Goodbye Petatto

due to having a goldfish memory, having an organisor has always been an important part of my life ... to the extend that i even blog about it in a blog challenge back in 2011 as one of the things that has the biggest impact in my life... 

i was still using hard-copy paper organisors up till 2013 when many had already upgraded to using digital calendar planner that could sync on their comps, tablets and phones...  

i just love 'decorating' my organisor with cute stickers and colourful writings too much to give it up for the convenience of the digital 'boring' version until i saw Liling using Petatto during our CT course at NIE in 2014... 

This was how my June 2019 looks like in the Petatto Calendar app... =D


super cute right??? 

even the icon on the home screen is cute cute de lo

i mad luv this calendar app la... so i was super duper upset & angry when this termination notice popped up... 

checked out the merged/new version @ yahoo... and found that it was a piece of !@S#^H@$^I#%%&T$^^!... no trace of cuteness at all!!!

tried to find alternative and the best i could find thus far is this

but it's still a far far far cry from Petatto la... i so want to cry lo... ='( 

update on 1 September 2019:

my attachment to Petatto is so strong that i have yet to delete the app and would still tap in every now and then look see look see, hoping that it would be revive.... 

but looking at the updated notice, i guess, it's really gone, gone, be gone... ='(

but 皇天不负苦心人, i eventually managed to find this stamp calendar app which can match the cuteness of Petatto.... 

the only dah-match is that i couldnt use the letter stamps to form words / phrases across the days of the week... =S 

Day 7 in North Korea - International Friendship Exhibition, Temples & Metro ride

International Friendship Exhibition

a building where all the gifts from all over the world for the 3 Kims and their wives are displayed...  

no pic of all the treasures that were on display cos we were allowed in with NOTHING except the clothing we had on our body... no phones, no watches, no shades, no bags, no pouches, no wallets, no money, no keys, even the elders' walking sticks had to be exchanged into their in-house kind... think they watched too much 007 to think that we were capable of doing whatever they thought we would do... =S 

it was in this building where we had to walk in single file, line up in 3 rows then bow to the first 2 kims' and the first wife's wax statues which were displayed individually in 3 separate rooms... 

then we were brought back to the ground floor to collect our stuff before being led to the gift shop which came with an ancient style chill out corner... 

enjoying the view with partner while others went to the souvenir shop... but really nothing to buy one leh.... =S

 Then we visited a compound with temples and lots of greens

 Selfie of the day... the only day where there wasn't a need to be in my jacket... =) 

the usual zi char lunch at this hotel above

Much excited about was this visit to the metro station

upset that we didn't need to purchase our own ticket nor were we given a ticket for keepsake... we went in through a side gate.... =S

i started recording at least 20 seconds after i stepped onto this escalator and 1 minute+ into the video and we were still no where near the bottom...read that it will take 3 and a half minute from end to end ...  that's how freaking deep this metro tunnel is.... also read that this escalator has a vertical height of 64 metres which is like 20 floors into the ground la... 

joined the uncle in 'reading' the news of the day... heee

train's here!!!



and we were allowed on board for just 1 stop... i am assuming it's because these 2 stations were the newest and the most decorated one... the rest of the stations could be very meh!!! ... =P 

that's Miss Lee, our singapore tour guide in the background... =D 

luv catching elderly showing care & love to each other in these simple acts.. =) 

Dinner on a River Cruise  

Great view of the city..... seeing can be believing.... yet it can be deceiving too.... =P 

Yeah to the end of day 7 in North Korea.... 

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COKE!!!! FRIES!!! MY KIND OF FOOD @ Beijing airport on my way home to all my luv ones

so pretty and so tempted to buy.... but it being white will stop me from even using it and i dont buy things just to keep them away in cupboards.... =S