Went shopping today.

we bought lots of things. Note: Sim Lim is a very sinful palce to shop at... you spend lots and lots of money there. I bought a new, good, nice black bag and a purple knee-length skirt from Bugis village. and the bag is my christmas present.....bought a massager and CDRs from Sim Lim. CDRs for my sister to rip all the music she wants from her classmates. bought a pair of blue contact lenses.. for fun... have been wanting to get them for more than a year...

went to queensway too, bought another pair of FBT shorts for myself and jeremy's birthday present: a sweater, just so he can wear it on Campus at Munich, though it'll probably be useless at those temperatures. He didn't want me to learn knitting or pick up knitting again or knit anything for him...what to do...

Dun think for a moment that i was the one buying everything. jeremy bought alot more things. he bought an ultra cool and nice sporty backpack for his laptop, the bag has very very good padding. bought earphones, 40GB hard disk and hard disk drive, microphone for his parents to audio conference with him, running shoes, jeans, luggage strap yada yada...that's the best reason why he enjoyed today's shopping.

was clearing my table and i fell upon this note i wrote, from the USP academic symposium which i only attended after Dr Vivian Balakrishnan arrived:

Today attended Academic symposium and found myself totally brainwashed by Vivian. the way he spoke was so smooth, ideas flowed from one to another seamlessly, leading his audience slowly yet steadily to the opinions and points which he wants to convey. i found it hard to concurr any independent thought of my own. I've gained a deeper understanding to the word equality. having a concept of "ah Lian" or "ah Beng" is as good as being prejudiced against coloured people.... against races, against people who subscribe to a religion different as your own. It's worse than discrimination against the poor.

I also didn't know that there's a deeper reason to why Singapore's excessive support for charities etc. not only does it ensure a sense of security among the people, if they become disabled one day, they can count on being taken care of, it also makes a statement to the world, that Singapore does not ill-treat the disabled/handicapped but treat them with respect and kindness. that, all the countries out there in the world should also take a leaf out of Singapore and treat Singapore (a handicapped nation) with respect and kindness. and i didn't think about it this way until Dr Vivian pointed it out.