i brought my new bag out today. it's my official ah ma bag. it did seem rather ah ma, the leather i think. next time i will be more particular. i have new ideas with the cloth i bought. people's park market second level is cloth heaven. i want to buy everything i touch, and i want to touch everything i see. texture attracts me. i think i will go to granny's house to make my next bag, attempt some DIY and maybe make references to my secondary school home economics book sewing chapters if i need help. i prob do. lovely.

i think there is this instinct in me - i hate to see someone else wear something i've bought even though i think it's really nice so i tend not to buy stuff i see alot of people buying though i think it's nice. i found this new shop at THE ANNEX today called OPAQUE and i quite like the stuff there, the texture of the stuff was quite fun and funnily i liked the dressing room curtain. yes i observe these things quite a lot.

i have to clear my stuff in my room. i have to write in my diary tonight, some monthly mental clarification. esp financial matters. i'm halfway through my book, my thick book and it's interesting. THE BROTHERS KARAMOSOV. i like the analytical discussions and the study of man in all the different aspects. it's motivating to read a thick book. there's some sort of focus there and i like my mind to constantly be enlightened esp when i go to work and home each day on the train - that's when i read the book - and i feel good learning stuff so the trip feels enriched. today we had discussion again in the firm. ohhh, i just love mental stimulation. it's a drug.

tomorrow i am going to paint ma's new shop. to get dirty again is rather fun. painting is rather therapeutic. (is there some wrong spelling there?) and i'm doing it with the family. it's fun!