The Real Deal, but which is the raw end of the bargain?

This is the REAL GSS. 27th Aug - 10 Sun.

G2000 open-space 'box' sale:

Bossini/Hang Ten/Giordano/Baleno or any other cheapo hk retail outlets in sg that you can think of sale: Storewide sale. 'Nuff said.
Best of the lot? 50% storewide bossini wins hands down.

Far East Plaza pre-renovation (again? I thought they just renovated! Or whatever, maybe they just love clearing stocks)

Pure Milk PMK clearance tops $10 bottoms $15 storewide.

P.O.A / Domanchi (or the shop which used to be POA in Far East) clearance 40% storewide.


The RC chinese (that's the renegade state, not the People's) has a slang for 'shopping' that means 'bloodbath', so here's my death toll.

3 x working shirt $59 each. Offer: $19 each (G2000)
1 x working shirt $49. Offer: $19 (G2000)
1 x bag $79. Offer: $12 (S&K)
1 x dumb tee $34.90. & I was dumb enough to buy it (foolish love, rem?). (Zara)
2 x Tee $29. Offer: $10 (PMK)
1 x canvas shoes original price ?? (guesstimate $25). Offer: $15 PLUS 40% off. (2:1)
1 x denim bottom $69. Offer: 40% (2:1, both from Domanchi/P.O.A)
Quirky Tee $29. Offer: $10 (some ulu shop)

Net original cost: $177 + 49 + 79 + 34.9 + 58 + 25 + 69 + 10= $501.90!!
Net spenditure: $76 + 12 + 34.9 + 20 + 9 + 41.4 + 10 = $203.30!
Net savings: $298.60!!!

No wonder I'm broke. But i'm a happy poor man too.

Labels: Whine

Confessions of a first confession

I must confess
that I profess,
this inkling of hope
I cannot cope
that you'd like me back, but i digress.

I haven't done this in a long time. My muse told me to quit with the whining and get down to work.

Labels: Literary Release

Cats and Dogs are Sentient Because of Self-Doubt

There are only a few things that a guy and girl can spend time doing together without asking 'the question' - rhetorically or not.

(Ir)regardless (show some respect, it IS a real word, contrary to what act-smarty pants alecs tell you) of the current relationship involvement of the individual, the activities of a single man and woman can engage in are largely limited.
Hang out. Talk. Play nice to each other. Fuck. In no particular order nor exclusiveness.

No doubt the kind of limitations can also be applied to perfectly heterosexual individuals of the same gender being together, the crux of the issue here is 'the question'. It doesn't seek confirmation, and usually rather the answer begs the question itself, but the mere thinking about it usually signals the end of puristic platonism.

In the current society devoid of second chances, once it's over, it's over. Nobody is allowed a 2nd clarification anymore. Call it the pink elephant that you're not supposed to see, or whatever else you want to call it, it's the basic principle of thought suppression. You're only supposed to be 'friends'.

It's niceness at fault really. Its threshold works in mysterious ways. Nobody knows the mechanisms, except that once you cross it, whoa, here comes 'the question'.

That is why it took me 5 years to communicate with the ex-gf.
That is why i don't communicate to the ex-gf that probably never was.
That is why i can't communicate with the gf that probably will never be.

Digression 1: Talk is a cheap, and that's why the term itself has 'cheapen' its value. I'm never stupid (refer to 'I hate myself for not being stupid enough' post), and hence abide by social niceties and the conversationalist's courtesy. Therefore I talk, but the communication stops there.

Digression 2: The very concept that is being under-represented by the mere word of 'love' is so profound, that association of the word with the ideal is always under-conceptualised.

Compounded by impending and inherent committment and responsibilities, sometimes it is better off just avoiding the situation altogether. Just like 'love', it is better off not expressing it, seeing how inadequate its expressionistic form can be (see digresson 2).

I was never foolish, and I was never foolish enough to fall in love.

And so all I can say is, Happy belated Birthday.

Labels: Whine

Responsibility

Spam has arrived and there's no way people are going to be getting rid of it without it going away by itself. This has got to be the least offensive and socially responsible spam mail that I've received so far (DON'T click 'here'):

"From: Jenny
To: (me of course)
Subject: Gold discovered...bring shovel

That was the sound of me hitting the floor
when I realized that I had finally found
El Dorado!

Click here

Note:Ignore this letter if your not interested."

Of course, if you'd clicked on 'here', you may have unwittingly (or knowingly) subjected the url or even my email to some evil suspicious phising company for them to send me more mail.

Still, this should how spam mail should be (if they ever should be in the 1st place). Short, to the point and non-obtrusive.

Labels: Sightings