Enough of worrying whether I get retained or not. Went out with my sister to Orchard Road yesterday for a session of shopping therapy. Here's my shopping list:
-Ayu's Inspire and Carols Single
-The Sims 2 Strategy Guild
-Xi's birthday present
I withdrew $40 to buy the singles and the other paraphernalia. Searched high and low in HMV for the singles but only found Inspire. But why?? According to reliable sources, Carols is slated to be released on 29/9/04. And I can't even find it in HMV. What is this??? Anyways, I bought Inspire and Quill- the movie about the life of a dog.

My sister got Something's Gotta Give and she was grumbling away about having to pay and why her friend's disc wasn't working properly. So after spending an hour or so in HMV, we left.
Went to Wallet Shop, Converse, 37 Degrees, Surf and Splash before finally leaving Heerens. My sister wanted to get me a wallet for my birthday!! [Frankly speaking, I feel embarassed carrying that dirty pink OP wallet around.] Was also deciding if I should get a bag instead of the wallet.
So while we were in Surf and Splash [or whatever it is called] we took a glimsp at the bags there. Saw this one that I thought was quite nice looking. So my sister [or was it me?] took it off the shelf [or the hanger, whatever] and fiddled with the zips and whatnot. Maybe the bag was too fragile [meaning poor quality] or was my sister too violent, the zipper thingy [you know, the part where you pull the zip?] fell off. Now's the funny part. My sister panicked and throw the zipper into the bag and tried to pretend nothing happened. Well, righteous as I always have been, I told my sister to take the zipper out and fix it that instant. And she refused. So I had to rampage through the bag myself to look for that tiny piece of metal and after much difficulty, found it. But I couldn't put it back on!! So now my sister finally volunteered and clipped it back on. And we hurriedly left the place.
Went to Takashimaya, Kinokuniya to get The Sims 2 Strategy Guild.

But big as the place is, we couldn't find it!!! We spent so long searching for that miserable book my leg ached after that. Anyways, we were rather hungry already so we went to hunt for food. My sister wanted to eat that Japanese Satay thingy [I don't know what is the actual name for it] but I wanted Mos Burger. But we went to look at the satay first [I gave a choice to decide what she wanted to eat]. We stopped at the donut bar for quite a long time. Couldn't decide what to get. There was this woman standing beside us and she reached towards the donuts and gave one of the a slight pinch. My goodness. I thought that was really disgusting. I pity the poor soul who bought that piece. We loitered around the area for a while before finally deciding on Mos. My sister said we had never been to mos before! [She said she only bought drinks twice from there] I had a hard time placing orders. The cashier [I don't know what you call them] didn't quite get me.
Was eating and squeezing out the ketchup on the tray whenXi called, asking me where I was, She said she wanted me to accompany her. She sounded quite moody or something. Actually she was going to watch this Jacky Chan film with her friends but she decided to leave them instead. =( I suddenly remembered the plastic saucers that was provided. Told her about the Mountain, Ocean and Sun thingy that was printed on the wrappers and cups. There is a meaning to it and I tried to explain it to her. And my sister started to marvel at how thoughtful the Japanese were and blah blah blah. Left the place feeling bloated and we continued on our search for my present and my friend's present.
Was in Isetan when I finally found the wallet I liked. There are 2 colours, beige and pink. I dismissed the pink immediately. Was admiring the beige one closely when my sister suddenly told me that there were 3 colours. 3 colours? I thought there were only two? It was only when I observed closely that I saw the 3rd on- it was dark brown [like dark chocolate]. I decided I wanted that instead but my sister was strongly against it. She said it looked like shit. Ok, ok. But now I was thinking perhaps it's good that I didn't buy it. I would look like a tree if I carried it around with my school uniform. The sales person was quite nice. She thought we wanted to buy it for a friend and even calculated how much each of us had to pay it it was shared among 6 persons. I kind of appreciated it. Here's how it looks like:

So my present was finally settled after much delibration [searched online for the meaning of this word and I was surprised! \Del`i*bra"tion\, n.The act of stripping off the bark]. I didn't want to get a wallet that looked like the one that my classmates have for fear that they might say I copy them. Childish? But hey, there's a lot of childish people in this world. My sister said I was too picky. Now it's time to worry about Xi's present.
I didn't know what to get for her. Never seen her for ages already and I have no idea what she wants now. But I have always thought that she like special, out of the world stuff. Once she said she wanted a kimono. Actually I wanted to get her a soft toy. The one with long legs and a small body. But I couldn't find it anywhere in Wisma Atria. So I had to change my mind. We went to TOPSHOP [it's in caps because that's how it's written on the signboard]. There are many interesting looking stuff there. I suggested buying panties for her. They were quite colouful and one kind of a present. But too expensive!!!! $9 for a bloody piece of cloth?? No way!!! So we went out of TOPSHOP to Surf Babes. Wanted to buy slippers for her [quite expensive ok] but I didn't know her shoe size. Tried calling her phone and her house but no one answered. So I gave up. Went back to TOPSHOP and my sister suggested buying a cowboy hat for her. There was one that looked like a cowboy hat in TOPSHOP. I was asking my sister to model it for me and I thought it looked like the perfect present. But I was momentarily stunned when I saw the price tag. $66. Oh my goodness!!!! WHY?! The perfect present!!! I was moaning and groaning away as we left TOPSHOP. How was I going to find one that is cheaper? I was practically mopping away as we left. Went to Sportslink hoping to find a replacement. I told my sister that my friend like basketball and she said I could buy those small little basketballs for her. I thought that was another good idea [2nd to the cowboy hat] and started to search for it. We saw the soccer balls but no basketballs. [I mean those small, cute ones].

In the end, we went back to TOPSHOP where I saw those sunglasses. Pink and cool. Ok, I have decided on what to get. Asked the sales person if it came with a box. NO. No??? Then wouldn't it get scratched? Nevermind.

As I was paying for my purchases, there was this lady in front of me who was paying for the cowboy hat!! And my sister said so there are really people who would spend so much on that kind of thing! I was really envious but nevermind. Paid for the stuff and left.
Now I had other things to bother about. I had to package it properly. So we went to Citylink [there's this shop that sells boxes]. We were really tired already. Our legs were aching and our heads were aching. But quite unfortunately, this shop that we thought sold boxes turned out to sell stationary and wrapping papers. They only sell those boxes that were too big for the sunglasses. SIGH. The NEW ipod was on display somewhere near the information counter. Was really upset when I saw it. Why didn't I wait longer before buying???! We played with the gadget for a while [It had a surprising lot of songs inside] and I had to tear my sister away from it. She tried to console me by saying we're better off than others since we knew how to use it. I tired to get her to buy the ipod mini. But she would never spend such money. SIGH!! On our way out of Citylink, we saw this shop that sold some really pretty and cool stuff. Drinking glasses and other cool looking things. My sister said she would give her friend that as a present. True. Many gift ideas, but not cheap. Can't remember what's the name of the shop. I think it's in Swedish [please pardon me if it isn't meant to be spelt this way] or something.
Went to Suntec to look for the boxes but couldn't find the ones we wanted. I didn't know if I should mail it to her or give it to her personally. But when will I see her? So in the end I didn't get any boxes for her. I'll think about what to do to her present. Took the *free* shuttlebus to Cityhall Interchange after visiting Carrefour [we bought cereal- Honey Nut Shredded Wheat, spoonsize! and Yakult] and went home. So thats all about my shopping yesterday. I spent 2 hours writing this. PHEW. 1,666 words!!! This is record breaking for me. [Hopefully I didn't make you feel that I am a total nut. Thanks for reading anyway =)]