A few snippets from my otherwise eventful life.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
I have been extremely busy these days.
No, really.
One of the reasons is because of the two big boxes that arrived at my door on Wednesday.
Not too long ago, I conducted a mass order from Threadless.com. I don’t know if you’ve heard of that website before, but I think it’s a pretty popular place where people can pick up some tees.
So anyway, the tees finally arrived, all 137 of them. Even though I initially capped the order at 40 tees, everyone I advertised to went absolutely bonkers and my email soon got flooded. Being the magnanimous person that I am, I could not tell them ‘Nah, the order’s closed because I’m a lazy bastard who only wants to handle 40 shirts’.
And now, I have 137 tees sitting in my living room, waiting to be sorted and packed.
On the very day that the tees arrived, I also decided to start my own little shipping business.
If you click here, you will see how it works.
Basically, I can, and will, ship whatever you want from Japan back to Singapore. I know it is not an entirely novel idea, and I know that I have a huge-ass competitor in the form of vPost Japan, but I also happen to know how vPost Japan works and how much cheaper my service is.
vPost Japan uses the item’s volumetric weight (which is higher) to calculate shipping, while I use the item’s actual weight (much lower). To spare you from all of the technicalities of the logistics business, I’ll sum it up into one short simple sentence: vPost Japan stinks, I rock.
However, starting this business also means that I will be very busy. Especially when 137 tees arrive on my doorstep on the same day. Therefore, I have dozens of email enquiries in my inbox, two bank accounts to check all the time, and a few advertisements to plug, all at the same time.
On another note, Paris Hilton is going to jail. Again.
Even though she was sentenced to a 45-day stay, she left the prison after three days. I don’t know about you guys, but I think it’s a little bit unfair.
The exact reason is unclear, but the official stand was that it was for medical reasons. I also heard some rumours through the grapevine about the exact medical reason.
Apparently, Paris developed a severe, stress-induced herpes outbreak. I’m not trying to shock you people, but it was said that the blisters had spread to her anus and had taken on abscess-like features.
Now that’s hot!
Anyway, her ass (and the blisters) was hauled back to court yesterday and the judge ruled out the sheriff’s decision. He also stated that Paris will serve her entire 45-day sentence in prison.
I may be exaggerating a little, but I think the judge, Michael Sauer, could be the new Captain America.
It also seems that Paris is not adapting well to prison life this time, because unlike the Hilton Hotels, she doesn’t get to keep her own keys.
Terrible isn’t it?
Well, to uplift the mood of this entry, I have decided to post a picture of the pregnant Salma Hayek.
Ladies and gentlemen, we may be staring at the solution to Third World hunger. I am not trying to sound like a douchebag, but check out those boobs!
Now that I got that out of my system, I have a little plugging to do.
Yesterday, I decided that my iPod’s stock earphones just couldn’t cut it, and sauntered down to Adelphi.
Why Adelphi?
Well, I have heard a lot of good stuff about this place called Jaben, so I decided to check it out.
When I arrived, I was confused. There were tonnes of people there, just sitting around the shop, chatting to one another. I walked into the shop, and people were still sitting there, chatting to one another.
It is really confusing when you walk into a shop and people just sit around and talk. What made it worse was that nobody was wearing a uniform and I could not approach anyone without offending them.
So I stood there, feeling like an idiot. Then I mustered up my courage and talked to a friendly-looking uncle, telling him that I was new there.
He immediately brought me out of the shop and announced to everyone, ‘He’s new here’; asked me to grab some food and just hang out.
How cool is that? I mean, I walk into the shop expecting to fend off some hard-selling, but instead, I got some food and lots of warm hospitality.
Then I chilled there for an hour or so, listening to other audiophiles talk about their stuff. Most of the time, I don’t really get what they’re saying, but I could see that they really know their stuff.
Anyway, I got my earphones, the MylarThrees, for $65. It is an awesome deal, I tell you. The friendly-looking uncle, Uncle Wilson, allowed me to test them out for as long as I wanted to. There was not an ounce of pressure on me to buy them.
When I finally bought them, he gave me a headphone stand worth $28 and a timbuk2 pouch worth $15. Technically, I only paid $22 for the awesome earphones.
Now I’m not trying to over-glorify Jaben’s, but I think paying $65 for a pair of earphones, a headphone stand, a timbuk2 pouch, some Bailey’s and some good food is quite a good deal.
I’ve added a link to their blog, so do check them out if you need any audio equipment.
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