ladies and gentlemen. i have am pleased to proclaim that i, have once again outdone myself! yeah!
in case you have no idea what i am speaking about. well, i just got back from the mph booksale. with a LOT of books. really man. i think i went absolutely crazy and shot right through the roof.
i think i am the sort of person, who, after continually tried and desperately attempted to refrain myself from a certain addiction, only ended up sinking myself deeper and deeper into the sticky pit of self indulgence.
argh!!! there were sooo many people at expo today, cos there are many, many exhibitions going on today. most notable is the gourmet food exhibition, which we did not make time for. while walking from the mrt station to hall 6, i wanted to just raise my magic staff and part the sea of people to let me walk through swiftly and smoothly. haha!! i wanted to be moses. and when i finally stepped foot into the hall, i think i literally went insane... i picked book after book after book after book after book after book. i had a mountain high worth of books!!! argh! after 2 to 3 hours of continual walking, bending down and ploughing through piles of piles of messed up books, i thought to myself, this has got, oh it must stop somewhere. and so i did and went back to "home base", the spot where alex has planted himself to guard my precious treasure. and i proceeded to eliminate the books one by one. i told alex that i would have 3 layers of budgets. 50, 75 and 100. you know, like several targets. yet, the more i went through the elimination rounds, the harder i found it to simply discard each book. it was as though i had already grown attached to each prize found.
i loved the moment when i dig through books and books, only to find that one "special" book. i cant identify what is it exactly. the cover, the title, the content. they each had to combine to create an influence so attractive that i would instinctive know i would like to keep. and yet, to throw several, in fact half of what i got, was as if to abort a beloved child. okay, okay. its all exaggerated. but you get the picture right?
anyway. so at the end of the day, i did not manage to keep to my budget. the exact amount, i shall not disclose. its just obsene. just that. its gross. i think i shall have to forgo my Great Singapore Sale Spree.
as i look the row of my new additions to my shelf, there is a bitter sweet sort of happiness running across my lips in a wicked smile. is this the perverse enjoyment of nerd gone berserk? or simply just the madness of a psychotic auntie who feels satisfied after a mega sale at OG?
ah well, right now, i just feel drained. emotionally, physically, mentally and not to mention monetarily. i need that job now. and i hope i get it.
okay. i got to go now. i still have training tomorrow. and a whole lot of books to start reading!
oh. one more thing. from now on, i will be posting a quotation from my personal collection. in case you all did not know, i am a huge fan of quotations. although i cannot rattle any of them off the top of my head due to my more than inadequate memory, i specially write down those that resonate through my heart, head and spirit on specially cut out index cards and are perpetually kept at my bedside for quick pick-me-ups. i do hope i can share this with everyone and hopefully create the same effect on you as is has and still do on me. forgive me that i do not include the author. cos i could not care less about who said it. its what is being said that matters.
"Our aspirations are our possibilities."
ciao!
in case you have no idea what i am speaking about. well, i just got back from the mph booksale. with a LOT of books. really man. i think i went absolutely crazy and shot right through the roof.
i think i am the sort of person, who, after continually tried and desperately attempted to refrain myself from a certain addiction, only ended up sinking myself deeper and deeper into the sticky pit of self indulgence.
argh!!! there were sooo many people at expo today, cos there are many, many exhibitions going on today. most notable is the gourmet food exhibition, which we did not make time for. while walking from the mrt station to hall 6, i wanted to just raise my magic staff and part the sea of people to let me walk through swiftly and smoothly. haha!! i wanted to be moses. and when i finally stepped foot into the hall, i think i literally went insane... i picked book after book after book after book after book after book. i had a mountain high worth of books!!! argh! after 2 to 3 hours of continual walking, bending down and ploughing through piles of piles of messed up books, i thought to myself, this has got, oh it must stop somewhere. and so i did and went back to "home base", the spot where alex has planted himself to guard my precious treasure. and i proceeded to eliminate the books one by one. i told alex that i would have 3 layers of budgets. 50, 75 and 100. you know, like several targets. yet, the more i went through the elimination rounds, the harder i found it to simply discard each book. it was as though i had already grown attached to each prize found.
i loved the moment when i dig through books and books, only to find that one "special" book. i cant identify what is it exactly. the cover, the title, the content. they each had to combine to create an influence so attractive that i would instinctive know i would like to keep. and yet, to throw several, in fact half of what i got, was as if to abort a beloved child. okay, okay. its all exaggerated. but you get the picture right?
anyway. so at the end of the day, i did not manage to keep to my budget. the exact amount, i shall not disclose. its just obsene. just that. its gross. i think i shall have to forgo my Great Singapore Sale Spree.
as i look the row of my new additions to my shelf, there is a bitter sweet sort of happiness running across my lips in a wicked smile. is this the perverse enjoyment of nerd gone berserk? or simply just the madness of a psychotic auntie who feels satisfied after a mega sale at OG?
ah well, right now, i just feel drained. emotionally, physically, mentally and not to mention monetarily. i need that job now. and i hope i get it.
okay. i got to go now. i still have training tomorrow. and a whole lot of books to start reading!
oh. one more thing. from now on, i will be posting a quotation from my personal collection. in case you all did not know, i am a huge fan of quotations. although i cannot rattle any of them off the top of my head due to my more than inadequate memory, i specially write down those that resonate through my heart, head and spirit on specially cut out index cards and are perpetually kept at my bedside for quick pick-me-ups. i do hope i can share this with everyone and hopefully create the same effect on you as is has and still do on me. forgive me that i do not include the author. cos i could not care less about who said it. its what is being said that matters.
"Our aspirations are our possibilities."
ciao!