dreams of a pretty place far far away

haha! first entry on the new blog of mine. mmhmm, i decided to move to a new blog space because i felt it was time for a change. i’ve been at dollified for too long – almost four years? idk, that place just seems so full of nostalgia and heart-wrenching longing that i felt the more i wrote in it, the more i wanted to go back, to go back into the past. that, i realised was partially due to the fact that i started blogging at that user on lj in mid-sec two. anyhoo, i’m gonna stop with all this soppy-reminiscing-the-past-was-better-boo-hoo-i-wanna-be-a-kid-again drama, or this is going to turn into one of the 89758950th emo posts a la my previous blog!

anyway, yesterday was the math hl paper. hmm, gotta say it was a tad bit better than i expected it to be, but still mighty difficult at certain parts (such as the vector questions, a topic which i totally did not revise). after school i decided to indulge in a bit of shopping therapy @ IMM because the huge bit of DAISO popping out beside the huge, blue-lettered IMM sign. haha, i love daiso because of it’s everything’s-2-bucks gimmick and it’s japanese homeliness. yeah yeah, laugh all you want, but i’m poor okay?! i LIKE cheap but nice things cos i’m not some kind of rich princess, which i know several people in school think themselves to be.

well, being the direction-impaired girl i am, i was waiting for the shuttle bus, thinking if i got the pick-up place wrong because i’ve been waiting for a pretty long time, and i decided it was a better idea to ask dad since his office is quite close to IMM. the funniest thing was, a group of bangla workers asked me where the pick-up point was and was following me around but i was scared i was going to lead them to the wrong place haha. so in the end, my dad said it was the correct place (“should be if there’s a whole bunch of people lounging around”) and i managed to secure a lunch date with him! yay free lunch.

really yummy sushi! especially the melted cheese on unidentifiable raw fish one

dad’s grilled-fish-tempura combo

it’s been a long time since i’ve lunched alone with dad (or in retrospect, the first time i’ve ever, probably). we went to this japanese place called ichiban, you know, the stereotypical sushi-on-a-conveyor-belt eatery. he seemed kinda tired and i knew maybe it was because he was stressed from work, so i tried not to bother him as much with incessant chatter, haha. well, it was nice to spend some time together, since we never seem to talk much. i think he thinks we don’t have much of a good relationship, because he’s always shouting at me about school and stuff, but actually i don’t blame him. it’s all my fault and it’s pretty much true anyway.

valuable lesson learnt at daiso later: it’s all about the money! i knew they aren’t as nice to offer such seemingly expensive items at such a low price. before i knew it, i’ve already spent $12 on not-so-necessary stuff like a) a giant heart shaped pink box b) cheekbone compact-powder highlighter c) eyeshadow applicators and etc. it’s like a giant whirlpool; one you get sucked in, you’ll drown, drown drown without any hope of saving yourself from the material madness. and once i start, i can’t stop, so if you can’t beat your desires, just give in to them. (: in the end i spent more money in guardian and, gasp, in SHOP-n-SAVE on YOGURT (but that was for a purpose other than consumption; more later) and measuring spoons (i know, wth).

i guess it must be the thought that the exams are ending, and the great sense of liberation that comes with it (even though there’s still chem on monday… drats) that i’ve become even more of a impulse buyer… ):