Ettusais Pata Pata

Bought the new Pata Pata from Ettusais as a touch-up for during the day.. But comparing to the Sparkling Pact it still fell short.. Maybe also due to the fact that it's almost half the price of the Sparkling Pact? :)

Was given a free bag hook but I am too lazy to use it.. We'll see..

iPhone charger went BOOM!

A few days ago, I heard a loud boom, then POP sound when I was blowing my hair with the hairdryer..

I thought my hairdryer short-circuited and was so afraid that I will be electrocuted, but it's actually my iPhone charger....

The POP sound was when the cable was ejected from the plug automatically.

When I removed the plug, there is a black mark around the socket plug... Madness right?

At this time, my iPhone only had 15% left and since it was a Saturday, I can't borrow my colleagues' cable to charge my phone and there's only 1 iPhone cable/plug in the house.. So advice from my friends to "AppleCare" cannot be done as I don't have a phone to call them and during this time, I was not talking to Pipimon (one of our recent numerous squabbles) so I just had to live without a phone for 2 days..

I went to Nex Mall's Challenger, wanting to buy the charger but they only had the iPad charger.. The idiotic salesgirl suggested that I buy the iPad charger to charge my iPhone. Stupid idiot.. Wonder how she managed to get a job there. Idiot.

Anyway, the price for the iPhone charger is $48 just for 1 plug and 1 cable. And I refuse to buy the "generic" aka imitation ones as if anything else happens to my iPhone by using those fake ones, I cannot exchange my iPhone for another set under my current warranty plan.

On Monday, I went to work and borrowed one of my colleague's cable and managed to revive my iPhone so I can SMS one of my ex-colleagues, Wansi from Apple to help me order a new set of iPhone charger. Instead of the normal iPhone charger, I asked her to help me buy the World Adapter set, which is $58, but she's very nice to use her employee discount to buy for me.. So in the end the cost of the World set is cheaper than the $48 iPhone charger.

It only came on Thursday (DHL sucks), so I had to rely on my colleague's cables for a few days.. Hate being reliant on others, but I have no choice.. :(

Here is how the charger looks like.. the original iPhone used this kind of charger, the bulky ones before they changed to suit each nationality.. But strangely, I find that this charger is better than my old one as it charged my iPhone very fast! Around 1 hr and it will be full charge from 0%. Amazing. :)

Hope nothing happens to this!

Pretty luggage from Hippo

I really like the pink luggage! It's pink, polka dot, four wheels and so shiny! :D

But I really don't need a luggage now since I am not flying so often anymore.. Sighs. I shall just go and drool over it whenever I have the chance to walk past the shop.. :(


*Update 01Dec11*
I bought the large pink one in October.. brought it with me on my trip to Europe and there were 4 cracks at different places..! Even after being wrapped with the protective plastic at the airports! So in conclusion, it's damn lousy. Don't buy!!

Happy Birthday Nathaniel!

It's Nathaniel's birthday today! :)

Last week we went out for dinner and I promised to treat him for a movie & dinner on his actual day instead of buying him a present cos I don't know what to buy for him and his wishlist is so expensive!!

So instead of the normal tickets, I bought Gold Class tickets instead to make it more special! ^^

The movie we watched was Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon.. The beginning was great because the scriptwriters very cleverly wove in real historic events into the storyline but towards the end it kinda lost direction.. the Chicago fighting scenes were a bit lame and lack-luster and they should have included an Easter egg (surprise scene after credits)! I was waiting till the end hoping they will show something since the ending was so abrupt and I read that this is the end of the trilogy and the new 4th installment will have totally different actors and a new director! :(

Also, I am very disappointed with the new female lead! She is so whinny and useless! Keep shouting for help, "SAM! HELP ME!" and no back-bone "SAM! DO WHATEVER THEY TELL YOU TO! HELP!". Towards the end they tried to make her more sassy like Megan Fox by incorporating a scene of her taunting Megatron but it just fell flat.

I prefer Megan Fox! She was sassier, braver (she tackled and threatened a Decepticon robot and even managed to convert him to the Autobot's side). Also, her body is more proportional, she is just the right size for Shia LaBeouf and they had chemistry! The new female lead is too tall! She looks good on the runway (being a Victoria Secrets model) but she just can't make it as an actress!!

Sigh! If only there wasn't any 'creative differences' between Megan and the director! The movie would have better.

Anyway, out of the 3 Transformers movies, my fave was still Part 1! :)

We look super happy here cos the guy who helped us take the picture was very funny. Haha! And I was wearing a nice dress cos I came from work.. I rushed like mad cos the movie was at 6pm! He took half-day leave so he sat around waiting for me at Vivocity for around 4hours!!

Managed to take a nice self-shot after 8 tries!!

Look at the food!

Total amount spent on food was $59.92 and it was 8cents short of getting the free Transformers Monopoly playing cards! 8cents! Bloody hell.. Anyway, the food standard has really dropped and the chairs are so dirty! I kept fidgeting around cos I can feel crumbs on the seats and when the lights are on, you can even spot stains and mold on the upholstery! For S$28.. it's not worth the money anymore.. they started out great but did not bother to maintain the standard.. So, if given a choice I may not patronize them so often until maybe they renovate the place or introduce a new GoldClass cinema somewhere else..

Another shot before we left... for MORE FOOD!

Ohmygod.. I was so stuffed from the not-so-good dinner (cos I had 2 drinks) but I insisted on going for cakes and tea cos what's a birthday without cake??!?!?!

Sadly most my choices were sold out, so I settled on the Orange & Grapefruit tart. I only like the cheese based tarts and this was the only one left.. It was quite nice though, but I prefer the Banana & Mango.

Asked the waitress to prepare a candle for Nat.. :)

He refused to let me sing a Birthday song out loud (I can be quite thick-skinned when I want to..) so we sang in silent by miming the words and then he made a wish..

How do you mine a birthday song? Tsk! I wanted to make him stand on the chair while I sing for him!! Hahahahahaha!

Whooosh!

Hope you enjoyed yourself Nat!

Happy Birthday Hallie!

Hallie (Siew Hui) was my ex-colleague in Namho Travel and she is one of the very few people that I liked and kept in contact with. We were quite close cos we sat beside each other and she helped me a lot during my first few weeks in the company when I was struggling to get used to the company's culture.. She's also a great chit-chat partner! :)

Her birthday party was held today, at Blk 402 Fajar Road where she stayed. There's a BBQ pit just beside her block with she rented for her party. Her actual day is actually next Tuesday 05 July but she decided to celebrate early because not many people will be free on a weekday to attend her party.

I went to Namho to meet with Santi (who's working there now) and we took Bus 190 which is a direct bus service to Hallie's house.

THE BUS JOURNEY IS A BITCH!

It's like so damn freaking far away! Even though it's only over 20 stops and it's a direct service, it takes us from Outram to Chinatown to Orchard to Expressway THAN a few more stops before reaching her house, which is near Bukit Panjang Plaza.

I can't imagine taking the bus everyday to commute to work. It's around 1hour journey each way!

We arrived around 9.15pm cos Santi guniang finished work at 8pm.. We were so worried that we will miss the cake-cutting cos it's stated as 9pm but luckily we made it in time! :)

Group pic with the "Namho" people

Love the cake!

It's fresh cream with fruits inside! Very old school!

Self-shot failed. As usual. I hate this camera.

Hallie very nicely offered to help us take another picture! I wasn't wearing makeup at all so please don't laugh at my uneven skin tone..

Anyway me and Santi guniang believe that eating birthday cake is lucky! That's why I always always eat at least 1 slice of birthday cake no matter how badly it taste. But Hallie's cake was so nice, I went for a large second helping and kinda regretted it cos it was 4 times the size of my 1st slice! T_T"

Some of the polaroids she took.. She had a whole stack!

Spot me! :)

Love polaroids cos it makes my skin looks flawless!

Hallie's birthday presents haul!

This is my present for her.. I bought the box from Daiso at $2.. Even though it's cheap, it's nice!! It looks very Cath Kidson and I love both the flower and polka dot prints! :D

Bought her a OPI nail polish set, Sogurt vouchers and a nice 21st bday card. :)

Here's Santi goofing off with Hallie's other camera.. Some loco camera thingy that is very popular nowadays..

Hallie received TWO Polaroid Cameras of the SAME design SAME colour from two different groups of friends.. Major kua kua kua.. If it were different colours it would not be that awkward but I guess sometimes freak coincidences do happen, that's why I always advise a birthday boy/girl to have a wishlist so people will not double-buy the exact same item for you..

Of course the wishlist has to be reasonable and within your friends' budgets.. no point wishing for a branded bag if most of your friends are students right? Unless they are students with a huge allowance from their parents.. then that's a different story.

Good night y'all!