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The fast food and Starbucks episode!

ACT ONE: On hobgoblins and small minds (courtesy of Cranky Geeks 113!), where we are in Singapore, diamond shaped thingys.

ACT TWO: Pontificating on the reason why McDonald’s started printing nutritional information on place mats, a McChicken burger surprise!

ACT THREE: Discussing the question: would you prefer to study in a Starbucks or in McDonalds? Reading comments by Neil from IntoYourHead, GeekMommy and Sharon in Singapore!

ACT FOUR: Singapore housing boom, ridiculously tall buildings, weird designs that just don’t look stable!

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So I was sitting at Starbucks in Tanglin Mall having a much needed tall Americano (you could take that many ways) when some school girls sat at the table next to mine and proceeded to get out their laptops. After 30 seconds one of their friends arrived and shouted “Go to McDonald’s next door to do this! They have french fry (sic), they have ice cream, much more bright”. After rummaging around, they all stood up and walked away again.

The question I pose is this: why the heck would you want to study in McDonalds when you could study in Starbucks? Come on, they’re playing a Rat Pack CD here, all the chairs are soft and comfy, and they use bright but warm lights instead of rows of fluorescent tubes! McDonalds would rate amongst the last places I’d want to study!

Am I so out of touch? Or is the caffeine affecting my judgement? :-).

On the phone with Elke Schade :D

Our thoughts go out to the victims and families caught in the Lebanese-Israeli conflict and the latest tsunami to hit Java, on the phone with Elke Schade, the Rubenerd Sister (Elke hating Ruben, eating McDonalds, slack school teachers, feeling sick, getting a new cat), apologies for audio quality, I’m still getting used to using this phone recording device lah!

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The Mobile Phone Episode! People complaining about lack of memory in their phones, stupid ringtone subscription services that prey on children, expensive phone addons, my Motorola V3 telling me on screen that it can’t charge, and McDonalds health campaign: a conflict of interests?

Download MP3 ↓ 10:00 minutes, 4.8MiB

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