OK, I know its been a while but I’ve been so busy running through airports (through no fault of no one but myself) that I tend to neglect this piece of cyberspace…
But there’s always Twitter now I guess… Just look to your left 
Meanwhile, The Chasers are back!!! Click here for their Youtube playlist for Season 3 Episode 1!
God bless!
So while browsing SMH today, caught eye of ‘Sophomore NYC’ on The Vine supplement website and then tried to get a search of a Sophomore store in OZ… Of course there’s none…
But found three new Gems instead!
Incu Store (Paddington) – Just realized that there’s an Incu store in the city (TGV) which I pass through EVERYDAY! lOl!
Pour Tous (For everyone)
They stock brands from the world (US mainly I think) and I don’t think they give big discounts like the big retailers can but if you want to stand out from the crowd and HAVE the money… Go ahead… Start browsing!
Woohuh!
God bless!
Had Connect Group tonight and I always feel good after Connect Group. It feels good encouraging people, listening to people and introducing new belief systems and change into people’s lives. Its cause when you teach and minister that you get taught and ministered to at the same time. If you don’t give, you don’t receive. And when you are using your words to explain and strengthen someone else, guess who hears it the loudest? Yes, its yourself.
I feel like a lot of people are getting on my nerves nowadays. Usually younger people. Younger as in age. But I know of some young people who are mature.
Maybe I’ll rephrase it, immature people are getting on my nerves. Of course there are adults who are immature.
Let’s dissect this (by the way, this wasn’t what we discussed in Connect Group); what immaturity looks like…
1. The world revolves around you, you and you.
2. You have no sense of others. Seriously.
3. You have no sense of right and wrong.
4. You are impatient (Priorities upside down).
5. And you do not share.
6. You do not communicate well.
Sounds like Cubbyhouse on the weekend! Its OK if you are 0-2 and act immature cause you ARE immature. But what really irks me is when young adults act immature.
What is the cure?
But back to CG, we talked about having ‘No Excuses’ today! Woohuh! It was pretty good I reckon and it always amazes me how the Holy Spirit just reminds me of timely and relevant bible verses and truths that I can encourage and minister my group with. Thank you God!
God bless!
Link to ‘official’ review HERE.
Oh gosh I kinda liked this movie… SokLeng told me I wouldn’t fall asleep watching it but she didn’t tell me why…
Turns out the shopaholic is a journalist in New York City… Oh my goodness… What I would do to be there…
Anyway, dreams aside this movie is good… Funny, little witty, typical ‘romantic’ comedy minus the sex and the adultness. Well, it WAS adapted from a novel for teens…
And Isla Fisher (Rebecca Bloomwood the Shopaholic) grew up in Perth! Amazing how people can change accents at the drop of a hat…
Which reminds me of this YouTube video I got from ATan yesterday… If you are SG-ian or well-versed in the SG culture, look out for her amazing adaptation of a SPG’s ACCENT!!! Gosh I hate that accent…
God bless!
Aiyo… what’s with Thai movie clips???
Tell me that didn’t make you at least tear…
God bless!
So my ‘old’ phone died… It’s not really old, its just how shall we call it, my ex-phone, cause it’s died right. I would turn it on and then it will load for a while and then streaks of white lines will appear. And since its a slide out phone, I concurred that the ribbon which connects the LCD screen to the main body is somewhat loopy, cranky, loose, dysfunctional… Anyway, its under warranty and we’ll deal with that later.
So having being addicted to on the go Wi-Fi and checking emails, I just couldn’t imagine myself going back to 2G phones… PLUS I wanted, no, NEEDED a touch screen. Its just too intuitive to give up and going back to a Sony Ericcson k750i style of joystick just wouldn’t do it. So I narrowed down my choices to a few phones…
The Blackberry Bold… The HTC Dream… and the Apple iPhone.
First up, was the HTC, it is a brand new phone on a brand new platform, the Google Android, so like hello? Alarm bells, cow bells ringing too… New phone? New platform? Na-ah, PLUS its HTC. Bad experience with HTC. BAD!!! So the HTC Dream option evaporates…
The Blackberry Bold/Storm. The Blackberry Bold has no touch screen so I’m seriously not prepared to divulge into it… It’s just so 2008… 
And truth be told, its fugly!
And then there came along yet ANOTHER option, the Samsung Omnia… This was a no brainer, I just hate Samsung handphones…
And lastly there was the Holy Grail of phones… Something which had all I wanted (well, sort of)… Beauty, elegance, a mega touch screen, nonsense Apps… The only one thing that’s disappointing was the lack of a physical keyboard… Something which literally had me glued to my HTC TyTn II! It was SO easy to type stuff out!!!
So with all these factors to consider… I had to make a decision… My LG Shine was just testing my patience by the HOUR!
And then I did it…
I took the plunge…
And it was beautiful…
I still can’t type as fast on it as I could on the HTC TyTn II but the graphics, the elegance, the Apps, the connectivity (syncability?) and the speed of the phone almost makes up for it…
It truly is a NEW phone… The platform, the swiping, the zooming in and out… It’s just so intuitive… So… human…
WOW!
God bless!
Filed under: Movies
It is a good movie.
Different from Slumdog but good all the same. It IS after all a Hollywood ‘blockbuster’. It has enough fillers to keep an ADD person like me excited and enough depth in its script to keep my literary side engaged…
Read the full ‘official’ review here!!!
God bless!
Well, somewhere between being the nerd/geek of class and someone who’s chasing the newest thing; I’m yet to let go of that latter embrace in life…
God bless!
P.S. Slumdog Millionaire was one of the best movies I’ve watched in my lifetime… Review coming soon. I’m still reeling from last night’s aftermath…
had absolutely no dramas tonight… none whatsoever… Zilch! Nil! *yawn*.via Twitter –
quiet night did I say? dealt with police n firemen at 340am… oh my!via Twitter –
just got home… I take back my proclamation of a quiet night two updates ago… Oh my goodness!
That’s how it all started and ended… My three Twitter/Facebook updates in the span of less than 12 hours…
I finished work on Friday night, closed the shop and scooted into the night keen to spend the night resting as much as I could for what would be our traditionally busiest day of the year, Mardi Gras.
I got a phone call at 3:30AM.
It was from an unidentified number so I though oh OK, looks like my Dad forgot the three hour difference again! I didn’t answer the call, again forcing myself back to sleep in prep for the busy day ahead. The second time I got the call, I was a little bit worried. What now? Maybe Mom’s in the hospital? We got a health scare from her couple months back so I answered the call..
It was a male with an Australian accent. He identified himself as the police and that a car has crashed through my store. I asked ‘So the glass is broken?’ He told me ‘the whole thing fell down’. He asked for other people he could contact. I gave him the numbers as accurately as I could, my hands already trembling with the news I’ve heard. He said he’ll give them a call and if no one could come, I would have to go to the store to be a representative.
He called back 5 minutes later, I’ve got to go to the store. Anticipating insurance needs and a possible one stretching to to two hour trip, I packed my camera, wore presentable clothes and put on a cap. My mind was racing… The whole thing fell down? How long will it take to fix? A month? What would I do then? Paid leave? Unpaid leave? What if they decide to shut the store indefinitely? Will I lose my job?
I was definitely shaken and scared and tried to contact as many relevant people as possible. I got into my car and found out that one of my headlights wasn’t working. Oh great!
As I reached the halfway mark, I see blue and red lights behind my car. GREAT! Just what I need! I pulled over, rolled down my windows, grabbed my FRESHLY PASSED NSW Drivers’ Licence out of my wallet and turned my head so that I could have a good look at this policeman. He asked me have I been drinking I said no. He said where I was going, I was like work and I proceeded to tell him that a car’s crashed through my store. He said which one, I told him the location. He took one last look at my licence and let me go. I’m sure I was more important than a RBT (random breath test) at that particular moment! And I’m pretty sure he would have heard about the crash on his radio!
So I proceeded to find parking around the store and since it was gonna be Mardi Gras, a lot of the street parking are going to be clearways by 7am.
I walked to the store, crossed the police line and saw the damage… Water was everywhere, broken glass littered the street and the store and the debris and furniture of the accident was pushed IN to the store… Chairs were piled up and the debris, the brick wall that has collapsed was the scary part. There was no structural damage, the car seems to have careened into the glass wall just between two metal pillars. I reckon that if it did hit the metal pillars, the damage would have been considerably worse!
The driver was seriously injured and to see car doors in a coffee shop is just not natural. A self-made CD labelled Compilation #4 or something or rather was on the condiment bar. There was no blood on the cafe floor though, most probably washed away by the ruptured fire hydrant. My boss arrived after a while, there was a whole ‘nutha story regarding how she found out but its probably too personal for this blog… Not my story to tell…
Anyway, yeah, so the food man came and we had ordered a million food in preparation for Mardi Gras and the question boiled down to trade or not to trade. After a few hoohas and disappointed phone calls, we decided to trade and block off the area. It looked like a museum with the pile of debris on exhibition and the area cordoned off with black and yellow waist-high retractable fences. Sure customers had curious looks and we were all over the radio and online news.
A glass company was called in and the place was boarded up by 12pm. Our big bosses also came and managed to clear the debris away by 4 or 5pm and by that time, you couldn’t even tell what had happened barely 12 hours ago.
I thought that tradies and cleaners would have taken their own sweet time but I’m surprised, relieved and impressed that with a little help from people high up and with enough motivation, things seem to mysteriously happen VERY quickly.
Here’s to a night I will never forget…
God bless!
Filed under: RanDom
Get to know yourself better
Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don’t judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren’t necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people’s eyes.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.
The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that’s why you’ll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?
Your views on education
You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job.
The right job for you:
You’re a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you’ll be set for life.
How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don’t succeed. Don’t give up when you haven’t yet even started! Be courageous.
What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It’s time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.
Thanks to TinkiTalks for the inpiration. Take it yourself here!
God bless!
