Posted by clair on September 29th, 2007 in , entertainment
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed for our latest posts of weekend ideas and more.Have you watched The CW’s Gossip Girl yet? The first season of this sizzling hot teen drama premiered Wednesday, September 19, 2007.
The series is based on the best-selling series of Gossip Girl books [...]
Posted by clair on September 29th, 2007 in shopping
If you’re looking for new places to hang out at this weekend, why not go check out the 3 spanking new shopping malls open in town this week??
Pavilion downtown has been the buzz of local papers. It features streetside retail stores which should be an exciting new concept given that it’s part of the Bintang [...]
Posted by clair on September 27th, 2007 in , shopping
I got to tell you, if it’s the one thing I really need to get organized is my address book. It’s not that I don’t have one. It’s that it’s one totally scribbled mess right now and I can’t find anything!
To make it worse, I’ve been adding email addresses into the list as well. Today [...]
Posted by clair on September 27th, 2007 in thoughts 'n fancies
I was at the bank today with a friend. She wanted to do a fixed deposit. When her number came up, she was attended by an officer who took down her details and filled out the forms.
Then a strange thing happened. The officer gave her the completed form and a new number to get in [...]
Posted by clair on September 27th, 2007 in , communications
Remember the good old days, not so long ago, when we had to thumb through the papers or the Yellow Pages to find a plumber or a restaurant.
Not any more. Now the first thing I do is jump on the net and everything’s right there at a click.
In fact, if you live in Britain, it’s [...]
Posted by clair on September 27th, 2007 in thoughts 'n fancies
I went to pay my broadband bill today. There were 11 people ahead of me, so I waited and waited. After an eternity, my number was called.
I told the lady I wanted to pay but that I’d misplaced the current bill so could she please check my outstanding balance?
She told me she couldn’t check for [...]
Posted by clair on September 27th, 2007 in , shopping
I have an analog kitchen scale and frankly, although it does the job, it’s not very accurate when you need to be with certain ingredients.
My analog bathroom scale is also notorious for not being the most accurate in the world. I love it though when it tells me I’m slimmer than I actually am.
The new [...]
Posted by clair on September 25th, 2007 in celebrations 'n events, food 'n drink
Whatever you choose to call it - Mooncake Festival, Lantern Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon will be out in all its glory tonight.
It’s at its brightest and roundest tonight on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar… and this is it. Tonight!
In the old days, families would gather outside the [...]
Posted by clair on September 24th, 2007 in , money
You know, when I’m all frustrated hunting high and low for that perfect gift, I really wish I knew of a store which stocked everything I would want to buy. But then who would know what I want to buy…um, except maybe myself?!
Next thing I know, I’ve got all these ideas whirling around in [...]
Posted by clair on September 24th, 2007 in food 'n drink
Well, okay, so we, the lovers of all things spicy, just have to dig into the buka puasa (breaking of fast) spread.
I was passing by Section 14 on Saturday afternoon and decided to stop by the food bazaar to buy home some dinner. It was only 3 pm but the place was bustling and cars [...]