Exercise + Diet = Skinny!

so, the equation for mascara is: Blonde Babe + Blue Eyes + Heavily Mascara-ed & Airbrushed Model = Best Seller! Not obvious meh?? Or use zhang ziyi also can.. i like sayuri, v pretty geisha!

maybe i am just picky or fussy or bitchy. i am no media genius but i am part of the general public that these advts are supposedly targeting, right? i believe that advertising is not cheap so why, after certain companys spent all that money but getting up critisized by consumers (ok i didn't buy their stuffs but at least i'm a potential customer like every1 else!) like me??

so i was reading my cosmo and i saw this hp advt. izzit LG or something... dunno la.. see? dun make an impression = failed advt. so anyway this hp model is called chocolate and they promote it in sg as well. i even saw the roadshow or something b4 at orchard. so in this advt, the hp is being sort of unwrapped and revealed, making it look like literally a chocolate bar or something. so my question is: why is it called chocolate if the whole thing is black? so izzit suppose to be black chocolate or something? why isn't it brown if its called chocolate?? so if it's meant to be dark chocolate, then why isn't it called 'dark chocolate' instead>?? u see, the common folks like us take things v literally. if it looks nothing like what's it's called, we wondered why it is named so in the 1st place. and notice their tagline: everyone loves chocolate. i dun. i dun bloody fancy chocolate. what are they stereotyping everyone?? so the whole world must love chocolate? So all japanese like sashimi ah, izzit???!!! *agitated* duh.. there are bound to be pple out there who dun, right.. pardon me if u r gonna say 'it's just an ad!' but since advts are meant to be for us, surely i have the right to question things i dun understand.

or some advts are downright TYPICAL. think whitening toothpaste. chio bu with blinding white pearlies grinning widely at u with the promise of ultra white teeth is 14days. standard one lo.. excuse me but are we that stupid to be taken in after so many copycat-ed advts? gee.. maybe i can consider getting a job in media advertising. the money is sure easy to earn. same old advt, diff models only. or shampoo advt is forever chio bu (again, of coz) + unbelieveable smooth and silky hair (see what airbrush and CG can do?). or washing powder, unbelievably dirty clothes transforming into like-new again after a dip in the advertised brand. yawn. so that day i was taking cab and saw this bank advt. i mean, i dunno, why do some many advts portrays smiling models (known or unknowns models) all the time, no matter wtf they are trying to sell?? so am i suppose to have a heartwarming and awww-feeling, thinking: i shall go take a loan w XXX bank now! what's up with the smiling models??? WAT'S UP!!!!

and talking about bank advt, have u seen the recent i-dun-rem-wat bank advts about disapproving daddy towards her artsy fartsy daughter's version of the modernising of the traditional cheongsam's designs meant for the runway? another version is that of an ex-opera singer mum moaning about having no one to pass on her work of life and the next scene u see an older version of the mum, all moist-eyed, watching the performance of her son's (yet another) modern version of opera singer's moves turn artistic dance, all dressed up in red complete with man-makeup.

i really need to groan out loud and roll over a a sec pls. pardon me but may i ask: what is the purpose of these advts???!!!! ya ya call me stupid la dunno how to appreciate advts la but if u do, u r prolly saying the same for like what, 3.9millions other singaporeans who dun understand e meaning of these so called abstract advts as well!

man.. i'm really full of complaints hor? i'm really quite intolerate of bs and stuff. in short, i'm quite the angry girl sometimes.

so the other day i was at a bus stop when i saw this advt. on 1st look i tot it's a diamond ring advt but when i looked carefully at the wording i then realised that it's far from it. basically it's about and gaining awareness for the rights of married women who are forced into having sex with their husbands. that's right. even if a couple is legally married, wives reserve the right whether they want to sleep if their husbands or not. it is constitute as rape if sex is forced upon wives. ya la it sounds a bit contradicting la as in then why married that guy in the 1st place?? but anyway, bet many pple didn't know that and think it's a granted thing that wives must sleep with their husbands. haha. not to be gloatful but i am grateful that most of the time the law does side with women. speaking of law, i also wanna share that in hk (i dunno if its the same in sg), it's a crime when parents do not take care of their children (before the age of 21 i think) but it's not a crime when pple do not take care of their aged parents. it's rather shocking when i 1st heard it, oweing to my chinese roots, we are taught that filial piety is v impt but apparently, the law doesn't take that into factor. hence sometimes, rules and regulation can be v inflexible. anyway, my point is this is a rather successful advt compared to many. at least it managed to make an impression on me and set me thinking for a bit.

hell. haven't been updating my blog as much i wish to. and when i do, it's to bitch and bitch non stop about advts. great. my life is so f-ing happening. i know i have plenty of pix to upload and share. lemme see if i can do that b4 i knock out (tired xia.. sleepy).

right. maybe will start with this outing with dawny like, a mth ago?? haha took some self-indulging pix of ourselves, nothing glam and oh, here is 1:

awww i'm not v creative when it comes to where i bring my frens to catch up. the top pix is of me and dawny. the 2nd of is me and shan. notice the tell-tale red seat behind us. yeah.. it's the same place. heehee.

anyway v happy to get together w good pals although it might be just once in a blue moon. both my best chums agree that many times, bcoz of our individual hectic schedules, when we do finally meet up, we are still able to smoothly pick up what we had left at the last time. i m someone who dun believe in having tons of acquaintances. i dun need hi-bye frens. i am too anti-social give a damn for that. my only regret is that i dun ever have enuff good pals to form a mj table. T_T pretty saddening actually bcoz i totally love mj. i learnt my lesson when i played with someone whom i tot i can call a fren with her frens 1 night but found out, after many harsh point-outs of mj mistakes n hence banning me from winning that round (i think real frens get mock angry with you then dismiss off your careless mj mistakes, making u promise with cheerfulness never to make the same mistakes again). felt v hurt lo.. i keep asking myself, what's the point of playing mj anyway?? it's all quite dependable on luck. so yeah, like fag and booze, i say fuck it, but i will think about it constantly. sigh..)

change topic. oh the other day, took a cab ride. it's was my 1st over-20-bucks one. even took a pix of it! lol yaya call me suaku.. but it is precisely i felt the pinch hence i carefully looked long and hard at the taxi's licence plate. guess wat? i bought 4d with the number and won consolation *wild laughter* yaya... only consolation i know.. but it's my 1st time! *excited* my bottom line is, rather win a bit than lose all! common sense! and i managed to claim my prize money despite foolishly defacing the ticket. this was what happened:

(at aunt's shop)

me: (talking to aunt) hey! ur cafe chop is ready! (looking around for paper to test chop on but found none except ticket) *chop!* EeeEEEeee.. why the ink so thick one? see the address all smudge together liao.

aunt: aiyah.. new chop wat, of coz lotsa ink la. eh... why u chop on the 4d ticket??? stupid la.. later u win cannot claim then u know.

me (who nv ever won 4d, confidently replied): aiyah.. where got so heng... i always never win de.. *grumble grumble*

and as fate would have been, i did. luckily, i didn't chop on any of the impt printed stuff and the winning number, date of purchase etc still can be seen. when i went to claim the money, not surprisely the 4d aunties refused to let me but i argued and put up a fight for a good 10 mins, insisting that the bar code was still intacted and she bloody well dispense me my money there and then! (hooligan in me surfaced). Teehee! aunt said i really heng to be able to get the money after all. her bf related to me a not-so-lucky-as-my-case incident of his fren's. apparently, his fren won starter 750bucks 1 time. he felt obliged to take out the winning tix to haolian to his admiring frens and subsequently put the tix in his back pocket instead of his wallet. as luck would have been, he forgotten all about it and happily washed the jeans in the machine. when he finally remembered, he carefully (while hating himself, i believe) removed it, but the tix was already wet. so as any desperate winner would do, he 1st blow-dry it tediously with a hair dryer and even took the effort to iron it! haha he didnt manage to claim the money in the end after all bcoz singapore pools would allow it. now that's sway for you!

hmmm.. am really getting v tired now.. shall end the entry with some cute pix i took with an adorable baby at my aunt's shop! Baby baby baby!!! cute!!! (i believe most girls will coo-ed and aww-ed bcoz we can't help the outrush of the maternal instinct in us). No relevance but inserted another pix i took with my bf's fren's baby girl from last time, just for the kick of it. Heehee. Very cute!!!! anyway the one below still show baby-in-aunt-shop's 2 newly grown milk teeth on the bottom! aiyo.. no girls can resist lo.. but what is irresistable to baby girls? i've managed to find out actually.. scroll to bottom for answer.....

can you see how obvious her (yes she's a her. baby are v unisex isn't it? hard to tell their gender when they are all small and all) double eye lids are! envy! all i got are slits for eyes when i smile for cameras and my bloody lids never ever do me the favour of showing up! Grrrr...

sigh.. makes me wanna have 1 myself too. heehee. but it's just naivety and the lose-in-baby-cuteness-giddyness la. of coz babies are cute when they are not yours! all that crying in the middle of night and diaper changing are definitely less-than-cute. i had had rushed out to get myself hamsters in my younger days after awwing over fren's ones and trust me, all that cage cleaning and shit clearing is so not enjoyable. but hamsters are still cute, right? so u see, dun get a pet (or pregnant) until u are absolutely sure of your committment. a life is a life. and i've learnt my lesson to know better.

And now............

The Answer...........................

*Drum Rollz..............*

Baby: (hand immediately flew to mouth. *gasp!*) Andy Lau! Aiyo! so handsome! *drool drool drool*

(the sensible, grown up Me): oh yes baby, you are so right! *drool together with baby*

Conclusion: Andy Lau appeals to women of all ages.

*************** ^_^ THE END ^_^ ***************

Doreen @ 12:32 PM

Monday, September 11, 2006

where have my time gone to? did u happen to see it? man.. sometimes 24hours a day really seems short isn't it? it also isn't helpful that i spend quite a huge chuck of my time sleeping.. heehee.. a girl can't help it if she enjoy her snoozing moments right.. geez.. at this rate, i dunno how i am ever gonna be an OL in future... (can't think of any i-have-a-real-job job except being an OL.. no thanks to the fact that both my good frens are 1 themselves.. talk about peer pressure at the ripe old age of 22.. yeah i am so mature...) Anyway... ...

Happy Teachers' Day 2006! yeah yeah it's like, what, 10 days too late to mention this but! got this little surprise present from a student! He actually took the effort to wrap it with gift paper with a kidish post-it note 'Happy teacher day miss teo! O. M. G... *touched!*

It's a Pilot 4-colours pen! LoL. He actually rem i told him how my old pen is running outta ink and despite me telling him to save his money when he revealed he's going to buy me a teacher's day present but i told him not to, he bought me this which i believe to cost at least 2bucks+. It's A Lot for a pri 2 boy i think. He also drew me this spongebob pix some time back when he knew that i like this character. so full of child-like innocence isn't it? made me think about my own childhood's drawings. took a pix of him doing chinese compo (face not shown to protect the underage. LoL). Sigh... the little things in life that give u satisfaction eh.. I even got a teachers' day card from another sec 3 student! yeah.. so i bitch about long commuting hours and sometimes it's frustrating when a student just don't understand what i am teaching no matter how hard i explain. so 'mrs tan bought 6 tins of paint. each tin cost $3.20. (a) how much did she spend all together? (b) if she gave the cashier $50, how much change did she receive?' is a no brainer to grown ups like u and me but for a kid under 10 i have come to understand that they genuinely dun understand just as we won't know wtf it is if we are to learn about, say, nanotechnology or something. But frankly, sometimes the kinda homework that the younger kids did are really hilarious. Check out this pri 1 sweetie girl of mine who did her eng vocab hw. Laughed my @$$ off when i marked it. see what she had written! haha v cute la.. those big handwritings pri sch kids have... and tell u lo! syllabus nowadays r more harder than what we used to learn! i can look at my pri 6's kid's maths hw and is dumbfounded by her maths problem sums! either kids now r getting smarter or stresser. then hor, pri sch kids now got hps and all that hi-tech craps when i got my 1st hp in sec 4! bloody hell.... what is the world coming to huh!

but honestly, when they get good results and show improvement, i am really happy from the bottom of my heart. suddenly, i feel that i am not good-for-nothing after all and i have the ability to do some good. ha. some of the younger pri sch kids ask me permission to go toilet during lessons and i am known to them as 'tuition teacher' instead of my real name. i doubt they really know my real name at all despite e fact that i've told them b4. haha.. pretty cute and even heartwarming when i think about it sometimes...

omg suddenly felt transported back to my childhood days.. *pensive moments* (hello shan!)

A friend sent me the email below about 80's babies memorable list. From the stated 50, i am proud to say that i am able to connect with at least more than half of it! Haha.. yeah... school memories are by far the best days of my life... As we grew older, we tend to forget more and more of our childhood days. The email reminded me of many fond memories, including how i used to religiously watched cartoons, brushing teeth after recess, our fave snacks, the books we read (for me, nancy drew in pri and r.l. stine in sec), ring pop!, down to the minute detail that our workbooks used to be made of smooth yellow pages and our worksheets rough and brown... since my jc days, i haven't really felt as carefree as when i was a kiddo . when u are in pri and sec sch, all u have to care about is the chinese spelling on tuesday and that maths text next week. dun have to think about money and all that adults' concerns. i was from a lowly pri sch but i enjoyed my 6years there thoroughly. it's almost impossible to whip off my pride that i grad from my pri sch getting into the top 10% of the national cohort ok.. ( meaning scoring more than 250 for psle *smug*) for that, i am entitled to choose a 3rd lang to study in sec sch which i did. i chose jap but i foolishly gave it up bcoz back then i just found it oh-so-hard to go for that twice a wk after school to attend classes at like 5 bus stops away from my house in moe language school. stupid stupid.. more like lazy actually. i have always been sluggish all. my. freaking. life. my bad. now i pay for this by forking out good money to attend a commerical jap sch. wise move... wise move indeed, lazy me. so u see, karma is real and retribution exists.

Anyway, here's what my fren sent me. Just for all the pple out there my age. Enjoy.

>>The good old days...>>>>>> >>> >Message: For those who born in the 70s and 80s. Fond memories......>> >>>>> >>>1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK,>> >Transformers, Silver Hawk and>> >>>Mickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, My>> >Little Pony and>> >>>Smurfs too.>> >>>>> >>>2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug>> >in Primary school>> >>>during recess time. You will squat by a drain>> >with all your>> >>>classmates beside you, and brush your teeth>> >with a coloured mug.The>> >>>teachers>> >>>said you must brush each side 10 times too.>> >>>>> >>>3. You know what SBC stands for.>> >>>>> >>>4. You pay 40 cents>>for Chocolate or Strawberry>> >MILK every week in>> >>>class.>> >>>>> >>>5. You watch a very popular Malay dubbed>> >Japanese drama on RTM1>> >>>about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in>> >volleyball called>> >>>Meoro Attack.>> >>>>> >>>6. You find your friends with pagers and>> >handphone cool in>> >>>Secondary school.>> >>>>> >>>7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned.>> >The bus seats are made>> >>>of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell>> >gives a loud BEEP!>> >>>when pressed. There are colourful tickets>> >forTIBS buses.The>> >>>conductor>> >>>will check for tickets by using a machine which>> >punches a hole in>> >>>the ticket.>> >>>>> >>>8. Envelopes given to us>>to donate to Sharity>> >Elephant every>> >>>Children's Day.>> >>>>> >>>9. You've probably read Young Generation>> >magazine.You know who's>> >>>Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.>> >>>>> >>>10. You were there when they first introduced>> >MRT here. You went>> >>>for the first ride with your parents and you would>> >kneel on the>> >>>seat to see the scenery.>> >>>>> >>>11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.>> >>>>> >>>12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short>> >Cake and Barbie Dolls.>> >>>>> >>>13. You learn to laugh like The Count in>> >Sesame Street.>> >>>>> >>>14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20>> >cents per pack), and>> >>>Ding Dang (50 cents per box), that had>>a toy in>> >it and it changes>> >>>every week>> >>>not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and>> >the ring pop, where>> >>>the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.>> >>>>> >>>15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel>> >10) cartoons because>> >>>Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.>> >>>>> >>>16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three>> >Investigators, Famous Five>> >>>and Secret Seven are probably the thickest>> >story books you ever>> >>>thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High>> >and Malory Towers.>> >>>>> >>>17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that>> >serve food in>> >>>plates and let you use metal forks and knives.>> >>>>> >>>18. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole>> >and idiot>>and THE>> >>>MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just>> >couldn't bring yourself>> >>>to say the hokkien relative.>> >>>>> >>>19. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the>> >magic word.>> >>>>> >>>20. Your English workbooks was made of some>> >damn poor quality paper>> >>>that was smooth and yellow.>> >>>>> >>>21. CDIS were your bestfriend.>> >>>>> >>>22. The only computer lessons in school>> >involved funny pixellised>> >>>characters in 16 colours walking about trying to>> >teach you maths.>> >>>>> >>>23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck>> >and a must>> >>>everywhere you go.>> >>>>> >>>24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic>> >balls in the>> >>>basketball>>court.>> >>>>> >>>25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam>> >bola and zero point>> >>>were all the rage with the girls and boys too...>> >>>>> >>>26. Science was fun with the balsam and the>> >angsana being the most>> >>>important plants of our lives, guppies and>> >swordtail being the most>> >>>important fish.>> >>>>> >>>27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and>> >John, eternalized in our>> >>>minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr.>> >Yakki. What abt Miss>> >>>Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks?>> >>>>> >>>28. We carry out experiments of our own to get>> >ourself badges for>> >>>being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.>> >>>>> >>>29. Every Children's day and National day>>you>> >either get pins or>> >>>pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb>> >files with 'Happy>> >>>National Day 1994'.>> >>>>> >>>30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the>> >younger kids like>> >>>big sister and brother.>> >>>>> >>>31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.>> >>>>> >>>32. Your form teacher taught you Maths,>> >Science and English.>> >>>>> >>>33. The worksheets were made of brown rough>> >paper of poor quality.>> >>>>> >>>34. You went to school in slippers and a>> >raincoat when it rained,>> >>>and you find a dry spot in the school to sit>> >down, dry your feet,>> >>>and wear your>> >>>dry and warm socks and shoes.>> >>>>> >>>35. School dismissal time was>>normally around>> >1 pm.>> >>>>> >>>36. There would be spelling tests and mental>> >sums to do almost>> >>>everyday.>> >>>>> >>>37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if>> >your parents gave>> >>>you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.>> >>>>> >>>38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school>> >hall.>> >>>>> >>>39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to>> >line up according>> >>>to height and hold hands with the corresponding>> >boy or girl.>> >>>>> >>>40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.>> >>>>> >>>41. Collecting and battling erasers was a>> >pastime for boys.>> >>>>> >>>42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best>> >Wishes", "Forget Me>> >>>Not", and small>>poems like "Bird fly high, hard>> >to catch.Friend>> >>>like you, hard to forget".>> >>>>> >>>43. Class monitors and prefects loved to>> >say "You talk somemore, I>> >>>write your name ah!">> >>>>> >>>44. There were at least 40 people in one class.>> >>>>> >>>45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.>> >>>>> >>>50. You brought every single book to school,>> >even though there was>> >>>one thing called the timetable.>> >>>>> >>>Spread this heart warming messagearound, you>> >don't get something>> >>>like this very often.>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>Never frown when you're down, you never know>> >who's falling in love>> >>>with your>>smile...>> >>>>> >

So how many have u managed to identify eh?

back to what i am talking about my work. i always grumble about travelling a lot for my work, as a result i also see a lot of sg when i commute. got this pix one evening when i was sitting in the front seat of a double decker bus. it was drizzling when i took this pix. u get v nice views sometimes when u r sitting high and all. things u dun see when u r comfortably in a car or taxi. all that neonish lights from the traffic! pretty! talking about drizzling and rain. i like rain. when i am indoor, of coz. teehee. rain always feel so mystical and somewhat melancholy to me, like the sky is crying or something (dun mind me, pisces girls are eternally melancholy). took a couple of rainy pix when biz was slow at my aunt's shop. felt so safe and dry and protected from the downpour when i am indoor. looking at all the pple at the bus stop, i tot about where they are going, who are they, how they felt in this rainy day etc.. have you ever wondered about another's person's life? how would it be like if you are someone else? i like being myself, no doubt, but how would it be like to be someone else for a day? pretty intriguing eh... no doubt i would be thrilled to be a f rich woman for just 24hours in my life! pardon the material girl in me :P

speaking of weather.. pretty f hot these days isn't it? damn.. is the world coming to an end??? i sure dun wanna die anytime soon! oh god pls! i have not even play bride at least once in my life, lost 5kg and gain a 6-pack or have the joy of raising kids! i dun wanna die!!!! Boo Hoo!!!!!!! i'll be good! i promise! pple, excuse me. i dun feel v mentally sound at the moment. must be the nicotine... shall go read some cosmopolitan mag now to boost my 21st century feminine confidence, or so cosmo says that every female should deserve to have some of that!

Doreen @ 1:32 AM

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