Prezzie&KoreanFood

I ran 2.4km today.

Well.. not exactly 2.4km; 1.6km to be exact. I walked the first and last round. I have not run for a few months. So, I thought I shouldn't be pushing myself. And if you are wondering what happened that made me drag myself out of bed at 11 plus in the morning and run on my treadmill, I was inspired by someone. Someone who had IPPT test today. Lol..

I certainly had a great day yesterday. Despite what happened the day before. I got a prezzie yesterday. Check out my new wallet.

Classy, right? It takes one a person with good taste to give a person who has better taste this. Lol.. Anyway, the prezzie really made my day. Plus the food, too!

I kind of crave for dim sum. But I am such a super sloth now that all I want to do is to slack at home. It's nice to be home. With the heavy rain and my TV.

Recently, I was disturbed by an event. It made me reflect my role as a Potter; I used to think that I had been doing the right thing. But now, I think I have failed.

But on a lighter note, I am smiling now. Life is too short to be wallowing on one's misery.

Fighting!

SpeakEnglish!!!

Went out last Saturday with Ali and GB.

Seriously, I don't mind the presence of foreigners in our country. But what happened was way too much.

I was at Watson, Taka, with Ali. As usual, GB couldn't take our female bonding too much so he went around on his own. Saw Ali was trying to communicate with the Watson manager for some ginseng face product. When I approached them, Ali was having a difficult time putting across what she wanted. Not that Ali has problem with her English (she has improve her 'England' tremendously ever since she became part of the IJ family) but the manager did not understand what Ali wanted. When I got closer, I knew the reason; the manager was from China. I chuckled gleefully, leaving Ali in her messy situation.

After a while, we decided to explore Face Shop for BB cream. One of the saleladies approached us and was explaining about the product. Suddenly, half way through her explanation, she turned to Ali and said this, "Ni mingpai Hwa Yu, mah?". Literally translated, "Do you understand Mandarin?".

Ali was caught offguard and nodded her head. Then the saleslady continued her explanation in Mandarin! What the hell?!?! I was super pissed off. Weren't you explaining to both of us? How could you just switch to another language? Ali tried to explain to me later that the saleslady might have difficulties explaining in English. I turned to Ali and said, "This is town. How can you have a salesperson who is not fluent in English station in town?"

We went off to Sasa after that. By then, GB was bored having a rendezvous on his own so he met us there. Being a very cheapo person, he kept spraying perfume on himself, so I suggested to him several perfumes. One of them was Farenheit and the three of us were having problems locating it. I saw a saleslady near the perfume area and asked her, "May I know where's Farenheit?"

She looked at me in the eye and said, "I don't speak English."

What the.. I was so cheesed off that I turned to Ali and said, "You tell her what Farenheit is."

Ali looked at me and answered, "I don't know what Farenheit is in Mandarin." Piang! Trust Ali to say that. Lol..

Anyway, I found Farenheit on my own and let them smell. GB and Ali seriously has bad taste; they said it smelt of Indian. Duh!

When I walked out of the shop, I was fuming. I mean, how can a salesperson in town cannot speak English? I don't mind foreigners working in our country but if you are stationed in town, don't you think that at least, you can converse in decent English?

I told PinkMonkie my experience. But this time, Ali added her piece.

"Hey, do you know what GB said when I said I don't know what Farenheit is in Mandarin?" Ali asked me.

"You mean he answered for you?" I answered.

"Yeah, he said 'Fa-lun-height'."

"Huh?"

"Fa-lun-height is Farenheit in Mandarin."

I have weird bunch of friends.

Numb..

I'm feeling numb again.

I bet I am going to sleep through the weekend again.

Awful..

I'm feeling slightly awful now.

I have not fully absorbed the impact yet. But later, the hurt will come in full force and I will again wallow in self-pity, self-denial and self-depression.

I have been doing that so many times this year.

I need sleep.

CityOfGlass

Have you watched City of Glass before?

The one that starred Shu Qi and Leon Lai?

Everytime I watched that movie, I always feel a lump in my throat. The idea of being separated from the one you love because of circumstances always makes me melancholic. I'm a sentimental fool, I have to say.

Saw it on MIO TV today. Just the last 15 minutes. I didn't know it was showing because my dearest daddy was watching Golden Eye. James Bond with his dumb girls. But then again, this James Bond is cute (Pierce Brosnan).

Back to my City of Glass, Shu Qi and Leon Lai were a couple when they were young but were separated due to what reason I have forgotten. When they met each other (I think more than ten years?), they were already married with a child each and they started an affair. Besides the affair part (something which I don't condone), everything else was sweet. There was a scene where Shu Qi was left stranded while waiting for him (his wife came back unexpectedly) but their best friend turned up to accompany her. She asked the best friend, "Do you think he loves me?"

"Of course," the friend answered.

"So, do you think he loves his wife too?" she continued.

"Err.."

"I wonder how can one love two people at the same time?" she persisted. The friend did not know what to answer.

Sometimes, it's better not to know the answer to certain questions.