Shopping!!!

Don't let the title fool you - I'm not enthusiastic about shopping...

Anyway, yesterday went to Orchard with Fabian, Ken and Snoopy to shop for presents for Yong Sheng's 21st birthday. Ken and Snoopy was there before me. First thing they did when they saw me was to comment on my attire.

Ken: Aiyo! Why you tuck in?!?
Snoopy: Yalor!
Ken: Do you watch Sesame Street? Your shirt reminds me of Ernie!

Hiaz... Do I look that bad? Anyway, I was wearing one of my favourite shirts, which is a vermillion and blue, horizontal striped shirt. Yong Sheng once commented that I looked gay in that shirt. :-( Am I the only one who thinks that shirt is nice? In any case, I liked the mix of colours and it's very comfortable, so I shall not stop wearing the shirt. :-) Oh, I almost forgot to clarify. I didn't tuck in my shirt - at least not fully. I only tucked in the front because it was quite long. In the end, Ken suggested I tucked it in at one side and leave the other side hanging out. Looks better to me too!

My 'problems' has not ended though. As both of them were wearing black shirts, I stood out like a sore thumb beside them. The moment we stepped out of the MRT station, I was approached by this girl purportedly from a certain modelling agency with the usual praises about my looks and potential... So now I'm supposed to be some hunk who's tall, dark and handsome? Tall and dark maybe, but definitely not handsome... Well, she tried her utmost to convince me that I have perhaps the looks of Andy Lau and I should leave her my name and contact numbers. NO WAY! I rejected her all the way. Needless to say, my friends were very amused by the situation. That shirt has made me the centre of attraction...

If you think that's it, then you are wrong. Turns out Fabian decided to wear a very dark blue shirt, darker than navy blue. So now I REALLY am very prominent beside them... Hiaz...

Thankfully, that's the end of my little side story. *Phew* Now for the task. We had earlier thought of getting a Raoul shirt (Fabian's suggestion), but they all seemed too formal. We couldn't find any one we liked in the other shops as well, so we decided to brainstorm for something else. Then we chance upon them - little bottles of scented water aka eau de toilette. Alright! Now we got something! It was funny how the sales girl used 3 different plastic bags for our purchase - simply redundant and shows her lag of thought...

Next, it was shopping for chocolate powder. Ken is going to bring a chocolate fountain to Yong Sheng's birthday party, and we shall be dipping marshmallows into melted chocolate. I can't wait for that... Unlike what happened earlier, this sales girl realised that the four bags of chocolates will require a big bag, but we never expected the HUGE bag that we were given. I can almost drag the bag along! HaHa!!

Finally our shopping is done! The last task of the day is to walk to Plaza Singapura where Snoopy can can a replacement SIM card. Along the way, we stopped at Cineleisure. Here, I encountered a group of 4 or 5 girls who demonstrated ugly, ungraceful behaviour. I was holding on to a heavy glass door while my friends entered the building. As I was following them in, the girls came up behind me and tried to follow me through, none of them making any attempt to help with the door. Since they were right up behind me, the only thing I can do was to proceed forward. As I'm not blessed with extendable limbs like those of Mr Fantastic, you can imagine what happened as I moved forward and released my grip on the door handle. The last two girls screamed as the door crashed into them. It probably wasn't too bad since the door wasn't exactly swingly freely, but there's probably enough weight on the door to push them through. If only they had some sense to hold on to the door, or if they weren't so close behind me, I could have held the door open for them! Hiaz...

What an eventful trip!