of glossy bright red

… usually mean for those who want or need to turn back around for whatever reasons. usually mean in a negative way. but sometimes in a road trip, a journey, a U-turn is necessary for us to get to our destination.

that’s just how the road’s supposed to be.
that’s just how life’s supposed to be.

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If you simply have to be somewhere you’d rather not be, don’t make the little time a bad time.

today is a public holiday over here in selangor. my fever has subsided but it has also left me with cold sweat all the time, really sensitive nerves on my back, painful eyes and a small appetite.

this morning, i gave up tossing and turning, drifting in and out of sleep, got up and went for a walk. the sky was cloudy, the streets were quiet, the houses were sleeping and save for 7-11, the rest of the shop lots were still closed.

i walked a small circle around half of the streets, the houses looked quite quaint, i’ve never thought about it this way. i would have took some pictures, but i realized that my pictures are no good, i cant sum up the magic in it, it will just look like another picture. and i reckon our imagination would pretty-fy it better.

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sometimes when i dont feel like being an extrovert/introvert anymore for a while, im always afraid that there will be sirens and red warning lights screaming, ‘imposter!’

im innocent. i just need a break.

today was a very extraordinary day.

jianyee is one of ruwen’s close friends. i am ruwen’s soulmate. so it’s the close-friends-&-soulmate meeting today when jianyee & i went out for lunch together at uncle seng’s handmade noodles. it started at 1pm, then when we finished lunch, we decided to go window shopping at the boutiques around here. we went to clothestory, and apparently spent SEVEN hours there.

if you may think it’s completely marie-antoinette of us to stay in just one boutique for seven hours, let me elaborate.

at first, i was skeptical about even going to a boutique because i cant shop.

i cant shop as in every chinese new year when we’re supposed to be crazily shopping for new clothes, i buy one normal tee-shirt and stick with it throughout the festive season, when the rest of the girls are parading their clown-clothes, changing in and out of them throughout the day like in a fashion show. i just wear my tee-shirt & jeans, sit in the kitchen and pick my ba-guas. :D

i cant shop as in i need know that i have this much to spend then only i will shop with the amount. and right now, my cash is so limited that i only have enough to eat for the rest of the month. thus, not in the mood to shop.

i cant shop as in i simply cannot buy anything that is not black or white. that used to be then, i’ve been improving, i’ve been buying clothes that are wholly in other colors. just not with patterns, prints and all, i cant bear it.

anyway. so when i walked in the shop, jianyee straight away went for the clothes on the rack and into the fitting room within 2 minutes. i did a little stroll around one of the racks, trying to look polite and sat down on the sofa, with full intention to finish reading the book in my hands.

the salesgirl started talking, jianyee started asking questions, they both took more clothes for jianyee to try on, i looked at them amused, listened to them talk. and in the end, i stood up and look around more, picked out clothes when no one’s looking because i always tend to feel self-conscious of what people’d think of my taste in clothes when they are looking at me browsing the clothes. in the end, we just sat down and talked like old friends.

the one dress jianyee didnt buy.

talking to April is very, very comfortable. she has that innocence of a fairy girl (or that was how it seemed like throughout the seven hours), she is honest and she didnt give us the impression of a haughty, judging salesgirl we would find in G200k or Forever21. she’s the kind of person you very easily get comfortable talking to.

jianyee and i settled for the conclusion – she’s from kluang, she’s a johorian. with all due respect to KL people, she is NOT the typical kind of KL people. i like how April did not try to force any clothes on me when i didnt look comfortable being there at first.

she told us a lot about herself, how clothestory began in the first place, and in return, we talked a little bit about ourselves. i’ve always had the impression that boutiques’ salesgirls are the ones who would sell anything on the rack to you no matter your/their opinions, as long as you have the money, here’s a big smile for you!

but April told us about how clothestory is catered for college students because that’s who her regular customers are. the price, the style of clothes are all what we students would buy. furthermore, she only has only one for every single design, size & color, so people wont be wearing the same thing on the streets. most of her clothes are directly from korea, taiwan & hongkong, she travels there every three months to bring in new stocks.

i think she’s awesome. it’s so near also! ah im so happy i found a boutique i’d actually like visiting again. price-wise, salesgirl-wise, boutique-feeling-wise, clothes-wise, location-wise. this might sound like an advertorial shiz, but i am not paid to write this. this is from deep-down the bottom of my heart. i really like clothestory, and im not afraid to share.

dont worry, i will only spend what i earn. i know my limits.

anyway, after i finally dragged jianyee out of the shop because she just couldnt stop buying clothes she stumbled upon that she looked nice in, which was EVERYTHING, we went for dinner at around 8:30pm for the most awesome-cheap fruit juice ever!

SS15 is awesomo :D

in conclusion, the real one that matters, close-friend & soulmate of ruwen clicked! :D

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the best thing:

i came back and saw this

haha damn touched.