The Skirt with A Long Journey

passed by this shop

at least 5 times a day

all the clothes are very lala, ah lianz

even the shop name

Cute Girl Collection

… OMG…

*

whenever i passed by

what was in my mind was

who will buy clothes like that

till recently whole shops going on sales

all rm 25

but it didn’t change my mindset

towards this shop

*

till the very very recent

i guess yesterday

they suddenly put up a rm15 corner

right outside the shop

but still i wasn’t tempted

because the clothes are just

not my cup of tea

*

but everyday passed by so many times

my eyes wandering around as usual

and caught sight of a blouse

pink, with heart shapes all over

erm.. not bad

so for the 2 rounds to walk by

i gave it a fond scan

*

then here came the trap

at 8.30 pm while i went to

throw the dirty water

saw another jumper skirt right beside

oh my it was so cute

my mind was so busy

running to and fro

between to buy or not to buy

*

here’s the monologue

i had within myself

while spending the next 20 mins

washing stuffs in the toilet

*

Yes you should buy it

it’s cheap

*

No this is always your excuse

but do you wear all the cheap clothes you bought?

*

Yes because you can create new look

mix and match it with plain tank top, sailor like..

or maybe your new Polo shirt

*

No it wouldn’t last that long

how often do you wear a shirt

it is better to buy pants

*

Yes it’s so unique

so many pants you own

so few skirts

*

No i am going Mid Valley tomorrow

who knows i will shop there

*

Yes that’s why you should buy

after you shop today

tomorrow you will feel restrained

*

No i shall wait till

i m back on Sunday

*

Yes rm 15 is for sure a last piece

what if it is already not there

*

No i will still wait

and see the fate between me and her

whether she is predestined to be mine

*

Yes the design is so unique

stripy jumper skirt

putting aside the jumper design

you don’t own any stripy skirt, do you?

*

No i don’t have any money

left with less than rm10

*

Yes you can always go to the ATM

it’s just in front

*

No no matter how much i took out

i spent them all

*

this is such a hard decision to make

in the first time in my life

for a rm 15 skirt

if it was last time

i would have bought

within a blink of eyes

*

back there

i wiped and installed everything

with the speed of thunderbolt

usually i just took my own sweet time

because i hate to hang around doing nothing

while the other dear colleague of mine

is always sitting comfortably, FB-ing

*

so done…

10 more mins to do the next task on the list

took out my purse

stared at the Atm card

wait.. i saw two rm 5 notes

so i may have enough money

without going to the bank at all

*

let fate to decide

the destiny of this skirt

dug out all the rm 1

darn… there were only 4

dug out all the coins

yeah… finally

there were enough

*

so here i went

carrying along the rm 15

with only rm 0.65 left

in my purse

so many receipts

no money at all

*

tried out the skirt

yeah it fitted me

there were other customers in the shop

there’s no one to be the cashier

but it was time for me to go back

walao.. Cinderella meh

9.35pm is the time to keep the gelato

*

so i told the girl

“i going back to work first

come back again later

after i finish work”

*

“what time”

*

“9.45”

*

“ok, i will wait for you”

*

so i went after work

late a bit. 9.50pm

she already packed up the clothes

*

just dug out all the money

and handed to her

pretending to say

“sorry, i have lots small changes

if you don’t mind… ””

*

so she landed safely in my wardrobe

left me a penniless girl

*

finally tomorrow is the day

a day off from work

and the day for KHALIL FONG

unbelievable…

just hope that i don’t shop at alli

i am still in repentance

for what i did last summer

*

下星期去英國… 不是我啦

上個道別的 post

不小心變成了血拼的

現在來寫一個正式的

只有一杯 rm 3.5 的 gelato

來和小豬道別

真的很不好意思

*

但是時間實在太趕了

我一點進工

他一點要走

*

原本上個星期要和一起看戲

但是偉良的離開

我們取消了原本的計劃

但是他的離開

也讓我們學會

珍惜身邊的朋友了

*

林小姐下個月

也是要飛英國了

你們就好了

可以去體驗歐洲

剩我一個人在這邊

不過你們放心

我重新的出發

一定會精彩

有機會一定也要去那邊下

*

不過很快十一月

希望可以出席你們的畢業禮

在外只求平平安安

但是如果你們在那邊

和另外一半相遇了

不要擔心丟下我一個人繼續單身

只要早點通知就行了

*

不要說不會

在外國 可能不是和紅毛談戀愛那種啦

但和一起過去的朋友

或是在那邊的 senior

就特別容易來電

真情流露哦

我好幾個朋友就是這樣

要小心哦

*

如果看到什么適合我的東西

或是可愛的

不用買回來啦

tag 我就可以了

*

我們仨

希望還有很多很多機會

拍這些照片

不過你們回來后

肯定會更加白里透紅

我這個黑人就糟糕了

對比更加大

*

下星期去英國 / 陳綺貞

很好聽的一首歌

但希望我們不會像歌詞

里面講的那樣

距離越來越遠

加油

*

Farewell 4 PG, Yet I Shopped

today went to work early

because mom had got something to do

Piggie told earlier that

he gonna be at MP,

final shopping before

he is leaving for UK

so went over to the main entrance

to meet up with him

*

since it took time for him to walk across

i just browsed through

the Polo clothes on sales

and i found this blue plain blouse

with 70%

once again tempted

*

it was a temporary promotional area

so the fitting room was like a tentage

a bit spooky

and the payment counter was just beside

can hear two guys chatting

about adjusting some wires

privacy concerns, peeping toms

so just made it quick

*

all i like about this blouse

is the coloured logo

usually it’s in one colour only

*

p.s.

can anyone tell me

is Polo equivalent to Ralph Lauren?

can’t be right, the price gap is too great

but the logos are all the same

and on the global site

it is Polo Ralph Lauren

enlighten me please

*

then here came PG

if he had got here 15 mins earlier

i wouldn’t have got the shirt

bliss or bad

*

i was so poor

only treated him single scoop

of peppermint gelato

guys really like peppermint a lot

all of my guy friends who stopped by

ordered peppermint

*

soon enough

it was 1pm

he wanted to leave already

15 mins quick farewell

all the best in UK

don’t forget our “souvenirs”

*

Express Malacca Trip in 3 Hours

continuation from You’ll Never Shop Alone

after shopping went for tea with XH

he received call from a lecturer

asking him to plan a Melaka trip for him

and find him a Baba Nyonya style hotel

with a budget of rm 60-80?? erm…

*

so we decided to walk through the few tourist sites

A’Famosa – Stadhuys – Jonker Street

and check out hotel rates at Heeren Street

here we went walking

4pm, under the hot sun

*

i guess people would really think

that we are tourists

with the SL cam and backpack

isn’t it a ridiculous thing to do

but i do believe

many Malaccans have never taken photos

around these sites

which attracted tourists from all around Malaysia

*

skipped A’Famosa because

we were still busy licking our sundae cones

didn’t go up St. Paul Hill too

because i don’t wanna get burnt again

   

*

Heeren Street

went into 2 hotels

one budget hotel

room rate can go

as low as 88 per night

*

met an artist sketching

this stretch of the road

amazingly detailed

and capture the buildings

from the right angle

didn’t take photo

you know lar

ang mo very particular about this issue

called copyright and intellectual property

later we kena sue

  

*

Puri Hotel

i guess recently it has gained popularity

among tourists as the aunthentic

Baba Nyonya style hotel

discovered that

all building along this street

are double storey

except this

*

so they renovated and constructed

the 2nd storey

but the roof on top of ground floor

looked a bit curvy

is it just the original design

or bent by the extra weight from 2nd storey

*

2nd storey is the exact replica of

1st storey

except it has shrunken in height

what a waste to tear down the

original roof to construct it

or did they actually preserve all the tiles

and reinstall them back

after 2nd storey was built

 

*

a mansion

remind me of a dark night

with lightning flashing across the sky

*

read from papers before

actually these calligraphies on the door etc

are priceless pieces of work

attracting academicians from mainland

most are motivational quotations

i was curious

what do these 2 phrases mean

found it here

*

imagine last time

you can always say hello

to your neighbour from here 

*

finally no car

chop chop took these photos

*

then went over to Jonker

XH said this is the first time

he came at such early time

but no differences

all pasar malam stuffs lar

seems that

i so anti Jonker Street nowadays

*

walked back to Dataran Pahlawan

around 7

supposedly wanted to hang around

the playground for awhile

but i saw my dad and ny niece there

my dad cycled there

*

fortunately he didn’t see me

the wrong scanty top

(i came out wearing a cardigan)

so just quickened our paces

and sneaked through

*

wanted to go Bt Cina for dinner

either the corner wantan noodle

or the 3 roses mamak

but all the shops were closed

oops i forgot

the festival at the Gudwara

had begun

for 3 days, Sikhism devotees will

flood the whole vicinity of bt cina

and jalan laksamana cheng ho

*

went for wantan noodle at

Bunga Raya instead

the roadside stall

*

here marked the end

of our Melaka impromptu express trip

although the few iconic tourist sites

were already covered

it would never be sufficient

to truly discover Malacca

and not forgetting all the nice food

it will take weeks to taste them all

but takes a lifetime to forget

*

Reebok F/S Hi

Dec 2005

*

May 2009

*

June 2009

 

*

May 2010

*

saw it months ago

but didn’t buy because

there was no sales

then today i walked into Royal Sports House

just to check whether there are

any bargain for Ipanema

*

when i was about to walk out

i told XH

now i own three pairs of white sneakers

then.. 15 minutes later

i am a proud owner of

4 pairs of white sneakers

*

thought i will never shop

because i had less than 20 bucks in my purse

but when i was so excited

withdrawal is the right thing to do

*

and best of all

this manager of mine in UK

she got exactly the same pair

for 24 pounds

lol.. we are just same gang

must wear it back when

we are meeting up 2 months later

*

You’ll Never Shop Alone

Friday, finally another off day

i been hiding in the Igloo for two weeks

time to go shopping

this time round i went with a mission

and nothing more

because i was supposed to shop alone

so just grab whatever i need and ciao

*

spending the rm10 cash voucher from Dees

restock my contact lenses

grabbing a HDMI cable

* 

felt a little miserable

because i have to shop alone

that’s the plight of not keeping enough friends

but the day turned out to be a bright one

*

1st stop, optical store

paid rm 50 as deposit

a bit heavy hearted to part with her

here my shopping budget was shrunken

*

i thought i have one rm100 note

hidden in the secret pocket of my bag

but it turned out that

there were two

so the budget was increased by rm 100

by accident

*

2nd stop, Dees

trying to buy more pants

i realized the ratio of pants to tops

in my wardrobe is

7:1 (rough estimation)

or even higher

*

i can’t remember when was the last time

i grabbed a 3 quarters pants

but this one looks great

a bit hip hop

and it comes along with the belt

can't believe it

this pair of pants is actually cheaper

than the belt that i bought on its own

*

went on to browse the tops section

hold on, shouldn’t i just pay

it’s already enough to redeem the rm10 voucher

ok ok i need matured chic tops

to balance up my florally wardrobe

here i spotted this

*

then another one that i thought

will go perfectly well with the 3 quarters pants

and with a cap and white sneakers

bad galz in da house… lol

*

two stripy tops

same gray-white colours

should i choose another colour?

should i give up the 2nd one?

but i like grey the best

but i like both equally

grab grab…

*

there is a similarity

among the 3 items i got

they come with accessories

so with under rm 100

i got a pair of pants, two tops

two pairs of necklace and a belt

*

and i got this

that means another trip again

this marketing strategy really works

at least on me

*

then i stopped by Mango

not planning to

to buy anything

i just wanna check out the brown leather bags

*

a salesgirl was following me

this is the 1st time i was being followed in Mango

i think it was because i was all alone

and with a big bags of Dees clothes

she must be thinking

this is a shoplifter,

taking the big bag as decoy/disguise

or..

*

oh, this girl who bought from the cheap boutique

she can’t afford anything in Mango

we are the most expensive boutique

in the whole mall

*

then i was checking out one leather handbag

and she started to speak

“oh this one got offer”

damn it

so i was right

that bag costs rm 55

heart shaped one

i am sure frequent Mango shopper

would have some impression seeing it

*

then i saw this darling of mine

and best of all it costs two digits

so i bring her back

it’s not on discount

no nothing

*

i always think

buying Mango stuffs

without discount is a bit stupid

but here i committed it

her name is Bolso P.. Mia C

for simplification, i will call her Mia

*

then at F.O.S

that day i saw their stocks

near fitting rooms

boxes labelled 50%, 30%

so expecting a sales quite soon

*

chic simple tops

this is 50% off

it’s from Vane Regazza

Regazza means girl in Italian

*

there are quite a lot of pants

on sales too

i need to the gap of the pants-top ratio

so how can i miss this opportunity

this is the 4th pairs of skinny jeans for 2010

and it’s so so emo-youth-like

*

the boy who took this for me

i said i want the smallest one, 28

because all the others are over 30

then i couldn’t even fit it

the size is UK 8

i guess he must be laughing

“you think you very slim, want the smallest one”

then upsized to 30

but i couldn’t fit in too

it created a panic in me

what? i couldn’t fit in a 30 pants?

*

should i just give it up

the boy for sure will laugh

when i was going out and

asked for upsize again

then i saw, this one is still UK 8

so they did the conversion roughly

scared the hell out of me

so finally i fitted in a UK 10

*

G21

reminded me of G2 and F21

14 pounds?

i got it for rm 30++

*

then i met up with XH

he ffk (fong fei kay) me

wanna come with me

now i already done only he came

but we went for a lovely afternoon tea

and a Melaka half day tour

all the way to Jonker Street

*

once i got the photos

will cover it here asap

yup, i forgot my camera again

even i did bring camera along

also must use his one

people got pro SL

my poor little Oly is nothing

*

conclusion of the day

never enter Mango

with a bag of clothes from

cheap boutique

especially you are alone

they will nail you down

as if you are a thief

*

but maybe i was wrong too

because on the receipt

it was printed served by 4 Liwen

maybe she was just going after

the commission

*

since i entered with a bagful of stuff

she sensed that i am a highly-potential buyer

otherwise she won’t offer to let me

try out the pair of denim pants

if she thought i am a thief

or mere window shopper

i am miss brightside ^_^

*

that pair of 3 quarters pants

is pretty nice

skinny + faded denim

but it costs 3 digits

*

i didn’t take down photo

because i don’t have the intention

to buy it

so i not anyhow try out clothes

and camwhore like a freerider

i only try out those i am interested in

*

嘿… 你去哪里了

最近生活恢復平靜

日子有點忙碌 有點累

但卻很滿足 很安定

*

重遇了以前曾出現的人

激起一些些小風波

朋友離開的噩訊

令我有點心寒

忍不住又想起你

*

幾天沒有你的消息

希望你一些順利

就不要擔心太多好了

很 old school 那句

你也曾經講過

船到橋頭自然直

*

像我的船開出去

狂風暴雨

最終回頭開回來

安全停放在碼頭

也是沒有事情了

*

但是還是希望你的船

是載滿 USD 了才回來

*

奇怪

可能已經習慣了

什么東西第一時間

都想跟你講

可能是你懂我的東西太多了

hoho 我有什么不可告人的秘密

第一個就要殺你滅口

*

原歸正傳

其實我也不知道這篇文的

正傳是什么

只是想像以前

跟你哈啦哈啦

最近下午都在工作

講話不是那么方便

有點心虛 有點偷偷摸摸

*

很快做工已經兩個禮拜了

如果你有看上一篇文

就知道我的工作心得了

*

今天我媽媽又叫我換工了

是安親班老師

1 點到 5.30半

我拒絕了

這么短的時間

賺不到錢

*

而且一點吃了去上班

回來剛好下午茶

過后直落晚餐，夜宵

我的減肥計劃還有得剩

*

現在計劃進展還不錯

前兩個禮拜不能穿的褲子

擠得進去了

很高興馬上穿了去上班

不過十二個小時都穿這么緊的褲

很像不是很好

幸好沒有擠破

*

那個人給我帶來了

那天我跟你講的那個公仔

有點驚喜 又有點害怕 

害怕他對我有什么不必要的想法

*

天天站在那個人來人往的路口

看不少情侶手拉手 肩搭肩

同吃一支雪糕

給畫家畫情侶圖像

確實羨慕和少許妒忌

但是我不想因為孤獨

而隨便和一個人交往

這樣對對方不公平

*

現在我很確定

我的心在等

等一個確定的答案

是個 Y/N

不然我就一直停滯不前進了

這樣說 你看得明白了嗎

*

其實如果不是在會社這邊溜達

我也不會到這個時間還沒睡

做自己喜歡做的事

就是有那股力量

*

我明天想去血拼

有張現金贈券快到期了

不買白不買

不過沒有姐妹一起去

只好單槍匹馬

還是找家人去了

放心 會節制

不會超支的

*

很久沒有發歌曲給你了

最后最后

最近我超喜歡的一首歌曲

劉若英的《我們沒有在一起》

*

總覺得這三首歌是我的三部曲

- 每一次當愛再靠近

- 我等你   

- 我們沒有在一起

*   

加油 快點聯絡 

一切順利

睡睡平安

*

永遠的好友-陳偉良先生

十點下班回來

通常到這個時候

腳又酸 人又累

已經不懂睡到哪里了

但是今天卻一點累都沒有

又爬了起來

*

原來他患病已經有一段時間了

最后一次碰面

已經是去年

他沒有告訴我們什么事

我們也不敢問

只是好奇他爲什麽戴著帽子

*

但是就是這樣后知后覺

沒有想到可以為他做些什么的

現在人已經離開了

再來說什么也是太遲了

*

今晚只聽陳奕迅

前幾個禮拜才寫到

《無人之境》和《尼古丁》

黃偉文都同時講到絕癥

“浪漫得一起惹絕癥”

我一直還想那真的是一件很浪漫的事

*

現在朋友離開了才認真思考

他自己對抗了一年或是更久

而且還隱瞞了我們

希望走出來后才告訴大家

那是件多么痛苦的事

*

我現在知道他逝世

可能悲傷只是一陣子

日子總是要過 過后就沒有什么了

但是當事人和家人承受的苦

我又能體會末

天天都沉醉過著懶散的日子

*

早上才看到 Quintus 這個名字

希臘文的五月 多么美的名字

但是過了今晚

我認定五月是個不詳的月份

五年前的那個五月

我失去了一個最好的朋友

五年后的今天

又走了另外一位

*

幾分鐘前才知道

原來很殘酷地

他們是同一天離開的

五月十八號

隔了五年

或許他們在另外一個世界相遇了

*

the summer is no longer sunny

there’s storm brewing out there

it has blown my best friends away again

to do or not to do

to be or not to be

i am glad that i came home

that’s nothing better

to be blessed with

what i own now

please let everyone around me be safe

*

Hiding in The Igloo

it has been exactly one week

since i started working at a gelato store

and here are the 7 Things i’ve been enjoying so far…

*

#1 Sims game in action

should i name it Ice Cream Tycoon,

Waffles Dash or Gelato Dash?                                  

*

#2 Get to see the world goes round

what’s hot & what’s not. 

After being absent from Malacca for quite awhile,

all i can say is people nowadays dress up more. 

Loads lenglui are walking by everyday,

not forgetting some lengzai once in awhile

*

#3 Spread the joy

especially to little kids

who enjoy their gelato treat

*

#3 Boss is not around all the time

with friendly supervisor and neighbours around.

You know how i like to fool around,

doing crazy stuffs once in awhile.

*

#4 Free to go on FB, MSN and play music

i even watched 1 hour of Youtube at work on Tuesday. 

Currently reading a thick copy of Mark Twain.

*

# 5 No pressure on sales. 

That’s why we can do whatever we like

when there’s no customers. 

*

#6 Hence is not necessary to stand in the middle of the street

to “entice” customers like what i did for my 1st job. 

There are so many competitors around,

it is a tough business.

*

# 7 Weight losing plan is going well,

as long as i don’t eat supper after back home at 10pm.

*   

7 Things i’ve not been enjoying so far…

#1 cracked lips and soring legs

Long hours in dry air-con space,

most of the time standing, what do you expect… 

someone even thought that i mis-applied lipsticks

reddish cracked thick sausage lips.

*

#2 Spending more than 20 mins washing equipment in the toilet. 

The negative aura of the toilet asides, 

i secretly think those toilets users are tsk-ing me. 

“poor girl, washing so many stuffs”,

“stupid girl, won’t you do your washing somewhere else,

you are occupying the basin and i want to make-up”, 

“that’s the consequence of not studying hard,

end up as a cleaner” etc etc…

*

#3 i always go home with

oily face and vanilla smell. 

It is so sickening and sticky.

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#4 The environment is stuffy and heaty. 

Heat from the gelato showcase, 2 fridges and waffles maker. 

Also the studio spotlights. 

It is burning me up.

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#5 The miserable pay. 

Can you believe it, for the first two weeks,

i will only be paid rm3 per hour, and the week after rm 3.5. 

There’s no EPF, SOSCO blah blah blah…

Most of the boutiques are paying rm 4 as basic salary,

with commission.

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#6 The long working hours till 10 pm. 

i have to work from 1pm to 10pm most of the time,

and even 10am to 10pm on weekends.

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#7 Can’t really dress up anymore. 

The dark blue polo T + pants + covered shoes + pony tail, 

But is this considered an advantage? 

It saves a lot of time indeed.

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since i landed on this job

has tried my luck 3 times for another job

but to no avail

a kindergarten teacher, sales assistant at Roxy, restaurant cashier

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p.s.

no matter what

i always feel blessed with where i am now

going home tired

there are my loved ones waiting

talking about what happened during the day

waking up on a familiar and warm bed

jolly good old home

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Mum’s Kitchen: Kuih Keria 手環糕

weeks ago we got these

fir our 3 for rm1 kuih combo

- the kampung doughnut

 

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dad said it tasted great

just like the one

sold by the Malay Pak Cik

at recess time

well… that was during his primary school

1 for 5 cents

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actually this is healthier than doughnut

since the dough is made of

steamed sweet potato and flour

less fat, less oil and very filling

and it’s one of the easiest kuih around

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fun time

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