I say we should look out of the windows and contemplate on life.
Friday, September 03, 2010 @ 3:23 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
(I know that I declared a hiatus, but I'm just dropping by...)
I made a pact, or rather a promise, not to buy any notebooks or soft toys for at least two months.
I made a pact, or rather a promise, not to buy any notebooks or soft toys for at least two months.
It went along fine actually. I managed to refrain from buying them for two months. I didn't even buy a new album recently, although I'm really really tempted to hunt down 이승기 4th album, Shadow. But of course, as in life, there are always slips. I bought two teddy bears on Tuesday, which was actually the last day of my so called "promise". So I guess that could be considered a celebration? I realise I always manage to get membership cards from shops like Artbox and EIII Street. All the shops with soft toys in them. Not really surprising.
However, I suppose it is quite pathetic that I still didn't manage to save as much as I'd expected two months ago. I did restrict myself. I didn't buy albums, soft toys, accessories, cases, trinkets whatnot. But I somehow spent on books. Maybe it's because the Kinokuniya branch at Bugis Junction has just been revamped and the new concept really appeals to me. It actually looks so much more like the branch at Takashimaya now. Which reminds me, it must have been eons since I last stepped into the Orchard Road shopping district. O' woe is me. What'd happened to my life?
But before I digress even further, as I was saying, I seem to have been spending my allowance on books. It could be also due to the fact that I have been having my lunches with my mum at Bugis Junction, where she works. Since the bookstore is in the building too, temptation is near. There seems to be a mystical force which draws me into the quiet shop while my mum is in her office.
Within two weeks, I've bought three books, on three separate days I have been there. I could have bought a fourth too actually, if not for my mum dragging me to a different level on that day. Ah well.
So recently, I managed to get these three books of entirely different genres, styles and authors. The first I bought was about something everyone should be familiar about in this day and age. It's titled "The Facebook Effect". It's not so much about the appeal of Facebook as to the story behind it. It made me look at Facebook from a different angle altogether.
The second was not a really good choice. I actually bought it on an impulse. Then again, all my books are bought on an impulse. Well, I was a little reckless on that day I guess. It's a fantasy book, and is part of the Vampire Academy series. Now, I have never read the series before and book I picked, "Spirit Bound" Is actually the second last volume of the whole plot. And it does not seem to be all that interesting after all that novelty of finding a book on vampires. Believe me, I do like reading about vampires, but the story just seems to be a little tiresome at some parts and the main character seemed...indecisive? It seems that it will just turn out as some 'Bella and Edward' game all over again. After reading the Twilight series last year, this holds no novelty for me anymore.
The third which I acquired today is really good. Titled "The Unconsoled" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Really, I find that the Literature section always manages to help me unearth some real treasures instead of the common trashy novels many hanker after these days. The section for Young Adults is also not a good choice half the time because I would have read quite a few of the books there. Maybe I really should have taken Literature after all. I miss it so much.
Anyway, this is the second time I'm exposed to the slow and dreamy kind of writing style in "The Unconsoled", which is similar to Soseki Natsume's "I Am a Cat" from what I can see. It's difficult to master in my opinion. Yet, it really attracts me and I love reading such kind of novels. Few people agree with me however. Even my mum feels that my books are difficult to read.
Well, today's the last day of Term 3 of school. It didn't really seem like a big day or anything actually, considering that there was our Elementary Mathematics Paper 2 for our Preliminary Examinations. Secondary Four life, that's just how it is. I'm already numbed to exams and tests. I honestly feel that I should reevaluate my life sometimes.
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