"I tawt I taw a puddy tat!"

It's L'Officiel (Homme)! I am on Twitter! (But I'm not twittering. Yet.)

Actually, I've always thought I'd never jump on the Twitter bandwagon, since it's the epitome of ultra-narcissism -- Constantly shoving bite-sized inconsequential mundane information about what you're doing 24/7 in 140 characters down everyone's throats is not my kind of thing. In fact, I kindda despise people who tweet (GOSH, what a stupid term!), as they try to desperately garner whatever few seconds of virtual attention they can get. Pathetic!

But lately, I'm beginning to think that maybe Twitter can be quite fun. I mean, it's social networking! Networking is good, right? Being social is definitely better! Surely there's something good we can get out of it. Plus, if there's a place for all our necessary acts of narcissism and ego-feeding, there's no better place, and audience, than the good ol' internetz.

So... I guess now, I've finally caught the ultra-narcissism fever too. (Emphasis on finally, because Twitter isn't the latest fad in town anymore, and all the hype has already died down.) But maybe it has all along been an innate characteristic of mine. More likely the latter, ha.

Currently though, besides receiving tweet updates from the people I'm following, I am not broadcasting tweets of my own yet. Which means I haven't got into the core action of Twittering. Which means I can't really say if it's an enduring activity or not.

Anyway, if you haven't guessed from all the not-so-subtle links to my Twitter page that I've scattered all over this post, the main point I want to make on this blog post is... FOLLOW ME ALREADY WON'T YOU?! (You'll have to sign up for a Twitter account to do that. And you better do it, cos I say so.) I have no followers, and it can't get any more loser-ish than that :(

Wait, I just realised it's pointless to follow me since I'm not twittering. But then again, it's also pointless for me to tweet to non-existent followers! Hmmm, what a conundrum. Okay, why not all of you follow me first, and wait fervently by your savvy smartphones / computer screens pressing F5, till the hour I decide to tweet? Yes, yes... You all do that :)


FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER! :D
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER! :D
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER! :D



P/S: Happy 4th of July!

Play That Funky Music

NUFFNANG CONTEST

Okay, I admit, I don't really know all the songs featured up there. That's why, I'm hoping to get my hands on one of those fancy Nokia Comes With Music Headsets! Just imagine one whole year of free unlimited music downloads from the Nokia Music Store! Awesome for a music junkie like me! (My eardrums just orgasmed.) Also, it's about time I ditch my seriously outdated phone that hails from the Cretaceous era.

(By the way, the final image above looks not bad huh? It wasn't even done in Photoshop! In fact, I think the 'Shake up with NOKIA Comes With Music' phrase in the image looks quite professionaly done. Hahaha!)

Shake up with NOKIA Comes With Music!

Heart of Greed

After hearing so much praise about this show from several sources, I thought I had to check it out and hence I bought the series' DVD. Besides, there's not much TV shows from the US for me to catch at the moment anyway. And also, I'm unemployed, which means I'm very free and unproductive. I need to find something to occupy my time.

(Ya, I know I very slow. This show is so 2007. But I don't have cable TV, and neither do I follow HK drama serials!)

Okay, so what I heard from people, is that this show's mainly about an internal family feud (fighting for the family's inheritance), and thus, there's plenty of scheming and plotting against one another. WAH, I'm totally interested in that! All the evil-plotting reminds me of Dae Jang-geum, which I also love! (When the good vs evil plot arc was over in DJ-g, I lost a considerable amount of interest in the show after that.)

Crap, I sound like I'm from the middle-aged housewife demographic -- Watching and liking shows like Dae Jang-geum and Hong Kong drama serials o.o

Er, back to topic. I'm currently at episode 18 or something (after 3 days!), and the plot hasn't really thicken yet. But I'm already quite irritated at the several sub-plots and extra characters that do not really tie well to the main plot! HELLO? I WAS PROMISED THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SCHEMING. SO I ONLY WANT TO SEE SCHEMING SCHEMING SCHEMING! DON'T TRY AND DISTRACT ME WITH LOVEY-DOVEY ROMANCE PLEASE!

But then again, so far, I'm also quite satisfied at the very-drama family bickering scenes! It's super shiok watching veteran HK actors act! Whenever there are such scenes, I get an intense feeling of satisfaction, cos I feel that my money spent on the DVD is well-worth. Hahaha! Bring on the drama man! More quarelling!!!

Well, anyway, I browsed through its article on wikipedia, and seems that its sequel is much more critically acclaimed and popular! WOOH! So gonna get it once I'm done with the remaining 20+ episodes!

Love love love scheming and evil plotting! MUAHAHAHA! :D




(By the way, the family in the show owns an abalone-dealing business. In its indirect sequel, they sell mooncakes. WAHLAU, I also love shows that are food-related!)

Fashionigga?

Fashionista is a portmanteau of 'fashion' + 'sista'. So what's the male equivalent? Is it Fashionigga (since 'sista' and 'nigga' are both ghetto language)?

Okay, I just looked it up on wikipedia, and apparently, the term fashionista refers to fashion victims, and it's originally meant as an insult. Love these quotes from the article, by the way:

"The labels have in many cases migrated from the inside of a garment to the outside... A fashion victim, able to recognize this phenomenon but unable to determine its boundary, may become a ‘walking billboard’.

...Fashion victims, by their characteristic inability to recognize boundaries, may aspire to the extreme end of what is available, seeking expensive products (or copies of these products), believing that the outward display of such items will draw admiration in proportion to their actual or apparent cost. Because of this, "the term 'fashion victim' became the ultimate insult to the aspirational."

SO SPOT ON CAN?! It totally suits the description of those brand-whores (not a complimentary term please) who blindly pursue big designer brands like LV, Gucci, Chanel, [insert ah-lian brand] etc. Sigh, these people have unknowingly brought those atas brands down to ah-lian level. Blasphemous!

Whoever wrote this wikipedia article definitely deserves +5 internet points!

Anyway, I heavily digress from what I really want to blog about today. A friend of mine is opening a blogshop for guys, and I feel kindda envious! Isn't it great to run your own business and be doing something you're passionate about at the same time, ie. Fashion + Making Money? I have to confess, I'm sometimes tempted to open my own blogshop as well.

But, I don't want to operate in Perfect Competition -- many buyers/sellers, low entry barriers, homogenous goods. No economic profit like that! Hahaha. But seriously, all the blogshops I've seen are all too similar, since they all probably source their stuff from the same few suppliers. It's too difficult to stand out from the rest of the competition! I'm not surprised that most blogshops fail, even at the get go. And I don't want mine to be associated with the rest of them!

I've thought of designing my own brand t-shirts and apparels -- as opposed to sourcing decent-looking, but cheap and inferior clothes from someone else -- since I recognise my own super-creativity and flair for design. (I'm buay hao bai like that, haha!) K la, I was actually inspired by this guy. (Man, I'm very reluctant to share this gem and the idea! You all better not steal it!) Creative, original, and limited... I should be able to differentiate myself from everyone else right? And then, when my blog business amasses enough crazy hardcore diehard followers, I can set up my own shop at like, Haji Lane or Ann Siang Road or something. Total indie! It will be big man, I tell you.

Alas, they are all dreams at the moment :( I seriously believe that I have the business acumen and originality to make it all come through though. HAHA, I think I'm not bragging! So, any interested investors? ;)

Things that went into my stomach during the past 52 hours:

(And also probably came out too.)

Tuesday's Brunch/Tea (3pm)

• Little India Banana Leaf's Masala Mutton
• Little India Banana Leaf's Masala Sotong
• Little India Banana Leaf's Chicken Kebab
• Garlic Naan
• Coconut

Tuesday's Pre-dinner Snack (6pm)

• Ah Chew Dessert Mango Pomelo Sago

Tuesday's Dinner (830pm)

• Indonesian Mee Goreng

Tuesday's Supper (12am)

• Butterscotch Ice Cream with Granola

Yesterday's Brunch (1pm)

• Bakerzin Mushroom Linguine in Cream Sauce
• Bakerzin Aglio Olio with Prawns
• Bakerzin Bailey's Irish Cream Souffle

Yesterday's Tea Snack (6pm)

• Tao Kae Noi Tempura Seaweed

Yesterday's Dinner (8pm)

• Botak Jones Fish and Chips

Yesterday's Supper (1030pm)

• Al'Azhar Maggi Mee Goreng
• Al'Azhar Satay
• Al'Azhar Roti Tissue
• Durians

Today's Brunch (3pm)

• Old Town Ipoh Chicken Hor Fun
• Old Town White Cofee (Gao)

Today's Tea Snack (430pm)

• Famous Mee Rebus
• Durians

Man, I feel like I've been doing nothing but stuffing myself with food for the past 3 days, and spending a bomb on it at the same time! What's worse is, none of it has been reflected on my weighing scale -- Gained a miserable 0.5kg, which I'm sure will vanish once I shit it out.

Whatevers. Going to go out for dinner soon! :D