Closure

I remember but one month ago when my younger sister said to me, "Kor! Don't start blogging. Its very addictive". Haha. If only I had listened then, I wouldn't have turned into the blog troll I am now.

As the day draws nearer, I've finally begun the process of spring-cleaning my room. Its a very...cathartic process somehow; rooting through old photos, old scores, old primary school notebooks, old aborted diary attempts, old birthday cards, the guitar I never got down to learning, the sax I never got down to practicing, and old books I want to read just one more time. Marking things for disposal, for giving away, for stashing.

My room in the aftermath of spring cleaning, in what I hope is the halfway done state. The sheer amount of accumulated dust has sent me to the showers thrice today, and yet I continue to itch. Sigh. This mayhem was caused in but 2 hours of solid hacking away, resulting in 2 bags of trash already. Still have the bookshelves to work on. Would have gone straight through, except that I chose to accompany my mum out to shop for electrical/kitchen appliances for bringing over.

I had no idea there was this new budget electrical store at Harbourfront called 'BIG'. It's pretty funky really...it feels really LC as it is, but prices are really cutthroat cheap. Its also worth noting that most of the brands they tout are actually local (ie. Powerpac, Goldenfuji etc). Technology from Japan, made in China, but local brand. What can I say? Globalisation rocks indeed.

So the spoils of today are a slow cooker, a rice cooker, an airpot (those hot-water dispensers) and a spanking new steam iron. Together with a few bric-a-brac like torchlights and novelty mugs, the total bill came up to...less than $100. Pretty nifty huh? I only hope they all don't conk out after the 1st month of use. I also got a new 2GB SD card to feed my digital camera at only $59. The day I view my world thru only the lens (or rather LCD screen) of my little camera draws ever nearer. I only hope the change will be painless.

Through various subtle comments by various subtle people, I have gleaned that my blog has received far more attention than I had previously surmised. Sigh. Anyhow to continue in this fashion where I broadcast my entire day to the general (albeit discerning) public, this spate of photos was taken during dinner at Chongqing Hotpot in Tanglin Shopping Centre. The occasion was a sort of quasi send-off to Leeyang who is returning to the United Kingdom this Saturday afternoon, after a short hiatus in Singapore and Japan.

The food, although slightly on the pricey side, was really really good, especially considering it was an ala carte buffet. Consuming a grand total of 12 plates of sliced beef, the only other food we ate in such quantities were golden mushrooms aka 'jingu' (10 plates) and cockles (6 plates). My personal favourite though, which no one else seemed to share, was the ox-tongue. Mmm. Continuing my tea education, everyone at the table also had a serving of 'ba bao' (or eight treasures) tea. Can't say I cared much for it, but it was an experience nevertheless.

It was great to really properly see Leeyang as opposed to the rushed meetings we've had so far. Since I'll be joining him shortly in a month or so though, can't say that it was a very sad parting of any sort.

So once again, having only escaped debt this morning, I return once again to the red. Sigh.