an empty biscuit box, some laces, old bling buttons?
Well, the answer is to merge them together to form a new storage box. The tools which u need are relatively simple, just scissors, glue or double-sided tape and tada! A presentable and useful box has been created.
Before
Well, the answer is to merge them together to form a new storage box. The tools which u need are relatively simple, just scissors, glue or double-sided tape and tada! A presentable and useful box has been created.
Before After
Monday, December 22, 2008
Link Love
I just happened to come across a very excellent blogsite. The author is the person behind some of the designs at the ION walls at Orchard as well as involved in the designing of the Maybelline compact powder cover casing and many other projects. Felt that all the works are really brilliant! Had wanted to put some of the pictures here but fear of copyright issues. So just go directly to the blogsite ok.
http://www.lifeandcoincidences.blogspot.com/
http://www.lifeandcoincidences.blogspot.com/
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Virtual Blog Shops
I have always wanted to open a shop myself- either a cafe or accessories shop. I know, I know... the two are of drastically different areas but these are the 2 top choices I can forsee myself planning to create in future. So before I start a real one, it is best to test market first. With the convenience of blogspot, I created an online blog store...early this year I think. I had chucked it aside until I finally made some updates in aug. Blame it on procrastination.
In case u r interested, here is the link:
Apart from placing it at online forum www.diva.com.sg and telling some of my frens about the web link, I havent officially announced it to frens cos too little items at the moment. Still working on improvements.
Over this past year, I have also researched for some online blog shops within singapore. Some of them are even featured in magazines or news articles. Here is a list of the active ones... Do let me know if u have other good ones to recommend...
Amber Jewels http://amberjewels.blogspot.com/
Beads of Lav Accessories http://beads-of-lav.blogspot.com/
Eaindria Creation http://eaindriacreation.blogspot.com/
Fluff http://www.lovefluff.com/
Jeaninegabrielle.com http://www.jeaninegabrielle.com/
Holical Archives http://holicalarchives.blogspot.com/
Swisshearts http://swisshearts.livejournal.com/
Ocha Cream http://www.ochacream.com/
Love Pretty Things http://loveprettythings.blogspot.com/
In case u r interested, here is the link:
Apart from placing it at online forum www.diva.com.sg and telling some of my frens about the web link, I havent officially announced it to frens cos too little items at the moment. Still working on improvements.
Over this past year, I have also researched for some online blog shops within singapore. Some of them are even featured in magazines or news articles. Here is a list of the active ones... Do let me know if u have other good ones to recommend...
Amber Jewels http://amberjewels.blogspot.com/
Beads of Lav Accessories http://beads-of-lav.blogspot.com/
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Monday, December 08, 2008
Fossil Watch- Private sale 6 Dec 2008
cant imagine i queued up nearly 5 hours just to buy a watch. yeah.. u heard correctly. 5 hours...well, this is of cos insignificant as compared to the "mc donald hello kitty" queues back in my sec sch days, thanks to my sis who wanted to collect all designs.
I was at city hall and decided to check out the fossil watch private sale. Hadnt had much info abt it..so just drop by to chk out whether there is any good deal... and by e time when i was at suntec, it was ard 4.30pm. the sale has started since noon. there's up to 80% discounts for D&G watches, adidas, fossil hse brands etc so the queue was terrible.. it is so long that it extended to the escalator. I started to join the queue and freaked, it was longer than the Singtel roadshow. But heck, just queue lar. Dun wan to miss good deals since I am here..
alot of the ppl came prepared, with frens, bf or gf...and I was alone.. so i just pluck in my mp3 and just stare helplessly at the queue, waiting for it to progress... within the next hr, those who went to chk out the queue at the entrance came back telling their friend that the queue was crazy and that they couldnt figure out the entrance at all.... cos it was totally packed w ppl at the front.. eventually, the ppl in front and behind me left the queue. I was still hesitating whether i shd give up... but since i queued for an hr already, perhaps i shd just stay on.. escalation of commitment bah.
time slowly passed...from 1 hr to another hr... then 3 hrs into the queue...i finally near the entrance...the signage indicated 3 halls but actually only 1 small hall is for sales....the others was for collection, customer service... and before getting in, you must put all ur things into a clear plastic bag and sealed...when i finally got in..boy.. it was chaotic... ppl are pushing against the tables showcasing the discounted watches..it was a pretty ugly scene. after squeezing for half hr, i was still at the back of the crowds... sian..so i was thinking of leaving empty handed but felt that few hrs of queuing was wasted... so i just force my way into the crowd to scrutinize at the different brands.. Marc Jacobs was too exp still, whereas they didnt have the colour i want for adidas..and the only D&G which i spotted was a little too simple...so i decided to settle for fossil...again.. my 2nd piece so far...
I was at city hall and decided to check out the fossil watch private sale. Hadnt had much info abt it..so just drop by to chk out whether there is any good deal... and by e time when i was at suntec, it was ard 4.30pm. the sale has started since noon. there's up to 80% discounts for D&G watches, adidas, fossil hse brands etc so the queue was terrible.. it is so long that it extended to the escalator. I started to join the queue and freaked, it was longer than the Singtel roadshow. But heck, just queue lar. Dun wan to miss good deals since I am here..
alot of the ppl came prepared, with frens, bf or gf...and I was alone.. so i just pluck in my mp3 and just stare helplessly at the queue, waiting for it to progress... within the next hr, those who went to chk out the queue at the entrance came back telling their friend that the queue was crazy and that they couldnt figure out the entrance at all.... cos it was totally packed w ppl at the front.. eventually, the ppl in front and behind me left the queue. I was still hesitating whether i shd give up... but since i queued for an hr already, perhaps i shd just stay on.. escalation of commitment bah.
time slowly passed...from 1 hr to another hr... then 3 hrs into the queue...i finally near the entrance...the signage indicated 3 halls but actually only 1 small hall is for sales....the others was for collection, customer service... and before getting in, you must put all ur things into a clear plastic bag and sealed...when i finally got in..boy.. it was chaotic... ppl are pushing against the tables showcasing the discounted watches..it was a pretty ugly scene. after squeezing for half hr, i was still at the back of the crowds... sian..so i was thinking of leaving empty handed but felt that few hrs of queuing was wasted... so i just force my way into the crowd to scrutinize at the different brands.. Marc Jacobs was too exp still, whereas they didnt have the colour i want for adidas..and the only D&G which i spotted was a little too simple...so i decided to settle for fossil...again.. my 2nd piece so far...
$65, at 40% or 50% off orginal price... think this is an old model... cos i cant find it online... but i still like it...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Chatterbox at Meritus Mandarin
after hearing much about legendary chicken rice at chatterbox from my sister, I finally got to try out the dish, along with my sis at Meritus Mandarin over wed evening... her main motivation to go was to catch the exquisite night scenery at the top of the hotel as well as to see if it is still the revolving 'top of the M' while I mainly wanted to check out if the food is as good as its price...
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This was the first time I try the food so I couldnt really comment if there is any difference.. but my sis commented that the portion of rice was much bigger... true enuff, the bowl is so big i think two person could share one portion.
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there are some renovations outside the hotel itself, so in order to get to the entrance, we need to further in from last time..and i would say that there has been quite a big change to the appearance of the hotel. It is smaller but brighter and cleaner than the last time i went there, during company DND abt 4 yrs ago...
Meanwhile, we had to take two different lifts in order to reach 39th floor. (and there are actually staffs stationed at lift lobbies just to direct customers to correct lifts..) In order to reach 39th flr, we need to take a short flight of stairs up. The scene at 38 lounge was very lovely though humid... In contrast, 39th was cooler but has a rather over-exaggerated red veneer dining atmosphere. As a result, all the photos we took w/o flash was practically tinted with a shade of red lighting. .jpg)
This was the first time I try the food so I couldnt really comment if there is any difference.. but my sis commented that the portion of rice was much bigger... true enuff, the bowl is so big i think two person could share one portion. However, there was generous serving of chicken meat (can choose between chicken drumstick or chicken breast meat) and although the meat is cold, it is tender and rather juicy. The rice itself is moist and fragrant and FILLING... in order not to waste $, we finished the whole bowl of rice. Burp*!
Aside from the meat, there are also cherry tomatoes as accompaniments apart fr the usual cucumbers. The soup is also quite nice, with atypical vegetables(which I think is lettuce shreds) and small piece of toufu. Did i forget to mention that their chicken rice chilli sauce is really hot and spicy..wooh! almost make me cough...
In all, the dining experience was good and the food is quite up to standard. However, this is mainly becos we had a one-for-one dining offer. Suppose we have to pay full price, then we would have hesitated. One suggestion though, the management ought to do something to the ambience, there seem to be a misconception of red lightings=oriental setting.
By e way, heard that the original chef was retrenched years ago and had since started his own shop "Mr Chicken Rice" at E!Hub, Downtown East. There were good and bad reviews abt it.. so next time i shall go try it out myself....
by e way, found this christmas tree made up of cute little teddies at taka, and they are soo lovely i feel like grabbing them home...
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Wake me up when the Semester ends
gosh. finally the hectic weeks are over soon. Two more reports to be handed in, plus 1 exam and this smu study journey will end. How nice. Hope I wont change this opinion half a yr later from now. Not that I dislike my sch, it is just that 3.5 years at smu is ... enough. We once discussed that if we are to restart this whole journey again, hw would we react? Erm. the answer we gathered was that, we didnt even dare think about it.
But of cos there are still the plus sides of being a student, like getting student discounts, having concessions, and of cos, lamenting and complaining to our working friends how poor we students are..haa (note: the last pt might not be really accurate cos u might be amazed to find out how the pocket money of some students might be higher than an avg worker, sigh...).
anw, setting aside these grumbling... we girls took some time to have lunch outside sch... and we went to a 'cha chan teng', Chinese tea house at raffles city- Streets Cafe. Seems like we have some obsession with chinese food and dim sum, esp since we just went rivercity restaurant for its lunch buffet a week ago. But, seriously I dun mind cos dim sum and chinese food are actually my all time fav...cos they are yummy!
Honey Butter French Toast (Trust me, it is really scrumptious but beware,
Honey Butter Thick Toast (didnt try this, but lixian requested for more
Cafe Club sandwich. Ooh... I am gg hungry just by looking at it now..
But of cos there are still the plus sides of being a student, like getting student discounts, having concessions, and of cos, lamenting and complaining to our working friends how poor we students are..haa (note: the last pt might not be really accurate cos u might be amazed to find out how the pocket money of some students might be higher than an avg worker, sigh...).
anw, setting aside these grumbling... we girls took some time to have lunch outside sch... and we went to a 'cha chan teng', Chinese tea house at raffles city- Streets Cafe. Seems like we have some obsession with chinese food and dim sum, esp since we just went rivercity restaurant for its lunch buffet a week ago. But, seriously I dun mind cos dim sum and chinese food are actually my all time fav...cos they are yummy!
Honey Butter French Toast (Trust me, it is really scrumptious but beware, u better get another person to share this (fat). Got my hint?)
Honey Butter Thick Toast (didnt try this, but lixian requested for more honey to go with it. so guess it is def more plain than the butter toast)
Cafe Club sandwich. Ooh... I am gg hungry just by looking at it now.. sh*t. no wonder i put on weight recently.
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