Philosophy

Feel happy and content with what we have and blessed with, than to lament over what we do not have.

There. A philosophical thought that crossed my mind early in the morning fresh after contemplation and meditation. It's amazing I can wax lyrical like this.

How do I love thee? Let me go count my Tods......

Circular Reference

Italy. Paris. Japan. These are the places in my leisure travel horizon. Of course it doesn't say anything about whether I can afford it or not. Considering it involves H and Tod's. I inwardly cringe at the $$ damage it will bring. Lamenting to C of my dilemma:

Present situation = zero storage space.
More storage space available when I get my own apartment (cum yoga studio).
$$$$$$ needed for apartment/yoga studio in the guise of storage space.
Italy, Paris, Japan means spend more $$$$.
If spend more $$$$ then the ability to save for apartment is reduced, by the power of nth degree.
In fact Italy Paris Japan will actually set back apartment saving plan by 1.5 years or more.
1.5 years savings delay = 1.5 yrs + 2 yrs delay in getting apartment (original assumption is I need min 2 yrs to save downpayment $$$).
Total 3.5 yrs no apartment = 3.5 yrs no additional storage space.
No additional storage space = no additional H bags.
No additonal H bags = what the heck is the point of going Italy Paris Japan????

C's answer? Get rid of the brother. Take over his room.

Kids R' Us

My office came up with a great idea on employees bringing their kids to work. Great idea. Except, don't get me involved, and kids please don't get it my way. Except somehow I got roped into the organizing committee (these things happen when reciprocal favours are involved). If the prospect of having to supervise 50 screaming kids between the ages of 2 - 16 is not scary enough, then the prospect of having to supervise 50 screaming kids, of which half of them have an opinion of some sort, is enough to send chills down my spine. Must be all those additive vitamins and supplements in some branded milk powder, but when kids of 3 and 4 ages start to have an opinion and TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, then it's Houston, we have a problem.

This re-affirms several things I already know of myself:

1. I rather have dogs
2. At least my dogs don't talk back. They have some opinion but I can ignore them.
3. If I want kids, I'll just borrow some. There's plenty around especially from my friends. ha ha.
4. I rather fight a fire or tackle an impossible situation at work, than to supervise 50 screaming kids.
5. Ditto #4, I rather face the firing squad.

And YP's girl turns 1 today, birthday party means more kids. Ok at least they weren't screaming.

It's been a long long day.

Perfect Boyfriend...Impossible love story

Want a good story on innocent and impossible love between a human and a non-human? No, not Twilight, but Absolute Boyfriend (絶対彼氏. Zettai Kareshi), originally a six volume manga series by Yuu Watase made into an 11-ep Jap series.

Ok it's good. It's damn good. The male leads are Hot. Not just good looking, but hello,, check out those bods and the abs. The female lead is absolutely cute. The story beats Twilight anytime (sorry, Veron), and yes, there I was with my tissue box right to the last episode. What's it about? Sweet love story of a young lady out of luck with love, and the robot lover created for her, and a triangle with a human (also very hot) male who later falls in love with her.

Laugh factor, 8/10. And yes, bring out the tissue box.

Did I mention the abs?

Peace and Tranquility available in Singapore....

Peace and Tranquility is available in Singapore....at a price. Not just any price. But a HUGE price. I continue to be amazed and my jaw dropped several times today already at the sizes of these bungalows in Singapore. Not just any bungalow, but GCB (good class bungalows). No doubt the news of Jet Li's $20 million GCB purchase piqued some interest in several Sporeans. As C and I drove around on our little viewing excursion, it's amazing houses with such large plots of land exist in land scarce Singapore. And yes these areas are built so peaceful, so quiet (so scarily far away from the main road you'd need a car to get anywhere), so much like a getaway island (some of these places look like little bali or little phuket). And so huge even Bis and Holly could get lost running within the compound.

What I learnt today?

1. If you have so much money you buy not only 1, but several houses in the same row.
2. If you have so much money, and do as #1 above. One of these houses is your house, the one across the road is your 'entertainment complex' aka a Gym/ pool/ court only.
3. Selling Popiah skins make you a heck lotta money you can buy a whole row of houses, and build them so ostentatious. But who cares, because you HAVE MONEY. LOTS of it.

So I said to C, maybe a good idea if I open a yoga studio in these lanes. C sighed, and told me I'd never make any money. Because these peeps are so ridiculously wealthy, they'd rather pay for the instructor to come to their house.

Sigh.

Sigh #1. First scenario above not gonna happen to me.
Sigh #2. As above, thus 2nd scenario won't happen either.
Sigh #3. Obviously too late for scenario 3.
Sigh #4. Can't even make money from yoga.

Nevermind. One gets what they deserve, and there is Karma. Just live and be happy.

Passage of time

Nearly 10 years ago...

C to Me: "You're such a pretty little thing"

Fast forward to nearly 10 years later....Present day.

Me to C: "You know next year it'll we'd have been dating for 10 years"
C: Crap! You mean we're so old already?


Nearly 10 years ago....

Me to C: "Someday I'd like my own apartment, plenty space for dogs...maybe you and me."

Fast forward to nearly 10 years later...Present day.

Me to C (whilst staring at all the giant bungalows): "Holy cow. How the heck can anyone afford to buy such large houses???!!"

So yes, reality of life sinks in. Budding love is...oh so sweet, so budding, like the joy of morning dew. Give it a couple of years, and mature love is simply just....mature. Real life, practical conversations, efficient dates. No illusions. Just plenty of hard work. (ok ok so there are a couple of Tod's and H acquisitions along the way, but that's not the point here).

Moral of story? Err...dunno. Watch more K-dramas for the perfectly unrealistic love story I guess.

Dear Forum, I struck the lottery

Forums are amazing platforms. For education, For gossip, For chatter, For information gathering, For showing off. As I was describing to C the rather amusing posts of a certain show-off (let's just call her Ms. Haolian) in the purse forum, who had gayly announced to the entire forum of her plans to fly all the way to Paris to find the sacred Birkin. On FIRST CLASS. And it's FREE (because she redeemed miles) - side note, how many thousand economy trips one has to take to accumulate enough miles for first class ticket, can someone pls do the math? If Paris trip fails, she's announced backup plan to fly all the way to Tokyo to find that Birkin bag. C, being in his suanning mode these days, drummed up an imaginery response to her post in the forum:

"Dear all. I have won the LOTTERY."
"So I am going to fly all the way to Paris. On FIRST CLASS."
"And it's FREE."
"Because I won the LOTTERY."
"And I will buy lots and lots of BIRKINS bags."
"Just because I CAN."
"Because I won the LOTTERY."
"So all of you here with your entry-level BIRKIN bags can just die of envy."

Maybe it's too much coke. But C sure has an acid tongue these days. Ha ha.