30 day book meme - Day 2 (and outing with friends)
First: this year's Shakespeare in the Park is Macbeth! My friends and I are hoping to go and see it. (I'll really need that job ASAP if I want to afford things like theatre tickets though... >_> )
Also, today I went out with my friends and had an awesome time. :D Alvie, Gena, Jing Jia and I went to one of their favourite karaoke lounges and sang our hearts out (steadfast , the first song that came on was Bad Romance, which highly amused me. XD We all sang it very enthusiastically.), then we took a cab to Mount Sophia. There's this lovely little open-air restaurant/bar (I always order apple juice and stick to it despite the alcohol my friends order) on top called Timbre where Jing Jia works, so Alvie, Gena and I dropped her off and then walked down to Plaza Singapura and walked around. Gena is an awful person to go out with if you're trying to save money; she drags me into clothes shops, pulls out gorgeous clothes that make me look good and that she knows I'll love, makes me try them on, and then gushes about how good I look and how this price is a really good deal and I wonder if she's secretly getting commissions. XD I bought a gorgeous, fitted black cowl-neck blouse (recommended by Gena). The salesgirl was wearing a lovely ring in the form of angel wings and I complimented her on it and asked if they were for sale there; she said no, she got it at Diva.
So we were walking towards the escalator to return to Timbre and then Gena noticed a Diva outlet and dragged me into it while Alvie rolled her eyes at us. XD She's, like, the voice of reason when we go shopping. God, I fell in love with more than half the merchandise. XD They even had lovely pocket-watches! And feathery headbands! And lots and lots of shiny things! I love shiny things! The accessories/jewellery were just the sort I love. One day I'm going to go back and go mad. XD I was seriously tempted by a lovely pair of earrings in the form of angel wings (one long, shiny, lovely wing per ear) and was considering getting it when Gena, the temptress, pointed out the shiny snake-ring above it. I've wanted a snake ring for AGES. After informing Gena she sucked and I hated her ("No you don't. You love me."), I spent some time deliberating over which to buy.
^ Yeah, I chose the ring. XD I plan to go back one day to get the angel wing earrings though! And after that I'll either get one of the lovely big neo-Victorian feathery hair accessories or an old-fashioned pocket watch.
We went back up to Timbre, huffing and puffing all the way, and had some AMAZING rich creamy delicious mushroom soup, equally amazing lightly spicy fries, and creamy mushroom pasta. Jin Yang joined us later, straight from army camp; sadly, I had to leave shortly after he joined us since I'd told Dad I'd be home by a certain time, which was two hours before the others left. XD So after wolfing down more soup, pasta and fries and chatting a bit, I had to say my goodbyes and leave early while they ordered mushroom pizza (As you can see, we're all mushroom fiends, especially since Gena and I are both vegetarian XD).
Also, in the last post I mentioned my fondness for tartan, so I must mention that the full-length flowy light brown skirt with embroidered flowers I wore today, a gift from Gena, had a bit of tartan on it. :D I took a picture of part of the hem.
TARTAN. <3 It's my favourite part of the skirt. Also, since I wore the snake ring immediately, my inner Good Omens fangirl was very happy.
Many thanks to my friends for a wonderful day out. <3 There had been some stuff troubling me, but enthusiastic singing, cuddles (Alvie is the best cuddler in the history of cuddlers!), conversation, shopping and food, and of course the wonderful company, make everything better. I love you guys!
Now, on to the book meme.
Day 2 of this awesome book meme.
2. Your earliest memory of reading or being read to
Another hard one. XD Umm. I remember that one of my favourite books when I was, like, three or four, was Bala and the Moon. It was one of those simple books for tiny tots, and featured a boy called Bala who wanted to be an astronaut, and he goes to the moon. I don't remember whether or not it was made of cheese in the book. xP I doubt it, though; my father, with his love for astronomy, wouldn't have let me believe that. Still, this was the reason why as a preschooler I wanted to be an astronaut. (However, as a child I also wanted to be an author and a paleontologist who occasionally dabbled in archaeology too, and at the time I thought one could be many things easily enough.)
Mostly I remember the pages and the illustrations, and being in the kitchen and telling my mother I wanted to be an astronaut and go to the moon like Bala.
I also remember these read-along sets in a cupboard below the radio in my parents' room; illustrated simple books, generally featuring Disney characters, that came with an audio cassette per set. I'd slot the cassette into the radio and read along with the cassette, though eventually I just read the books myself; sometimes I still liked to put the cassettes in to hear things like Iago's or the Great Mouse Detective's voice or the Pocahontas songs, though. And eventually I couldn't do that because as a kid I had itchy fingers and liked to poke and prod at things to find out how they worked, which meant I pulled the shiny black ribbons out of some of the cassette spools and ruined them. XD
... I kind of miss cassettes now, they were fun.