The Happy Pill
June 8th, 2006
so what ivan and i did the other day was ..
go household-item shopping!!!
(or whatever the term for it is!)
we hit Metrojaya in Mid Valley, because the things there are so pretty! not to mention cos there was a huge SALEEEE. heeheehee.
as weird as it sounds, i actually like shopping for household items more than i do for clothes. (shoe shopping, however, is another arena altogether!) it is so much fun that i used to always beg the boyfriends to take me to Ikea, just so i can run around the model kitchen displays screeching “I WANT THIS KITCHEN I WANT THIS KITCHEN I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!”
or bounce on the beds
or hide in the wardrobes yelling BOO to unsuspecting middle-aged couples from PJ who opened the doors (and then saying sorry like crazy after that)
or spin around the floors in the office chairs with wheels until i feel like puking
and then finish it all off with the super yummy Ikea meatballs and softserve ice cream!!!
sadly, Metrojaya is not Ikea, but nevermind, can have fun also. we didnt camwhore or anything, cos there were security guards patrolling around looking at us warily .. and these ones actually looked kinda fierce =( so intimidating lah, not cutesy and roly-poly like the ones at Bangsar Village. i felt weird even though i was just taking pics of stuff like plates and pots.
so we went around oohing and aahing at all the pretty plates and cups and saucers. i kept telling myself i shouldnt buy any plates, cos the last time i did (a white one with pink daisies on it), my mom kinda yelled at me, saying that i ruin the plate-sets at home.
huh?
i mean, i know what she means la, that we shouldnt buy single pieces of dinnerware and stuff cos it looks alien amongst all the other sets .. but then it’s not like we eat dinner at home?! or have guests over! correct or not?! the only person who has guests over is .. me!!! and my friends dont give a shit if i serve them pasta with a pink daisy plate …
sooooo i went and bought plates. hahaha. very nice lah my plates. they’re like just plain white plates, one is very funky - it’s actually an assymetrical plate, and another one is like a soup dish, and another one is a big white dinner plate. and then i bought this black bowl. i mean it was like BLACK! have you ever seen a black bowl outside of japanese restaurants?! no, right? so now you can come and see it in my house. below is the display -
and i got the big black dish too! it’s now on my dining table (that is not used for dining btw, more like a storage surface for old school books and letters and shopping bags), filled with little white stones, and used for placing housekeys. *beams* see Ma, i contribute to the household too.
oooh and i got these two little earthenware sugarbowl thingies, that i actually don’t need, but they were EIGHTY PERCENT OFF.
HELLO.
EIGHTY PERCENT.
WHICH MAKES THEM LIKE 2 BUCKS EACH.
who cares whether i need them or not?!?! buy only!!!
i have no use for them so far, cos this isnt the first time i’ve bought sugar bowls on a whim, and here in my house sugar is kept in jars, but i can see how totally perfect they would be to store coins. right? i know.
actually, household-item shopping is really damn fun. how many of you people can look at a wooden spoon and not go “ooooh so cute”? i guess that kinda explains why i have 3 wooden spoons of different sizes, but anyway. towels are something else, too. when i was 16 i went on a towel phase, i’d buy towels for like EVERYBODY on their birthdays - nice, plush, terry cloth towels in their favourite colour, tied up with ribbon. and that was the year i became a bit of a towel elitist. i still am, actually. the only towels i ever use now are white terry towels. you should, too!
Aussino has super lovely towels. that’s where i get all my towels!
(and i just wrote the word ‘towels’ 10 times. towels towels towels. looking at the word towels now, it makes no sense. towels. huh?)
oh hey check out the pink wicker hampers up there. see the one on the left? lovely isn’t it? i totally wanted to buy it but it costs like 50 bucks. and Ivan was standing there by my side, being my voice of reason, cooing - “It’s 50 bucks, you have no use for it, dont waste money, blablabla”. and so i didnt get it. but should i have? should i???? tell me!!! tell me and i’ll go buy it rightaway. hey actually, my brother’s birthday is this Saturday. i’m thinking maybe i should buy him the hamper, then borrow it to use. like i did with his 2004 birthday present, which were 3 Topman tshirts that i really liked. hahaha.
my final buy was this big sand-coloured milk jug which was 70% off. GORGEOUS PURCHASE. i so love it. i dont know why it’s so appealing, but it just is. when i closed my fingers around the handle, i simply knew i had to get it. it was a serendipitious experience. 70% discount some more.
all in all i think i spent about rm50. that’s 5 plates, 1 bowl, 2 sugarbowls and 1 milkjug, and a lot of happiness.
Entry Filed under: General
29 Comments Add your own
1. Hijackqueen | June 8th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
Darn! and you have to tell me the mega sale is here. Hey that pink hamper is not nice la. Too pinkish. Earth colour looks better.
2. pinkpau | June 8th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
oh no no the mega sale isnt here yet :P this is just metrojaya’s sale. pretty good, too! but it’s ending soon. bout the hamper, you really think so? :( there was a light brown one if i’m not mistaken. as well as a forest-green one.
(btw i cant believe you just told me of all people to not buy something cos it’s pink..)
3. supersara | June 8th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
hello! i came across your blog and got really hooked on it. hahah. it’s so cute! oh oh oh oh! and i like towel shopping too! i wanna get BIG orange towels! they make me happy.
okay, so, have a good day! =)
4. Bunni3 | June 8th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
ZOMG woman.. houseware stuff? @_@; Ur as bad ad my dad who bought a stainless steel kitchen paper towel holder @_@; well sure.. it matches the stainless steel kitchen.. but still.. @_@; a Sale is a sale.. Dad bought it for like.. $NZ 10.. when it was supposed to be.. $50.. @_@;
lol.. I suppose any kind of happy pills work.. I want one.. if I can find one.. @_@;
5. Gin | June 8th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
WAhAHAHahah!! IM NOT THE ONLI ONE!! II LOVEEE HOUSEEEHOLLDD SHOPPINNNGGGGGGG! XD
6. expectation | June 8th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
eh i so wanna know why ppl are saying ZOMG instead of the lame ol’ OMG. WHY ahhh? tell meee!
okay to relate this to your post, i like to eat ikea meatballs too. kthxbye.
7. Waifon | June 8th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Ikea meatballs! I pimp only their meatballs and another shop at Kotaraya. So good! I like squar-ish plates with some Zen-ish designs on it because it makes the food looks more tantalizing :D
I collect cute cups and chopsticks. Wooden and stainless steel chopsticks. Porcelain mugs with kinky drawings/ designs from MPH and quirky ones from Isetan. I think your black plate looks real FINNEEEEE. Don’t by that hamper la..for what? but it looks good though. but of all things for your brother?! hmm..
8. jokeserv | June 8th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
i came found your blog thru deaf-knee.blogspot.com . I find your blog and the way u write very hilarious as well as intersting. u prolly get this kind of comments very often but i just read the post you wrote bout urself. Damn, you have a good taste for music. It is oh so rare to find a chick who listens to Emo/indie music. Spill canvas, death cab for cutie and bands like that. They are good.
9. jokeserv | June 8th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
*i found
10. ront | June 8th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
meatballs in ikea KL has one major flaw….in my opnion anyway….there is no pork. otherwise its would be perfect, ja?
11. bulat | June 8th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
haha i do everything you do at IKEA except…yelling boo from wardrobes…woman..please dont let me become one of your victims LOL
the pink wicker basket looks nice!! its just girls and …”sudden impulses” lolz.but i really dont know what are you gonna do with it O_o
12. Liz | June 8th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
haha i loooove household items too!
and I love checking out IKEA furnitures as well.. most of them are like erm, out of league and all, but i just love drooling at furnitures and stuff to daydream what my future house’s gonna look like =D so fun!
13. it's me | June 8th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
What does it take to date a young bubbly brilliant girl like you?
14. nnyl | June 9th, 2006 at 2:20 am
I love ur blog :)
And I love household shopping too! Makes me happy to see pretty things. Next time when I’m working I wanna get those Jap bento sets and damn chun-zen-oozing plates.
Eh and damn good bargain you got there!
15. Calypso | June 9th, 2006 at 2:28 am
wait till you discover habitat in the uk…
*drool*
16. ArtificiallyVerbose | June 9th, 2006 at 2:46 am
i like them la bodega meatballs as well.
haha must be the photographer at BV who had the aura of camwhoring.
17. TheRealAnonymous | June 9th, 2006 at 8:04 am
Well… the saying does go:
women would buy anything thats cheap regardless of whether they need it or not (like ur 80% example)…
men on the other hand… when they really want something… they’d buy it regardless of how expensive it is (100 bucks for an outdated comic book?!? Thats outrageous!! I’ll give u 95…!!)
Unfortunately thats mainly the reason why women’s clothes are so cheap… and men’s hobbies are so expensive.
18. Samantha | June 9th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
i finally found my gang who love PINK. u really really do love pink??? :D :D :D
19. Pierce Munro | June 9th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
yes THANKS to me that u didnt buy those pink hampers. otherwise 50 bucks gone. OH not to mention the PLASTIC scrunchies-stand thingie which cost 50 bucks ;) *pokes u*
20. pinkpau | June 10th, 2006 at 5:08 am
supersara : ooh wow i’ve never actually seen orange towels! but wont the colour come off on you when you towel off?
bunni3 : haha you really like the @_@ face dont you :P
gin : we have a lot of things in common actually! :D
expectation : i presume it’s some kinda gamer speak that non-gamers picked up! and try Ikea hot dogs also…! at the little counter where they serve the ice cream
waifon : what shop at kotaraya! what shop at kotaraya!! and dont all stainless steel chopstix look the same? hehe i buy the hamper for my bro so i can use it ma
jokeserv : hello .. :) haha clearly you have good taste in music too! that’s awesome. it’s always great to meet people who listen to the same music :)
ront :beef is good enough for me!
bulat : actually the first time i did that, i thought it was my boyfriend opening the wardrobe door :P turns out it wasnt him but this very shocked middle aged couple. damn malu. 2nd time it happened it was also a shocked middle aged couple .. but a very angry couple this time .. hahaha
liz : exactly!!! if i were super rich i’d buy ikea rooms for all my friends and family :P
it’s me : a lot :D
nnly : oooh bento sets!! so cute! hehe yes awesome bargain wasnt it
calypso : what is this habitat?
artificially : ooh okies gotta go try, but i dont think any tapas in la bodega can beat their MUSHROOMS! and ya lar the photographer missing in action already
the real anonymous : haha women’s clothes are cheap? who told you this?
samantha : my blog is pink cos i hate pink.. of course i like pink .. :P
pierce : YALAR YALAR. growl.
21. TheRealAnonymous | June 10th, 2006 at 8:19 am
I meant it as… women’s clothes are relatively cheaper than men’s.
Maybe the more obvious example would be shoes?
I dunno lah… everyime I go new year shopping and spend a certain amount… my gf always ends up with more clothes than me with the same amount spent !! hahaha…
22. ron | June 10th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
the beef only meatball is a far cry from the authentic swedish type….
23. Pierce Munro | June 10th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
hahaah u’re so funny =p
24. tze | June 10th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
this is so unfair. why 50 bucks only? =(
25. Calypso | June 11th, 2006 at 3:52 am
Habitat is the synergy of ikea + metrojaya household + room interior + other supercool household/furniture stores in malaysia….
Yes it is THAT cool. You would never want to leave the shop ever, unfortunately they close at 6.
26. pinkpau | June 11th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
the real anonymous : hmm actually yea i think guys clothes to tend to be more expensive than girls. quite true! :)
ron : i’ve never tried the authentic swedish type! *cries* the closest i can ever get is .. ikea..!
pierce : *bows
tze : cos metrojaya sale and i have affinity .. :D
calypso : oh wowwwww O.O I WANT!!!
27. waimin | June 12th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
i didnt get any towel :(
am fellow enthusiast for household items too :D
no pic of the jug? :(
28. pinkpau | June 12th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
haha thats cos you got a figurine! and nope no pic of the jug .. havent unwrapped it yet!
29. Arcade Slot Machines&hellip | August 27th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Arcade Slot Machines…
Maine slot machines pragmatic maine slot machines free slots untrue free slots….
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed