Gumballs! "Blow bubbles with these bright and yummy gumballs that are just perfect for your machine! In bold festive colors, these tasty candies will brighten any occasion! Assorted fruit flavors."

Doesn't that sound nice to you too? No this is not an advertisement. Lol. I finally tasted the gumballs that i bought online, shipped all the way from US (i think?). I waited real long for this batch of spree items but they turn out to be... quite a disappointment :( Online shopping doesnt always provide us the quality products we thought we're getting, but somehow we still always give in to the initial excitement when we shop. Tsk.

I thought i could finally taste, chew and blow BIG bubbles like what i read in Archie Comics or on English shows. From young, i always imagine going down the street, popping a quarter into the tiny candy machine and turning knobs to get BIG colorful gumballs! They would taste really fruity and sweet, not artificial at all like the normal gum we have (actually we dn have, i meant when we go M'sia, Thailland or the islands)! I would then proceed to blow a big bubble and almost fly off the ground... ... except that im holding on tight to the lamp post! Or or or... maybe im just reading too much of Archie Comics. Anyway, if you're around my age, you might remember those lil candy machines in arcades. However, what we have here in Singapore, those are sweets and they seem as if they were there for over a year (they probably are) and melts halfway down the tube. Yech. So i thought i would order them! and i thought i could put them here too:

All right not exactly here, but i didnt bother taking a picture of the gumball machine i (my brother) have. Actually im lying! Remember i thought they were BIG? How could i have planned to put them in my gumball machine? I seriously thought it's called Machine-size Gumballs because they are the size that those lucky American kids can get from the machines down their streets :/ So when they came and it was miniature, the size for those miniature machines. The fruity flavours consist of pineapple, banana, blueberry, orange, cherry too.. Can i choose to have more of the normal flavors like grape n strawberry next time? They were kind of hard to chew on and nt satisfying if you have a gum-urge because you probably need 3 to blow up a regular-sized bubble. Am i thinking too much, or do other countries really have nice gum like what i imagined before? Hmm..

I ordered Tootsie Roll pops too! Tootsie rolls are supposedly very popular so i thought these would be nice but... the candy and the chocolate inside doesnt blend well. They have cherry too! Loads! (i hate cherry.) I just finished one as i blog and while i ate, all i wanted was to munch off the candy shell to get to the chocolate inside.

ChuppaChups! This, i didnt get off the net la. My K2 girl gave it to me today (: It's 3 in 1 -strawberry, mango and banana. It looks cute and im happy that she brought along 1 for me and the remaining 3 are for her classmates. Teehee. I doubt that it would taste good though. Talking about school/work... Our new older kinds (nursery) are most or less settled in school but the new pre-N and juniors are still giving me a headache. WAHHhhHhh "i want mummy~!" Yep.

On the good side, there's this boy Zhi Xun in my Nursery Class. I posted his picture up during our field trip to Sentosa? When it was time to go home, he said "Thank You Aunty Shirley!" (YES trainers are somehow called AUNTY and UNCLE when we are the YOUNGEST in every centre compared to the teachers n princpals. -.-) It was so nice of him to say tt suddenly (probably to thank me for taking him for physical play and music) but i was busy hugging another child goodbye so i have not responded. Then he said again, "Thank You Aunty Shirley For Everything!" It was such a WOW moment for me. I looked at him and blinked. Then i said "Thank You to you too, Zhi Xun!" and gave him a big hug. So sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! :))))) *smiles till jaw hurt

Okay, back to online shopping! I received my eye masks as well as my E.L.F makeup too! Im so pleased with the masks seller and it's my 2nd time ordering from her though im nt done with my 1st batch. Haha. It's this Gel Eye Mask from Taiwan.. Sorry im lazy to get the picture (: They actually dont seem very useful but it just feels good to put them on, smells nice and its soft so i ordered 2nd batch without thinking. The seller is prompt and packs the items neatly.

TOTALLY different from the E.L.F spree-er. Her nick in LJ is misspeiqispree (im not linking her cause it doesnt seem right). The spree took ard 2months can?! She takes forever to reply email and doesnt update on the spree at all. It finally came after i checked at the PO and gave up hope on it. Look at the conditions of the 2 packages that arrived together:

Obviously the all crumpled one is the E.L.F makeup. Tsk. Friends, please check the rating of the sellers/spree-ers before buying from them ok!

The E.L.F items are... so-so. Oh well, what could you expect from 1USD? Haha. The clear mascara was useless, lipgloss tasted bad and i couldnt for the life of me open the bronzer lid. the brush was nice and the all over colour stick was good for my cheeks thou. It was worth it to try the brand i guess. Sasa's selling them at 2 for $9.95?

Ahem. I seem like i have a lot to complain about! But actually im feeling quite good today that's why im blogging, a long entry at that! I haven even bathed though it's after 12am! C'mon, big hug! I hope you like reading about my rants on my online shopping items :/ It's boring isnt it, all text and no picture or all pictures without faces in 'em?

So here you go! A totally un-photoshopped picture from Bintan! Hopefully my next post would be on my Bintan trip! Im gonna bathe now and try to sleep away a new headache that's coming up again. Bye! I love my family, my bf, FatFat and my FRIENDS too! (:

it's 12:26 AM now