YOU AWESOME B**

gemma correll - quirky net-artist

i know it's sunday night and i thought you might need some cheer-you-up before monday hits. for girls only~

forget the unhappy times where you had to suffer strap-snapping pranks or learn to accomplish hooking your high and mighty inners all by yourself, the three-letter word has many more benefits than all it might seem. and ya know im not referring to the big P and likewise, also known as a kind of strength training exercise. taking a cue from what your bff means to you, you need an awesome mate like no other. a cute doodle from my favourite online artist, there you go.

INSTAGRAM-less

i have to admit something. i dont own an instagram account. picture-sociability: a big fat zer0.

a while ago, a few friends and i were just discussing on whatsapp (YES I HAVE WHATSAPP, tyvm) group chat about the entire notion against the cult and excessive usage of instagram. for those of you who dont know, i dont own an iphone or samsung or htc and have absolutely zero experience with appstore/ googleplay /androidOS whatsoever. im currently using a blackberry (taste best with froyo), push-email function and BBM are my personal favourites because they dont load emails / stall whatsapp chats like how non-blackberries do. contrary to my personal preference, nasdaq does not seem very much to believe in this fruit as RIMM is at an all-time low stock price. im sorry if you are an investor, im just a user. thus far, my blackberry and ex-blackberries have done me good for the past 4 years even though my bbm contact list seems to be shrinking on a daily basis.

and back to the instagram app with which users can follow/un-follow (not sure if this is solely just a tweeter twittle twitter-term) other users and their so-breathtaking-and-awesome peektures, the fact that that it allows users to beautify their photos so easily and quickly to the extent that memories of past experiences can be so damn-warped has resulted in a debate among the bb-unconverts and bb-advocates.

*M sends picture in whatsapp group*
M (bb-turn-nonbb user): even a pile of dirty laundry can look so classy with instagram
SU (iphone user): oh my brunch looks good everyday with the hefe filter
ST (bb-user): *started bashing instagram* $&%^Q#
me (bb-user): oh, bb has pixtrix, the equivalent of instagram with filters and stuff
Q (bb-user): it's not the same, it lacks the social aspect of it....
ST: %$&!!!?% *continues to troll instagram*

to sum it all up, yes i love my bb but definitely there are certain apps that the bb does not support and well, life could have been a lot easier for me if i had:-
- puddingcam / instagram / typic to create awesome pictures
- piggybank to save more $$ because im just using a mere notepad on bb + daily mental sums
- not having to answer the same question "why dont you switch to iphone or s3?" thrown in my way every now and then

P.S. be very jealous because i can type on my bb with my eyes closed ;)

THE SKINNY LATTE THEORY

While cool stuff usually appear in the most unlikely places, you can expect my daily scoop of beans to be always here to spill it all. Be the companion – cream cheese bagel, trusty opera choc cake or a good ol’ loaf of foccacia, you can never go wrong with a cuppa hot, steamy espresso with a dollop of hot frothed milk. OH make that skimmed and less sweet please!

The Skinny Latte didn’t come about just because one day, some fat b*tch decided to use low fat milk in her daily cuppa, rather it was the idea that makes people less guilty of a pleasure they will like to engage in, minus the bad parts, spell calor-i-e-s. At Daily Skinny Latte (DSL), we are inspired by the hottie next door, the joy of a new find and instagram-worthy travel shots.

That said, order in your tall (12 ounce) or grande (16 ounce) right away.


p.s. this is an advertorial i paid myself to write -.-

ABOUT

DAILY SKINNY LATTE

[day-lee-skii-ni-laa-tay]

-noun:
1. the everyday beverage that keeps your sanity in check;
2. the daily cuppa joe for the frequent weight-watchers;
3. the caffeine rush much needed to clear procrastinated work

- verb: (used without object)
~latte-ing, latte-d, latte-n
an act to accompany another useful/useless activity


okay, in other words:- my personal  cyber (oh well, it's on the dotcom anyway isnt it?) space for daily ramblings, muses and one-liners that will chronicle the happenings of my life in a not-too-logical manner. not necessarily always about the latest fashion trend or just-opened jamieoliver restaurant in downtown or a life-changing stated opinion, it could just well be something as simple as what-happened-at-work-today or i-saw-a-bus-otw-home (just kiddinA) as we all deserve to slow down a little and smell the flowers. pardon my lack of pictures (a disclaimer!) in case you are wondering, because i prefer to live in the moment than to be clicking away at every sunset, yummy food or stomp-deserving crime scene (guilty as charged sometimes tho im not even on instagram). just like a daily cuppa, hopefully i'll be able to manage a post a day to keep myself sane / unbored of my not-so-interesting life (i hate to admit this sometimes and nope, im not pms-y right now).

if music be the food of love, play on
if blogging be the caffeine of mornings, write on

see you around :)