tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70439811613009641812024-03-05T05:42:44.628-08:00ReviewOtronAutobots, transpire!Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187006555510319288noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-420429906631185702009-10-16T22:40:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:10:44.258-07:00Liquid Chalk Marker & Blackboard<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLioPODwTBp-MaQ4TFL8kl0wgLLdUyZs4eRCJBtDxE7sUoAWcAdDLY183o-NT8UapgPoD1d7Mg0jsE5IdomXMRCdjwVOX3vWR6cDi6dg-ppsXzBTOreeftFB0h4c1cPq7ujckLVdkco3E/s1600-h/IMG_1727.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393505316997004994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLioPODwTBp-MaQ4TFL8kl0wgLLdUyZs4eRCJBtDxE7sUoAWcAdDLY183o-NT8UapgPoD1d7Mg0jsE5IdomXMRCdjwVOX3vWR6cDi6dg-ppsXzBTOreeftFB0h4c1cPq7ujckLVdkco3E/s320/IMG_1727.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<b>Price Point :</b> S$2 for Board + Stand, and S$2 for one liquid chalk marker (available in white, green, yellow, orange and pink) <br />
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</b></div><div><b>Context : </b>Daiso, Plaza Singapura </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>Before : </b>Like everything else in the shop, it shouted "Kawaii-Das!!" An eco-friendly alternative to jot down "to do" tasks in the office, rather than finding scraps of paper. And who ever knew there was such thing as liquid chalk markers that can write on blackboard surfaces!? </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>First Impression :</b> A simple product which promised to be simple and no frills </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>During : </b>Following the broken English translation if how to use the pen, the ink finally flowed out after pressing the nib down... not much different to paint markers. But it didn't live up to its promise of rubbing off with wet cloth/tissue... instead I had to use nail polish remover, which also removed some of the black paint off the board </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>After : </b>Have to admit I'm disappointed with the fact it doesn't rub off easily... </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>Score :</b> 10/10 for innovation and price, 5/10 for functionality </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>Last Words : </b>Buy a chalk board and chalk instead<b> </b></div><div><b><br />
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</div></div>crazeechloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600444865723603752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-58850222826762229822009-09-06T15:47:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:11:58.976-07:00Gin and Titonic - Ice Cube Tray<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpM-gOE0X5kxuAKWHHSEl7vysMCoOE4Qg9EBbv9lP0-FbOz0DEMG4oJj0gVlx90H3anzAcK95hc5gHOL5IYN8QS4f_Fmt9SjTMH9WYabMMaVS976Q4hTZxtcDdX_TPdf24vpoRCEGgcQU/s1600-h/ice.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378490297037044226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpM-gOE0X5kxuAKWHHSEl7vysMCoOE4Qg9EBbv9lP0-FbOz0DEMG4oJj0gVlx90H3anzAcK95hc5gHOL5IYN8QS4f_Fmt9SjTMH9WYabMMaVS976Q4hTZxtcDdX_TPdf24vpoRCEGgcQU/s320/ice.jpg" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Price point:</b> I paid $17AUD, but the internet tells me you can get it for as low as $12.</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Context</b>: Available at Borders, shops that sell up-market doohickeys and any website that also happens to sell novelty alarm clocks and shot-glasses that look like a 12 gauge shotgun shell.</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Before:</b> I've had a weakness for novelty ice cube trays ever since I filled my 1990 plastic happy meal car with water and stuck in a freezer. There's nothing more satisfying than taking a sip from a glass filled with penguins, love hearts, and somebody's half melted attempt to spell juice.</span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>First impressions: </b>The package is suitably well designed, giving off the distinct 'wacky shack for the suffering aesthete' vibe. </span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>During:</b> The ship is pleasingly ship like, although it looks more like something from a game of <i>battleship</i> than the titanic, and the iceberg looks like the kind of sugary lump that rich girls feed to horses.</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>After:</b> Serve these in a big glass and it ends up looking like the titanic blasted off into space in order to compete in an <i>asteroids</i> tournament. Still, it's a step up from your normal cube, and a conversation starter if nothing else.</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Total Score</b>: <i>7</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">/10</span></b></span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Last words:</b> Perfect if the only drink you ever plan to serve to your friends is half a glass of water.</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><i style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</i></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you liked this you may also like: <i>personalized toothbrush holders, tastefully conspicuous consumption, details</i></span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-70070116329235388542009-09-06T06:08:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:01:10.328-07:00Nesfrappe Latte in Classic and Mocha<span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: right; color: #999999; float: right; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378341754550076466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiaXW6AaA_1RoCxw01-ABsTd84E7Yj-GJ0oy7kuJmsjiEMS5FNcy2x19tmaxcbOFRwr2_xzmbSfBTCwgUeXHKbrBqsHQw-a2ipjiGeveoX8mVGXfScq8Wr2qKZqR6YcY1otdurjrFygg/s320/nesfrappe_large.jpg" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 296px;" width="296" /></span><br />
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</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Price Point : S$3.70</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Context : 7/11, Convenience Stores, Supermarkets</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Before : Hot, bothered, thirsty, sleepy and thus in need of a pick-me-up before going back to the office. My colleague and I stopped by a 7-11, and I notice the sleek and attractive bottle* of Nescafe's new product strategically place at my eye level. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">*side note: I have a weakness for unique and nice product packaging</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">First Impressions : Compared to alternatives, it's slightly more expensive than the Nescafe cans, but it can be capped and drank later for convenience. And it's less expensive than the Starbucks in a bottle. And I always felt the Pokka brand coffees diluted.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">During : Ever experienced a feeling whereby when you drink something, you can feel it running though all the veins and muscles, and you feel so alive and oh-so-good? That happens with me with Gloria Jeans' Caramelattes, and it happened again with this sweet drink (at a more affordable price I may add). </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">The coffee is strong and aromatic, true to Nescafe's promise. And it's not overly-sweet, so you can actually taste the Arabica coffee instead of the milky creamer and sugar. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">After : I wished the experience lasted longer, and there really wasn't any use for the cap, because it was bottoms-up in one shot. But it did it's job about lifting up my spirit and mood. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Total Score : 9/10 </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Last Words : Bigger bottles would be appreciated, more bang for the buck. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">But perhaps I will let Nescafe's brand manager, Chrissie Richardson, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.easier.com/view/Lifestyle/Food_and_Drink/Beverages/article-195359.html">say</a> a bit more about this product: </span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">If you’re looking for a little something to help you stay at the top of your game throughout the day, why not take a moment to enjoy Nesfrappé, a new range of ready-to-drink chilled lattes arriving in store fridges this Spring. Available in two refreshing variants, Classic Chilled Latte and Mocha Chilled Latte, each one is made with a delicious blend of fresh semi-skimmed milk and 100% quality arabica coffee beans from Nescafé.</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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</i></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;">They are both low in fat and have absolutely no artificial colours or flavours to get in the way of the delicious fresh taste, making Nesfrappé the perfect little pick up for those on the go. </div></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><i>We’re hugely excited about the launch of Nesfrappé, it’s a delicious and refreshing drink that’s perfect for keeping people with busy and active lives refreshed, clear and focused at anytime of the day, we know people are going to love it!</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">And girl, I do!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></i></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Context:</span> Oh pitchfork, how you've changed. How I miss the days when you'd play around with your shoddy html templates, changing the colour scheme every six months or so. It was a simpler time, when a band like 12 rods could lay claim to the holy grail of music criticism, a 10.0 review (A review which has, along with the original 'top 100 albums of the 90s, mysteriously disappeared from the pitchfork website, because nothing says indie! like a Stalinist purge). Now Pitchfork is arguably the most influential musical publication in the world, with their own TV channel and music festival. A range of scented candles is but weeks away.<br />
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</span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Before:</span> A year end (or in this case, decade encompassing) feature from Pitchfork is essentially the michelin guide for music. Something to get worked up about in between repeats of CSI and CSI:Miami<br />
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<div style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First impressions:</span> In keeping with their post 2004 'We like pop music! really!' aesthetic, there are bound to be a few choices that 'shock' (perhaps akin to licking a not yet dead batter). Also, there's always the chance that Kanye West will rent a fleet of airships to express his disappointment if he doesn't capture spots 1 through 499.<br />
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</span></span></i></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">During:</span> </span>Sadly, I quickly realize that my generation !Y! ADD addled brain doesn't really care about tracks 500-101. A mix of well loved singles and staff favourite album tracks, you're sure to ignore them all equally as you scroll down as quickly as possible to get to the top 100.</span></span></i></span><br />
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</span><i style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></i></span></span></i></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Index</span>: <a href="http://pitchfork.com/p2k/">Pitchfork's all singing all dancing review of music from the previous 10 years or so</a></span><br />
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<div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Price point: A trip to Tiong Bahru<i> </i></span></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span> </span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Context: Old apartment cat</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before: The prospect of feeling heavy breathing while working. A step up from listening to it. </span></span><br />
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<div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">First impressions: A bit of a drag. But as we all know from Sir Paul, those are famous last words. </span></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span> </span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">During: As you grow used to the idea of weighty yet windy fingers, your writing takes on never before character and a certain gravitas. your choice of words becomes efficient and style minimalistic, lending to your writing punch like you've never seen before</span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">After: Cat drool on your fingers. Subjective. I have a certain fondness for most bodily fluids so it works for me. </span></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span> </span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Total Score: <b>7.5</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>/10</b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span> </span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Last words: If you've been facing writer's block lately, this could be the boost your flagging career needs. The cat drool is definitely worth a shot if you haven't tried it before. It doesnt discriminate against any. Has a preference for females</span></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initialcolor:initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: nonecolor:initial; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span> </span></div><div style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-: nonecolor:initial; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">If you liked this you may also like: Chunky jewelery.</span></span></div>the usual retrospecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713950234481222685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-16875474431122762402009-08-23T01:00:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:08:04.845-07:00Daiso Iceball Maker<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5iK0xvQ64Zs6O4I6Nu3u_Y5PoZn_C_LkiNni3xp5FfA33XWiX7zc8Cl1eMDxLsnnAXCTg3oj2n1M4jDAO9Caat9GWfH18couky5SQ9q17LfjAXpMCMvXVkixXXAQIyGtbsuqrpsuM80/s1600-h/yamazice.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" border="0" height="244" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373207692593174722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5iK0xvQ64Zs6O4I6Nu3u_Y5PoZn_C_LkiNni3xp5FfA33XWiX7zc8Cl1eMDxLsnnAXCTg3oj2n1M4jDAO9Caat9GWfH18couky5SQ9q17LfjAXpMCMvXVkixXXAQIyGtbsuqrpsuM80/s320/yamazice.jpg" style="height: 305px; width: 400px;" width="320" /></span></a><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Price point:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> $2.00 </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Context:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Daiso - the $2 Japanese department store </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> About a week ago, I'd inherited a small fridge form a tenant and decided to clean it up and stock it. I was intent on trying to pimp my fridge to a hip-bachelor-pad standard, filling it with 6 brands imported beers, small cartons of sake, sparkling water and individually packed sachets of Ribena. All that was missing was ice. I'd seen quite alot of </span><a href="http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/03/24/20-unusual-and-creative-ice-cube-trays/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">cool ice trays</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> on Notcot and novelty shops in my time and was bent on finding something a little different for my 'bachelor-pad fridge'. So needless to say when I stumbled across this rather gangster looking iceball tray at Daiso for a mere 2 bucks I bought two. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First impressions: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The theory behind the iceball maker is simple enough, fill the lower (larger) tray with water and then push the top moulding tray squarely down to displace the water, insert into cold place and then get excited! </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Practically, it's a bit harder, I found myself displacing most of the water each time an never knowing if the ice ball shape had been filled completely, so I ended up taking the slightly over eager approach of just filling the entire device with water and then spilling a whole lot of water on the floor as I jelly-walked my way back to the fridge. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">During: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">So, I was a little excited and couldn't keep myself from poking my head into the freezer every 3 hours to check if my gangster ice was ready for some gangstyle whiskey lay-backs. Sadly though, It hadn't frozen in the first 36 hours and I was beginning to worry. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Cranking the fridge power to 11 seemed to help though, and within another 12 hours I had 6 perfectly solid frozen ice balls. Not to mention they take several hours to melt and thus don't really require any refills.</span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">After: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I'd compare the effort of purchasing, freezing, then getting the balls out of the mould roughly to the amount of effort required to assemble a rudimentary ikea cabinet - it's a cheap method, that with a little patience and a lot of slamming gets you very satisfactory results. You may even feel a sense of pride after doing so. but I do question the necessity of such lengths to go to for a good looking glass of whiskey. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">Mind you, I have seen the rather cumbersome, and expensive looking <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YOUhGw5R8">alternative</a>, and I guess it's kind of worth it for what you pay. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Total Score:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 5.5/10 </span></span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last words:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Good for the bimonthly poker night, and the occasional bachelor moment but may land you in a domestic disaster.</span></span></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; 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</span></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">P</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">rice point:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> $5.50 </span></span><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Context:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Cold Storage, Parkway Parade </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I'm part Scottish (the spending money part, mostly), so Oatcakes are definitely part of my range of “comfort” foods. I've eaten Oatcakes for just about as long as I can remember, so the discovery of a packet on a Singaporean supermarket shelf is always cause for celebration. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First impressions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Here's a handy little detail, and one which I wish more biscuit makers would adopt; the Oatcakes come wrapped in individual batches of 7, which makes each one much handier as a snack pack or to put on a cheese platter (Oatcakes go brilliantly well with most cheeses). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">During: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Plenty of texture, and with a nice, nutty flavour. According to the manufacturer, they also make an organic version, as well as a “smooth” version. But I've always liked my Oatcakes the same way I like my women - rough.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> There really isn't anything quite like an Oatcake. They go with just about anything, are low GI (if that's important to you), high in fibre and full of Scottishy goodness. And these Nairn's ones are a particularly good example of the genre. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Total Score:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 8.5/10 </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last words:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> So fundamentally Scottish, a few of these and you'll be slurping single malts and wielding a claymore with the best of them. </span></span></div>sputnik62http://www.blogger.com/profile/14158911022806529042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-3951010273643062822009-08-22T20:17:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:13:30.410-07:00Adams No-Stir Peanut Butter (Crunchy)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUBXPORJUYctg5tHaLjodpcX46DkJ90QfzVt-K6H4vZHK3EkXu8BTYz4La_J2FOQazjB9SqnOiZ_iB69BPAqyAYwrt9e_N0-VHJdzU9jHk2gRiAoUYNo1st84eaJOoeL-REUgK8G24qY/s1600-h/2979124049_041c87aaae.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373212305246699954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUBXPORJUYctg5tHaLjodpcX46DkJ90QfzVt-K6H4vZHK3EkXu8BTYz4La_J2FOQazjB9SqnOiZ_iB69BPAqyAYwrt9e_N0-VHJdzU9jHk2gRiAoUYNo1st84eaJOoeL-REUgK8G24qY/s200/2979124049_041c87aaae.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" width="200" /></a><br />
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</div>Price range: About $6.75<br />
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</div><div>Context: Cold Storage, Parkway Parade</div><div><br />
</div><div>Before: The quest for the ‘perfect’ peanut butter has taken on almost grail-like importance for me over the years, so I’m always happy to see a new one on the shelves - and this one promised lower sugars than the Planters and Skippies of this world, so I was keen to give it a try.</div><div><br />
</div><div>First impression: I've bought two jars of this peanut butter. The first one had a rather disconcerting layer of oil on the top of it when I first opened it, so despite being a “No Stir” PB, the first thing I had to do was stir it! However, the second one was perfect, and had a fantastic consistency.</div><div><br />
</div><div>During: Adams has a pleasant texture with relatively uniform ‘chunks’ and spreads well – important if you don't want to destroy your bread (which kind of ruins the whole sandwich-making experience). It also has a lovely, nutty flavour – and certainly isn't too sweet. A quick taste of your ‘old’ Skippy in comparison to this will tell you just how much sugar there is in some of those other Peanut Butters.</div><div><br />
</div><div>After: While not as tasty when added to shakes (there <i>is </i>a benefit to sweeter PBs sometimes), Adams No-Stir is well worth a try. I'll certainly be buying it again.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Total Score: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ff6600;">7.5/10</span></div><div><br />
</div>sputnik62http://www.blogger.com/profile/14158911022806529042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-20709662785072327422009-08-21T03:49:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:16:20.315-07:00Aria Giovanni's Bachelor Cooking Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCB2B1YAIt8&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCB2B1YAIt8&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Price point:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Unsurprisingly Free!<br />
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</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Context:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Youtube Channel<br />
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</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> So I met this guy Frankie in melbourne, who is probably one of the few (3) people I'd regard as a 'Porn Academic'. We got a bit blazed and talked about our favorite porn stars to which lead to a heated debate that pit (in my corner) Aria Giovanni, an italian softcore bombshell against Sasha Gray (Frankie's corner), who needs no introduction as she's on IMDB.</span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyway so long story short, everybody lost (and won), but a few days ago Frankie sends me this clip of Aria Giovanni 'featuring' in a short cooking segment of a 101 Bachelor program. Proving that she's somewhat past her pent-house and Andrew-Blake 'glory days'(?) but is still acceptable by afternoon TV cooking show standards.<br />
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</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First impressions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The first thing you have to know is that I am allergic to eggs. And so this 101 Bachelor egg-cooking program was particularly relevant to me as I'd never ever actually cooked eggs before. The second thing you have to know is that Aria Giovanni was in 1997 probably the best discovery I'd made after Lynx Africa.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">So, I noticed was that she'd put on a few pounds and that the recipes were also all consistently extraordinarily basic, involving things like: How to boil and egg, how to fry and egg,how to scramble an egg, how to use an egg to make tuna salad and how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. Which was a bit of a disappointment because I'd hoped that she'd at least have a go at making something a little more... energetic like a loaf of bread or toss a giant caesar?</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">But sadly it's mainly targeted at college kids who like myself don't know how to cook eggs yet.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">During: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
It struck me that I'm a lot less judgmental about character and personality while watching porn. Something that I became increasingly aware of during the cooking show - like her voice, it's a little less mysterious than what I'd imagined - I only just noticed that most of her porn is silent! </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">However I was also a lot less critical of her inability to do simple things that tele-chefs should normally be expected to be good at... like spatula finesse. It was almost kind of cute seeing her struggling a bit, as if she was also just learning to do a sunny side up, and we were shairing a mini-moment like when two strangers find themselves at a common intersection of life, simultaneously helping each other out. Me, her youtube ratings and her, my um, desire to peek at her breasts. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Sadly, that feeling didn't last. Neither did my interest in eggs or her. I don't even remember finishing the show. I think I'd just switched windows and left her babbling on the back of my desktop while I wrote this review. I and I was so preoccupied with her that I still don't really know how to cook eggs. Ho Hum. And to think it all started with so much promise. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Total Score:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 4/10<br />
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</span><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last words:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span 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style="font-size: small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">clips</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">synopsis and freeze-frame</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">j</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">u</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">u</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span><span 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style="font-size: small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">d and in this case all you'll ever get out of one of the clips. Sorry Aria, I miss your quieter glory days too. </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</span></b></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><b style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you liked this (and fancy something a little more challenging) you may also like:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">k</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">g Show (below) or Andrew Blake's Film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303677/">'Aria (2001)'</a></span></span></span></b></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j648V4K2Vj0&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j648V4K2Vj0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187006555510319288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-952748990561355842009-08-20T21:49:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:17:42.655-07:00Panadol Menstrual<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCspWJ_rGs2U6WfxwVse7nZkG0K3R9RB1H5zAWQ9MnEjV4PGLPS4zrxXoGIqFXjJ7xzW2nzu1NnOohfuCr43EM2qCzESGXeeMjHB3nRwUOvrUshblu22lGZbiHKBH9efZ0_eGrlNzjtUs/s1600-h/2455404753_089a1c1d95.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373047590256664082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCspWJ_rGs2U6WfxwVse7nZkG0K3R9RB1H5zAWQ9MnEjV4PGLPS4zrxXoGIqFXjJ7xzW2nzu1NnOohfuCr43EM2qCzESGXeeMjHB3nRwUOvrUshblu22lGZbiHKBH9efZ0_eGrlNzjtUs/s400/2455404753_089a1c1d95.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></span></a><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Panadol Menstrual</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">The Damage:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">$6. This is more expensive than every other type of Panadol except for Cold Relief, presumably because people with watery eyes can’t read the price-tag properly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">The Lie: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Gentle on the Stomach</span></i></strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">For Fast and Effective Relief of Period Pain, Bloatedness, Water Weight Gain and Discomforts Associated with Pre-Menstrual and Menstrual Periods <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">“Discomforts Associated with Pre-Menstrual and Menstrual Periods”? What about the discomfort of bleeding for 4 days? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">And I checked the contents: Paracetamol 500mg and Pamabrom 25mg per caplet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">What? I checked their website. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pamabrom increases renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate, thus promoting the discharge of urine. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Translation: This makes you pee more. Hooray!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">The Experience:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Pink is, of course, every woman’s (and Steven Tyler, who looks like a woman) favourite colour. As a homage to us chickeroos , Panadol has coated its pills in a delightful highlighter pink hue. Hey guys, here’s a thought. Maybe I don’t want to broadcast my period woes to the world. If I really wanted to make every man within a 5 meter radius awkward, I’ll just wave my tampon around on its string, ok?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">I supped water and downed two pills as was instructed. As they claimed, it was indeed gentle on the stomach. In between waves of excruciating pain like a fist twisting its way through your intestines, I swear I did not feel a thing. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">The Results: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">After an hour, my pimples went away and the <st1:place st="on">Middle East</st1:place> stopped mining my scalp for oil. My debilitating backache and cramps disappeared, and the crimson tide retreated. Holy Moses, it’s a miracle! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Except none of that happened, only the gradual subsiding of abdominal pain. It’s just Panadol, guys. Sheesh.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My Rating:</b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">6/10. A painkiller with added humiliation.</span></div></div>technomueslihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03818504293306973172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-20718053749647357212009-08-20T16:09:00.000-07:002009-08-24T21:25:16.042-07:00BLANK GREETING CARDS - "Lonely Planet images collection"<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3o3b3Mcm75iC77eAlyVx_QIY-J5yi09XTKqxz35U-71SZZ4c8jOFfwr3nNsHRbFEqVCluahEiyhuDDBnXhqS9f7-lXtYbLZ53EEGjzv8DanDYWz6oTe_z7Xc-Y9uKNBkyB5003NYhyphenhyphenlv/s320/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372202596774072050" border="0" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoe84CuODf5N3hyphenhyphenpvkaHslQtyzMdicAq750y8FiQAyX5VsRzIwFrsRdVe8K63EbimAg537sx7T22trHuPvkVMsiT9iHRBmdxsO35C56kowdjKvC0IinPaw_i2w9VzJ9GeX6KFuytpeAdpx/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoe84CuODf5N3hyphenhyphenpvkaHslQtyzMdicAq750y8FiQAyX5VsRzIwFrsRdVe8K63EbimAg537sx7T22trHuPvkVMsiT9iHRBmdxsO35C56kowdjKvC0IinPaw_i2w9VzJ9GeX6KFuytpeAdpx/s320/photo(5).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372202779114884162" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Price point: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$0 - Found in cupboard (Most likely left behind from former housemate). It appears to come in a pack of ten with two varieties; estimated price $10 - $15. This is loosely based on the assumption that cards sold by this organisation are overpriced.<br /><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Context:<br /><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Borders, uppity card shops in eastern suburbs, Oxfam, Byron Bay.<br /><br /></span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:small;">Before:<br /><br /></span><i style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Desperation - I needed a card so I went looking for one in my house. I normally have an aversion to cards with flippant life sayings using third world countries as something cheery. I would assume that those Mexicans don't get a commission nor do they condone the saying they have been associated with as they most likely live in squats with their costumes as their only clothing. I've seen photos of Mexicans sleeping sombreros and I don't think it's only for siestas.<br /></span></i><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />First impressions: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"This will do"<br /><br />I enjoy the simplicity of blank cards purely because the front cover has to be generic enough to fit any occasion. This particular card I found could be used for events such as birthdays, deaths, weddings, farewells (my purpose), thank you's, welcoming of a new baby, anniversaries, celebration of a sex-change etc...<br /><br />With sayings like this I could justify any occasion AND incorporate it in my personal message e.g. ' You are living your live like a song... as suggested on this card.'<br /><br />Overall, despite the corny nature of positive messages such as these, I'd expect the recipient to not immediately hate it. Goal achieved.<br /><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">During: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br />This particular card was not of conventional card size - in fact it would be a cross between a small tag card and a largish novelty card. Smaller cards = less space to write = minimal effort and thought required. The blank insides allowed me to write freely across each page, spacing my lines as I desired without having to write around a generic printed message.<br /><br />The paper quality was satisfactory however it did not offer any additional appealing qualities i.e. slight sparkly background or pleasantly scented.<br /><br /></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I based this on the reaction my recipient displayed. I'm pretty sure she didn't even read the front cover. Some slight facial changes indicated the possibility of her enjoying the combination of the South American tones and general positive vibe the card may have given off. At this point I had little to no emotions attached to this particular card therefore little reflection. On reflection (of my lack of reflection), this may indicate that the card didn't achieve it's intention of inspiring the card giver or receiver; perhaps mission failed. I can imagine the graphic designer behind this card series being a 51 year old hippie who smokes daily bongs and has a sweet deal working from home. I could also imagine a bitter photographer who is angry that his 'art' was used for a fucking card set. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">As the card set packaging suggested, I did NOT feel connected to countries or cultures by using this product. Disappointment indeed.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Total Score: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4</span></b></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">/10</span></b></span></div><div face="georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Last words: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As cards like this may appear to benefit the third world it exploits I felt slight dirty for using it. A music novelty card would have been more ideal. I suggest cards like these to only be used in similar situations like mine. Stick to $2 shop cards.<br /><br /></span></i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you liked this you may also like: <span style="font-style: italic;">Bongos, products made from African woods or hemp, sombreros, traveling the world 'rough style', Tony Robins and common Confucius sayings.</span> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Index: <span style="font-style: italic;">www.lonelyplanet.com</span><br /></span></div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>djdizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01296944015849757654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-30769306447924544162009-08-14T05:26:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:22:18.507-07:00Poach Egg Pod<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgo1jrmwF4NsI4CEtqN8LcNTWasSVWZY28FFw8MAFuh2geSBaf0A_IMpJHhR9jCqA5Yaapsmqq-Xyeap6uMWnr4QUTICsbodupwnB_pnSio41Dja8p-NMkKnYzvQIqbtL2GsrD57iOeSs/s1600-h/poachpod400.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369804958348945202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgo1jrmwF4NsI4CEtqN8LcNTWasSVWZY28FFw8MAFuh2geSBaf0A_IMpJHhR9jCqA5Yaapsmqq-Xyeap6uMWnr4QUTICsbodupwnB_pnSio41Dja8p-NMkKnYzvQIqbtL2GsrD57iOeSs/s320/poachpod400.jpg" style="float: right; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Price range : S$29.90 for a pair</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Context : Howard Storage World @ </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Harbourfront </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Before : I actually tracked this pod from a lifestyle magazine 3 months before</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">I bought it. I love poach eggs, and I thought it was a FAB idea if I could make it from home as and when I want it (minus the Hollandaise sauce). And this seemed like the easy-way-out of cooking poach eggs. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">First Impression : WAH, $30 for a couple of silicon pods? This better be good! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">During : It didn't come with a step by step instruction manual, but common sense told me I had to crack the egg into the pod, than place the pod into a saucepan of boiling water... bubble bubble... the egg turned white, but it took a WHILE to cook through. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">After : The final product was (honestly) disappointing. While trying to flip the cooked egg onto my toast, I realize that most of the egg got stuck to the silicon, and hence it didn't come out as a perfectly shaped poached egg. Note: Try to oil the sides next time? But that defeats the purpose of a healthy cooking method. And there hasn't been a 'next time' as yet...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Total Score : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5/10</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Last Words : Take the $30 and buy a nice poach egg meal at House, complete with the whole deal, and a cup of coffee.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">If you like this you may also like : breakfast and/or brunch </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Over the last weekend, I decided to try it out again, this time oiling the sides, and it did work! And more importantly, it was yummy. I up the rating to 6.5/10, because I'm still not completely happy it's oil free, like how poached eggs should be. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"><br />
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<b>Context:</b> City Plaza, Geylang (a stone's throw from Ashidiq's house).<br />
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<b>Before:</b> Despite eating the remnants of a Cold Storage roast chicken leg at 2am the previous night, I man'd up and prepared to make my cheeks glisten. As an avid, if infrequent consumer of KFC, I was curious to see if the much hyped Arnold's could loosen the Colonel's fibreglass grip on the holy art of fried chicken.<br />
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<b>First impressions:</b> Unlike most fast food 'restaurants', we had to actually sit down in Arnold's and wait for the heavy-set Malay waitress to unenthusiastically take our order. Not long after, ceramic plates were set down, setting the stage and the table, for possibly my most gentrified fried chicken experience ever.<br />
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<b>During: </b><br />
First to arrive were the french fries, which made an immediate good impression. Crispy on outside and with enough girth for a fluffy interior. Arnold quickly fired out the potato platter, an arrangement of waffles, crisps and wedges. As the waitress guided the basket past my ear, I am sure I heard the angelic sizzle of hot oil. Next up the coleslaw, which I found too sweet for my liking, but would prove to be vital in offsetting the 12lbs of sodium I was about to ingest. Finally, the main event. Deciding to test Arnold's mettle, I selected a breast, a notoriously dry choice favoured by uneducated Ang Mohs. My fears were instantly allayed by the fact that it far too hot to even bite into. After sufficient cooling, I found the batter light and crisp, and the meat tender, though perhaps lacking some of the Colonel's secret flavour. Luckily, a zingy chilli sauce was on hand to perk up any short-comings. What wasn't on hand however, was enough serviettes to deal with any rogue chicken coating my face. I quickly inhaled my second piece, a drumstick which was a revelation in squirty, umami goodness. In my mind, Arnold hadn't just beaten the Colonel, he'd and some guy he met on Craigslist had held the old gent down and brutally raped him with his own walking stick. Then, successfully beat the charge in court.<br />
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<b>After:</b> Hot, succulent chicken which slightly lacked KFC's original batter taste but made up for in freshness. Fries good enough to tempt a 6 year old to get into your rusty, Datsun station wagon.<br />
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<b>Total Score:</b> 8.5/10<br />
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<b>Last words:</b> Forget finger licking good, I'll happily the nibbling the chicken flavoured skin under my fingernails for the rest of the weekend.<br />
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If you liked this you may also like:</b> Drinking melted butter and not letting black people sit at the front of the bus.MC Fattiefreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432867441245600144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-77092423821684004422009-08-13T08:44:00.000-07:002009-08-24T21:22:41.851-07:00DotLiner (tape glue)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kt8AJNyxrE-hhVLG-J6x8t0YdX1mr9ZxYzIHHmnlDENHHhYVTrIiYEK-H94Hqfdb9wJDwfCo1NzdtDAoDXUIxkii7wTVbrbP1zk4aoDYGuIzxU-RD0jY2aLcpkPBo_xUkT3zxWAq4YA/s200/IMG_1352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369479166340326466" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Price poin</span>t : ~ $12 for 10m, ~ $8 for 10m refill </div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Contex</span>t : Liane's Papeterie / Scrapbook Design University @ Wheelock Place. Or any major Art supply shops</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Before</span> : First they turned liquid paper into tape, and now they turn liquid glue into tape! As a creator of pretty useless art & craft products, the part I hate most is the gluing process; wet patches ruining the final product, liquid glue seeping out from the edges, and even cutting double-sided tape can be a nuisance and ruining my best pair of scissors. So when I saw this displayed at the glue section, I was tempted to try it. Despite the hefty price for such a mundane thing, the sales girl convinced me it was good. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">First impression</span>s : As usual, the Japanese have thought of everything from the product design to functionality to user-friendliness. The shape of the product fits in the contour of one's palm. Despite not being able to read Japanese, the 1-2-3-how-to-use diagrams are straightforward enough. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Durin</span>g : The Japanese nor the sales girl disappointed. The glue transfered from the tape to the surface smoothly without any jams (as experienced before with blanco-tape), and required minimal effort from my hand. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">After</span> : No regrets. A must-have tool for avid crafters who are impatient and rash like myself. Though it's convenient to use, I use it quite sparingly given the high price. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Total score</span> : 8/10 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Last word</span>s : Buy the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BLUE</span> one if your mounting photos and wish to re-use them again, as it's not as sticky. Use the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">RED</span> one for more heavy duty matters, it works just like double-sided tape. A safer alternative for the young ones too.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">Happy Gluing! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">If you like this you may also like</span> : white-out tape, blu-tack and sticky dots </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>crazeechloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600444865723603752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-46882644193872633032009-08-13T00:38:00.001-07:002009-08-24T21:22:25.388-07:00Pokka Genmai Green Tea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6R2KLyFiIu2f3701lC_o687hyphenhyphengsO6M-rvCLIgfaQQ6N2N5PY50iHsvTdbBVc1wfZyLjFVoEO63lwc3K4bN7WeOYMzDH0lnHbojR46RDigAoRzlBkFK9Tpse88bp7y1OQeAdsXXS_2Vo/s1600-h/Picture+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369382065331671794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6R2KLyFiIu2f3701lC_o687hyphenhyphengsO6M-rvCLIgfaQQ6N2N5PY50iHsvTdbBVc1wfZyLjFVoEO63lwc3K4bN7WeOYMzDH0lnHbojR46RDigAoRzlBkFK9Tpse88bp7y1OQeAdsXXS_2Vo/s320/Picture+019.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Title:</strong> Pokka Genmai Green Tea<br /><p><strong>Price</strong> point: S$1.65</p><p><strong>Context:</strong> 7-11, Cheers, Select and all major supermarkets</p><p><strong>Before:</strong> there was a 2 Pokka bottles for $1.95 promotion going on and i initially just wanted to get a bottle of my usual Oolong tea when i spotted this new flavour and pink packaging in the fridge. </p><p><strong>First impressions:</strong> The Jap green tea made a pretty decent beverage in my opinion and I thought the Genmai version might be a darker, expresso version. I was so wrong. I had a rude shock when the liquid swirled into my mouth and it wasn't what i expected at all.</p><p><strong>During:</strong> It was sweetened (when i expected something more like Oolong tea) and tasted like walnut water (it hardly tasted like tea at all). I actually quite like the brewed Genmai tea that they serve in some jap restaurants but this Pokka version just didn't quite do it for me.</p><p><strong>After:</strong> Tasted way too sweet, artificial, unnatural and left a sour after taste on your tongue.</p><p><strong>Total Score:</strong> 2/10</p><p><strong>Last words:</strong> I guess Pokka was just trying to replicate the success that they had on their Jasmine Green Tea with this Genmai version, but i wouldn't recommend it unless you like drinking nuts.</p><p><strong>If you liked this you may also like:</strong> Almond Tea, Walnuts, Chinese Tea with sugar</p><p><strong>Index:</strong> </p><p><a href="http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=2865">http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=2865</a><br /><a href="http://www.pokka.com.sg/">http://www.pokka.com.sg/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pokka-Green-Tea/33650344724">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pokka-Green-Tea/33650344724</a></p>Linosaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03017895111686967840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-91001869122428746632009-08-12T20:25:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:18:38.894-07:00Eye vs. Eye (iPhone app)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNzFZQgFQfz_XLWuBZic5C1dVc0T0gZat9RDy7YLUl-ajKNqx2REwyFEscXe-AE0K5pc1Nf1Kr0FgXZaPAugyP6MkOO5bw6N-AEFsngMimmfroQqog0HO7ZYjx6YTU3osB7F_ezRCEJE/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369282851886209074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNzFZQgFQfz_XLWuBZic5C1dVc0T0gZat9RDy7YLUl-ajKNqx2REwyFEscXe-AE0K5pc1Nf1Kr0FgXZaPAugyP6MkOO5bw6N-AEFsngMimmfroQqog0HO7ZYjx6YTU3osB7F_ezRCEJE/s400/Picture+1.png" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 385px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwFlXc8a0ZB4pnGo0DUh2HMedKM7STyozxJsd7Ap81pIpMBOxZsOeJqJQWJJSyL93yXOYuqTpG5DBEXmEI1eptFUDt3Yr6kUPoY1sBHTBKqdCmcgl7OCgi8BBs6ICnvqzsh5UD6y29jk/s1600-h/EYE+X3.jpg"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pr</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ice point:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> USD 0.99</span></span></strong></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Context:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> iPhone application from itunes appstore. </span></span></strong></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I first chanced across this app during one of those iphone corridor moments (like a chance meeting of show-dog owners) with one of the tech/design savvier colleagues who shared this 'exceptionally well designed', and super esoteric 'Art-director's game' with me. introducing FORMation's EYE vs EYE, a multiplayer iphone game that pits the eyes of two designers/art-directors/color seperators/really bored laymen against each other to closest 'mix' a color using RGB (red, green blue) values. (yes I told you, its not for everyone). </span></span></strong></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First impressions:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I must say that it does an exceptional/unprecedented job of creating a competitive RGB battle/fighter game thing. It and has a remarkably simple and intuitive gameplay format allowing almost anyone (unless you have non-iphone compatible fingers), to easily get into it and give it a proper go. It also looks very slick and if I may say quite 'chic', from the font selections to the pinpoint use of color, it certainly makes your iphone feel a bit more like a Beyond 2000 product for a least a few minutes. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">During:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The game is surprisingly challenging. And as expected, using red,green and blue spectrums to make a tertiary color can often get a little out of hand, especially depending on the competitive enthusiasm of player two. There are however limits to how many RGB battles you can sustain a person's interests for, and much like the free </span><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/best-most-useless-iphone-application-phonesaber"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">iphone lightsaber app</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, it does get a bit "mmm, cool, now what?" after about a minute. I think the longest and most intense game I've ever played was with Eric Foenander (a rather competitive illustrator) and even then we only lasted about 5 ten second rounds. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> It's not a great feeling beating someone in a RGB battle (unless they're really confident about their abilities and need a good smacking down). And the beat downs can sometimes a feel a bit harsh depending on who you're playing with. However the game does a remarkable job of setting up the stage for an RGB battle, and does look (and play) incredibly slick, not to mention it's a great conversation piece with anyone aesthetically inclined, and does grant you slight bragging rights amongst the designer/iphone application whore crowd. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Still, it did leave me feeling a little hollow and superficial. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Total Score:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 6/10</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last words: </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">k</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">u</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">f</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">r</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">F</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">O</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">R</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">n</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">g</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">y</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> more geeky but less fun Kerning game that plays out like Sextris (sex-tetris) for type-nazis. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you liked this you may also like:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Macromedia Freehand, Helvetica and Beyond 2000<br />
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</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Index: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.formationalliance.com/index.php?id=40"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.formationalliance.com/index.php?id=40</span></a></span></strong></span></div></div></div></div>Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187006555510319288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-37594433245295075492009-08-11T03:11:00.000-07:002009-08-24T21:21:50.860-07:00Kinder Bueno (White)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmRhYyL66hNq908myKoqizXeHGYpe7XD_k36kN6WOPUvILuYIXaH197NquzGsFcwth6k8tjDCmQQ2grI0nP3fb4z2SAOJzOpEev8NhBEqzMO3IIHN9N2H5k5PNuvlMHJgHomp0Xd8N-0/s1600-h/Picture+7.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmRhYyL66hNq908myKoqizXeHGYpe7XD_k36kN6WOPUvILuYIXaH197NquzGsFcwth6k8tjDCmQQ2grI0nP3fb4z2SAOJzOpEev8NhBEqzMO3IIHN9N2H5k5PNuvlMHJgHomp0Xd8N-0/s400/Picture+7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369709699282059426" /></a><br /><p align="left"><br /></p><p align="left"><strong>Price point:</strong> S$1.50</p><p align="left"><strong>Context:</strong> Watson's, Guardian, All major supermarkets<br /><br /><strong>Before:</strong> I was feeling light-headed and badly in need of a sugar-rush given the numerous (and extended) stopovers at the comic bookstore, toy shop and computer game shop, thanks to Captain Badass<br /><br /><strong>First impressions:</strong> Although a big fan of anything hazelnut and the original Kinder Bueno, I was apprehensive about trying the white version. White chocolate in my opinion is always excessively sweet and contains too much dairy for the cocoa content to leave any magic on your tongue.<br /><br /><strong>During:</strong> I felt like Charlie in the chocolate factory peeling away the plastic wrapper, fueled by my curiosity of how my favourite thrift shop chocolate would look in white. I was strangely surprised - it looked like a reverse colour block, with white squares, neatly lined with a speckly coat of chocolate sand. Happy with the fact that it is not completely covered in white chocolate, I greedily took my first crunch...<br /><br /><strong>After:</strong> HAPPINESS. This tasted almost as good as the original, while a little sweeter, it still retained the creamy nutty texture and taste that oozed right out when you broke the thin wafer crust. The milk was not overpowering nor was it too sweet. The sandpaper wafer texture was extra crispy and tingling. Each Bueno packet contains two chocolate wafer bars, individually wrapped. I finished my first bar in 3 bites, and shared half of the last bar with Captain Badass while contemplating getting another packet.<br /><br /><strong>Total Score:</strong> 8/10<br /><br /><strong>Last words:</strong> <em>You're like this if you are big on Hazelnut chocolate and low on blood sugar</em><br /><br /><strong>If you liked this you may also like:</strong> Kinder Bueno Original, Nutella<br /><br /><strong>Index:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIzyathnjY&feature=PlayList&p=030F34E3BDC31538&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIzyathnjY&feature=PlayList&p=030F34E3BDC31538&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7</a><br />(check out the TVC made....somehow hazelnuts dropping into chocolate gives me a high)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Kinder-Bueno/22742699221">http://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Kinder-Bueno/22742699221</a><br />(and yes, there is even a fan page!)</p>Linosaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03017895111686967840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-73941034829841482352009-08-09T04:22:00.000-07:002009-08-24T21:21:33.789-07:00MOTHER (energy drink)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYr9lGk2sjpRL-bdCQjbayfhh24szAyld3uW914-w60C6QkhVKWPgEmuerkNcjgGDnbCE8pZ6gsHryUNLUL9MlFbJqpkfWNTHVskV3G6_nt7xIxGrWIax68dazNwTtOBw5feKlXRBY6mA/s1600-h/Mother-energy-drink-Australia.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYr9lGk2sjpRL-bdCQjbayfhh24szAyld3uW914-w60C6QkhVKWPgEmuerkNcjgGDnbCE8pZ6gsHryUNLUL9MlFbJqpkfWNTHVskV3G6_nt7xIxGrWIax68dazNwTtOBw5feKlXRBY6mA/s400/Mother-energy-drink-Australia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367924038874166530" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Price point:</span> $3.50 (Australia).</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Context:</span> </span>Vending machines at universities, supermarkets, and at both of Adelaide's convenience stores.<br /><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Before:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Energy drinks have only just made it to Japan (unless you count the vaguely medicinal crushed deer antler tonics from the 'this isn't fun' section of Circle K), and the Japanese don't really go in for the more caffeine=better thing. Red Bull had to bring out a special 200ml can for the Japanese market. As a result, I was feeling somewhat caffeine deprived on my return to Australia. Enter 'Mother', which is the energy drink equivalent of sniffing glue and smoking the bones of the recently deceased.<br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">First impressions: </span>Apparently it's now <span style="font-style: italic;">de rigueur </span>to have all advertising copy written with tongue so firmly in cheek that the self loathing hack who pens it has most likely given him/herself an ulcer. Getting down with the kids is a tricky business these days, and it's a fairly straight path from ironic labels to a skateboarding grandpa with a rainbow wig. The only information required on an energy drink can is how much caffeine it contains, preferably in size 72 times new roman. Furthermore, energy drink cans are supposed be sleek and small enough that you could clip them into a bandolier (to be worn whilst base jumping or some other suitably extreme activity). Nobody eats sugar with salad servers, and nobody needs an energy drink this big.<br /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">During:</span> </span>Tastes great with blueberry muffins.<br /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">After:</span> </span>I am not particularly caffeine sensitive. I once had four red bulls and then promptly fell asleep, presumably because my body decided to teach my brain a much needed lesson. And yet after drinking two cans of mother in a day, my vision went a bit funny and my frontal lobes felt like soggy cake for the next two days. This may be the drink that finally cures me of the need for caffeine.<br /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Total Score:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">/10</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last words: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Drink only if you're Jason Statham.<br /></span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you liked this you may also like:</span> caffeine withdrawal headaches, sugar, never going to sleep ever.</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Index: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_%28energy_drink%29">MOTHER</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-82682571972485356052009-08-07T02:05:00.000-07:002009-08-24T21:27:34.500-07:00THINSKINS - Technical Football Socks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLkY_EUVbgbnqwdjvSHwtbDOBRUPxXk9epKaOlaTkrLXzezPQ2zKzoxQbv-rEIZ0KdtPMUjBix6Ptql2LfT_7SoxsgiRc7FgJZZRQyEdmBecKiIF0M-3lCyt_pXEbTyRMQOf6yaj1PrA/s1600-h/thinskins2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLkY_EUVbgbnqwdjvSHwtbDOBRUPxXk9epKaOlaTkrLXzezPQ2zKzoxQbv-rEIZ0KdtPMUjBix6Ptql2LfT_7SoxsgiRc7FgJZZRQyEdmBecKiIF0M-3lCyt_pXEbTyRMQOf6yaj1PrA/s400/thinskins2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367145948263627074" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Price point:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$12.50 (Australia) for the 'large' size<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Context:</span> I got mine from Bailetti Sports. Any decent sized sports shop is a fair bet. There may also be some kind of specialty sock shop that stocks them.<br /><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Before:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I am now old enough to realize that paying thirty dollars for a pair of socks because they have three stripes or a stylized tick on them is consumer suicide. My sports brand fetishism does not extend to socks.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First impressions:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These socks make some pretty bold claims, which, coupled with the picture to the right and the inclusion of the word 'technical' lead me to believe that this is the kind of sock an aerospace engineer would design in his/her downtime.<br /><br />The packaging helpfully informs me that these socks contain spandex (for added comfort). This marks the first time that those words have been used on a non sex related product. So far so good.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">During:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Putting on a pair of new socks usually falls within the scope of what I like to call 'domestic ecstasy' (opening mail, unboxing electronics, reading near the fireplace in winter etc.) and these socks are no exception. None of the starchiness usually expected with football socks.<br /><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">After: </span>I like to think these are the socks that Muji would design. If discerning graphic designers every formed a professional football team, these are the socks they would wear.<br /><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Total Score: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">8</span></b></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">/10</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Last words: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Resist the temptation to wear these socks in a non sports related setting.<br /></span></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you liked this you may also like: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">sport, overly technical everyday items, the marriage of science and design</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Index: <a href="http://www.hartsport.com.au/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=153">Hart Sports</a><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-53577585082949841962009-08-06T09:54:00.000-07:002011-08-24T01:09:16.106-07:00Flashpop mini (Blue)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; color: #cccccc; float: left; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367041626844445122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIKmpXFHm1TieY32k6mTo89HkyUsFM82O4yGlG3cBz9SKKaHvoYtnRLBTTeeqX8T5bo6toOigQBwS33Gal8vJhxocxmY3_NQ7JbMQmWeAO11dfOwoSosOmbxWrP4rEmavdkUABbADgAQ/s400/SN201643.JPG.jpeg" style="height: 400px; width: 374px;" /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Price point:</b> $</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2 (Singapore)</span></i></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Context:</b> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At the cashier in most 7/11s in Singapore. This one in particular was purchased at the one on 6th Avenue next to lazy Lizards. </span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Before</b>: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So I happened to wonder into seven eleven for a midnight snack when I chanced upon this... well very sophisticated looking device in the self-standing-candy section of Seven eleven. the giant button beneath the candy was enough to make my brain instantly intepreted as 'OMG OMG an edible light saber!'.</span></i></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">First imp<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ressions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pressing the button and watching the candy light up was enough to get me through (the rather predictable) shitty 'blue-rasberry' flavor, not to mention inserting it into my mouth while pressing the button to watch my cheeks light up in the dark. And yes there are plenty of photo ops with this item.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">During:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Needless to say, much like the ring pops and lipstick styled pops of my childhood, the flavor and novelty quickly ran out and I never managed to reach the candy coated lightbulb beneath all the blue candy. Thankfully the designers were practical enough to provide a solid lolly-cap case allowing me to save the rest and transport it mess free in my breast pocket.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ok, so it tastes like cheap shitty candy and doesn't really excite like a new skittles flavor would, BUT it is the closest thing you'll ever get to swallowing a light saber. Plus it makes for really great clubbing gear, post-drinks amusement and facebook profile pictures. I'd definitely buy it again, just probably not the blue raspberry flavor. </span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Total Score</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">7/10</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Last words:</b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>best purchased after 8pm.</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b>If you liked this you may also like</b>: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Starwars, Lego Starwars, X-wings, the melbourne shuffle, flavored lube. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b>Appendix:</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">http://www.physlink.com/estore/cart/FlashPopMini.cfm</span></span></div></div>Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187006555510319288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043981161300964181.post-1215502214783034502009-08-04T08:13:00.000-07:002009-08-05T02:20:09.956-07:00Review framework<div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The following is a loose framework for reviewing things. Please try your best to include a photo and/or video as well as fill out all the fields. 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