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When temptation comes a-calling
11:43 PM
When temptation comes a-calling

I have incredibly managed to impose some self-restraint on my shopping as I have not bought anything for 7 whole days with the sole exception of a RM2.50 blue-ink Faber Castell pen.

Wouldn't you say I've been rather good? Mind you, this self-restraint isn't from any lack of looking around but more of the inability to find something that's worth buying. =p

Went to 1U after class on Friday and I didn't even buy anything at the clearance sale. But that was because the black heels I wanted weren't there anymore. Hmmph! Next was Bangsar and managed to get out of that place without buying anything except the aforesaid blue pen. Today was Ikeano but I managed to stop myself from buying anything. I think I'm going back to Ikeano soon as there's still loads of shops to look around. =p

Resisting the urge to splurge is getting tougher as I see shops and boutiques on sale everywhere. Temptation beckons from mannequins in the glass display, compelling me to step closer to the forbidden fruit as I slowly but surely move towards the shop. I know I shouldn't, but I can't seem to resist the magnetic pull that draws me nearer to the objects on display.

How long more can I hold out against this burgeoning tide of discounts and sales?
Oh my imposer of self-restraint, where are you when I need you during times of like this?

On the way home from Ikeano as I was driving...
Dad : Your driving has picked-up of late...
Me : Dad, its almost one year already lah. What do you mean by of late?! *outraged*
Dad : (looks at the speedometer) You're driving even faster than your mum.
Me : Where got?! Its only 60km/h. *automatically slows down*
Dad : Yeah, your mum drives at 60km/h.
At this point, I decided that silence would be the best way to deter any unwanted statements when my mum suddenly says...
Mum : Well, at least her driving doesn't make me feel like vomiting.
Me : Hmmph, see what mum says about my driving! Hehe. *snickers at my dad*

I think its slipping into a comfy routine that I'm not sure should even be allowed to get comfy. Or maybe I'm simply reading too much into things. But I think that its slowly settling down and putting out its feelers and roots. And I think you should be able to feel that too. Or shouldn't you? I don't know. On perhaps, I just don't really want to know. Its easier for now to simply let the strings form than to stand up and cut those fine silken strands that encase us like a web.

Where do we go from here? The crystal ball seems filled with fog and those tea leaves clumped around in senseless forms. The path ahead hazy and strewn with uncertainties.

I can't predict the future, and neither can you.

Written on Saturday, April 07, 2007; 11:43 PM

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