Sunday, July 15, 2007

For the first time.

You know what? For the very first time, I experienced a Singaporean's true and most local method of *drum rolls* hanging out your clothes to dry!!! Eh, don't wtf me first can? My previous accomodations (company guesthouses) are designed with compounds beside the windows for this purpose. Nothing special mah. But now, I'm using bamboo poles (YES! You read that right, bamboo poles!) to hang my clothes dry, dem old school man! I had to be given a tutorial by the landlady on the different methods of hanging, depending on the texture of the cloth for the most effective result. Quite meng-embarassing-kan, being 24 and still have someone to guide you in accomplishing such a simple task.

Definitely not an easy task you know because you need to balance the pole while clipping your clothes on it, or slide the pole through them. Then, need to always make sure that your clothes are well-secured on the pole with clippers, else, you can bade them farewell. The most difficult part is next, having to balance the pole while extending it out of the window and inserting into a socket on the wall. Me, clumsy as always, nearly dropped one with all my formal wears on it, luckily regained control at the end. Fuh! I think that the landlady helped me readjust some of my clothes in the end, cause I realized that the arrangement was different when collecting them later. *Paiseh*

Because I did my washings late, I only managed to head out in the evening. Met up with KYtheInjuredMonkey at Lavender to get my bus ticket from Golden Mile Complex (coming back for the weekend this Friday night, hurrah!) before heading to Plaza Singapura as he wanted to eat at Carl's Jr, AGAIN! Gila. Then, headed to Carrefour to get some supplies, I'm quite sure you're not interested but I'm gonna indulge you in the details anyway. I bought an iron, an extension cord, a soap box (finally, freaking hard to find one), a loaf of baguette and the best of all, a box of 6-in-1 Pringles on a buy 1 free 1 promotion, so its 12 alltogether for only 9.50 dollars (woot!). I can probably shower in Pringles lol!

The only bad experience is having to lug everything back home, my arms almost, almost came off, hence gaining strength +2 but losing intelligence -1.

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