Saturday, August 01, 2009
ron - financial disciplineThey (equivalent to almost every single one of them people who reads my blog) have been implying that 'Emo' is sprayed-painted all over my blog entries. Is that so? If that constitutes 'Emo', then they haven't had a real taste of 'Emo'. Hah! I have been cutting down on the outward display of 'Emo', and I have been pretty much happy-go-lucky these days. So... they haven't seen 'Emo' at its maximum.
On a lighter note, let's talk money (and fashion).
I have been working for approximately 7 months and I haven't been able to save up much due to several reasons, which include small and rash purchases, discounted luxury purchases, vacation purchases, transport and meal purchases, etc. And now, I'm gonna embark on this particular 4 year academic journey that will effectively render me penniless by the end of the 3rd month (of 48 months). And I haven't had much luck with tuition for next year considering that my students will terminate my contract by year end. All these money issues have been driving me delirious, to say the least.
Alas, I'm not alone, for i have a dozen other friends mired in deep shit just like myself.
One perfect example is my ex business partner, Kenn. He's going to NYU to study for 3 years (i think) and he's been like saving up for his NYLE (New York Luxury Expenses over a course of 3 years) but he's periodically tempted by the smaller irrelevant purchases. Like all the Fred Perrys, and Pedros, and what not. He's been reminding me to remind him not to overspend prior to his departure so that he can save up for
his daily expenses that elusive Jack Spade Macintosh messenger. And clearly, I have been doing my job considerably well.
I was turning the corner along Kate Spade at Raffles City today, then i spotted the JS Macintosh. However it wasn't my kind of bag, so I just walked away. Then i spotted another JS messenger stashed away at the bottom row of another shelf and it caught my eye. Not many commodities can tempt the living hell out of me, but this was one brown leather messenger that did just that. I wanted to pick up the bag to take a closer look, then the small scribble of a 3-digit number caught my eye again. I just backed off and walked outta the shop, turning my head again to take one final look at the JS messenger. I'm crazy like that I told you. I haven't been thinking much of it since, except the act of blogging about it.
So I have
somewhat mastered the art of financial discipline, at least for a short while.
Don't question me if you see the JS messenger strapped to my back come end August. I will look at you, then ask about the weather.
-----Since i do have financial issues, there's one other alternative solution - that is to buy during a great sale!
And so adidas was kind enough to inform me that there were discounts of up to 70% off at their stores in Pacific Plaza and Iluma. And knowing how much of an adidas whore i am, needless to say, i made my way down to adidas this evening to take a look at the stash they had available.
To my utter
surprise shock, they had some parts of the Adidas O by O collections available (strangely I never even got a chance to see that collection in Singapore, except for my short trip to BKK in May). The Jeremy Scott collection was heavily discounted, considering the fact that the collection includes a yellow disco jacket with sequin all over, and a leopard print sports jacket, just to name a few. I may be adventurous with my dressing these days (like the orange shirt), but this was way above my league. The discount for the other O by O collection was minimal, so i didn't get anything, but yes i was tempted to get another adi-diesel jeans.
But once again i restrained myself.
Hah! Kenn should learn from me!
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moved along
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