You know what would be awesome? Owning a 'Daiso' shop.
If you've never been there, you should. Because the place is simply heavenly. You can buy stuffs, ranging from aesthetic products to kitchen ware, from stationery sets(the pens there are a steal!) to electronic items, to decorative boxes (very lovely designs, great for gifts!) to pouches and bags (I bought a laptop bag, and another smaller one for my phone!), from socks to shawls (I bought some toe socks! I miss wearing them to school!), from hats to slippers, from crackers to chocolates(the crackers are really nice, I like the spicy ones. The chocolates are just as lovely. And I tried those instant puddings and muffins and they were not bad.), from tea to bottled drinks. All from this simple Japanese shop!
And the best part? Every freakin' item is $2!
(Whaaaaat.. I told you I loved Daiso.)
I can spend at least 2 hours in there, and I have never been bored from walking around in 'Daiso'.
So just yesterday, I visited the one at Vivocity by myself (no, this is not a sign of sympathetic pleas). And after spending 2 and a 1/2 hours in there, I came out with a bag full of stuffs. And of all the items that I managed to buy, I left the shop grinning from ear to ear, because I bought myself a set of 370 pieces (with 16 different colours!) Origami papers!
I was really happy, so happy that when I got home, I took all of them out, arranged them accordingly (they were previously arranged in sets of four colours. Like white, yellow, pink, orange. Then another set of white, yellow, pink,orange. Wait, why am I even explaining this?!) and took a picture of them!
Upon seeing this, I know most of you would start counting and would jump at the moment to call me stupid because there are actually 18 colours and not 16. But the packet said 16 what.. Besides, the gold and silver only had a piece each (Why do they always give only a piece of gold and silver in every packet?). (The gold one is above the silver, which is above the black. The reflection of it makes it look like yellow.)
And so, this is my short update. Pretty random, I know.
Oh, and while walking around Vivocity, I found this tree, and I took a picture of it. I used colured sketch in this case to edit it. I like how the sketch makes every detail of each flower stand out.
The Tree Of Life
When adding a colour isn't enough.
And these are the A-1 'balloons' that I was talking about a while ago.
I need to find time to blow them before school starts, if not they'll try up. Speaking of these 'toys' that we used to play, I miss buying boxes and boxes of sparklers.
I remember the times when my brother and I would burn the walls along the corridors, with our names. Apparently we thought it was cool to leave our 'trademark'. Then there were the times where we broke off the bits of the substance, made a trail of it from out doorstep to some other place, ending it off with a huge amount of the mashed up bits scooped together. Then we'd take some dried leaves from my mum's potter plants, use our magnifying glass to shine the Sunlight on it. The moment the leaves get lighted, we'd throw them at the trail we made. Then we'd hide for cover just in case our neighbours were around. Seeing the final 'explosion' at the end of the trail made us so happy that nothing else could bring out mood down. But soon after, we'd get scolded for leaving burnt trails along our corridor.
But it was all worth it.
And what to end this post of with another item that made my day. Jujubes.
It's not found at Daiso unfortunately. They used to have it at 7-11 but now, they can only be found at those Chinese Medicine Stores. Just in case you're wondering what these are, they're actually candy! It's chewy candy in a form of a distorted teddy bear, with sugar sprinkled all over. And it's menthol flavoured, which means it's cool and refreshing! Hahah, I have no idea why I'm advertising it, but it is definitely a lovely sweet, one of my favourite.
And no, I'm not a smoker. Just because there's menthol in it, doesn't mean I smoke. Meet me some time, then I'll give you some.
I think I wanna start my own 'origami' videos soon. I might, if time is on my side!
Loves.
Edited. With pictures!
LONG & BORING. BEWARE.
The day started off pretty badly for me. I had accidentally swung my watch at the railing while making my way up from the carpark. It was really humiliating as the sound of my watch hitting the metal was really loud, and many drivers stopped to look at me (it was that hard).
I tried to feign ignorance but I couldn't help but chuckle to myself because there was this lad that terperanjat when he heard the sudden loud sound. And I swear, the little "jump" that he did, accompanied by the shocked and traumatized (why did you do that?!?) face was simply, priceless.
And I thought the humiliation would end there. But as I made my way to the MRT station, I didn't pay attention to this drain "cover" that was not really a perfect fit to the drain.
And I tripped on it.
As always, there were many patrons who had alighted from buses and MRTs and unfortunately, they saw my horrid moment of embarrassment. But like how I usually do it, I looked back at the drain, made a "tsk" sound to it (as though it was "it's" fault for being there and disrupting my path). Then I had a frown put on my face till I managed to hide in Prime supermarket to chuckle at my clumsiness today.
If only I hadn't threw my tantrum at home. Karma would have been much kinder to me.
After I blew off some steam, I waited as Jeanice and Syuh made their way slooooowlyyyy to our meeting point. It was funny how Jeanice got tricked by our term of winegums.
Thereafter, we headed to Orchard. What was supposed to be a job hunting day for Jeanice, ended up as a pretty awesome but childish day for us.
Off we went, to Paragon. Or as how some people put it, Pentagon.
Time spent in Muji was pretty much a bitter sweet experience because we had a chance to touch and try it out each and every one of the items there, but had to face the evil Tink monster who was super indecisive and whiney (hahah) on her items to buy. Her overrated enthusiasm for Muji items never fail to Amuse, Annoy, Amaze and Horrify me all at the same time (AAAH). Hahah.
Then I spotted some guy who was making balloon animals/swords/flowers/ whatever the kids wanted, and thinking that he was a clown (from his outfit, he seemed to be one), we decided to go closer to 'as termed by Jeanice : "See his face". '
We were disappointed because his face wasn't a tad bit near the word 'Clown'. But we were all happy again when we say adorable Caucasian kids with awesome hair.
Curiosity made us sidetrack on our journey and we ventured into the "Paradise For Kids". In simple words, we headed to Toys R' Us.
That was where we lost track of time as we happily pranced about (exaggerated). We were only at the entrance but we had already lost hours there. Why? Because we were busy pressing the "Try Me!" buttons for the creepy Chuckie-like dolls. I couldn't help it, the "Try Me" buttons were calling my name, begging me to press them. And true enough, I had mini heart attacks every now and then when the mouths, eyes or even hands started moving.
THEY ARE ALIVE!
We even had time to buckle Patrick the Starfish in a pram.
Okay, it was only me, and I sure was engrossed in "Safety first"!
But Syuh does look to be awesomely happy to have Patrick as her child. Hahah.
And the craziness did not end there, for when we shifted to the "Soft Toys" section, that was where we all went crazy.
No, it wasn't just me. Jeanice was just as crazy.
I decided to go on a "shopping spree" for Monkeys, hippos, elephants, Patrick, dogs and bears. I then decided to ditch all of them and reselect my "Chosen Ones" which were all Monkeys.
Syuh had this obsession over Master Monkey's puppet from Kung Fu Panda (the movie).
And I must say, it(the puppet) sure was one UGLY thang. The puppet did not do justice to Master Monkey AT ALL.
See what I mean?
One more time now.. And say it with me, UGLY!!
So there we were, walking around Toys R' Us, Jeanice with her Spongebob, Syuh with ugly puppet and me with an armful of monkeys.
Obviously, there were stares from lots' of people, but we were too thick skinned to even bother. When we all had enough with the soft toys, we put them back and wandered into the "Sports" section.
There Jeanice tried her talent and hula-hopping but got seriously burned. Better luck next time! And Syuh made a fool out of herself when she tried spinning her "weapon" round' her hand.
Speaking of weapons, Syuh, Jeanice and I got into a fight....
With one another.....
Apparently, we were such die hard fans of Spartans and fighting scenes that we had to make one there and then.
"Armed with an Axe, Jeanice attacked us with all her might. I swung at Syuh with my Giant Plastic Toy Hammer but it was making too much noise with the "honking" so I ditched it.
Syuh took Patrick's innocence as an advantage for she jabbed him continuously with her sword. While I seek cover from a swimming float as my shield, Syuh headed to the weaponry section to arm herself with a CARS bat. She swung, jabbed and poked Patrick till he was nothing more than Lifeless.
Raged by her vicious actions, I took a "long balancing beam which is for fights in the pool?" and swung it at Syuh. She too picked up the other beam and we began attacking one another with it. All this while, as the battle was on, Jeanice stood aside, cheering for both teams.
The battle only ended when both of us were out of breath, and my beam was "broken". Setting aside all the hatred for each other during the battle, we gave in to each other and called it a 'Tie'."
The battle was more of us laughing then really fighting, so we were pretty much breathless from all the giggling.
Then we headed off to the "Baby Section".
Babies have the bestt lives ever! They have awesome potties, cool toilet seats, chewy toys for teething, and sweet toys, be it electrical or plain cloth type.
How to not be jealous?
Anyway...
We visited our "Heaven" before ending the day. Our "Heaven" sold the old versions of kinder surprise!
Yes, this ones!
I got myself a bag of Jolly Rancher Lollies and a can of Dr. Pepper before leaving.
The day ended with us walking around aimlessly in Orchard, mainly due to Jeanice's misdirections. But it was all fun.
Till then
*Photo credits to Jeanice
Loves.
Girls and some guys just love shopping, don't we? Well, just like any girl, I love shopping. But I do most of my shopping alone. Well, I wouldn't really say that it's because I'm emo. I just love shopping alone, not bothering about what others thought about the outfits I try on. And definitely not having to rush to places that my friends want to head to.
Shopping to me, is about relaxation. One does not have to spend money to shop. You can window shop, but I often blow my pockets not on clothes but on food. Oh well.
Shopping alone not only allows you to walk around aimlessly without people laughing at you, it also allows you to look at the items at your own pace.
Whenever I go shopping, I would always head to the Toys department. And would definitely hug one soft toy, before leaving the "soft toys" section. Then I would lose myself as I wander about, trying out the toys, picking up and reading about them and finally making a mental note of the toys I want. I love PlayDoh alot, and the cool gadgets done by Crayola. And I like how "techy" the toys are getting. Now you can get toy ovens that can actually bake! Now who wouldn't go crazy over that?!
The only problem when you're shopping alone, is when you need to eat. Sometimes, I do wish that I was thick-skinned enough to "chope" tables with tissue packets. I know it sounds ridiculous, but when you're alone, it's really hard for you to find a table. And I hate standing around waiting for people to finish their food. It's not only rude, but irritating as the same time, not only for the person who's eating, but for you as well. Because sometimes, there are people who purposely take their "own sweet time" to finish off their food, knowing that you are waiting for them. That is why I always prefer take-aways.
But when I'm at home, and ain't got anything to do, I would search online for blogshops. I must say, that there are blogshops with killer prices, and then there are those with really creative items. I wouldn't say I am a big fan of blog shops, mainly because I prefer to feel and try-on the clothes that I like, and also because I always screw-up the sizes. Hahah. It's not the blogshop owner's fault.
But this happens to me every single time. I look through the items in the blog, and something catches my eyes. I check the price out, and realizes that it's within my budget. Happy, I ask more about it and the next thing I know, it's not my size!
It's kind of irritating sometimes, as you see all the nice figures with the lovely clothes on. And it makes you think "Why can't I look nice in that? Oh wait, I forgot, it's because I'm fat."
One thing that I strongly support, is for blogshops to have clothes for plus sized people, and those who are neither skinny nor plus sized. That way, everyone leaves with a smile on their faces.
Oh, I am looking for a black vest. I saw one in a blogshop which I really liked, but it was out of stock. If you know of anyone who's selling one, tag or email me yeah?
Loves.
