Thursday, January 27, 2005

lesson #12: a conversation that might or might not have happened

A shop. Girl is paying for her purchase and Guy, the sales assistant, is processing the transaction. Previously they have chatted for close to a half hour when Girl was mulling over the purchase.


Guy: So by the way, you are?
Girl: Oh, I'm Girl.
Guy: Well nice to meet you, Girl.
Girl: Yeah, nice to meet you too. Um you are?
Guy: I'm ******. (Girl has forgotten his name)
Girl: Oh cool. So you're working here part-time, or...?
Guy: Full time actually.
Girl: Really? How old are you anyway?
Guy: What do you think?
Girl: Um... 17?
Guy: Nah, not that young.
Girl: 18? Just turned 18?
Guy: Yup, uh-huh... Kinda.
Girl: Wow. What're you doing here, man. Shouldn't you be in school! (laughs)
Guy: No lah. I'm waiting for O levels result. So you've just finished Uni?
Girl: Huh? I'm not that old... Just a freshie. I'm 19! Well anyway, thanks! You've been really helpful... See you around!
(Girl starts to walk away)
Guy: (calls out) Uhh hey by the way - I won't be working here next time. I mean, I'll be working at the Paragon branch too.
Girl: ...? Oh, okay! Well, see you around!
Guy: See you!
(Girl walks out of shop)


Can't believe I went shopping again - I didn't even plan to shop today. I only intended to go for kickboxing (which was kick ass, I sweated so much and felt so good afterwards) and then look for G's present.


It turned out like this: I bought a purple racerback top with gold linings before the kickboxing class. But it was only $12. After the class, I was passing through Taka on my way to get G's present. I passed through Accessorize. Well actually I made a slight pitstop there. They had a 70% sale and so I bought a darkish sparkly bracelet and a princess tiered necklace. Original prices were $21.90 and $41.90 respectively, and I managed to only pay below $20 for both items combined. And then, after getting G's stuff, I passed through a rack of books and glimpsed a stack of Shopaholic & Sister. I totally just swiped a copy up and brought it to the cash register without much thinking.


I'm very very happy with my purchases. But feel slightly guilty about spending. Zhi will totally kill me if she knows... *whisper* don't tell her! Anyway, promised myself that today's gonna be the last time. NO MORE SHOPPING. I still need to get a new bag for school purposes and also a new laptop case. But those are necessities so they don't count. Also need to stock up on my strawberry shower gel and get a sexy pair of shoes for presentation purposes. Necessities necessities! What nuisance, eh?