Friday, June 08, 2007

星期五,多云,很热

今天,大奶彬一大清早就把我叫醒,因为她要我陪她一起去大减价抢购一件她很久以前就想买的牛仔裤。

现在是新加坡大热卖,各大百货商店都纷纷杀价,吸引顾客去大买特买。平时昂贵的商品突然变得价廉物美,难怪不只是新加坡人,还有大老远从其他国家来的游客也喜欢在这个时候到新加坡来购物。我不太喜欢去人挤人,更讨厌在长长的人龙里等待试衣服和还钱。

可是,今天早上大奶彬偏偏要我陪她去排队。哇。真的很夸张,早上8点多,店都还没开,就已经有20多个人在门外等着。我看见商店入口处的一个告示牌,说明营业时间是从早上10点30分开始。什么?还要等两个小时?!天啊。我牺牲睡眠,牺牲早餐,就是为了要等待一家服装店把门打开。唉。就当作讲义气,陪好朋友吧。

我们就坐在人龙里等。等。等。到了9点多,大奶彬也肚子饿得受不了了,我便走到最靠近的快餐店买了两份早餐,和大奶彬两个人有点狼狈地坐在店外的地上吃。

终于等到10点25分了。到了这个时候,已经有大概50多个人聚集在店门外。大家都开始兴奋起来,因为很快地就要进行一场追逐战。每一个人都已经心里有数,只要门一开,就会冲进店里,希望可以抢到自己要买的东西。

10点27分。大家沉默不语,空气中弥漫着微微的杀气和敌意。人群渐渐往商店的大门向前移动,最前面一排的人几乎快要脸贴玻璃门了。

10点30分。大门终于开了!抢购行动开始!大奶彬拉着我的手,冲向陈列牛仔裤的角落。我们两边还有其他要买牛仔裤的人,左边是一位中年妇女,右边是一位年轻少女。我们好像在赛跑一样,拼命地跑。大奶彬平时都不做运动,但今天竟然跑第一名。到了陈列柜台,我们开始找正确款式和尺寸的牛仔裤。大奶彬很认真地皱着眉头找啊找,突然间,我听见一声尖叫,“啊!我找到了!”然后看见大奶彬一手举起战利品,一手比出胜利的手势。她的样子好滑稽。

战利品得手,大奶彬开开心心地走向收银处换钱。看她那么开心,我虽然没买到任何东西,却也很开心。

在那一刻,突然觉得,快乐可以很简单。平平凡凡的生活中所发生的小小点滴,也可以是回味无穷的历险记。

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

so disappointed with this posting. why talk about GSS so boring

Anonymous said...

huh?
so boring 4 dis posting...

Anonymous said...

不会吧,一点都不担心会考成绩。。。嗦真的,有点无聊了。。。

Anonymous said...

nothing much for this post.. but i think that is life ba.. some of the days are plain..

卫斯理 said...

虽然看似一个平凡的购物日记,却也看出大头芬也开始领悟“快乐可以很简单”这个道理。此时的大头芬应该还在为ah toot的事烦恼吧。与其不停的烦恼,倒不如尝试让自己快乐一些。其实,快乐就在身边,只看能不能发现。

Anonymous said...

oh man, so lame.. so simple... lame.. might as well dun have this story... diaoz.. forget it, so lame one.. 4 wad the hack tell us about great singapore sale??
LAME!!

bittergourd said...

Peifen:

I beg to differ from those who commented, life isn't about relationships all the time. To me, the entry is not lame, very light hearted , in the first place, I feel that world of DTF isn't a love diary. Like the Chinese saying goes: “萝卜青菜, 各有所爱”.
Ya lor, happiness can be very simple, need not be very complicated, a gathering with close friends can be a happy and simple event. Surprised to see some readers terming this entry as lame, maybe they are more interested in the relationship matters.

I know that you are trying to churn out new ideas for the story, so this entry is like a break for you. Don't be discouraged, afterall everyone is different, some will like such entries, some won't. All the best for your show.

Anonymous said...

that lame meh -,- hai okay la. rather than no story lor. aye, peifen jiayos xD

Anonymous said...

erm, not much to talk about recently hor

Anonymous said...

this post isn't that lame!
how can a person life only talks about relationships?!
but ii can only say that the two gals r too "kua zhang" over a sale...

Anonymous said...

hahas i dont think our life's just soely about relationships righto?

maxine said...

i don't think its lame. its just telling us that being happy can be very simple, since datoufen has not been feeling happy for the past few days!

Anonymous said...

对啊, 只要我们愿意,快乐可以是很简单的。问题只在于我们是否要拥抱快乐。=)

Anonymous said...

i dun think this posting is lame.. glad to know that DTF has finally become more happy again..
keep it up k!
DTF should mention more about her friends =)

Anonymous said...

快乐可以很简单。关键在于知足这两个字。其实我们都很幸福,看你怎么样对待你的幸福而已。

AH Toot said...

oh... interesting post. DNP like my gf, can be very happy when she can buy some offer item she like... haha.

Anonymous said...

其实这篇日记一点也不无聊,大头芬只不过想述说现代人可能面对的一切,为了让人了解同一件事情能带给不同的人不同的感受。只要读了这篇日记的人深透地去思考,一定也能领悟到这个简单的到理。

人生不单单围绕着爱情,所以不能期待每一遍日记都围绕着爱情,否则读者也会渐渐失去想读的兴趣。老实说,我个人认为在生活里,单纯的友情比爱情来得重要。朋友是能做一辈子的,但如果有了爱情的元素,友情就会在无形中,有多一份负担,为了要担心做某些事情会不会伤害到对方,而也会时不时地担心会不会有分开的一天。如果两个人对比此,都有着那份默契及信任,
那两个人才会维持一段长久的恋情。有两位朋友,曾经在恋爱时对比此说会永远不离开对方,而在那段期间里,女方又对自己和男友没信心,一直怀疑男友和别人有暧昧关系,虽然男方一直努力地去爱,去证明他爱的只有她,但现在的他们,始终还是分手了。

Anonymous said...

I wonder why is it so difficult to find a girlfriend that fulfils my criteria?

My criteria is very simple- not based on looks or figures but on inner beauty!

So far, 5 have failed!

While it is true that looks and figures are considered ‘bonuses’, they are not the decisive factors! Inner beauty is considered the basic fundamental!

The story is about the love between a girl and an angel. Afraid that the angel might fall in love with another girl and thus leave her. The girl wakes up at night and hides his pair of wings. When the angel wakes up in the morning, he was very angry with the girl. He managed to find his wings and leave the girl. The ending is of course a happy one as in all fairy tales!

To me, this story is a thought- provoking one. Afraid that the angel might leave her, the girl hides his pair of wings. Without the wings, the angel will not be able to fly away but he can still walk away because he still has a pair of legs! Then is the girl going to take away his pair of legs? Without his legs, the angel can still escape! He can crawl on the ground using his pair of hands! Then is the girl going to chop off his arms as well? If the girl really did that, well, the angel will be hers for life! Why?

It is because the angel will die of excessive bleeding!

In fact, out of the 5 who failed, one of them (who go by the initials KK and the name _elly _ong) was not bad-looking and has a figure that is not too bad either, but unfortunately, she has an ugly heart!

It doesn’t matter whether you are driving a sports car or a saloon car, because when you are stuck in a traffic jam, it became a stationary car!

It doesn’t matter whether the girl has good looks and nice figure, because when she has an ugly heart, it is an outright failure!

Beside her, another two people were involved in this matter. They are the two ATs.

The first one (who goes by the initials AT and the name _deline _an) plays the role of supporter. Even if she were to lose her job one day, she won’t remain unemployed for long! There is a job which is most suitable for her, that is, being a griever (Xiao Nu)! Alternatively, she could also consider going to Geylang to work. After all, both jobs required the person being able to make noises!

A guy (who goes by the initials LTW and the name _ee _ing _ei) plays the role of supporter and instigator. He actively stir up the sentiments of the abovementioned person (who go by the initials AT and the name _deline _an), agitating the person to take drastic actions, effectively using the person as a tool to achieve his own selfish aims.

Wei Ji Wang Guo, Wei Le Nu Ren Da Zhong Guo!

The second one (who goes by the initials AT or KH and the name _ndy _an) plays the role of supporter and instigator. He actively stir up the sentiments of the abovementioned person (who go by the initials KK and the name _elly _ong), agitating the person to take drastic actions, effectively using the person as a tool to achieve his own selfish aims.

While a person could spend a lifetime with the person of his/her desire, he/she can’t spend a lifetime with a wild beast! Even if you are both registered with ROM and applied for a HDB flat, you should do the right thing and forfeit the deposit for the flat rather than choosing to spend a lifetime with a wild beast!

As for the wild beast, he will no doubt suffer a double loss!

What do you call that?

Pei Le Fu Ren You Zhe Pin!

Lose the Lady and the soldiers!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to the clowns!

They have finally managed to ‘entertain’ me in the month of June! I thought it is going to take them forever to do so!

This time round, the clowns didn’t manage to ‘entertain’ me within a month- their usual standard!

Hope that in future, the clowns will maintain their consistency!

As always, it is better to be obedient dogs rather than be the thinking humans so that you could lead a better life!

The clowns have once again proved that it is the laws of the jungle- not the rule of law- that prevails!

Anonymous said...

peifen
the way u narrate this so funny

very funny
especially the way u express the long queue and etc etc

good job
even simple post but yet can express so well with so funny emotions.

Anonymous said...

datoufen(: continue to move on. as the saying goes, you cant give up on the whole forest just for a tree.

Anonymous said...

FST其实要快乐师简单的,我想只要我们懂得知足,不要去刻意强求,我们是快乐的!
做人间单就好,不要太过复杂,要开心的笑!is not that we should not pursue things but just to be objective.how to define objective, will depends on ur view......

this story is just to tell us that actually sometimes in life, a small little matter can make us happy too.....i believe even eating a piece of chocolate will let a person happy.....做人要感恩哦!

starnite31

Anonymous said...

Hi PeiFen,

Despite the comments that the story is not what they expected, it's a break from the 'love story'. Cos like what some of the people commented, life is not just about relationship. Jus some ideas on what you could write.
1)Perhaps you could mention that DTF and DNB went for a camp where they get to know more people.
2)Or a secondary school class gathering? You only briefly mentioned about DTF saw someone like Meiyun and then it never continued.
3)Or she could get involve in the orientation of the new students?
4)Father's Day is coming too, perhaps you could write something on that. (I never realises the significance of this day until I realise I can't celebrate it anymore as my dad passed away and went home to be with the Lord this year.)

In fact you could use this opportunity to say that after the incident with Ah Toot, DTF realised that there are more things to pursue in life and wants to live life to the fullest. As a result, she becomes more outgoing, gets involved in voluntary work etc... These are things that will cause a person to grow. the best way to get out of a hurting relationship is to help others.

How about Dave and Zhicong? Also have not heard about them for a long time. probably it's time for them to appear again. : )

Good Job Peifen!

Anonymous said...

Starnite31,

得之我幸,失之我命,如此而已。

Anonymous said...

life can't be interesting everyday, sometime we need plain water.

Anonymous said...

wonder did peifen meimei offended some weird ojisan or what

how come that jackie so "cute" de,
keep posting things on and on and on when apparently no one realy bother about him de

well at least not all.he capture my attention alot

jackie u mind to call me up .
as i wish to be a friend with u

and what type of gals u like ?
=)

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