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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Portable Juice Blender - Juice Cup

My sister recently got this portable juice blender (charged via usb) from online (I think it was going on an offer for two), so she gave one of it to me. I remember watching videos of similar products and had my doubts on how it would work, so when I got this, I thought.. "since it's with me, why not?".


Product Review
First things first, the instruction manual... there are some parts of the manual that left me in question marks because it isn't very clear, but the gist of it should be well understood.

Product Summary
Full Manual
Before I started using the product, I had cleansed it by adding only water and starting the blades... and that cleansed quite well, but I was experiencing a bit of leakage from the bottom probably due to the way that the device itself is structured? If you had seen my video (at the start of the post), you would have had a look at the different parts of the entire blender.. and the container that holds the fruits and water/milk is actually just a tube (material: food grade PC) with both ends exposed. So that might have caused a bit of leakage which wasn't very pleasant.

In terms of blending, basically, you have to keep the size of fruits small, around 1.5 cm by 1.5 cm (mentioned in the manual). I tried blending carrots with oranges and apple... it was blending well in the video but on my 2nd try, it kept getting stuck (around the blades) and I wasn't able to start the device at all. [self confession: okay, I used a rough visual estimate so maybe I wasn't being very precised about it]. I think, it might have worked better without the carrots, though I wouldn't actually know. There were a lot of coarse residues, probably what the filter was for...but if I had the filter on, i'll be getting about 5% of what was actually blended.


My conclusion about this product? - the concept itself is pretty cool.. like my sister was telling me that she could bring fruits to work and blend it as and when (as long as its battery is charged), it is after all a portable blender. Well, the practically of that idea... honestly, I wouldn't like to risk it leaking all over the place. If i have to do it at the pantry, I'm sure there are power points that I can use a smaller version of an actual juicer or something that has better capabilities of blending? 

It was a fun experiment with this product. Maybe I should give this another try with other types of fruits and I'll update if I have a change in my opinion. Till then... πŸ˜…

Friday, March 23, 2018

RO: Idle Poring - Gachapon Event

SO... there's a gachapon event in-game right now till 1st April... (a rough gauge of the end date based on GMT +8)

There are two ways that you could get coins to play the gachapon.. 
1. Daily tasks - 1 coin per task
2. Achievement Tasks - between 10 coins to 30 coins 

Gachapon Page
Daily Quests:
  1. Login 
  2. Compose Gem 
  3. Forge Gear
  4. Smelt Gears
  5. Purchase on the Market (any, just get those that can be purchased with gold/zeny)
  6. Complete Battle (PVP battle)
  7. Gift Rose to a Friend (cost: 50 diamonds)
  8. Complete MVP Challenge (raids work fine)
  9. Use Double Rewards Expedition (cost: 50 diamonds)
  10. Use Fast Battle x2 (total cost: 150 diamonds)

Achievement tasks:

One-time coin rewards from completing achievements
Detardeurus (Orange Pet)
 Yes... I got VIP (one-month) for this, it was draining too much of my diamonds. :')


Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Liebster Award

liebster
The Liebster Award is an award given by bloggers to bloggers, and it helps new, smaller blogs to be discovered. By recognising the hard work and effort that bloggers put into their passion, it encourages them, keeps them motivated, and it surely makes them feel proud of their work. The name ‘Liebster’ which means dearest, sweetest, beloved kindness in German.

Quote credit: itskathrynjane

RULES : 
  1. Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you and display the Award
  2. Answer 11 Question from the blogger who nominated you
  3. Nominate 11 blogs and inform them about this
  4. Ask them 11 Questions
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And so... I have shamelessly tagged myself from Celestreats blog (hehe heejins) and these are her questions:

* What are your future plans for your blog? *

mm, hopefully a little more active than a handful of posts each year. This blog had originally started out as 'Just Eat & Live Life' as I really wanted to be a food blogger, but I realised how much I was blogging about games over food which kind of contradicts the title, hence the change to 'Just Play and Live Life' - which is kind of my life motto right now. 

* Do you see yourself blogging in 15 years? *
In 15 years... I would be 40 (oh gawd, that's scary), but yes, I would think so. I first started blogging in 2006 about my personal life  - as my mum had a habit of breaking into physical book diaries πŸ˜… - and it became something I am accustomed to do (blog) over the years. 

* Do you eat to live or live to eat? *
I live to eat (though my friend would disagree with me since I'm a fussy eater). Food has always been the one thing that I spend on with little considerations. 

* Coffee or tea? (or me?) *
Definitely you. 😍

* What is the first thing you want to do when you visit a foreign country? *
People watch. Being a tourist and living in a foreign country are two very different experiences (due to time constraints of course). I really enjoy watching people go on with their daily lives when I'm overseas, the way people talk to each other, their mannerisms and conversational topics... it's very interesting. 

* How many languages do you speak? *
Proficiently, two - English & Mandarin. Hopefully i'll be able to deem myself as proficient in Japanese in the near future... (currently a student at Tomo-Japanese Language School)

* Show us your favourite meme! *
"Just do it"... I think that was a meme (correct me if I'm wrong cause till date, I am not 100% sure what a meme is... #signsofgettingold) 

* Which social media platforms are you active on? *
Facebook, Instagram & Twitter
I have a YouTube channel for this blog which I use to post videos for my posts here

* Which is the song you listen to for motivation? *
I never actually watched the movie, but I really like this song. This is the song I play when I feel really down or when I need a little push to try something new. 


* Name your favourite animal! *
This is actually difficult to answer. I don't really have an ultimate favorite animal? I just like cute animals in general... but if I have to pick one, I think I'll go with rabbits. 

* Who would you like to collaborate with (for your blog)? *
Celestreats when she comes to Singapore... or when I go KL... πŸ˜†


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Do visit Celestreats, she's an amazing girl with all the food recommendations & more!
And to other fellow bloggers visiting this blog, you are amazing for finding this so you're tagged!
  1. What inspired you to blog?
  2. What is the one thing that you cannot live without and why?
  3. If you can only have 1 type of cuisine for the rest of your life, what cuisine would that be?
  4. Among the countries you have visited, where is your favorite (so far)? 
  5. Where's next on your bucket list?
  6. Pepsi or Coke?
  7. Favourite movie/anime?
  8. Where/what do you envision yourself to be in 10 years?
  9. How do you relieve stress from work/life?
  10. Do you believe in horoscopes/zodiacs?
  11. What would you do in a zombie apocalypse?
Coming up with questions took longer than answering them... πŸ˜…

Sunday, March 18, 2018

ζ—…γ‹γˆγ‚‹ - Postcards 18.3.2018

And so, my frog had a friend this time... πŸ˜‚
!!! 
Aw.. かわいい。。。 
This isn't the first time, but it's been a while... 😍
寂しくγͺいね。。。

Friday, March 16, 2018

Idle Poring - Quick Introduction

A long overdue post... πŸ’¦

I've been on 'Idle Poring' for a while now.. (since mid-oct 2017) and I've been wanting to blog about it but have never found the time to πŸ™Š. It is by far, one of my favourite mobile games... and I'm still learning and exploring despite 5 whole months into it. - Its a great travelling-to-work kind of game.

Daily sign-in reward calendar.. (love how they have little bookmarks on days of accomplishments)
When I first started, I was so in awe because of the ability to gain exp & zeny/gold (a.k.a in-game money) even when you're not in the game 😎. Of course, being too inactive means progressing at a much slower pace since there are certain checkpoints and tasks to be completed to grow the character's power and abilities. The amount of exp and zeny earned per minute are progressively higher as you clear maps so that is one factor in game progression as well.

Character selection screen & City screen
There are currently three job classes that you can pick: Warrior, Bowman or Mage. Hearsay, there is going to be an upcoming Thief class as well. Essentially, it doesn't really matter which job class you pick since the skills are the pretty much the same (just named differently). 

Generally, the community is pretty supportive and helpful when you're stuck in-game and require some tips on the pets/skills to use when trying to clear maps or MVP/PVP battles.. (naturally though, there are trolls around so always hear from a few people from different channels if you want to be sure, or be like me & just read through the conversations of others and still pick up a tip or two 😏)

Pro-tip for beginners: Follow 6 people (regardless at random, or picked from the crowd, or your own friends) & pat them daily for honor points [free honor points, why not?] .
- Honor points are crucial in unlocking essential skills for your character.
- Available pats per day: 6

Simply click on players & follow them and they will be in your buddy list to 'pat' or find your friends by manually adding them through their IGN
Quick run-through on the city tab:
Store - this is where u get your daily freebies such as pet shards, explore/combat potions, etc.. (just be careful not to hit the 880 gems bundle or you might see your diamonds (in-game cash $$) fly away.
It is also the place to purchase diamonds (using real money), costumes or convert diamonds into in-game zeny...

Market - buying items (such as pet shards, explore/combat potions, candies, equipment, etc) using zeny/diamonds

Smith - where you can smith hunted equipment for forge points to forge better equipment for your character

Friend - your buddy list / patting for honor points

Explore - sending your pets on exploration tasks for pet exp and possibility to gain items

Guild - there's a War of Emporium (WoE) every week that guilds can participate in for members to gain honor points/items/zeny/diamonds

PVP - battling against other players around your power and gain honor points, zeny/diamonds

MVP - battling against bosses to gain artifacts to boost your power and for enhancement items to advance character levels

Battle Team - clear maps to gain points for your team for the duration of 6 days and earn a variety of items for the game.. there's a possibility to get costume coins as well

I have heard mixed reviews on this game.. (probably not as idle since there are many things to work on such as getting pet shards to unlock pets, earning honor points to unlock skills...) and it gets more complicated with the rebirths. Some said it got boring after a while.. and then there's me, still pretty amazed with the game at rebirth 2. 😎

Download it here: google play | apple store

Thursday, March 15, 2018

KFC Zinger Mozzarella Burger

And so... I was on leave today, wondering what I should do with my one-day freedom from work. 
Kinda forced myself to head out in the late afternoon but was pretty much a lost potato till... I saw KFC's Zinger MOZZ and it all clicked (felt like my leave actually had a purpose rather than just rotting it away at home). 😍 
Zinger Mozz Burger Meal for SGD $8.80 (the cheese fries was an add-on at $2.50)
Just look at it... 😏

It was a really satisfying meal... had moments of "ooh, pizza" probably due to its tomato base and MOZZARELLA CHEESE PATTY right there. Its a subtle addition in terms of texture and taste to the zinger burger as a whole. In my opinion, it was a pretty good complement. πŸ‘

Edit (21/3/2018): took me days to realise I spelt complement as compliment. πŸ˜‚

Check it out here: KFC official

Saturday, March 3, 2018

McDONALD'S FISH & FRIES

FISH. &. FRIES. I finally got to try them today! 😍

FISH & FRIES... (& Chocolate Pie)
With Tar-Tar sauce~~~ Fries (s) were packed separately.
I really liked the fish... crisp & rather light. Nothing to say about the fries.. its the usual Macs fries in small size. 

Chocolate Pie (used the knife that had a bit of tar-tar sauce. my apologies)

A closer shot of the Fish & Choco Pie
Chocolate Pie was surprisingly.. not too jelat. 
Being a Macs Apple Pie fan, this is the 1st I've tried of many other variations that Macs have come up with... Personal preference still stays (apple pie ftw), but according to my mum: "its nice". πŸ‘

Price point... well, its served with small fries. πŸ˜• since when set meals came with small fries (lets not talk about the kids happy meal, i'm talking about the main sets here). I'd added other additional sides & a change in the drink in my order so I cant actually say how much the original set cost, but it was around 9 bucks for the Fish & Fries special (which is basically the Fish & fries (s) + Chocolate Pie + a Drink). I'm not sure about the mass majority, but I personally felt, that it was a little pricey. 

Nonetheless, still worth a try. πŸ˜‹

Thursday, February 15, 2018

MaplestorySEA - Nian's Revenge

MaplestorySEA's Lunar New Year event - Nian's Revenge. 

Pretty much the only event in the event list that I've been diligently working on everyday. Why? - because there's this cube chair that says 新年快乐 ("Happy New Year"). Yes, just for the chair... and probably because its really easy to do too. πŸ˜…

The variable rewards include 4 different types of damage skins, 1 lion mount (timed) and 2 types of cash hats (timed). Not to mention the many ang baos that gives you the option to choose between having a 3x exp coupon or 3x drop coupon that lasts for half an hour. 


Obtainable variable rewards:

Happy Lunar New Year! May the year bring loads of good luck! Cheers! 🎊


Tuesday, February 6, 2018

MaplestorySEA - Moras Prequest

Arcane River's 4th Area - Moras... 


I finally got to do a video on it. hahahaha. I might not have the damage to 1hko the mobs there since their AF requirements are pretty high, but at least, it's doable single-handedly.

Among the 4 areas, Moras's storyline is pretty intense (& interesting) - imo.. πŸ˜†

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Autumn in Singapore?

It did not cross my mind... that one day... I'll be wrapped up in my blanket, seated in front of my laptop without the fan blowing in SINGAPORE. πŸ˜‚

Natural air-con kind of weather here in the little dot known for its humidity & heat. hahah. 

p.s. Probably a tad colder since my nose has been running the whole day at work. 😷 #2018