Conversation on French Fries

My ex-Store Manager adores french fries, especially if the fries comes from McDonald's. So whenever we are eating any fast food meals that comes with french fries, we'll have to really eat them fast or hide them away, out of his view. If not, you'll be left with only a "brand new" burger and drink set meal, minus the fries..

Friends Award

Yippe, I've got another new award for my blog and it's the Friends Award from Tan Geng Hui’s Homepage and Tripzibit The Explorer. This is 2 of the important sites that I always look forward to visiting, partly because I'm very very interested in the paranormal, occultism (Tripzibit The Explorer) and it contains really good posts that actually make me stop and think whenever I read them (Tan Geng Hui’s Homepage) and it is a real good pleasure to receive the Friends Award from my favorite blog sites too!! Without much further ado, let's look at the requirements of this wonderful award received.

The Rules : Name 7 things/person that you love then pass this on to 7 other bloggers.

1) I love my Mother, we always go window-shopping together. (Strangers though we were sisters too!!)

2) I love being a listening ear always.

3) I love anything and everything on occultism, paranormal, metaphysics, spooky stuffs.

4) I love soft toys and plushies, especially teddy bears!!

5) I love Japanese food, the language, the culture, fashion, everything!!

6) Lately, I'm in love with twittering via cellphone. But then, I have to keep the tweets short though...

7) I love cakes, pastries and seafood!!

And now, I'm going to pass this wonderful award to:

» flitting on fiction

» C'est La Vie

» Tan Geng Hui’s Homepage

» SGBoleh

» For the retarded and the damned

» Nuclear•Winter

» My Corner

Copyright Wordings on my Photos

In case many of you might not have noticed immediately, I've finally started using Flickr to host my images online. Photobucket hasn't been nice to me for the past week or so, not to mention that my photos doesn't have any copyright wordings. But this time I've changed it to say:


© Chopsticks
The One And Only Original Chopsticks Blogger


Well, in the event that I want my own personal domain, the copyright words on my photo won't clash with the domain URL. So, there you go!! Do note that I did not add in the above mentioned text via Flickr though. I opened up the photo on my PC, screen capture it, then paste it into Paint, erasing all the unnecessary corners I don't want, then set in the wordings by manually typing it in Word Document and pasting into Paint. Sounds somewhat confusing, right? But that's how I add in the wordings before I used Photobucket..

Gothic Lolita Bible

Finally, I bought the English translated version of Gothic Lolita Bible. I knew about the English translated version, but it's just a matter of time when it comes to this title being imported to Singapore. At least there's an English version so it'll be easier to read. Did I mention I knew only a smattering of Japanese, enough to save my ass, but not enough to save my life though...




Finally, I've got my excited, wet and sweaty paws on the English translated version. Really cool clothing inside although the skirts are not to my personal liking. Too girly...

But I like the hoodies and shirts/blouses though. And there's also Mana...

Drawer of Body Shop products

I bet nobody has a wardrobe drawer chuck (almost) full of The Body Shop products, eh? Initially, I wanted to store the perfumes in a cool dry place and before I knew it, every Body Shop product I have went in as well...

Jelly Lens from Action City

Since I was browsing around Action City looking at the Care Bears, my attention was diverted to these new (close to 2 months on display) products called Jelly Lens. You're supposed to attach it to the lens of your cell phone or digital camera and depending what kind of lens you chose, will give you the image desired.

There are Sepia Lens, Heart Lens (a red border will appear surrounding the objects) and many more. But it was somewhat disappoint as I personally felt it didn't deliver at all, and it didn't give me what I expected too.




Supposed to give you a close-up shot by attaching it to your cell phone or digital camera





Decided to try the Jelly Lens on this Cupcake Deck. This is a normal shot without the Jelly Lens





A shot right after attaching the Jelly Lens to my cell camera





The Cupcake Deck, really close up (and supposedly concentrated and clearer) shot. Actually, I was hoping that I could get a clear shot of the entire Cupcake Deck, but only the wordings were clear enuff. Lucky I didn't went crazy and bought the entire Jelly Lens that were for sale. If not, I'll definitely regret it... a lot!!

Care Bear Bulletin

Bought the Harmony Bear (Purple) and Laugh Bear (Orange) from Action City





Guess I'll have to concentrate on my Care Bear collection first before moving on to bigger sizes bear(s)... There's the Good Luck Bear (Green) and Sleepy Bear (Blue)


At last count, Care Bears 4 and Pu Niao 1...

Nasi Lemak

Well, it's filling although the fish looks kinda small and miserable.





Close up of the fish, ikan bilies (anchovies) and chilli

Blury Mother or Blur Mother??

Taken using the Soft Jelly Lens I've bought, ended up, this product disappoints..

From Photobucket to (Maybe) Flickr..?

Well, I've been trying so many donkey times to log on to Photobucket to upload my photos and it's been nothing but trouble for me. I won't use too much space on Shareapic either as I still haven't figured out the means and ways to resize images on Shareapic automatically. Meaning that I have to manually insert in the height and border width for each image I upload on Shareapic. And hence, I've decided to take the plunge to Flickr instead. Wish me luck everyone, and if you happen to be using Flickr for your photos, pictures and images, do let me know if it's much better than Photobucket, okie??

Singapore Racist Blogger - Sexy Fragrance Prince

Well, I was checking out Ping.sg when I came across this post titled "Racist Blogger in Singapore Caught~!" and was thinking... Again? Seriously, teenagers just don't learn nowadays, don't they? Even if you want to make somewhat racists blog entries, don't go about bragging in local forums, and this is what Sexy Fragrance Smelly Prince just did. And it is almost like as if he's edging people to report him about it. Here's a screenshot from his blog, with the racist post intact:



Sexy Fragrance Smelly Prince


Excerpts from angry Singaporeans who commented on his chatbox:




And the best part of it all? He also happened to have a Facebook account. Maybe we should stir up some mayhem and set up a group on Facebook that says, "We Hate Racists Blogger(s) Especially Sexy Fragrance Prince" just to prove the point that racism does not go well with everyone on the blogosphere, huh?

Screenshot of Sexy Fragrance Smelly Prince Facebook page:



http://www.facebook.com/people/Franco-Louis/759252799


Seriously, readers to Chopsticks, what are your views on racist bloggers who think that they are the law and they are above anyone and everyone else? Should such bloggers be denied access to the Internet and even blogging to prevent such nonsense from happening? Truth to speak, I have many wonderful friends, acquaintances and colleagues who are of Muslim/Malay and Indian/Tamil race and we get along well, though not probably with the Chinese (my own race) as different people have different likes, dislikes and stuffs like that? (And hence I never got along well with the Chinese classmates I had back when I was in school, except for the Muslim/Malay and Indian/Tamil race who treated me like I was one of them, those of my own race thought I was crap anyway. Not that I care about it!)

What if that old Malay pak-cik on the train happened to be working at a construction site, making ends meet to put food on the table for his family? And due to working so hard, he would definitely look dirty and stink of sweat. Don't tell me this Sexy Fragrance Smelly Prince atrocity sweat Chanel No. 5? That I would probably be half-assed impressed by it.

I mean, think about it, when elderly, pregnant, disabled and sick folks get onto public transport, nobody gives a damn about them, much less a seat to ease their pain or suffering for at least a little short while. Is it so much to ask for when the time comes for Singaporeans to give up their seats? I've seen my fair share of selfish Singaporeans too and although I'm getting sick and tired of it, the fact remains that nobody gives a hoot, much less try.

Pasar Malam

There's quite a number of photos for this post, so there'll only be one post for today to ensure that my blog load adequately in time for your viewing pleasure. Pasar means "Bazaar" and Malam means "Night", so in short, Pasar Malam simply meant "Night Bazaar". And it's only crowded at night, since it'll be too hot and humid to enjoy the "action" in the afternoon.




Kebab Store selling Mutton Kebab (SGD6.00) and Chicken Kebab (SGD5.00)





Chicken Kebab... I chooose you!!





Toy stall. The aim is to get much high score as possible so that you can get a better prize.





Really cheap food stuffs here!!





At SGD0.80, it's definitely a steal.





Nostalgic childhood treats for me, totalling SGD5.80





Okonomiyaki - Singapore Style.





I went for the prawn version...





I made my choice when I went near this stall.





Obviously, it's the Oyster Cake. Yummy!!


P/S: And this is the first time I snapped away at lightning speed. On hindsight, I should have said I'm taking photos for my blog so that I didn't need to behave suspiciously...

Loop A Loop... Hula Hoop

Remember Alvin and the Chipmunks? "Me, I Want A Hula Hoop..."

Singapore Market Scene

Vegetables, anyone?





Residents going about their daily market chores.





This is a newly erected toy stall and the toys weren't that fascinating..

This is the CULPRIT

Remember in some of my old posts that I mentioned that someone has been putting super glue into the keyhole of our mailbox? Yes, this is the culprit. He's a big fat loser and I'll tell you the reason why! He let his son eat the cheapest and plainest food while he orders the best dishes for himself. When his daughter was still a little toddler, he ordered a slice of bread and a cup of Milo and let his son and toddler daughter shared it. When his son ordered meat dishes, he'll scold his son for doing so but extravagantly buys meat dishes for his own shelf.

In fact, if there is any chance of a T-Virus outbreak, I bet he'll sacrifice everyone around him to save his own sorry ass. And the best part of all? We knew he was the one responsible for our mailbox, not once, not twice. In fact, he damaged our mailbox every single damn time but the fact remains that we don't have concrete proof of seeing him in action. Yes, bring it loser! One fine day when I snapped, I'm gonna chucked my used sanitary pads into YOUR mailbox and let you be cursed for life!!

Yes, It Is Meh!!

Yesh, this is really me. Any comments... maybe??

Momiji Dolls

When my workplace first brought in these ornament dolls, I kinda fell in love with it. But the price is way too expensive to even consider buying it, even the Kimmi Dolls that I saw at Takashimaya Department Store costs almost the same. So, I'm just going to admire it while praying fervently that someone would buy the entire set for me....

Pet Society Moments...

While passing by the Stationery department at my workplace, I couldn't help but noticed that the Hello Kitty displays and products remotely resembled Pet Society...




The bags that are on display. Yes, they are for sale!!





The Hello Kitty products that vaguely tells me that I'm traversing in Pet Society land...

Cherry Blossom Fever

Went shopping for toiletries at The Body Shop and as usual, my mother always exclaimed that "she is broke" whenever we stepped into the shop. And since I had quite an enjoyable day going dizzy over the Japanese Cherry Blossom products, the post(s) today will be another episode of What's In The Bag? post only. Enjoy!!




Japanese Cherry Blossom Eau De Toilette - 50ml (1.69 US FL OZ) - SGD32.90





Japanese Cherry Blossom Bath & Shower Gel (L) - 250 ml (8.4 US FL OZ) - SGD16.90 and Japanese Cherry Blossom Puree Body Lotion (R) - 250ml (8.4 US FL OZ) - SGD22.90. Well, before I could post this up, my mother excitedly hid the Puree Body Lotion away from me, for her own personal use...





Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Butter - 200ml 6.7OZ (192g) - SGD32.90. I need this because my legs are way too dry for comfort...





Mandarin Orchid Shower Gel - 200ml (6.75 US FL OZ) - SGD14.90. I'm so in love with their shower gels, always so fresh and yummy smelling, sometimes I'm really tempted to just swallow it instead. >_<





Freebies I get when I bought so much merchandise from The Body Shop!!





A retractable blusher brush. Cool item if it's free, not so if I have to buy it though. (Yes, sometimes I'm a cheapskate!!)





And you thought the pouch was empty, didn't you? But nope, The Body Shop threw in some more freebies with the pouch as well. And seriously, my mother is aiming for this pouch too.





In this pouch are goodies like:
Vitamin E Moisture Cream - 15 ml / 0.5 OZ (14g)
Hi Shine Lip Treatment #10 Perfectly Pink - 6ml (0.2 US FL OZ)
Divine Calm Heavenly Shower Gel - 60ml (2.0 US FL OZ)
Strawberry Body Butter - 50ml / 1.7OZ (48g)


Okay, now that I'm done posting all these yummy treats up at my blog, I can officially pass the pouch (with the contents intact) and the Japanese Cherry Blossom Puree Body Lotion... graciously...

Damn saucepan sacrificed my pumpkin soup

The other night, I was feeling a little frisky and wanted to make some soup. Everything went smoothly, and I even ended up adding quite a lot of stuffs inside my soup. Until the moment when I'm gonna pour the soup into a bowl, the handle suddenly snapped without warning and my soup went to the floor inside of the bowl..





Urgh! So much for putting in effort to make a nice bowl of soup, only to offer it to the floor, tablecloth and ultimately, rubbish chute!!

Father's In Hospital for Surgery

My father was admitted to the hospital (actually, he check in himself) for a minor surgery and he received a small little hamper from Cathay. I believe it's not as impressive as the one I received though, considering that Cathay is a huge organization that is supposedly bigger than the one I worked for. Tsk tsk! Cathay should take a leaf from my workplace and show more appreciation towards their staffs, especially when hampers are the main topic of question...

Teddy Bears Are Supposed to be NAKED!!!

Just the other day after seeing that "Lee Hsien Long" message, I happened to see a customer hugging this adorable teddy bear around my workplace. And I immediately decided that I have to add that same teddy bear into my own small collection. I asked around (including my beloved Phoebe) where I could find it. Although Phoebe suggested that I can try MInitoons and Action City, but I couldn't. And I even say teddy bears wearing clothes over at Build-A-Bear workshop and thought, "Teddy Bears Are Supposed to be NAKED!!!"

And so therefore, I'm gonna go off to Orchard Road after work today in search of my teddy bear that I'm seeking. Wish me luck, everyone!!