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No to Punggol

August 17, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | 5 comments

I had to go to Punggol for a work-related short stint. This experience left me more certain why living in Punggol is a major no no. No offence to the residents in Punggol but here are three personal reasons why I’ll never want to stay in Punggol.

(1) It is in the middle of nowhere. Unless you frequent Dhoby Ghaut (which I don’t) or work in Outram/Harbourfront (which I don’t either) I don’t see any reasons to stay in Punggol. In order to travel to visit Barley in the East, I had to take the God-forsaken LRT (Light Rapid Transport, which I’ll rant more later) to Punggol MRT, take the North-East line to Serangoon, change to Circle line to Paya Lebar and eventually get on to East-West line towards the east!

(2) There is nothing except HDB flats. Nothing else except open field (waiting to build more HDB flats), HDB flats (which is so close to each other gave me – an individual suffering from Claustrophobia – a major headache just looking at it) and construction sites building more flats!

Granted they have shopping malls but a crappy mall like Punggol plaza with nothing worth shopping except FairPrice can drive me crazy!

(3) There have crappy LRT services.

These are nothing like the ones in the west! The station has no indication displaying the expected arrival time; the train is stuffy with loud announcements going on and on.

Sigh. I hope I’m not turning into one of those cocky easties even before moving over cause I don’t really like them either. HAH. Shit I think I just turned myself into a public enemy for people living in the east and north-east. HAH. This I’m assuming if there are people alive reading this. hehe.

Straight Bangs.

August 9, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | No comments

What to know what went through my mind when I went for a hair cut two days ago?

My original intention was to go get my usual hair cut, a little trim at the back and my usual side swept bangs. Until my hair stylist asked, “Straight bangs?” I went through an intense 4 seconds thought process.

I always wondered how I’ll look like with straight bangs. I’m almost 25, that’s a quarter of a centenarian, that’s a major life stage. Heck it. Just freaking go for it.

I replied coolly, “Yeah”. But in my mind I was like, Freak freak freak. What am I doing?? Heck it. Hair grows out in a few weeks or months. Freak. Months? Urgh. I can always pin it up! Gosh. This better be good. Oh no. My fat face is oozing out of my hair (Please do not attempt to visualize this). GRRR.

When she is cutting it, I was laughing at my own reflection. I look like I’m wearing a helmet! Everyone is going to call me helmet head from now on! I kept laughing whenever I see my own reflection at the lift and along the corridors. It didn’t help when my sister was laughing like mad (literally) when I stepped into the house and my brother gave me the look and asked, “What’s with the bangs?”.

I’m going to take a lot of pictures with my bangs to remind me on why I would never get straight bangs ever again. I miss my side swept bangs.

July 29, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | 2 comments

A guy just offered me a seat on the train! I hope he didn’t think I’m pregnant! It must be the two bags I’m carrying!

// Just when I finished ranting on SbR. A guy offered my friend (in another train) a seat. She thinks it must be a “Be Nice to Girls Day”!! It must be it!

July 13, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | 2 comments

Seriously? I have no idea how she does it.

Bonito Chico Sale at Helipad

July 4, 2010 in Rants and Opinions, Shopping by somethingboutrenes | No comments

Warning: A rant coming up!

I went to Bonito Chico’s mid year warehouse sale together with my sister and him. It was chaotic! The crowd is crazy; we queued for four hours before we could get into the freaking tiny Helipad club! Thankfully I bought 6 dresses (one which is too small!) and together with my sister we spent close to $220! The dresses are really cheap, ranging from $15 to $24!

The crazy crowd!

Crazy girl with injured ankle queuing for hours.

Crazy girl in four inches heel queuing for hours.

But I think they could have made the experience a whole lot better if they improved on the following!

The crazy place which is stuffy, dark and narrow.

The location they chose is far too dark (the spotlight is blinding, the natural light from the glass panel is insufficient, I can’t even see the colours of the dresses properly!) and far too narrow (there are no breathing space, we were standing so close to each other and I got scratched by a lot of the hangers when the girls are sqeeuzing their way through!)! They could have rented a hotel function room which is much more spacious with proper lighting!

I thought their colour tagging is good but their payment counter is way too inefficient! We are required to make payment to three sellers separately! I paid thirty over dollars to a lady, got my change, then another sixty dollars to another before paying hundred over dollars to the last lady at the cashier counter! This is far too inefficient! They could have recorded their sales using a book or keeping their tags instead of making us pay three separate times! This slowed down the whole process and makes it really confusing! At the end of the day, I don’t even know how much I’m paying! The worst is, because I paid together with my sister’s loots and they removed the colour tags, I have no idea how much each piece cost!

This just goes to show how unorganized the event was and I was kind of disappointed because it’s not the first time they are having such sales.

But I guess at the end of the day, when all the girls carried their cheap loots home while the BC girls earned some decent amount, no one is complaining. HAH. Will I come again next year? Maybe.

New Lust

July 3, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | No comments

Initially wanted to get a Diana Mini with Diana F+ flash for my birthday because of a cheap deal but that cheap deal failed to come true. SIGH. Just when I want to reward myself after a year of hard work. If anyone knows of any cheap deal for this, please leave a comment!

June 26, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | 3 comments

Freak. I woke up at 06.34 on a Saturday morning thinking it’s a workday, and now I can’t go back to sleep! HMPH

Rack Room.

June 13, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | No comments

After you paid in excess of $100k for a car, the least you would expect is to have some space for a rack from Ikea. HAH.

Almost all gloom and doom.

June 10, 2010 in Personal Recommendations, Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | No comments

Today is not the best day of my life. In fact it’s rather gloomy.

I went for facial yesterday and ended up looking like crap today. What’s with all the scabs, redness and swollen nose!

I hate working with fickle-minded boss and one who asked the same question over and over again. Worst still, one who don’t bother remembering the answers you provide repeatedly.

Tried out a new class in Amore and ended up feeling like a lump of fats with two left feet. What’s with all the twirling, hopping, skipping and jumping?!

My day was all gloom and doom until I read A Beautiful Mess. Reading Elsie and Jeremy’s adventure on a road trip to Chicago makes me happy.  I need a road trip too! Found out about iPhone’s Hipstamatic application through Elsie and it’s one app worth paying a dollar ninety nine for! I took random shots on the way home, smiling like a child at the wonderful effects it created! Love it!

Here are some random pictures I took using the hip app!

With Kaimal Mark II lens. Yes this is how my desk looks like. I need a Trash ‘Em Day!

With Jimmy lens. I love random stuffs.

With John S lens. This is my personal favourite! My favourite Dino Bank talking to a random dude! Dino Bank accompanied me since I was ten. I love him except that he holds my life savings. HAH.

Go get your hip app! Haha!

June 4, 2010 in Rants and Opinions by somethingboutrenes | No comments

A long time ago, I wrote an entry about how I detest certain types of supermarket shoppers, I think I may have to write another entry about how I detest certain types of MRT passengers ! This lady sat right in the middle between two seats. What is wrong with her?! She needs to rest her butt crack? HAH. Opps. That was a little vulgar.

What kind of MRT passengers do you detest most?

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