Living the High life - out soon

It may be due to my laboratory report on spiders (Nephila pilipes, if you are interested), but I am slowly getting cobwebs on my blog as well. It's being a while since I blog, and I just thought I should at least contribute a post on my latest developments in case someone thought I went AWOL (absent without official leave - army term lah).

I haven't been writing on my blog, but I have been writing. Intensely, almost fervently, since about 3 days ago, when a plot hit me on my head with so much force that I felt compelled in the middle of the night to consider typing the story out there and then. I didn't, but I wrote it 6.15 in the morning, before rushing for lectures (and ending up 20 minutes late).

I am sorry I couldn't post in here in my blog as I had true intention of publishing the story in the future, if possible.

The title's "Living the High Life" and it revolves around a guy in his mid-twenties, with a girlfriend and a decent job, trapped in the society with all its strengths and shortcomings. Don't worry, I will most probably pass it to some of you guys for an easy read in time to come, but for now, writing on my blog is probably secondary.

I was laughing my guts out over this video during class. Make yourself laugh. Click play below.

Perhaps. Love.

Perhaps just a little reminiscence of the good 'ole days on wet rainy days like this. I watched this Mandarin movie "Perhaps. Love." some time ago and the theme song keeps sticking in my head, like a worn CD track that has been put on repeat for too many times. So I thought I will share it with everyone.

Perhaps love is all we need on such days.

Of Kids and Dicks

It seems that I have been discussing about kids and parenting with a couple of my friends recently. Ya granted, being parents is a tough job, probably the toughest in the world, but the sense of satisfaction is also the greatest when you see your child growing up fine and proper, earning their ground in their subsequent society.

It's tough to be a kid nowadays as well. As such, I would gladly like to thank whatever divine forces that coaxed my mum into giving birth to me in the era of Care Bears, Little Ponies and Poly Pockets. No portable consoles, no branded fanciful Esprit baby wear, no maids acting as slaves serving the Royal Little Emperor/Empress. All-in-all, I kinda like the no-nonsense kind of bringing-up that I had.


Today, children face things that are entirely new. But it can't be helped, isn't it? As the society grows (something which I remained skeptical about), the people in the society progresses with the advent of technology. Children of this era had a lot to boot, but they had to live with expectations way over their 1.2m frame. For this, they are pretty pitiful to begin with. I was just chatting with a couple recently and they told me something about their son which sounded rather funny. They had said that the young boy had walked to his mother, tall and dignified, and had asked her a question, "Mom, I bet you don't know what a dick is." His mom had reacted as if she had just heard macabre tales of torture in Iraqi prisons. I bet I would know what a dick is, but my face would have been caught in a state between a laugh and a expression of disbelief.

Children are smart nowadays. Give them a dictionary and they will give you the meaning of THE word you always say, but didn't know the exact meaning.

On a different note, kids learn off their parents when they are young. If you waved your fist at a person driving at 60km/h on the fast lane, your child sitting behind would most probably interpret it as a sign of strength. His own fist would most probably appear in front of his classmate's face when he refuses to let your son copy his work. Watch the clip below and you'll understand the impact of parents on their children. Children see. Children do.

Retail Therapy

The doctor's prescription was easy - Retail Therapy.

"It would really help to loosen you up before school starts, plus you get some nice stuff in return," the doctor said, except that in this case, I am the Doctor.

So yeah, I wanted to shop. Compelling reasons like "It's the Post-Christmas sale now!" or "Clearance Sale!" basically fuel the desire for anyone to walk around shopping malls fondling clothes or stuff that you always wanted to own but didn't have enough money for them. With such slash-down sales, you get a feeling that you for once might really be able to own that pair of Jeans or dress without too much of a damage to your bank account.

What better place to start than our beloved Vivocity? The sprawling complex at the south of Singapore boasts of several accomplishments, like being the biggest and the meanest of all the shopping malls in town, having the largest cineplexes around etc. Basically, Vivocity is the newest, and one of the more extensive complexes to hit the shores. The stores within are pretty much the same, except for some which have rose from being merely flagship stores in their own area to franchised stores, like Candy Empire or Crocs.

However, there are some stores which caught my attention though.

I don't like walking around aimlessly with nothing that impresses me; I shop with pretty much the intention of "hit and run". If something impresses me or captures my attention for a full five minutes, chances are that I would buy it if it is within my budget.

Still, I am quite a prick in the ass when it comes to shopping.

That explains why only a few shops appeal to me in Vivocity (not it's not the Cineplex). One of them is Pull and Bear, located on level 1. Check out their website; it is kick-ass. I am not surprised to see that it is actually under the same corporation as Zara.

Simply putting it, shopping is an experience. And your sense of fashion and beauty can only get more acute with the more experience you gain. And when you become a guru in your own right, you will realize the satisfaction that comes from shopping and not the weight of the shopping bags.

I'll leave you with a nice song for now - Keyshia Cole's Love. Just play it and lie down. Enjoy.

Mr Black is a current undergraduate who resides in Singapore. This blog is a non-whimsical reflection of his life and the society in which he lives in at large.

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