October 2009

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He helped reformatted my cranky old PC and added some pinkness to my Google bar. These are the little things that sweeten our relationship.

Remember in one of my earlier post I raved about how awesome Brown Brothers Zibibbo Rose is? It’s still as good as I first tasted it! It is also unbelievable cheap! It was $23 – 25? But I spotted it at one of the FairPrice stores going for only $19.90! YUM YUM.

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He loves it.

TGIF.

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I am meeting him for dinner. Simple moments which cannot be taken for granted. I’m basking in the rays of blissfulness.

I am bringing a lunch box tomorrow.

My lunch?

  • 1 piece of boiled chicken breast
  • 1 bunch of boiled broccoli
  • 1 bunch of boiled baby carrots
  • 1 hard boiled egg
  • 1 banana
  • 1 bunch of whole wheat biscuits

Great. Now that I’ve listed them all out, it doesn’t sound that little. I see myself binge eating on Saturday. HAHA. Procrastinator is my middle name, please do provide some moral support. I’ve got a XS dress to fit. URGH.

For once when I’ve decided to stop procrastinating and get my saggy butt moving this was the response.

Me: Ok I’m going jogging later.
Him: ?!!

How encouraging. But I totally deserved it. I merely jogged for 15 minutes and walked for another 5 minutes. Forget about the jogging stats (I know most people measure their progress in KM. HMPH.) and let’s move on to the less glamorous part of jogging.

Initially I was all dressed up to go burn the fats sitting on my ungrateful butt and thighs, but soon realized I look more like I’m going for a swim then a jog. I should thank the Romans for inventing mirrors in the 4000 BC (According to the all trustworthy source of knowledge - WikiAnswers )

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I ended up looking like a middle aged lady all ready to burn her long-overdue-postnatal-fats. GRRR.

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Our IT department recently sent us an IT security bulletin which aims to advise users to create a password which is easy for him/her to remember but difficult for others to guess.

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SHUCKS. Now everyone knows that my password is 34C16848. HAHA.

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Thank you Sue Ann for the earrings from BBK! I love it when retailers put in extra effort in their branding and packaging even for simple products like this. Call me superficial. HAH.

Urgh #1: I was asked to represent my division in our netball tournament. If only they knew about my dysfunctional family of body parts (My hands, legs and brain don’t exactly communicate)! URGH.

Urgh #2: My friend bought me a bridesmaid dress (I heard it’s pink, flirty short and it’s a tube dress .) with a huge flower hair band. The worst thing is she bought me a XS size. I was never a XS even if I only eat broccoli and drink nothing but water from now till December. URGH.

Urgh #3: I need to go on a serious diet and exercise regime but being gluten and a major procrastinator I doubt it will start anytime soon. URGH.

During my recent grocery shopping trip, I met some of the most disgusting supermarket shoppers who inspired me to write this entry. I started with six points with an aim to present the “Top 10 Most Disgusting Habits of Singaporean Supermarket Shoppers” but ended up with 16 after I sent them to my friends. I am sure with our concerted effort we can definitely extend this list! Any others?

1) Love to tear rolls of plastic bags as though it’s toilet paper
2) Love to decorate the store with a Xmas theme in mind by stuffing unused plastic bags everywhere
3) Love to squeeze, poke and throw fruits, fish and meats alike
4) Love to hide unwanted products all over the store
5) Love to play treasure hunt in store by digging for “treasures” found in the deepest end of the shelves
6) Love to grab extra plastic bags before they leave the store (What’s with this PLASTIC NATION?)
7) Love to bring home the trolley when all they pay is $1
’8) Love to stand at the samples tray and eat and eat their “lunch”
9) Love to leave their trolleys in the middle of the aisle and walk elsewhere
10) Love to read and read magazines, even tearing them out of their covers (HELLO “NO BROWSING”?)
11) Love to queue at express queue when they have got more than ten items
12) Love to tell the cashier they forgot to take something and keep other customers waiting
13) Love to conveniently forget to weigh things and make everyone wait at the cashier counter again
14) Love to get two people to queue in two queues
15) Love to open up body wash/ shampoo bottles to smell and conveniently again not close them back causing serious leakage on shelves
16) Love to steal testers when put on shelves without any metal chains

Ho White and the Seven Dwarves’ beer advert angers Disney

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A beer advertisement featuring a raunchy version of Snow White has reportedly raised the ire of Disney.

The x-rated advertisement, for Jamieson’s Raspberry Ale, depicts the fairytale heroine blowing smoke rings while lying in bed with seven semi-clad dwarves. In this Disney dystopia, Snow White has been renamed “Ho White”, while the loveable dwarves Sleepy, Happy and Doc are rebranded Filthy, Smarmy and Randy – supposedly to represent different types of drinkers.

Credits: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6341373/Ho-White-and-the-Seven-Dwarves-beer-advert-angers-Disney.html

Advertisers often forget to view the ads / products / services from the eyes of the consumer. To them it’s a harmless joke but to the consumers it is a vulgar and cruel act of destroying the perfect image of Snow White from their childhood memory. If they did this to Ariel – my favourite Disney princess – I will surely write them a hate mail. HAHA.

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