My Pretty Mailbox

I get annoyed to see flyers being slot carelessly on my gate. I didn't buy an expensive gate-cum-door for people to slot ugly papers on my gate to look like my house is some warehouse. But I don't want a cheap looking Daiso basket hanging at my gate just to hold those flyers. So when I chanced upon a pretty country-theme  mailbox on Tao Bao, it got me thinking. 

I had a thousand reasons not to put it up, though:

- it’s not practical. The flyer distributers would find it more convenient to slot the flyers at my grilled gate. They probably won't ever bother to use it.

- it doesn’t fit my theme. My place is anything but country.

- I already have a mailbox at the void deck. This is redundant.

- it’s too small for a normal-sized parcel.

- I can’t drive a screw or a nail into the wall. I don’t have the tool, the skill and strength for it. 

- it’s external wall. I am not supposed to tamper with it.

- the mailbox needs two tiny screws to be put up. It won’t be straight. In fact, I don't even know if I'll ever get two screws to fit the two hanging holes of the mailbox!

But I thought about the mailbox each time I logged into the Tao Bao app.

I trawled through the whole Tao Bao app to make sure it was the loveliest mailbox of all.

Then I spent that $20 to stop myself from thinking so hard over it. If it can make me stop thinking and wondering if I should get it, it's money well-spent.

I bought two 3M wall-sticker screws that were tiny enough to go through the hanging holes. 

The mailbox does look slanted though. Oh well, let's not be 'so perfectionistic' - something I often hear from the people around me.

The clever ones know what the mailbox is for

But you will always have the recalcitrant ones

Besides the mailbox, I bought a cute unit number display. My goodness, there were tonnes of them on Tao Bao. I had a hard time choosing. There were classy ones, simple ones and cute ones. I decided to get something that's cute. The motion-sensor light is actually detachable. It's magnetic. I can just pluck it off the plate and charge it when the battery has run out. 

This is how the front of my flat looks like

That's a circular shoe cabinet. It's not a dustbin. 

The bench is metal, not wooden.

The grass mat is from a Tao Bao seller who supplies synthetic grass to the Beijing's Bird Nest Stadium. It actually only cost $15 which I thought was a steal. What caught me off guard was the shipping fee. $57. I ended up paying more than if I had gotten it off Shopee. Oh well, I told myself I would have an Olympic stadium quality grass mat.

Going Electric

Electric toothbrush is not anything new under the sun, much less Singapore, but before I bought my first electric toothbrush, I had always been intrigued by it: Is it as good as the ad claims? So I won't have decayed tooth anymore after using this magic toothbrush?

However, my first experience with an electric toothbrush was a disappointing one, apart from the initial 'I feel rich' euphoria when your hand remains stationary while the vibrating brush does its job.

Firstly, the size was bulky and it was clumsy to hold.

Secondly, it hid grime and dirt from my teeth in the gap of the 'head'. I didn't realise it until I removed the head to change it. I was thoroughly disgusted and swore off electric toothbrushes, never mind that I had bought extra replacement brushes.

Recently, a friend recommended this toothbrush to me.

 

$19.90 from Giant Supermart

According to my friend, her friend who uses it claims to have less plague on her teeth.

I had enquired about this toothbrush at a smaller neighbourhood Giant to no avail. I managed to find it at a bigger Giant on my way back from catching Snorlax. See? Pokemon Go helps me to find a good alternative shop to buy this product to save me a trip to the other end of the island for a tiny toothbrush!

What is fascinating to me is how electric toothbrush has come a long way in size reduction - from the bulky dinosaur size to the 'normal' size we are used to.

Another great improvement is that it doesn't scream 'I am an electric toothbrush!'

It looks normal, with a small brush head and a small-grip handle.

For girls or ladies, it comes in a lovely pink too!

There is also a green version for boys or men.

To differentiate mine from the girls, I bought the green one for my own use.

I tried it and I love it big time!

Simple to use with just two 'on' and 'off' buttons, the brush head vibrates as I brush my teeth. Instead of just having the bristles making contact with my teeth as many times as I brush them, which is at most 10 to 20 times, the vibrating brush head helps to brush them at least 30 times or even more. 

It has been quite fun brushing my teeth too! 

After brushing, I would look at my teeth in the mirror to 'feel' the lessening of the plague, my imagination for all I know, but it gives me the 'feel good' factor.

I think I will stick with this toothbrush for quite some time.

Virtual Location

My youngest sister was Whatsapping me about how her colleague had shown her a home advertisement on PropertyGuru website. It listed Pokestops as one of the features of the apartment.

I mused,"Then my ad will look like this: 3 pokestops in the living room. Frequent lures. Visited by Dragonite, Snorlax, Lapras, Porygon and other rare Pokemons. A stone's throw away from a virtual gym. Owner's Pokedex was filled up without venturing out to other areas."

"Or: Are Pikachu, Chansey, Kabuto, Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee rare mons to you? This apartment has all that you need. Play to believe!"