31 December 2005
7:48 PM
A million things have happened these few days. Time for some recollections. This shall be a very long entry. (:
There was the great local drama production-
Oi! Sleeping Beauty!! which was pretty hilarious and
flamboyant, with all their ostentatious characters and madcap storyline. It's definitely for family viewing (except for a few dirty little jokes that kids won't get anyway) because the subtlety and nuance was lost in
brazen blatancy, but it was real cool anyhow. (: I love Singapore productions! There's all the anti-commercialisation and anti government, it's hilarious.
My
new home is really great, because it's just
4 minutes away from
HOLLAND VILLAGE. I am
in love with Holland shopping centre. The stuff there are definitely not your average orchard road, because nowadays town has such a street fashion cult following - youth culture place that you hardly recognize anything that hasn't been worn before. What's the point if everyone keeps wearing checkered tight pants, converse high tops and berets or paperboy hats everywhere? It's like a (huge cringe)
uniform. Holland shopping center has plenty of traditional garb, Indian-eastern outfits and Balinese wraps, and sparkly sequined stuff!
I like.
For food lovers, there's English, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, Lebanese, middle-eastern, Japanese, thai-viet, Taiwanese, Singapore cuisine there, it's like
food paradise. Sorry I seem to be gushing. I've always loved Holland V, but now that I'm living just next door, I love it
even more. I've been eating kiliney kaya toast for the past 3 breakfasts. (:
Been
shopping, and I've done my accounts. The verdict is
quite terrible, because I have a certain budget in mind, and then I overspend on a certain item thrice the price. Had this little tiff with mum over a new skirt. It is kind of short though (as soon and tan have also pointed out), but you really wonder who was the one who kept pushing me to wear spag tops when I was barely
10.
I mean, give me a kitkat.Oh well, I have to get emotionally- ready to withdraw some money I've just received. It hurts my heart, but I shall do it for the sake of
new shoes. It is a sacrifice
worthy of making.
To move on to a random bit. I've realized that whenever I go shopping, I keep seeing things which would better suit friends. And because I've used up
all of my holiday allowance, plus all of this year and last year's hongbao money
(which I cleverly didn't deposit) and whatever award money/spare cash I've hidden in my drawers (which I've unearthed after moving), and blown half of everything on Christmas gifts, I couldn't buy them..
For example, I'd go "
oh gosh that is so lun" or "that's definitely ann tay" (especially whenever I see SHOES which look like her extremely nice U.R.S. ones) etc etc etc. To the people at sue mei's party, your Christmas presents took at least
3 rounds of shopping to get. The
first round was when I saw the item and started pondering and sleeping on the decision. The
second round when I
went back to reassure myself that you'd like it, and then tragically remember I had just spent all the
cha-ching in my wallet on something I selfishly bought for my own self, and then I'll dutifully return for the
third round to actually purchase the item. Tragic actually.
Think of the amount of money I'm contributing to SBS service.
In fact (I think I'm on a very bad and pointless
tirade, but don't mind me.), the sales lady at wisma's
Chomel went "
oh it's you", when I returned the third time. I now know wisma very well, thanks to unfruitful Christmas shopping.
By the way, if anyone hasn't been to the
Food Republic yet, don't go during peak hours or lunch time breaks or whatever. Trust me, sometimes you can't breathe in there, and people are
forever asking you whether the seat next to you is taken. From the second I sat down till the time I got up, I was glared at for eating too slowly, or for talking too much. It's like "get off your bottom and give me your seat" kind of thing.
Right then.
I went back for a little choir party 2 days ago! Vera's going too ): This is quite sad, because everyone seems to be going everywhere. We ate and made merry, some of us took the usual neos, and then later on (because the rest had stuff to do, including lun who had to scold her hairdresser!), sue, tanneh and myself when to scotts food court for some dessert. I'll miss hanging at scotts etc etc. J8 is just way too normal and boring thank you.
i love the classy black and the pouty one!
darlings.
My mum just asked me if I was dropping by city hall on my whirlwind shopping adventure. She doesn't understand the implications of her question. It hurts my soul to even think about venturing to said location, and so I shall just stop thinking about it.
I realise I only have a few pictures of my home here cos I can't upload the others for goodness knows why. Never mind then.
the moving van!
the sibling star! (: I didn't realise my bro's fingers were so cute and short haha. all the piano fingers.
and i didn't realise the corn on my 3rd finger is so ugly and obvious.(the 2 fingers on the right are mine.) gross..the siblings.
christmas gifts! Bought both for her.. She needs some
REAL nail polish, and i love sally hensen.
this is my room wall!
Royal purple!! At first I wanted
fiery salsa, but Jenny the interior designer started
laughing like I escaped from an asylum and became the resident clown. She wanted to know who I was feeling so
passionate about. :X