If you think this is going to be a post blabbering about my untamed shopping craze, then I'm sorry to disappoint.
I decided to pen down my past experiences with shoppers of the opposite sex, yes, the males. Why would I do that? Nothing personal, dudes; and for sure not trying to attack you peculiar (hope this is not too strong a word!) species on something you are not too well versed in. Just a guide for the ladies who's looking for a shopping companion of the same kind..
One encounter with a guy who pretends to love as much shopping as I did, turns out to be something totally different on the subsequent visits to the mall! Flaring up when I walked down a few more alleys to grab something which I probably don't get it back home, is just so ungentlemanly. You bet I didn't shop anymore ever since that day, until I get back into Singapore. A classic example of guys trying to get into your good books, or worse, into your skirt, by posing to have the same shopaholic trait in them! Why pretend when you obviously don't enjoy, hypocrite!!
Another kind goes by the same theory, no matter what you look at and touch. As long as you have intention to buy, the line will automatically pop up (like an error message prompting on your monitor!), "Do you need this? Is this a want or a need?" Halo, this is the 20th century, we no longer buy things only when we need them; as you never know if you may need them the very next minute! This type just infuriates you, and you'd damn wished you hasn't gone shopping with someone who needs to shop only when there is a need to!
The last one gives you lots of freedom to choose what you want to buy and you can buy for sure; BUT, you cannot buy too many! If identical items (2 or more) show up in your shopping basket, please expect a quick question to 'shoot' in your way.. "Wow, buy so many for what?" Excuse me, it is of course for a reason; and a justifiable reason furthermore! However, the justification just don't seem to get into their heads, as anything more than 1 is deem unnecessary to them. You either love or hate this last category of male shopper, so what's your choice?!
My overall conclusion of the 3 main types - you should never go shopping with guys from any one of those, unless you want to come home feeling dissatisfied or angry!
Last words to those who are relative, or even the direct reflection of the above categories.. You yourself knows your own shopping behaviour which is unacceptable, so my advice is don't go shopping with us girls as shopping to us is like treatment when we feel sick, and bonus when we are well. With you around, it is just like plague that cannot be treated even if we have money. So, please let us be safe and happy!!!!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Saigon, Saigon
We left for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last Thursday morning. It is almost a year me & KL were together, hence we wanted to go for a little honeymoon; and HCM is it.
I guess when it comes to a short trip, both KL & me are quite similar in thinking. We don't reckon we need to spend a lot on luxurious accommodation, fine dining & drinks, or even expensive pampering of ourselves. But a little tourist shopping would be nice.
It was unusually pouring, which I thought is impossible in this sunny city. Lots of motorcyclists (I mean really a lot!) were drenched, many went hiding onto sidewalks, waiting patiently for the downpour to be over.
We were at our hotel by late noon, and waited for a swop in rooms as the one they gave us was a tad too small. Not like both of us are giants, but it will be wonderful to have a spacious room.
The area where our hotel is at, is nearer to the 'high-end' places like Opera View, the REX & Sheraton hotel. You will find the brands in the mall familiar, like you would see them home in Singapore or any other countries you go to. One good thing about staying at La Jolie hotel is, it is near to Dong Khoi Street which has many restaurants & tailors. One of which is the highly recommended Lemongrass Restaurant. A fusion of Viet & Thai cuisine, the Lemongrass restaurant is perfect for tourists who are particular about cleanliness and overall ambience. We had our first dinner there at Lemongrass, and it cannot be better.
We kinda knew what we wanted out of our HCM trip. So, we planned our money wisely to allow ourselves to do what we want to do.
2 amazing day tours to Cu Chi Tunnels and the Mekong Delta made our HCM trip unbelievably special! We were caught in a storm while our boat was on the Mekong River. Without an umbrella nor a poncho, we were freezing hard as the wind and rain hit us. That was not all. Imagine a boat of 22 passengers were all leaning on one side, avoiding rain. How dangerous it was, as the boat might just capsize and all of us will end up in the river! We survived the Mekong tour with the most unforgettable experience any traveller in HCM would have gotten..
If I am given another chance to choose the destination of our trip, it will still be Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. :)
I guess when it comes to a short trip, both KL & me are quite similar in thinking. We don't reckon we need to spend a lot on luxurious accommodation, fine dining & drinks, or even expensive pampering of ourselves. But a little tourist shopping would be nice.
It was unusually pouring, which I thought is impossible in this sunny city. Lots of motorcyclists (I mean really a lot!) were drenched, many went hiding onto sidewalks, waiting patiently for the downpour to be over.
We were at our hotel by late noon, and waited for a swop in rooms as the one they gave us was a tad too small. Not like both of us are giants, but it will be wonderful to have a spacious room.
The area where our hotel is at, is nearer to the 'high-end' places like Opera View, the REX & Sheraton hotel. You will find the brands in the mall familiar, like you would see them home in Singapore or any other countries you go to. One good thing about staying at La Jolie hotel is, it is near to Dong Khoi Street which has many restaurants & tailors. One of which is the highly recommended Lemongrass Restaurant. A fusion of Viet & Thai cuisine, the Lemongrass restaurant is perfect for tourists who are particular about cleanliness and overall ambience. We had our first dinner there at Lemongrass, and it cannot be better.
We kinda knew what we wanted out of our HCM trip. So, we planned our money wisely to allow ourselves to do what we want to do.
2 amazing day tours to Cu Chi Tunnels and the Mekong Delta made our HCM trip unbelievably special! We were caught in a storm while our boat was on the Mekong River. Without an umbrella nor a poncho, we were freezing hard as the wind and rain hit us. That was not all. Imagine a boat of 22 passengers were all leaning on one side, avoiding rain. How dangerous it was, as the boat might just capsize and all of us will end up in the river! We survived the Mekong tour with the most unforgettable experience any traveller in HCM would have gotten..
If I am given another chance to choose the destination of our trip, it will still be Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. :)
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Huge decision made.. Tomorrow will be better
Yes, it was probably the hardest decision (second to deciding to keep my Princess) I ever have to make in a long time. I did, in hope of a better tomorrow..
My friend, a lot wiser and who have been through so much in her life, shared with me again on The Secret. Instead of wishing that tomorrow wouldn't be as bad as the day before, you should be wishing that tomorrow would be a better day. For a while, I thought what is the difference; just phrasing sentences differently only! Then I got enlightened, the key is if u are already engaging in negative thoughts; things will turn out negatively as you had said them to be. However if you have wished for things to be happening positively, they will as that is what you want!
Got it? So, come on, let positivity fill your mind and you will very soon be on your way to The Secret.. All the best! :)
My friend, a lot wiser and who have been through so much in her life, shared with me again on The Secret. Instead of wishing that tomorrow wouldn't be as bad as the day before, you should be wishing that tomorrow would be a better day. For a while, I thought what is the difference; just phrasing sentences differently only! Then I got enlightened, the key is if u are already engaging in negative thoughts; things will turn out negatively as you had said them to be. However if you have wished for things to be happening positively, they will as that is what you want!
Got it? So, come on, let positivity fill your mind and you will very soon be on your way to The Secret.. All the best! :)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Ours & Us
We are getting there.. again! Yes, again, with a 2nd flat application this time for the Sale of balance flats in Sembawang. Somehow KL was convinced that it will be numerous attempts before we successfully get to select a flat. But not me..
We went for this Sale of Balance Flats with more priorities than just being normal 1st time flat purchasers. We reckon that everyone would be 1st timers, and from our previous experience, we know for sure that there will be people with other priorities/privileges tagged along. So, to be really assured of a chance to select a flat, we need to increase our number of ballot chances.
We are lucky that in this round of sales launch, there are balance flats in many many areas. In fact, HDB announced that this time has the most number of balance flats available in 26 estates. With so many flats available, lesser people will be vying for the same flat as you. We are also leveraging on the living near parent priority scheme, in hope to get an Executive Apartment/5-room flat in Sembawang. Instead of the usual 2 chances, we get 4 chances this time; out of the total 34 applications received for the Sembawang flats.
Ballot results will be made known to us end of this month. I am crossing my fingers, and if it does help, my toes as well, to hope that we will get our ideal flat this time!
We went for this Sale of Balance Flats with more priorities than just being normal 1st time flat purchasers. We reckon that everyone would be 1st timers, and from our previous experience, we know for sure that there will be people with other priorities/privileges tagged along. So, to be really assured of a chance to select a flat, we need to increase our number of ballot chances.
We are lucky that in this round of sales launch, there are balance flats in many many areas. In fact, HDB announced that this time has the most number of balance flats available in 26 estates. With so many flats available, lesser people will be vying for the same flat as you. We are also leveraging on the living near parent priority scheme, in hope to get an Executive Apartment/5-room flat in Sembawang. Instead of the usual 2 chances, we get 4 chances this time; out of the total 34 applications received for the Sembawang flats.
Ballot results will be made known to us end of this month. I am crossing my fingers, and if it does help, my toes as well, to hope that we will get our ideal flat this time!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Long term goal vs short term
I am writing this post for 2 reasons.
One being I am really very much stuck in a rut at my current workplace, until I almost don't know what I exactly want in my career. Secondly, with the present situation in KL's family, there is potentially a chance of me being deprived of owning our own house and living our lives alone.
Obviously I have a say in deciding on the former. Only I myself can conclude if HR is the path I want to take, and continue walking down it for a long, long time or, will my future be something else?
KL was sharing with me the possible scenarios that could take place with 1 of his family members going away permanently. We could get a place together with his mom; and live together. She can choose to take care of Rianne for us, or continue working. This place we are looking at, will be a ready-to-move in flat >> translated : a resale flat.
I have never fancied a resale flat, be it because of its cost, or because it is not new. I appreciate the privilege of being a Singaporean gets to enjoy buying new flats with payment coming out mostly from CPF. So, it never cross my mind to give up on this advantage and pay a lot more on a flat which may have several owners before. The claw points on purchasing a resale flat are quite easily seen by past incidents of loansharks harassing new occupants of a flat previously occupied by a debtor, or bad conditions of the flat only showing after the new tenants live in. Another thing I most dread happening in a resale flat, is the possibility of the house being 'unclean'; i.e. haunted.
You may not know the full history of the house and its occupants before, so you wouldn't know if any horrible things occurred in the place. It is not myself that I worry about being harassed by the "unknown", but for Rianne. She's just a child, and you never know if whatever it may be, is harmless or not.
Lastly, I am quite sure it will be extremely difficult to agree on a location of the flat. KL is so dead bent on choosing a location that is conveniently located near a MRT station, which means the house may have potentially been around for quite a number of years.
To be frank, I have yet given my word to purchase a resale flat; and to buying it and staying together with KL's mom. I am not certain at all, if I want to do all that..
One being I am really very much stuck in a rut at my current workplace, until I almost don't know what I exactly want in my career. Secondly, with the present situation in KL's family, there is potentially a chance of me being deprived of owning our own house and living our lives alone.
Obviously I have a say in deciding on the former. Only I myself can conclude if HR is the path I want to take, and continue walking down it for a long, long time or, will my future be something else?
KL was sharing with me the possible scenarios that could take place with 1 of his family members going away permanently. We could get a place together with his mom; and live together. She can choose to take care of Rianne for us, or continue working. This place we are looking at, will be a ready-to-move in flat >> translated : a resale flat.
I have never fancied a resale flat, be it because of its cost, or because it is not new. I appreciate the privilege of being a Singaporean gets to enjoy buying new flats with payment coming out mostly from CPF. So, it never cross my mind to give up on this advantage and pay a lot more on a flat which may have several owners before. The claw points on purchasing a resale flat are quite easily seen by past incidents of loansharks harassing new occupants of a flat previously occupied by a debtor, or bad conditions of the flat only showing after the new tenants live in. Another thing I most dread happening in a resale flat, is the possibility of the house being 'unclean'; i.e. haunted.
You may not know the full history of the house and its occupants before, so you wouldn't know if any horrible things occurred in the place. It is not myself that I worry about being harassed by the "unknown", but for Rianne. She's just a child, and you never know if whatever it may be, is harmless or not.
Lastly, I am quite sure it will be extremely difficult to agree on a location of the flat. KL is so dead bent on choosing a location that is conveniently located near a MRT station, which means the house may have potentially been around for quite a number of years.
To be frank, I have yet given my word to purchase a resale flat; and to buying it and staying together with KL's mom. I am not certain at all, if I want to do all that..
Monday, March 19, 2012
The Woman In Black- 3/5 popcorns
At first, I really didn't think the male lead in the movie "The Woman In Black" is the same person as Harry Porter. No way can it be him, as he is supposed to play a young (but not teeny weeny) attorney whose wife died giving birth to their son. So, Daniel Radcliffe, more known as Harry Porter, plays a much older character than his own just as in the final episode of Harry Porter.
The story started off pretty disturbing when children of an old English village died mysteriously, one after another.. Suspense and horror filled my heart throughout the movie, and honestly, I stopped feeling bothered by Harry Porter acting old again.
This isn't the typical Asian horror film. No ghost hiding under the bed, nor will they crawl out from some well or worse TV set! I'd think "The Woman In Black" is a classy horror movie, perfect if you detest corny scenes with helpless girls screaming their heads out and their stupid feet totally un-moveable at the sight of the ghost!
"The Woman In Black" gets 3 popcorn from me..
The story started off pretty disturbing when children of an old English village died mysteriously, one after another.. Suspense and horror filled my heart throughout the movie, and honestly, I stopped feeling bothered by Harry Porter acting old again.
This isn't the typical Asian horror film. No ghost hiding under the bed, nor will they crawl out from some well or worse TV set! I'd think "The Woman In Black" is a classy horror movie, perfect if you detest corny scenes with helpless girls screaming their heads out and their stupid feet totally un-moveable at the sight of the ghost!
"The Woman In Black" gets 3 popcorn from me..
Sunday, March 4, 2012
我会讲华语
It is quite amazing how Rianne picks up Chinese, and saying it like she learnt the language a long, long time ago..
She used to reject the language, by refusing to answer us in the same when we spoke Chinese. I thought she probably don't have the affinity with Chinese. And I certainly wasn't very enthusiastic in teaching her Chinese.
Now, she will just speak in Chinese to us and sometimes with a mix of English as well. Her use of words is pretty impressive, as she can say "好朋友", "你讲什么?", "在那边", "放手!"
I somehow believe Rianne is gifted, really.. The things that come out from her mouth, not only amaze but amuse us as well. She goes to the supermarket, and at the sanitary pads shelves, she took a packet of the pantyliners and told me she needs to use these pad pad. It comes furthermore with action of the actual application of the pantyliners! Yes, she demonstrated.
Fainted..
She used to reject the language, by refusing to answer us in the same when we spoke Chinese. I thought she probably don't have the affinity with Chinese. And I certainly wasn't very enthusiastic in teaching her Chinese.
Now, she will just speak in Chinese to us and sometimes with a mix of English as well. Her use of words is pretty impressive, as she can say "好朋友", "你讲什么?", "在那边", "放手!"
I somehow believe Rianne is gifted, really.. The things that come out from her mouth, not only amaze but amuse us as well. She goes to the supermarket, and at the sanitary pads shelves, she took a packet of the pantyliners and told me she needs to use these pad pad. It comes furthermore with action of the actual application of the pantyliners! Yes, she demonstrated.
Fainted..
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