i.justrealized

Whilst at a 24-hour Starbucks working with a MacBook, I discovered the green power indicator unlit. It led me in a panicky state wondering if my power adapter malfunctioned. I turned to a friend and laments the high costs of Apple accessories. I remarked a new adapter would set me back 150SGD.

And I had the thought — what am I going to do meantime if my adapter cannot work? No power, no way to charge, there’s just no way to use the device. Even if I order the adapter, I presume it’s going to take 2 days. What am I going to do meantime?

Oh yeah. I have a desktop. Anyway turns out the Starbucks outlet turned off the electrical power. Says it’s only available for customers 11 pm to 10 am.

Oh no, the US economy is apparently not doing well. Starbucks closing 600 stores. US is about Starbucks right?

Starbucks closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States

SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks Corp. has announced it’s closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States.

The Seattle-based premium coffee company also announced Tuesday it expects to open fewer than 200 new company-operated stores in the United States in fiscal 2009.

The company says it will try to place workers from closed stores in remaining Starbucks. (Source: Yahoo)

With the US dollar dropping and the local dollar appreciating, it’s even harder to get a decent earning from US cheques. It probably is a good time to buy into foreign markets, taking advantage of the good rise in local dollar. Not the US market though.

Just realized Ridz made a show out of his Starbucks trip.

Watch how the Raffles City Starbucks look like in his Ustream. It would be interesting to see how things to develop. I think he just bought a web camera. Love to see more people coming up with video shows.