account suspended

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My Twitter account has been suspended. I think it’s coz I seldom tweet personal messages now, and have been tweeting ads from Churp Churp and Socialberg aggressively recently. But but but…I put a disclaimer as my profile description so it’s up to you whether you want to follow my account. I also tag my ad tweets with a prefix ‘[AD]’ so people know. I’ve emailed the Twitter folks, but have yet to receive a reply.

I am sad.

new food items at Starbucks

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Mmmmmm…sounds good to me. I don’t usually have meals at Starbucks coz the food is awfully pricey ($12+ for meatball pasta when I can get a decent plate of spaghetti at Cintech for $6). It’s just an occasional thing when I do decide to eat something there. I usually get the meatball penne or roasted chicken and vegetable wrap or creamy/curry ugly chicken puff. I strongly recommend the wrap. If you think it’s small and won’t fill you up, you’re wrong. Plus the mushroom truffle dip is really good.

train fault

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Life has a great way of screwing around with you when you least expect it to. The day when I decide to take the MRT home instead of a cab after working late, I get not one but two…TWO freakin’ train delays due to “train faults”. Haha, now I don’t even know whether the train fault is real or just an excuse to kick people out of the train for whatever reason. The first one was on the circle line. Stopped for a couple of minutes, but I couldn’t care two hoots coz I was having a nice snooze. The second one was on the East-West line. This time I was freakin’ tired and hungry and just wanted to get home quick so I lost my patience and was already silently cursing SMRT. Everyone got booted out of the train. Luckily I had a straight bus home from Kembangan station else I would have bombarded SMRT’s twitter account with an angry tirade of hate messages.

The question is, why are we experiencing so many train faults now? Is it coz the trains are old? Or is it the tracks that are old? I don’t care which one is old, SMRT had better get their act together and make sure the tracks and trains are serviced regularly so that the number of train faults are kept to a minimum. Better still, never happen until a couple years down the road.

confidence and j-clothing

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Omg…I just discovered this really cool shop in Plaza Singapura called JRunway. I haven’t been to the physical store but I just checked out their website and they carry clothing by Putumayo! A part of that brand carries lolita fashion. I actually have two lolita blouses from that brand. Gotta check out the physical store coz I also found out that they are having a sale and selected pieces are going cheap. Woohoo!

Speaking of Japanese style clothing, I’m not one to say that I’m totally into it but I do like the style. How shall I put it? I’m not confident about my looks and I definitely don’t spend time dolling myself up just to achieve a certain look. That reminds me of what a friend said on Facebook this morning. My friend, Jo is on the plump side and she totally adores Disney princesses (especially Ariel). She said that this lady once said something really mean to her. Something to do with her size and whether she would be successful in reaching her dream of working in Disney as a Disney princess. That was downright rude and mean. Jo might be plump but I totally dig her confidence. By the way, she does makeup so well too.

I told her that she is one of those in J-Net that gave me the courage to stand on stage and take part in the J-Net fashion show. For once, I did not feel like anyone was judging me based on my looks or the clothes I wore. I could be me. Thank you Jo. You’re a great inspiration!

 

just give me a reason

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For a minute, I thought of ONE OK ROCK’s “The Beginning” coz the opening lyrics are: “Just give me a reason to keep my heart beating.”

Nope, it’s this song by Pink. After watching the mtv for it and finding at least three other covers of the song, the chorus is stuck in my head now.

 

The first cover I watched (actually the first mtv I watched of the song) was by Kylee and Sam Tsui.

 

And then, I found out my favourite YouTube artiste, Megan Nicole, did a cover of the song with Jason Chen.

 

And then, I found Tiffany Alvord (another YouTube artiste) did a cover too with Trevor.  She sang a song with Megan Nicole before. Her facial expression and the way her mouth moves when she pronounces words while singing reminds me of Mandy Moore.

 

There probably are a lot more covers out there, but just basing on these three…the verdict? I think Kylee and Sam Tsui wins. Both have rather strong vocals. Megan Nicole is ok, but Jason Chen sounds a tad too whiny. Not saying he isn’t a good singer, but just not that great for this song.

summer frapps

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Heh. Before Starbucks could even send me the emailer, I’ve already tried their new drink. That goes to show how much of a Starbucks convert I am and a true blue fan. Haha, ever since I went to USA and there’s one down the road where I work now. Doesn’t help that we hardly venture further from THAT road.

Behold the summer frapps…

I tried the Mocha Cookie Crumble with the whipped cream. I don’t usually take whipped cream with my drinks, but since this is chocolate whipped cream, thought it would be quite harmless. (As most would know, I dislike cheesy, buttery and milky food.) It was good. Not too sweet. (Yay! I remember one of the Christmas drinks being overly sweet.) Not too strong. (Unlike the Asian Dolce Latte which has double shots. That drink is quite unique too.) However, it doesn’t seem to make me want to keep getting it. Hmmm…

Anyway, maybe I should try the Red Bean Green Tea next.

Oh oh…and might I announce that they extended the mini card promotion till the end of May! Woohoo! Now I can totally have a shot at getting the card. *beams*