mindless indulgence

after a long and tedious afternoon of cleaning up my parent's place (cuz my dad is coming back from the states tomorrow night), i decided to partake in my twice yearly ritual of mindless indulgence:


spoils of shopping

the main objective was to buy a new pair of shoes cuz my old ones were getting a bit worn out, so we started off at zara (liat towers) to check out the sale items...but since i recently tore a pair of jeans that i bought only a few months ago...don't ask me how...i came away from the spanish clothing line with only this:


moby-street-wear (front)


moby-street-wear (back)

i liked the logo. hehe. =)


moby-street-wear (logo)

moby-street-wear damage: S$59.90

i heard from jaime's husband, rothman, about this place in pacific plaza that sells pretty decent looking shoes...so i checked it out, and ended up with more than i wanted...although i did manage to get a reasonable discount for buying 2 instead of 1 (20% off each, instead of 10% each).


moby-peds

yeah lah, yeah lah...i know that they're the same design, but i like! you can see the difference better with flash...really!


moby-peds (with flash)

moby-peds damage: S$135.20 each = S$270.40 spent at malebox (pacific plaza)

for good measure, i dropped by topshop @ wisma atria to check out some work clothes...and since office pants are not much different everywhere around, this is that:


moby-office-wear

moby-office-wear damage: S$56.00

total damage: S$386.30 sigh.

i bought so much that i was even forced to ask pei hwan to help me take some of the stuff...hehe. other guys have to hold all those girly handbags for their chics, while i get help with my shopping...eat that, suckers! muahaha!

i'm happy...hehe. cheers. =)

waiting

i hate waiting.

my supplier made me wait for 2 hours at a meeting with my client before finally not bothering to come at all.

my customer made me wait for 45 minutes in a stuffy room to do a presentation before coming over to tell me that my product wasn't what they actually wanted.

my colleague made me wait for 30 minutes to eat lunch...which was eventually cancelled cuz of her tardiness.

what the hell man...3 hours and 15 minutes of my day was wasted waiting for people and things to happen. i hate this. i need to be in motion...i need speed...i want to rule the world!!! muahahaha!!!

sigh. i think i'm going crazy. stressed out. speaking of stress, in this week alone, 3 people from my office have picked up smoking. scary. =|

i can't wait to leave. haha. cheers. =)

aromatic dinner

whichever family that is staying directly above me on the 24th or 25th floors of my block is damn freaking lucky...the smells that come from their kitchen at mealtimes are so tantilizingly aromatic that i am always getting the urge to find out the origin of the scent, in the hopes of getting a warm, hot home-cooked meal.

the craving for freshly cooked food is so powerful, and yet so unattainable, that i am now going to rush down to ntuc and buy some squid and prawns to make my own spaghetti marinara dinner for tonight.

but i doubt if i can replicate the sensational and alluring scent from what must be the best tasting cuisine ever...

damn it. knn, i bet that they're all fat...that's my only respite. muahahaha. >=)

cheers. =)

word of the day

escapism (es·cap·ism)

1. the tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment.

2. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

let me out. sigh.

videographsky - ballet under the stars

i had an eventful saturday night...



how about you? cheers. =)

gallivanting

i let my baby go out just now...at around 11pm...she wanted to check out the nightlife scene...this was mainly cuz i've been keeping her in this whole week...she says she felt "stuffy"...whatever.

it's now 2.32am and she still hasn't returned any of my calls...i've watched a total of:

1 x 2.5 hour long vcd from my parents' oldies collection
0.5 x episodes of national geographic
0.5 x episodes of the discovery channel

and she's still out there gallivanting with god-knows-what...

most of the time, she'll respond and come home almost immediately, but sometimes i can get so frustrated with her...and it's no use looking for her cuz there are too many places to look...argh.

come home soon gingin!

don't worry baby...pei hwan and i won't punish you with a long-deserved bath tomorrow...we promise. really!

*update @ 2.48am: baby gingin comes back home after a simple "meow meow" call from pei hwan...sheesh...but good thing she's safe and sound now...cheers. =)*

tomorrow tomorrow

continuation of the series to "where the hell is matt"...



brilliant man...this guy has been everywhere...

it kinda makes me think about my life in general...why am i working so hard? to earn more money which evaporates with each vapour of alcohol and each whisp of smoke? or should i be realigning my goals and objectives in life instead...

maybe i really have been stuck in singapore for far too long...more than half my life already...and with each passing day, with each "hmm...what's there to do today?", another 24 hours bites the dust.

don't know why i'm in such a contemplative mood...maybe it's cuz i've cut down on my tigers...haha. but chin up sky, tomorrow is always only one day away. cheers. =)

resignation

two colleagues just resigned today...at the same time some more.

i'm kinda sad...but also kinda happy for them...at least they had the strength and courage to uproot and leave...i seem to be far too embedded in my work to be helped...sigh...time does make breaking away harder...

it's almost kinda like being in a relationship...but let's not go into that lah hor? a lot of mending hearts and egos around...

one friend said that it should be a joyous time for the two of them...and that they should rejoice and bathe in the shock-of-resignation-afterglow from their boss...but they seem to be more stressed out from the proceedings than anything...what with handing over accounts and blah blah blah...

but frankly ah, if you ask me...i wouldn't really give a damn. if you treat me like shit...then don't expect anything good when i'm finished. full stop.

"finito. good luck with the rest of the crap that you laid on me...goodbye!"

all the best, girls. cheers. =)