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