Tried First Choice brand's whole milk the other day. After many years of drinking only fresh milk, I've almost forgotten what cartoned milk tastes like.
The first mouthful did not taste like anything I expected it to. Instead, I immediately asked myself," Wtf am I drinking?"
Next came the test of freshness. Was it sour? No. Stink? No.
So, it tasted nothing like fresh milk and kind of like what I expected milk made from milk powder to taste like.
In conclusion, it was not expired stuff. It's just that I'm not used to this sort of milk. I think it's also more diluted than the other brands' cartoned milk I used to drink long ago. Furthermore, dunking doughnuts into this sort of milk does not improve the experience.
I don't drink milk a lot, but these days I buy them for two reasons:
1) My bro drinks a lot of it but it's heavy so it's not convenient for my mum to buy it regularly
2) It's a good way to convert those $50 notes that the ATMs give us to smaller, more usable units of cash. Cab drivers in particular hate $50 bills.
I was so tempted to buy both ME and ME2 on Steam for US$35 (half price for both games) but had to remind myself I can't spend the money I have on this sort of thing.
The reason for buying is not merely to support the company, but also to download the expansions without the risk of viruses. Apparently the newer expansions for ME2 aren't very popular so it is kind of risky to download the few that are available.
Now the offer's ended. The best discount for today is the Fallout: New Vegas at US$30.
But if I'm going to buy this, I'd rather buy the Bethesda Mega Pack for US$70 which includes both FO3 and FNV, Oblivion, Morrowind, Call of Cthulhu and Rogue Warrior.
Still, I'm not going to buy this for the same reason as stated above.
Also decided not to buy NS2 yet. Was very close to buying it when I first saw the 2-for-1 offer but decided it was too early to buy. It's still in what most big gaming companies would label as "alpha" phase, though UWE calls it "beta" in order to attract more players to play and test for them.
Very buggy, lots of people can't even start the game, very few maps, several features missing, etc etc.
Despite seeing good patches every week that implement significant improvements in the game, it looks like it is going to take at least half a year before it becomes something I'd enjoy playing.
Hence, my answer is no, even though it's cheap enough that I really don't mind buying it. US$35 is about S$45, so that makes each copy's price S$22.50.
I'll most likely buy it next year when it's done and appears in one of these insane sales that Steam loves to organize.
Played Taboo and Monopoly Deal last night from the time I arrived till after 6am when I left the next morning. Pretty fun, both games, but Taboo doesn't seem like the kind of game you can play very long due to the limited number of words. Deal was fun but the outcome of each game was as dependant on the luck factor as Monopoly itself.
It was probably the first time in many years that we did not play DotA at CZY's place due to problems with his router. Just something worth mentioning.
As for the port wine, I learnt that I do not like it either. Fortunately I was right in guessing that someone among that many people would like it, hence it wasn't wasted.
Beijing is going to buy Portugal's debts just months after it did something similar for Greece. Doesn't this remind you of what the US did during WWII for Britain and some other countries?
When these countries finally repay their debts with interests, China's going to be filthy rich in the long term.
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