Leave

I'm on leave today! And the reason I give myself is that I was out late yesterday and needed today to rest, lest I be tired the whole week. Yep, it's just an excuse since it wasn't reeeaally very late and I was not resting at home today. Guess I just wanted to take a little break from work which is really tiring, especially since today is Monday and there will be many people seeing the doctor so as to be able to rest for one extra day.

Anyway, I was out by myself today and I have to say that I like being out by myself, plugged into my mp3 and just moving along at my own pace. Too bad my bluetooth headset ran out of battery halfway so I was music-less at the last stop.

My first stop was MPH at Millenia Walk! I don't know when it first opened but it must be fairly recent since they're having an opening promotion. You get 20% off for purchases below $50 and 30% off for purchases $50 and above. Spending above $30 in a single receipt will also entitle you to a free MPH membership which is only valid till the end of the year, but still, it's free so I can't complain. I bought the Inheritance Cycle book by Christopher Paolini there. It's 2 books in 1 (Eragon and Eldest, the first 2 books) and contains some unseen manuscript in the original copies according to the book. That costs $26 before discount and I bought another book for my sister so the amount adds up to $50 and I get 30% off so I spent $35.49 here.

Next stop: MPH at Citylink Mall! The purpose of my visit there after the visit to MPH at Millenia Walk was to find the third book of the Inheritance Cycle, Brisingr. I was there last Wednesday and saw it going at $12!! The original price was over $40 when I saw it at Millenia Walk and since I've already bought the first 2 books, I thought it's a good idea to just collect the entire series. However, much to my disappointment, I couldn't find it there today... Apparently it has been snapped up by others.. Oh well, I'll just take it as $12 saved. Perhaps when the 4th and final book is out, there will be another 2-in-1 book like the first 2 books, with extra parts inside so I'll just wait and see.

Final stop: Kinokuniya at Orchard! They're having a 20% member's discount from now till 26 June and I continued buying the manga series which I started buying 2 years ago, and was also the main reason why I signed up as a member. I also bought the book "Battle Royale" by Takami Koshun. They had this book in the NLB database but apparently there wasn't any copies available in libraries. The Chinese version was available but I think I'll be able to enjoy the story more when reading the English version.

I also took the Circle line for the first time today! I changed to the red line at Raffles Place, then changed to the circle line at Dhoby Ghaut and took it all the way to Promenade, which was right in front of Millenia Walk. I'ld have to say that it'll be faster if I just walked there from City Hall since I spent 6min waiting for the train to Dhoby Ghaut, and another few minutes at Dhoby Ghaut, waiting for the circle line train to move off.

Here are my NETS receipts for today:


Hopefully the first digit of my bank account still remains the same, but I think it'll definitely drop tomorrow as I draw out $200 to continue another 12 lessons of Japanese classes.. There goes my 2 weeks of pay which I haven't even received yet. All within a short span of 2 days. I realise I spend a lot more when I go out by myself since there isn't anyone to discourage me from impulse buying. Oh well...

Here are some random pictures I took of Takuya Kimura while walking around in Watsons!
This is a little blur cos I was afraid of being spotted and took it in a hurry!