Okay, gonna walk you through my day today....so brace yourself for some yawns along the way...

anyway, just little note - i realised, i mind alot how people look at me. Like i realised i write to entertain others, because i want to be entertained myself. the word entertained is not used loosely. Perhaps, the closest meaning i want you to know is amuse. yeah....that's it, to be amused by someone's writing. so in return i wanna amuse others with my writing.

perhaps the most essential way to do so (my personal belief) is either something philosophical, humourous (which i'm not very good at) or the way i feel.

by the by....i care alot how you view my posts....that's perhaps i always take care not write to bore.

so moving on to my day

i woke up on the dot of my alarm and in the midst of my dream (or was it yesterday's dream) that i could ride a motor-bike on cue. like just ride it without learning whatsoever. impossible in real life because as the world already knows (or will come to know) that dear claudia wong can't even ride a bicycle or roller-blade.

so squeezed in some time for last minute practising on my piano so that my teacher won't be too unhappy after un-piano-ing for too long.

anyway....half-strolled my way down to somerset (not centerpoint that side) to the famous killiney kopitiam to have breakfast (2 half-boiled eggs, 1 toasted kaya bread and 1 cup of teh-C)....some how that kinda breakfast always kick-start my day and it's a comfort to know that those eggs will always make you full.

so had piano lesson....luckily passed 2 pieces so learnt 2 more new pieces, one of which i liked VERY MUCH....(by dvorak and it's a mazuka)but the rest have to, as what ms lam always say, "practise more"

after that, i was comtemplating if i should go shopping for new year's clothes since now xmas sale...but wasn't much in the mood because of some stuff and many other stuff and many many other stuff in my head. don't wanna talk about it because i've already settled down and formulated what i wanna do...and if things don't go as plan, well i guess there's nothing much to mourn for anyway....it's really up to nature to take its course (if you get what i mean)

so i had nat's "a million little pieces" to finish up and hence, i holed myself in the esplanade library from 1pm (sharp) to 3pm (sharp) to finish that book. i didn't mean to finish the book ON TIME...just can't help it lahz, second nature to do things on the dot i guess....don't like it when the time is 3:17pm or 3:11am or 7:52am kinda thing....prefer times like 3pm or 3:10am or 7:55am (okay, so i'm weired like christopher boone in the "curious incident of the dog killed in the night time", did i get the title right?)

after that, figured since i was in esplande, and there's this wonderful lady playing some light jazz music in the practice room, so inspired to practise more and get some jazz scores along the way...yah, took about 15mins to decide what i wanted...since i'm not a jazz player, so i haven't learnt the art of improvisation (jazz scores only have the melody line, and chords like Em7 or C indicated. the rest is up to your artistic imagination)

so settled on a bossa nova piece (a type of jazz i like alot) and a new piece which i thought was kinda nice.zap it and paid the nice old man who lended me his cashcard (damn those things)

yeap....so while waiting for time, decided to go suntec city since it was nearby to kill time doing shopping...went to starbucks first to get the java chip frappuchino. since the outlet was kinda filled with caucasians, it kinda intimidated me as well...but anyway, i was noticing this really cute eurasian looking guy who was busy appeasing the horde of impatient cacausians waiting for their drinks and when it was my turn he smiled SWEETLY and said, "here's your java chip dear, have a nice day!" dear lehz....*giggles wildly*

so anyway, my day brightened up like instantly and for a minute i was like those teenage girls smitten by some cute guy (hey wait a minute, i AM a teenage girl) and went poking around clothes....

went to mango and found a shirt i liked alot, went to Novo and found a pair of shoes i liked alot and went back to lacoste and found a dress which i liked alot too. let me calculate those values for you.

Mango shirt: $45.90

Novo shoes: $39.00

Lacoste dress: $169

and of course the puma shoe which i had set eyes on $99.00

in total: $352.90

okay....i'm so going to people's park to get some cheaper stuff...shopping at suntec is heart-breaking for two reasons 1) you'll have a gigantic hole in your pocket at the end of the day and 2) you can't buy any of those because you have no money.

but all in all...at least i get an idea what i want. so cost of inspiration? zero value.

yeah...so went to times and bought the book which i promised i would (i almost forgot that promise) The Interpretation of Murder and another book which i almost wanted to buy What i Loved Most or something like that.

so walked down city link and passed by MPH and couldn't resist buying another book so ended up buying the one Ms Goh recommended...The curious incident of the dog killed in the night time.it's been a darling so far...>.<"

anyway...talked to my mum over dinner about stuff that happened recently and heard her stuff that happened recently just made me realise how much i missed my mum...weird isn't it? to miss your mum after you've come back to singapore...maybe i was too busy recuperating that i neglected my dad and mum for a while. just wanna thank them silently for caring so much. hahaha....kirst! my dad made great bergadials (is that how you spell them?) with the true-blue mutton and all...it's kinda easy, i can pass you the recipe if you want :D

so anyway, it's been a really great day...because i settled alot of my feathers, learnt alot about settling feathers in a million little pieces and cleared my mind. sometimes, we shouldn't escape from reality and confusion...it's sometimes good to clear your mind for a while, take a break and walk around alone because you don't have to account for anything...smile and be nice~ it really lifts a load off your chest once and a while.

i dunno if you guys do the same. i know how it feels to shop alone now nat...i didn't knew this before. it's not pathetic or sad, rather, it's liberating because you know that the world doesn't look too closely at you, or your friend doesn't need to accomodate you as vice versa.

i'm glah i went shopping without spending a cent on clothes (although i was very much tempted to) but rather i spent it on books which i believe will provide me insight on the stuff that is going on.

really, at times, we just need a little time to ourselves. to talk to ourselves, to answer questions in our mind and just to sit back and be inspired by strangers, or strange things that had happened.

this was how my day went today.

although i know i'll forget it pretty soon, but......

the feelings that these strangers have brought me will always be etched in my heart.

How was your day Today?