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Monday, July 25th, 2011
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10:12 pm
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taken at Streetfest 2011. dress from And Romeo, RHS from Bodyline. pretty neat set i got on my last trip to Tokyo. i thought it would be fun to redo full-black all over again after such a long hiatus from anything fanciful. and it was, plus i didn't feel self-conscious as it was a solid colour without prints. then again, i don't think i will wanna do loli-styles anymore. the effort pre-and-post is just too much to take. now i have to go through the entire process of selling again. =___=
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| Saturday, May 14th, 2011
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12:43 pm
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am heading back to Motherland for Laruku 20th anniversary concerts! a last-ditch decision, so ended up with a hefty air tix, but it was my punishment for being wishy-washy about it. :'(
things at work also finally got some progress - i am going to quit after bonus payout. deep inside i had hopes that a new person in charge would bring about some positive changes, but after being told that my work is "non value-add" and "dispensable", i think there's really no meaning to stay on anymore. imagine having your worth as a human ignored and denied. in retrospect, it was a valuable lesson on bullying, emotional blackmail and abuse.
somehow, a Citibank staff called me and offered a card transfer for a pretty reasonable rate. i thought the timing was impeccable, so i took it up to boost the cash flow for the next few months. what truly excites me, is that now i can extend my August trip to include more lives, a longer stretch of travel to places i've not visited before, and have a good, long break before i come back to reality.
this is so going to be an awesome 30th bday pressie hahaha!
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| Friday, April 29th, 2011
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11:19 pm
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by some odd stroke of luck, i sold a large bunch of old Glay stuff, all the way to Russia! shipping fees were jaw-dropping, but i'm really just glad they got sold. left with a bunch of CDs which i might bundle into a set for sale. which also prompted me to think, if i should start selling my tour pamphlets. initially the sheer thought felt blasphemous. every pamphlet was bought on-location at the live tours i attended, and they were the only items i would definitely buy at every tour. but after eight tours, and having eight pamphlet of varying sizes, colours and thickness, i am not so sure if i wanna continue this practice anymore.
now, knowing very well that i don't get "attached" or sentimental with physical objects (particularly paper-stuff), i began to think that, maybe i should get started earlier, while they are still "popular". after all, i don't wanna hold stuff for another ten years before deciding to part with them, only to end up with no takers.
but, i really love tour towels a whole lot more. maybe its because they have been used to wave in the air/wipe my sweat/tears/mascara. or maybe they are really just much more useful compared to a thick wad of glossy pictures. for the record, i have seven - Glay(1), VAMPS(1), Luna Sea(1), Kagrra(1), Gazette(3). so yeah from now on i'm just gonna keep buying towels until i have enough to sew into a patch-work blanket/bedsheet. then i'd be able to roll in them everyday haha!
what matters most to me, are the ticket stubs (because dates and venues are printed), and the subsequent DVD releases. i think being able to be there to experience the live itself outweighs whatever physical-form item i can get. years on, and i'm still using the same portable mirror i got from the first tour. that goes to show how most tour goods are repetitive and aren't exactly useful.
guess i should really use the tour t-shirts and tote-bags more often to milk their worth.
still, it's gonna be an uphill task to get the first step - photo-taking done. am barely at home much enough to even feel the warmth of my bed. =____=
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| Thursday, April 21st, 2011
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11:05 pm
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stopped the expenditure routine for the past few weeks, as real life got caught up with work and whatnot, and i had no time or energy to scrutinize what went wrong exactly. sold stuff, put up more stuff to sell, got a new smartphone, wrestled with unstable internet access at home, and oh i finally had a haircut and snipped away almost two-third of the original volume. =___=
perhaps, the "fit my life into a suitcase" mentality has slowly ingrained into my subconsciousness. initially i planned to help Motherland's economy by spending all my "mayday angpow" there via online-shopping. yet, it has been frustrating to even narrow down the category of stuff i could fit into my life right now. can't think of anything else, except when the old Glay stuff and excess cosme/skincare stock will get sold.
this has been a meaningless update. i hope i'd have enough time over the long weekend to put some order back into the household. mum is on vacation and the house is a complete mess right now.
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| Sunday, March 20th, 2011
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1:08 am
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maybe i should consider revising the weekly budget to $150. it's not even end of the week yet, and i'm only left with my last $10 note. I SRSLY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE ALL THE MONEY WENT!!! well okay i think i know - too many dinners out this week. gosh this regime is so super tough to maintain. >.<
and it doesn't help that it's payday, i am extremely tempted to go shopping, but i can't find anything that i need to add into my life right now. today i just finished washing all the new clothes i got from Tokyo, and i'd need to spend next weekend to sort everything out.
only thing i could add legitimately , will be a new phone when my contract is due next month. am thinking of upgrading to a smartphone for internet access, but that'd also mean my monthly bills will go up. :/
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| Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
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9:21 pm
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back from Motherland! but i had to dive right back into work after coming back, so i totally forgot about the weekly budget routine. nvm, shall restart again next week.
lots of major expenses coming up over the next three months. maybe i need to rethink my decision to change to a smartphone when my telco contract expires next month. not only do i have to pay more for a new phone, my monthly bill goes up too. doesn't quite fit into the new frugal, prudent lifestyle i am trying to lead right now. :/
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| Monday, February 28th, 2011
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12:09 pm
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week 1 (21~27-Feb)
Balance: $18.70
making through the week with $100 was alot tougher than i thought. ended last week with barely 20 bucks left, and i bought nothing in particular. major spending went to dinner and coffee over the weekend, and nothing else.
gonna skip this week as i'm leaving for Motherland tomorrow, but i am now convinced that it'd take alot more than i thought to keep this rule going.
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| Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
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11:01 pm
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starting this week, i put myself on a $100-a-week budget, whereby i begin every week with exactly $100 cash, and this amount will account for all my expenses such as food, transport, shopping, cab, entertainment, etc. basically everything out from this 100 bucks. at the end of the week, any leftover amount will be emptied into a fully-sealed coin-bank as "emergency funds".
all this while, i have tried, and failed umpteen times, at managing my budget and savings. so i thought, maybe if i were to give myself a more-generous weekly budget, i may end up spending lesser in total. because every time by the end of the month (or just days before payday), i'd have blown the entire month's budget, AND I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHY OR WHAT HAPPENED! it's always like, money suddenly vanished or something! my cards will rack up to hundreds for many random spending and payments, and i have no recollection whatsoever.
so i figured, if i were to give myself a seemingly-generous weekly budget, then maybe, i will end up spending lesser overall? at least i have a clearer indication on how much i can spend, especially during weekends out. 100 bucks seemed a reasonable sum to begin with; i can still have a good meal at least, and it'd curb impulse-buying at Kino/Muji/Uniqlo. will try not to pay with cards wherever possible too, unless there are discounts/freebies.
probably i'd keep this journal alive with sporadic updates of my budget regime. meanwhile, real life is good, i got free lunch today, and 40% off a spanking-new yellow four-wheeler suitcase! no no no this is excluded from budget regime, because it is family-shared property XD.
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| Friday, February 18th, 2011
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10:43 pm
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wow, it's been more than a year since i've updated here! since i left off with a sales rant, i shall pick up from where i left.
lately i sold stuff again, this time ruthlessly cutting down my collection to the barest minimum. am still undecided if i should just sell all, but i'll sit on it a while longer. nowadays i don't feel gratification from dressing-up anymore. it doesn't excite me like it used to, saps all my energy, and makes me a nervous prick. lately i feel the most comfortable and at ease in..... Uniqlo. =___=
anyway. 2010! i visited Seoul in spring, it was average; cheap skincare & makeup, loved the kimchi and ginseng chicken, died over their shoes, but hated their clothes and awful lack of mannerisms. in summer i went back to Motherland for massive sale season and three Gazette lives. finally in winter, i went back to Motherland again for Luna Sea and Gazette at Tokyo Dome. which explained why i spent much of the year in general poverty. but still, it was an extremely memorable year that i truly experienced, learnt and enjoyed alot. and i clocked 16 Gazette lives, woohoo~!
so what's up for 2011? in two weeks i'm heading back to Motherland for Kagrra's final live, and then in summer i'd probably head back again for a series of lives in Tokyo. yes, cue general poverty status to the end of this year too. i'm not sure how i am going to survive it, but i will, someway somehow!
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| Friday, January 1st, 2010
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12:00 am
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| Monday, December 28th, 2009
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11:08 am
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i've been stalking my own sales posts, because i still can't believed that i managed to pull it off in a day, and the stark fact that there's still so much left to sell. unbashedly, i posted 15 h.Naoto items, and 10 items of assorted brands. response has been lukewarm so far, and i don't hold much faith that much will get sold any soon. not in this economic climate anyway. but i'm just relieved that i kept to my words and didn't quit halfway. it's been the biggest haul to date, and i really pray and hope that i do not repeat this in the future ever again.
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| Sunday, December 27th, 2009
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11:18 pm
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I DID IT.
after a painstaking 4 hours of photo-taking, cropping, resizing, measuring, posting and detailing, massively epic post is finally up and running. srsly? i pray that this is the LAST TIME i deal with something so epic. now my wrist and back hurts like mad. :'(
this selling madness has got to stop. STOP.
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| Thursday, December 10th, 2009
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4:37 pm
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it's an inevitable situation, and i have made my decision.
i am going to offload MOST of my current h.Naoto loot.
B.U.T. this doesn't mean that i no longer love the brand. in fact it has been somewhat unbelievable that i can remain a loyal fan for the past five years. one remarkable trait of this brand, is that it evolves constantly. and throughout my consistent frantic selling bouts, it's evident that my tastes has also evolved along in line with the later introductions. hence, it makes perfect sense that i should let go of the older pieces, because it's no longer comfortable to be admist the stares of complete strangers on any given normal day.
some items possess beautiful memories. some items serve practicality. some could blend in as casual wear. some are just too much effort to coordinate. some need each other to pull together. so yeah i'd definitely need to get everything laid out, photographed, measured, and then i can make a final decision.
oh yeah, and the hoard of parkas and cardigans that i had kept for "practical reasons", but were never worn.
Xmas will definitely be spent on this event. trust me.
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| Monday, November 30th, 2009
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9:54 pm
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heard the saying where when one gets material-richer, the soul becomes poorer?
i feel my soul is poverty-stricken. but i am not material-rich either.
what's wrong? what went wrong?
naively-thinking that if i can resist all those nitty-bitsy voices and heart-tugs, i can get soul-rich because i have once again, proven that i can be what i want to be.
then, why am i feeling so miserable right now?
i'm not dying from brand envy. i'm reeling from i-dun-care-what-the-flying-fuck-i-am-going-to-do-as-i-please envy. i'm seething with cold rage on blatant defiance to convention, utter selfishness and incredulous narcissism.
i wish i can be equally strong. where i can stamp down my feet and declare that not everything in life has to be justified to be worthy.
unfortunately, life is a vicious snake, where it'd slid back silently when you least expect it, and bite you right in the face. i refuse to allow myself to be caught in such a situation, so every decision made is to ensure that.
...yet, i am already tired. tired of making sure that life will remain the same.
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| Friday, October 9th, 2009
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1:56 pm
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quickie list of stuff to sell:
- hn+Nois choker + wristlet set
- Btssb black socks
- Bodyline pink socks
- Boz capelet
- BPN onepiece?
- Algonquins parka x 3 (okay i'd attempt self-taken coordinated pics this time)
- Algonquins vest? (dunno, just that it doesn't get worn much now)
- Bodyline skirt + pannier set
go me!
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| Thursday, October 8th, 2009
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2:12 pm
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am so damn happy that the last ETC jsk finally got SOLD. someone offered a reasonable amount, i didn't make a very big loss, so off it goes to Brazil. like finally it got sold! it's not a bad-looking jsk, so it's really bizzare why no one wanted it. i'd keep it if i could fit into it comfortably. :/
there's still the unworn BPN onepiece sitting in a far corner, along with a Boz capelet. hmm.
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| Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
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10:08 am
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as expected, the bunny bag sold quickly, but sadly the rest of the items aren't moving. nvm i still have up to this Dec to get everything cleared out. now i'm contemplating about getting another Muji drawer unit to add-on to the current one, so that all my clothes can be stored neatly. no wait, actually i think i should first throw out those that i don't need anymore, then assess the situation again. hmm.
also, my newfound おしゃれ-obsession - fedora hats. came back from Taipei with one, got another one at Mphosis at 30% discount, and i toted two back from Motherland this time. can't have enough of them! but storage is a nightmare - must reorg again to fit them in. D:
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| Monday, September 14th, 2009
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1:44 pm
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Motherland was AWESOME, and her generosity was overwhelming. she gave me possibly the most memorable and amazing homecoming trip to date, and i already miss her dearly.
shopping was eventful, and sensible. not a single regret-purchase, no indulgence in anything pouf, only one item from kami-sama, and LOADS of great bargain buys for daily おしゃれ-ness. my most deadly-おしゃれ item this time, has to be the agnes.b tote-bag. then there're the fedora hats, and babydoll dress hahaha. evidently i am turning into a みなーちゃん quite successfully lol.
already put up the last bit of stuff for sale, gotta get them out before year-end comes along. i must resist all temptations to bid for anything, and keep the money inside Paypal for the Saitama dvd.
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| Monday, August 24th, 2009
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1:08 pm
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will be launching a new project soon, hope things will pick up along the way, and that my determination will see some fruitful results. gonna be real tough from now on.
starting to get really nervous and excited about going home! just another ten more days away, and i'd be back in the company of everything i truly love. :)
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| Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
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9:59 pm
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goal #1: save half of pay for the next five months.
reason: to stop the bleeding due to extensive traveling for the year.
goal #2: keep expenditure within 50k yen for Japan trip
reason: because the exchange rates totally ripped my heart out.
thank goodness for the cheap air-tix this round. but still, adding up all three trips for this year, i have spent a pretty large chunk of savings on jetting to Motherland and sub-Motherland. really gotta step up on pumping in the savings.
no more whimsical impulsive buying. no more auctions. no more sprees. no more unnecessary spending. no more $38 haircuts. no more $8 latte. no more.
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