one saturday

First December. Saturday.

for my BD treat, pamela treated me to an accu-pressure massage at holland village and a session of foot reflexology at the palour she has a package with. $300 for 12 sessions package. works out to be $25 per session. walk-in rate is $30 to $40 i think. anyway. that massue- james is good. i have not seen him since 1998. that is like eleven years ago. it is not fair that Men age at a slower pace than women. they dont loose as much "jing hua"/essense as women i guess. he could not recognise me, said that i must have aged beyond recognition. as for him, he is still as dashing as before. in fact, he looks better beefed up now than before when he was skinnier. in the past 12 years, he had married his Thai girlfriend, had 2 daughters and returned to singapore to work after being back home in malaysia for 8 years. he said i should not procrastinate too much about having children, and that there will always be a way out in any bad situation and that life will take care of itself. i was grateful that he could crack my back. you know, my lower back was so tight some massues have problem cracking but not james. perhaps it is also because he is a man and has more strength and im sure good techniques come with experience.

After massage we hopped on bus #7 to orchard wisma to collect my sony ericsson phone that was serviced for draining battery. i am frustrated to share with you that the phone is still faulty and i am questioning if they take their work seriously. finally lodged a complaint this morning and i shall see what happens next. anyway, we had a fabulous japanese meal,, sashimi, roe rice and king fish. i must say that i love japanese food very much but they are expensive. anyway, we had a good time and proceeded to DFS for some shopping. or window shopping. i am quite hard-to-please when it comes to handbags because i like my hands to be free, hence my limited choices are cross-body sling bags and haversack. and they must be small cos i am short and will look shorter carring a huge bag. plus, i like to pack light. my friend adeline carries gold in her bag. it has her favourite books, organiser, wallet and many other stuff she is fancing at the time. i always tell her to lighten up but she is used to it. anyway, men generally dont carry bags. they just have their wallet and keys. do you think they are more detached than women? emotionally detached. i think so. women tend to think that they would need more. you know, the tissue paper, the organiser, the lip balm, lipstick, blotter, brochures, bills, travel size perfumes, books, stationery. anyway, i only like cross-body sling bags cos i want my hands to be free. also signifies that freedom to me is very important. i have ordered 2 sling pouches from coach where my friend works. one for my sis and i am sure she will like it. it is a boring brown but it is basic and goes with any outfit albeit casual. i really was tempted to buy the omega or tag heuer watch, you know, they were going at 20% discount! but i had to remind myself about instant gratification. refrain, refrain! refrain from instant gratification i said in my head. i wont be wearing it day in day out, so will it justify? i just thought i should wait a while. maybe i should give myself a target. if i saved a certain amount of money in my bank, i can then reward myself with it. that sounds better.

i noticed pam had quite a nice diamond pendant on. i queried about it and she told me she had it custom made at her regular jeweler. coming from someone who could ratter off about the various grade of diamond and its cuts, i have to trust her knowledge about diamonds cos i dont know nuts about them expect that that are nice. she lets on that it was a steal for the amount she paid for because the jeweler is a family jeweler and her family is a regular for the past 30 yrs. i was excited at the notion where i could design my own pieces and spent the whole sunday afternoon sketching a few designs. i must tell you, i am happy with them and will make one soon! pam promised to bring me to her jeweler upon her return from melbourne end of this month. i can hardly wait. told my sis that when she is preparing for her wedding, we could have some personal designs if she wants. great idea. look out for my updates in the next 2 months. i hope to show you my maiden piece.