All About Image

Those who know me will know that I have horrible fashion sense
I have a very limited number of clothes
If I like something, I'll wear it
Again and again
Until it looks very old and "not suitable" for outside wear...

Sigh....
I wish I am one of those who love to go shopping
Oh its not so bad.. I don't detest it
But when you have bills and debts left right and center
You feel the pinch to fork out $100 for that new pair of pants...
(And I'm big sized, so its difficult to find clothes that fit for bargain prices...)
(Also, I'm one of those who would rather spend the extra $100 for that book I've been eyeing...!)
Sigh...

My family call me "selekeh" (messy/untidy/cannot be bothered)
(Luckily my darling hubby don't really care...)
My parents always scold me for not looking "professional" enough...
With my face squeaky clean (free of make-up, not pimples)...
Certainly not the image of confidence that a professional should exude!!!

Last night I stayed overnight at my parents'.
I have some old clothes at their house.
I put them on this morning to go to work.

My sister exclaimed: "You are wearing THAT to work?!!!"
Oh oh..
"Yeah..," I said... "Its casual Saturday."
"NO NO NO! Its embarassing!" Vehement response from little sis
She started pulling out clothes from her wardrobe.
"Here. Try this and this"
And so I ended up wearing my sister's clothes to work today.
And I had to put on make-up and changed my lipstick colour twice
Under Mom's scrutinization (colour too dark for my face)

And so.. I have made a new resolution
I shall buy new clothes every month
New casual wear and new office wear....
So that I can throw/give away those clothes old enough that they can no longer function
Without my family screaming at me to change!

My hubby is picking me up to go shopping later...
My sis says the Parisians will laugh at my wardrobe if I don't get a make-over soon...
Too true...
Now why am I dreading this shopping trip?
I'm too weird.

The Small Things

I was pondering what to blog about next
(Considering that I have received more than a few helpful hints to "move my blog along..." - it is suffering from a bad case of inertia)

So I came up with a question
What is the difference between a day that is crap and a day that has one whistling at closing time?
The routine may be exactly the same
Get up, go to work, go home, go to sleep.
The difference is in the small things.

For example:
I look forward to my morning chats with the cleaning lady at my office (when I'm early at work)
I would try to converse in Mandarin
And she'll praise me incessantly
And speak to me in Malay (which is flawless)

I also actually take a perverted type of pleasure in "cursing" self-absorbed and selfish drivers on the way to work..
Especially taxi drivers... and drivers with luxury cars
Sometimes they think they own the road... He he he... I guess its a weird habit
But saying "stupid', but nevertheless giving way, is much better than my being hopelessly egotistical
And ending up in an accident, or road rage....

More...
I also take pleasure in
calculating the distance my car had travelled per litre of fuel
After every petrol top-up
And I always feel gleeful when this number
goes above 16 (km/l)!!!

During my jog yesterday, I spied:
(1) a man with his grandson, first walking along the jogging track, and then on the swing...
(2) a little boy with his sister playing badminton (the type of game where the shuttlecock drops after every 2-3 hits)...
(3) a girl jogging ahead of me (slowly), who made me wonder whether she is jogging for jogging's sake, or whether she is showing off her clothes (short shorts) as well as her swaying b_tt... (Of course.. its none of my business....!!!)

And so it goes, the small things, the good things...
I try not to dwell on the ones equate to crap
But rather the ones that whistle.

The Trip

Yes yes
Its finally around the corner
I'm talking about the Trip
The Trip that most take right after exchanging their vows..

The all-important Honeymoon
I'm finally going on one
Although can it really be called a honeymoon?
Since its been more than a year since we got legally married

No matters....
I shall not waste my grey matter
Pondering about technicalities...
I shall concentrate on my excitement
And the fun I'm having planning this trip!

We should be heading for Switzerland first
We'll be bunking with cousins
(Again : is this really a honeymoon? Oh stop it Yasmin!)
Itineries include Geneva Lake, the UN Convention place thingy,
Interlaken, and then some train rides in the alps...
The train passes, I've checked out,
Cost S$300 per person....
Oh boy...
My pocket is smoking....

And then we head to Paris
I shall savour the Paris experience...
Romantic city etc etc
But my first stop will be Disneyland! he he he

But I'm having some difficulty picking a hotel within my budget
I first found the highly recommended Hotel Du Champ-de-Mars
But they are fully booked.

Then I found Hotel Bonne Nouvelle
From the Travel Guides
Its in the city centre, 2nd district
They quoted me 75 Euro per night

I'm budgeting at about 70 euros
We'll be staying 4 nights.
I could really appreciate some help, recommendations or such?