I Knew it.... I just knew it had to be a scam when I got this SMS today....Sounds too good to be true.....How can the 3 rival telcos in Singapore ever have a joint promotion? Hairy Potter Niang Dou Fu Was at this DaJie Niang Dou Fu store, that was featured on Urban.....The bright and cheerful look of the store welcomed us... overall the store was clean.... choice of foodstuffs was quite wide...My curry yong tau hu.... looked nice.. until I noticed a strand of hair in my bowl of food!!!Yikes....Had it replaced by the store.. but my appetite was ruined... Peranakan Inspirations! I felt like a tourist today...Just brings back the good old memories of excursions during Primary school days...Explored the Pernakan Museum at Armenian Street today... and I was really wowed by the culture and heritage of the Pernakan community!Beautiful poreclain to intricate jewellery.. It was really a sight to behold as you can see from the numerous photographs here...Nice 'kamcheng's ( Another Pink Bomb! Just received another pink bomb aka wedding invitiation via SMS!!!!From a friend from my NSF days... it really has been ages.. nearly some 5 years of no contact... so it comes as a real surprise!!! Harry Potter heal my Porter.. It happened again....Not the first time the zip of my Porter bag broke!And when I called the outlet again, they gave me excuses like person in charge not around, zip maybe faulty, bag overload, etc etc...It just makes me wonder why this is the only bag that gives me so many problems!I wonder if they do any quality control on the zip heads! The metal alloy used seems to be so brittle and hollow.Oh What ever has happened to Blogger? Alright... I am having severe problems with Blogger!!!Apparently.. all the items on the new post page have disappeared...Or have been misaligned...See the screen shot: Can anyone please help Roger Foo? Someone... please teach this SMRT staff how to draw a line..Straits Time July 17, 2009THE crime? Eating a sweet on board an MRT train.The punishment? A $30 fine.The offender 48-year-old housewife, Mdm Bibi Zaina Binti Mohamed attempts to justify her actions.She said, 'I know it is not OK but I take it sometimes because I am giddy.'Enforcement officer Roger Foo did not buy her explanation. 'If Entrecard bought over.. I got an email from Entrecard that they have been bought over by another company called Ziprunner!Find it strange that this company that bought them over does not yield any results when I do a search on Google or Yahoo!Also I have heard from many other Entrecard users that they have had their Entrecard credits suspended or missing applications!Well... What will be the fate of Entrecard, I wonder Twitter False Alarm I got an email this morning telling me that my Twitter account has been suspended due to violation of terms and conditions... But strange thing is that, I am still able to access and post updates on it...Whatever the case, I am not complaining... Twitter is indeed getting a little addictive.. Get in The Rooms with Facebook! Remember some time back I was talking about In The Rooms ?Okay, just a little quick recap, just in case, you have forgotten already!In the Rooms is one of the top recovery sites on the web, which got its pretty catchy name because most of their addiction groups are anonymous. However, if you ran into a person you saw at group in public, you won't say "hey I saw you at our AA meeting". Instead, Food Glorious Food... It really has been some time since I last had so much fun.....Great food: sweet temptations...... and great shopping!!!! Template Answers? It took the National Environmental Agency, NEA, more then a month to get back to me after I sent them a complain after getting spoilt durian crepes from a manufacturer! And that was only after I sent an email to them asking if the matter has been resolved!As usual, what seems to be a template answer was sent out... and the best thing is that they failed to answer my query if it was a contravene Adam and Eve sighted in Bukit Timah! Singaporeans getting more liberal and open minded? Judging from the photos that appeared on STOMP about this couple making out in Bukit Timah: I certainly think so... Looks like we are having more 'Adam and Eve's here in Singapore.. just look at the number of past cases... Couple caught naked at Holland Village, Guys doing stuffs at HDB corridors...The list just goes on.. Sometimes, it just Cheaper Cherries? Just a couple of days back.. there was a newspaper article on how Singaporeans are taking fancy to exotic fruits and how these fruits have been much cheapers then before..Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the prices of these Rainier cherries were slashed so much that they cost less then half of what they used to cost! Not that I am complaining.. looking forward to more juicy deals! Alleged Cat Abuse in Singapore I got this in my email today: Apparently, there have been some serious cat abuse happening in the Ang Mo Kio / Thomson area...Hope you guys keep a look out.. and call the police/SPCA if needed! US Lunatic Kakis Gathering! Alright....Finally after a long time of missing in action (MIA), the US kakis actually got back together last night (Wed, 08/07/09) to celebrate the Diva's belated birthday party at Lau Pa Sat over a hearty meal of satay at Jumain Sataysfaction, Store 19!Just take a look at the amount of fun we had: Anyway, on a ending note... someone actually felt that this was obscene... nope.. it is not what Learn with Learn.com In order to survive the current economic down turn, many experts around the world, and even US President Obama, have advised that retraining and relearning is the way.So if you are keen on learning a new skill, check out Learn.com, which is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. They have a broad suite of This is NOT for Sale... I was quite tickled when I saw this at Orchard Road: A clever spoof of the Great Singapore Sale ads... its actually in front of a church... Pretty innovative! Fruit or Rice? Definitely a fruit!Got this basket of lychees today, termed as glutinous rice lychees, they are famed for a very small seed.. with thick, succulent and juicy flesh... certainly yummy!Anyway.. the chinese words on the packaging left me thinking about how health claims can be placed onto the food packaging without any endorsement or scientific backing...Occupational hazzard! What is a steamer? You call someone that swims a swimmer...someone that bakes a baker...and someone that steams a steamer????Chanced across this 'position' in the classified ads today!Potential steamers, please apply... For those that need help uploading picture! Alright, blogger has been giving me some problems uploading picture to my blog posts..I am sure, some of you have been experiencing it too!!!Anyway.. managed to tweak the situation a bit using good old HTML...For your guys having problems:Upload your pictures the usual way.Choose your size accordingly because that will be how the picture be displayed ont your blog.When the picture is uploaded and Blogger's picture uploading error Okay.. This is what I meant about the error that I have been experiencing. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this too...You upload a picture in the pop up window the usual way, the picture gets accepted:However, the main window that is used to edit your blog post, is not update with the uploaded picture:And the pop up window soon displays an error message, like this: I have tried using In The Rooms In the rooms?Which one to be exact?Does it sound a tad too confusing for you?Well, In The Rooms Meetings is a recovery social networking site on the web, that allows a fellowship of men and women who share a desire to stop bad habits from drinking alcohol, overeating to quitting alcohol and drug abuse. Their database currently consists of the most current Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Gamblers I just need to RANT... Alright, before I start to rant about Singnet...Just wanted to share a picture on CityVibes:I have to admit that I did not know that Cityvibes had such an interesting name in Chinese which when translated literally means "Golden Everywhere on the Floor"! It's fine if the building is in Chinatown.. but such a Chinese sounding name for a building called Cityvibes???Wonder if it is some weird Problem uploading pictures to Blogger! Well, I am not too sure if there is anyone else out there having the same problem when uploading pictures onto blogger!The pictures only load onto the pop up window of blogger and fail to appear in the text body of your post!Thank goodness, I have Shareapic, will use that to upload pictures here in the time being..Just in case you have not used Shareapic, you should try it, as it is versatile Fruity Sunday! A usual Sunday routine, yummy fruits...Custard Apples:Guavas:Dragon Fruits:Mangosteens, an upcoming functional fruit:As early as 1855, a German scientist identified mangostin, a powerful antioxidant, known as a xanthone, which appeared to fight infection, fungus, bacteria, histamines and possibly cancer.210 xanthones have been identified in nature, and over 40 of those have been found in the Soya Boom! Not sure if anyone noticed the news about the explosion at a soya bean store in Ghim Moh, just in case you missed it, here's the gist:An explosion occurred at a soya bean stall at Blk 19, Ghim Moh Road on the 25th June 2009 injuring six people. According to Shin Min Daily News, the machine used to manufacture soya bean milk exploded suddenly at about 11am. Reasons for the explosion are still Entrecard Second Payout! This came as a surprise this morning when I checked my mail:Entrecard's second payout to me!!!Just when I was about to give up hope after hearing that many people had not received their payout for ages!!I guess the proof in the pie.... is in the eating, or in the case, the receiving! Mushroom Madness Had Botak Jones for dinner today..I must say that the service levels at the popular food chain outlet is really dropping!Cashier with an attitude, slow service... what else can you ask for?I had to ask for cutlery 2 times, because, they apparently ran out of it... and it was not even the peak hour during dinner time!Next, when to a supermarket, and this display caught my eye:It's the marketing Farewell, MJ I was on the way to work this morning, when I heard news over the radio that Micheal Jackson, one of the legends in the Pop industry has passed on.Instantly, when I logged onto Twitter, the words 'Micheal Jackson', "MJ", "RIP MJ" and other words belonging to the same genre were trending topics! Just shows how many poeple actually missed him!For a moment, it struck a chord in me, as I remember