the personal touch

this post was originally supposed to be written and posted three days a go on the Saturday that has just passed. however, my iTunes and iPhone were giving so much problems that i have to leave this to settle the issues and glitches and what not. now i am back blogging about something that has been on my mind for quite a while. can't blog the last couple days due to standby duties. so anyway here i go.

the most favourite month of every year has just passed. August is the most lovable month probably because, beside mine, i have many other close and good friends having their special days around this period of late July to August to early September. special days i refer here are birthdays. :)

from primary school to today, people and peers of my generation really see a lot of shifts in the technology and what not. social media become one of the core component over the years. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, YouTube.. and the list goes on and on. wishing people birthday has changed drastically over the years as well. i remember the conventional methods of getting one a card or a simple small gift or attending a house party. let alone the rest, the card part seemed to be going extinct soon.

well that is not the point. or at least that is not the main point i want to bring across. to me, wishing one HAPPY BIRTHDAY having the personal touch is the most important and one of the best feelings in the world. looking at the card and their handwriting tells me the person actually bother to put a thought into writing those wishes and those heart felt words. i will naturally feel touched and warm. well, i understand for today's context, a conventional card seems cliche and what not. however, the personal touch can still be shared over the monotonous font used on social medias or text or what not relating to modern technology.

remembering one's birthday without the help of Facebook events and then wishing the person personally is the best way. when i say personally, i don't mean writing on the person's wall or what not. it is actually texting or calling or private chat with the person to wish him/her. at least that is how i rely my feelings and thoughts and how i know the person wishing me really care and want to wish well.

to those judgmental people, i'm not here saying what i expect or what not. i'm here to say that such advancements in technology and what not have diluted the effect of well wishes but there are ways to keep it. i would always would want to use such ways to wish my dear friends and those whom i care and treasure.

and then i just realise not only my ways can be used for well wishes.. but also sincere apologies.

mimimi

retail therapy not

after today's trip to town, i finally conclude yet another season of shopping for personal clothing and fashion accessories. hell no this isn't one of the retail therapy girls live to call whenever they go crazy shopping or what not. you see, every year i will at least have such a shopping season twice or thrice. one will just before ushering the new year. this is the time where i will buy some for the CNY period as well, consisting of more semi-formal and formal shirts, not forgetting footwear as well. the other one will be mid-year from June to August period. this is the time where i will normally buy more accessories and tees. the third one will come when i got extra money and wanting some things.

so yeah now you know my shopping habits. anyway, as i was talking earlier, the mid-year shopping season just ended. got two shirts, couple of fashion accessories, two pants. one of the shirt is still on delivery though. nonetheless, let's see the amount i spent for the last two and half weeks.

$12 + $30 + $12.50 + $35 = $89.50

wow quite a lot for me i guess. ohh wells, that explains why i went beyond the intended amount of expenditure for the last two months. pay day coming.. a relief. next month shall save more though i still want to get a new pair of glasses, probably a sunglass.