The Big Adventure!: Edited
Yesterday I went on this big adventure. The destination wasn’t much, it was there for motivation. The destination was Parkson and the Golden Triangle. Like they say, its not the destination, but the journey that’s important. So I went there to the Golden Triangle. On foot.Took the bus home and had someone pick me up someplace else. Yep, I walked aaaallll the way from home. No kidding. its the fasting month too. Its like this, I started my journey around 2, after the afternoon prayer and using some back lanes, I reached Parkson about 44 minutes later. Man was I tired! But I wasn’t going to stop! Its a way to balance out my periods of inactivity. (and all the sinful endulgance of fried stuff -_-") Kept telling myself I’m not on the road to Parkson, but on the road to fitness. Sounds pathetic huh? But I enjoyed it.
Needless to say I walked through the crack of day when the sun was high. I wanted to bring along the small umbrella pocketed in the green car I always drive to class, but the car was gone when I was leaving. Apparently my sis took it out. Together with the umbrella. As I was going out the gate, my parents came back from their own little excursion to the border. They offered to drive me since it was hot as hell. But naaah, its the exercise I’m after, not the booty at the end of the line. hehehehe. It was nice of my dad too. He replenished my funds that morning (without me asking to!) But I only took half of that and the small change that I have. Wasn’t planning on buying much. (Although that pink shirt at Giordano is tempting).
I went through some places that I never thought I’d go through on my own. For one, I went through India Street (as part of the short cut), the old court house and the Main Bazaar. I actually asked for the route from my friend (Thanks man!)hehehehe. So once I reached there, you don’t feel like shopping much really, especially after you’re tired out from the long walk. But since I’m there, might as well check out some sights. I checked out the bookstores at Parkson and SP. I found 3 must-haves. 2 are series of a fiction I’ve been following and one is a new book of the Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad’s Series. In addition, I found some Horrible Histories books which are a funny read. You’re learning history - and enjoying them! Most of the facts in the book are presented by cartoon illustrations. And I enjoy comic and I like history so they both go together. But all of these books would take a chunk of my money so I need to scrutinize them and then decide on the best one (and which one I can push the cost to someone else eg. ask them to give it to me as a birthday gift or something hehehehe). In the end, after going all the way to TJ and going back to Parkson, I decided to get one. The Demonata book one: Lord Loss. Its from the author of The Saga of Darren Shan and yea, the author is named Darren Shan. The Saga of Darren Shan is actually a saga of himself as a half-vampire. Well its more twisted than that, but go check it out. Its a good read. I think The Demonata is going to be another long series like the The Saga of D.S, but I’m not complaining! I also found Inheritance: Eldest the second book of the Inheritance Trilogy. The story is pretty twisted up and all over the place, like an anime addict teenager writing a fanfic (the author was fifteen when he write the first book). But then again, I’m not complaining all that much. Its a good story although reeks of Lord of the Rings and Eragon’s character is pretty inconsistent. And that’s putting it lightly. (He’s a disraught teenager at one point and then a noble warrior in another, then back as a disraught American teenager!)
But I’m not buying it yet. Kinda waiting for the paperback version to come out. Its still new, so hardback all the way. Hey I dont mind really, its easier to read because the weight of the cover holds itself down. But its mindlessly expensive for a one-time read. Well I re-read them from time to time, but not often. Hardbacks are good for collection because they last longer.
So anyway, yesterday’s venture turned out to be a mineral water shopping, in a sense. Its fasting month, I walked a mile and was thristy. A sprinkling bottle of Evian is very hard to resist given my situation you know. Food doesn’t tempt me much. I almost puke at the sight of a Pizza yesterday. Or one of those thick chocolate fudges or whatever empty calories they might have on display. Even a coke - well, I admit I was a little bit tempted but it was sitting next to a bottle of Excel isotonic drink and the word isotonic just blew me away. After two trips to the Giant supermarket, I finally exited with a large bottle of Eau Claire and a bottle of Excel. In addition to two regular sized Evians I had bought earlier hehehe.
You would have thought I’d be buying some imported chocolates at the Pop-In convinient store at SP, but I walked out with two bottles of Evian. They are hard to come by and they are expensive. These are the only places I can go to to get them. Evian is delicious. You can just taste the mineral on your tongue. And I bought the large bottle of Eau Claire in palce of a large Evian because, its 1/6 the price. And Eau Claire taste almost as good. *grins*
All in all, four bottles. And the chocolates? No thanks, spare me the calories. Fortunately, I dont have a sweet tooth although I crave sweet stuff sometimes, but it doesnt happen often. But instead, I have a ’salty’ tooth and prefer salty stuff. I don’t know if its any better of a substitute, at least they dont sell ready to eat salty stuff as much as they sell chocolate, except for pretzels and cheese sticks, to name a few. But salty stuff means two things to me: sodium and iodine. Sodium helps your body stores water. But an abundance of sodium held back water in your body, giving an increase of water weight and adding wobbly bits to your body you wish you hadnt. And iodine. Iodine encourages acnes. Need I say more? Most people don’t know it. They think chocolate is the chief culprit. But sorry to disappoint you guys out there. Its iodine and not chocolate although chocolate can add the oil contents on your face that can lead to acnes. And another downside: most salty stuff are fried stuff. Uh huh, fries, the occasional keropok lekor, McDs, and a few other stuff you care to mention.
But cheese is good. I’m making cheese biscuits for raya hehehe. But tonight, I’m not the one baking! Its someone else! w00t! This I gotta see!
So drink more mineral water everyone! Whee~
Ta’ra!
p/s this whole post looks like I’m doing a free promotion for Evian hehehe.
