I remember having a conversation with someone and she asked if I knew where to go to roll down the hill in a big bouncy bubble thing. For the life of me I cannot remember who someone is, and whether this person is from Australia or Singapore. I was watching a show online and came across said "big bouncy bubble thing". This activity that requires you to bounce down a hill is called "Zorbing".
I think there are a few different kinds. The one above has water on the inside and you're kinda free to roll around on the inside, which to me = OUCH. The other kind you're strapped in and you have to hold on to these grips. Both sound just as dizzyfying.
I remember seeing this for the first times years ago on tv and I thought that it was the worst thing you could do to yourself. This of course came from the girl who thought rollercoaster rides were a nightmare, plus I'm claustrophobic. The latter still exists but I'm up for a thrill or two these days and I can't wait to try it out!
The one in Singapore is called ZOVbing. Don't ask me why. Apparently they've got super cool ones that allow you to "walk on water". Like so:
I checked out the prices, all set in my mind that I was gonna organise this wayyyy cool outing for my friends and I. That's where things come to a halt. What do you mean I have to pay $50 for 2 rolls? TWO damn miserable rolls down the hill, of which I still have to physically climb up after a massive roll down?
You know, it is free to roll down a hill - without a big bouncy bubble thing. It is just as dizzyfying. I think I will stick to that.
27 February 2010
26 February 2010
I saw these babies in the shops today. It screamed at me from the glass display, each one vying for my undivided attention. Guess what? It sure got my attention. And my sister's.
Prettyyyyy colours! I can barely decided which I want because I want them ALL!
Can someone bring Santa in early please?
21 February 2010
Every time I go for to the beach, a picnic or a barbeque, it is essential to have music to set the tone, otherwise it's just plain boring. And with me I bring around my ever-so-trusted "box" that plays my tunes AND keeps my iPhone safe from the sun, sand and wind. Someone is always bound to ask me "Where did you get that??". That refers to this:
The radio looking thing with the knobs, not the apple core, silly. Isn't it the cutest thing in the world?!
I saw someone else with it when I was at the beach once, and I thought it was the coolest retro looking radio ever. Then I got a surprise when she opened it up like a tupperware container! See that little flap looking thing at the side? There's one on the top and on each side, it opens up and inside is where you connect your iPod. It also connects discmans and walkmans but since I doubt anyone in this day and age still uses one, let's move on.
I LOVE it sooooo much cuz my dearest iPhone is protected when I'm at the beach and don't have to worry about the sand. Everyone always asks me where I got it, so here is where you can get it. The place I originally got it from doesn't sell it anymore.
It has FM and AM radio too and the volume goes up pretty loud, unlike those other speakers that don't do shit when you're outdoors. I know it's not Bose, but you also don't have to pay Bose money for it.
I just wanna share some other cool stuff I came across:
This is awesome if you work at an office and someone always nicks your mug and you can never find it when you're in bad need of a cuppa!
OMG. A commando rubber band gun! Imagine if you had this when you were a kid, you would have been GOD. Terrorising the streets with your rubber bands without having to worry about shooting yourself in the eye.
I WANT.
You can find them at latestbuy.com.au. They've got a heap of awesome stuff there you always wished existed. Gotta love it.
18 February 2010
I was blog cruising the other day and came upon one that I can't stop reading. Some of you may have seen part of it in the previous post about Victoria's Secret in Singapore. Megan's not famous (I don't think), and I doubt she earns much from blogging, but I love her point of view on things. She's an American who is/was trying to adapt to life in Singapore and the way our extremely bizarre society works.
Her take on things are a humourously accurate portrayal of life on that eccentric island a lot of us call home.
Because I am such a fan, I kept reading "older posts" to keep myself entertained and try not to feel like too much of an online stalker. What? Blogs are meant to be read. I came upon this one post that was super wordy which made me wanna stop reading, but upon skimming through the short bullet points, I realised how hilarious the post was. I started from the beginning and laughed my ass off till there was no more (yeah right).
I HAD to share this with you. Too funny.
Here's an excerpt if too many words turn you off and you decide to skip it:
"- The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text. While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and I instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart."
You cannot tell me this has NEVER occurred to you before. Too true. Too funny.
Thoughts from 25-35 year olds
posted by John S.-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
-I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
-I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?
-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
-There is a great need for sarcasm font.
-Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it.
-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and I instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
- Bad decisions make good stories
-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
-When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
17 February 2010
Oh. My. God. Imagine my excitement when I was blog surfing and came upon a post that showed photos of the phenomenal lingerie store in Singapore!
I have been DYING to entire one of these stores since I first put one of their bras on, and as I scrolled through the photos, I was imagining myself in bra heaven. No more hoping that something would fit, no more huge shipping fees!
Alas, my happiness was short-lived.
I had to do a double-bloody-take. "THERE IS NOT ONE BRA TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE"?? Erm, HELLO! Victoria's Secret was introduced as, I quote, "The famous lingerie retailer". Lingerie - women's underwear. Underwear = knickers and BRAS. Do you understand?? Clearly the person who opened VS in Singapore thought up this sick joke to taunt and tease us poor women.
Look, I can live without the VS luggage tags, pyjama tops and bottoms, or those bloody keychains. The bras, which are paramount to most women, are a complete necessity.
Pfft.
For those still interested, Victoria's Secret store in Singapore is located in the Singapore Resort World, or the IR (see previous post) or something or other.
Singapore is becoming the "IT" place to be, no I don't mean IT as in I-T. I mean "it". The casino has opened it's door and we can now be the gambling hub of SEA. Although I don't think locals are encouraged at all to gamble.
Seriously, we have all sorts of casinos in the world that have wayyy better names than that. In Australia alone -Burswood, Star Casino, the list goes on. In Singapore, you have to say you are going to IR. Sorry? U-R going to I-R?
Burswood - Perth
Star City - SydneyI digress. Apparently there are FOUR hotels there! Alamak, I am so confused. I thought the resort itself has accommodation, but no, the resort is a resort for hotels. Makes sense? I didn't think so. Crockfords Tower; Hotel Michael; Festive Hotel; and Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, I think I will stay at Hard Rock Hotel. Will this one be Bangla filled as well, like the one in Orchard Road? Crockfords sounds like kitchenware brand, Hotel Michael and Festive Hotel, well what can I say? Hotel 81, Hotel Michael. Frangipani Hotel, Festive Hotel. Hmm. I see a trend. I vote for HRH! So cool.
Actually I had a look photos of the hotel and of course I don't think I can afford a room there at all. It looks very very fancy... :(
Anyway the point of this post is that I am terribly excited to go to Universal Studios! Rollercoaster rides, bring it on! I just need to find peope ballsy enough to go with me. Any takers?
14 February 2010
Happy New Year! It's the year of the tiger according to the Chinese calender - a year that many people presumably avoid getting hitched or giving birth, because well you gotta admit, the tiger can be one helluva scary animal.
Most people believe those born in the year of the tiger are extremely fierce and bad tempered people. I cannot agree more. I know of only one person who is born in the year of the tiger and that would be mummy dearest. And hoo-boy did she (still does) have a temper. We fought like cats and dogs when I was growing up, or tiger and rat in our case and still have that occasional verbal disagreement that hits high decibels.
Apparently, the ideal job for those born in the year of the Tiger includes the following:
Entrepreneur, Military officer, Politician, Musician, Writer, Poet, Designer, Theatre director, Stockbroker, Athlete, Film star, Trade union leader, Company director, Stunt person, Explorer, Teacher.
Pretty accurate, mom WAS one of those.....but you can be sure she was far from being a musician or designer, let alone a stunt person. Hehehe.
So anyway, to all of you out there, Happy New Year and may the year ahead be a prosperous and healthy one. 我希望大家回有个新年快乐！共喜发财，身体建康，年年有鱼！
