I'm a Sherlock Holmes in the Making

One evening - it was on the 30th November, 2009 - my dear Cupido and I were enjoying a cup of tea in my small yet cozy sitting room. We were startled by the heavy footsteps on the stairs, and the door of our room was flung open. Both of us were surprised to perceive that our intruder was a skinny chap with a face that was utterly pale and round.
“OH, please, please forgive this intrusion!” he pleaded breathlessly but unaware of his loud and pitchy voice.
“My name is NuffNang, and please, detective, I beg of you, you have to help me!” That’s where the case began...

With that, Mr. Nuffnang left hurriedly, in the pouring rain. “Odd. Such an odd case indeed. Why on earth would anyone steal that picture? What is the significance of that image of Sherlock Holmes? Why did Mr. NuffNang took off so quickly? Ah... Questions, questions, questions... Such thrill!” A smile curled upon my tiny face as I put down my cup of tea. I rose swiftly, grabbed my hat and opened the door, leaving my poor, puzzled Cupido behind...

It was raining heavily. I stood by the damped sidewalk, watching the raindrops rhythmically falling down. There I was thinking about the two clues provided by our skeletal Mr. NuffNang before his immediate departure.

After much speculation, it was time to put my probable deductions to the tests. As I was strolling, a sign with neon lights caught my eye. Ahh... a cybercafe... just what I needed. This must be one of my very fortunate days. I paid to the grumpy old man behind the counter.
“Booth No. 5, girlie” grunted that big old man.
“No. 5 - my favourite number” silently I whispered. Grinning to myself, very fortunate indeed. With just a few clicks, ah ha! I have found my two prominent suspects of this case.

“Elementary, my dear Cupido.” explaining my deductions to my tea companion, Cupido once I returned to my humble abode. The rain then had finally stopped as we sat by the open window, enjoying the light breeze while sipping our cups of tea.
“I have sent a short electronic mail to our dear Mr. NuffNang. I do hope he will reply me soon. There are so many questions that were left unattended previously. I would like a proper explanation from him.” said I while Cupido nodded in agreement.
“Ahhh... wonderful tea, this is...”

A Book A Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay

If there is one thing that I do not hesitate to spend money on, it will be definitely one of these two:
FOOD or BOOKS!

Today, Popular Book Store is having a Preview Day for its Popular card members! They can enjoy a better bargain up to 70% discounts. Needless to say, a crowd will always gather when there is a sale. It was already swarmed with people when I reached there at 11:10am, just 10 minutes after the shop opens for business. It is both ridiculous but predictable at the same time.

Anyway, I knew what I wanted to buy before I even set foot into the store. I was only expecting to buy 4 books: The Time Traveler's Wife, The Gift, My Sister's Keeper and Have a Little Faith. However, I couldn't find the first two books on my mental list. Curses... those two books were on top of my list and were the ones with very good reviews!! It was then my brother, who went there with me, said he will picked out some titles for me. Spontaneously, I jumped for the suggestion! Most of the titles that were chosen by him were bestsellers! Crap... they were discounted only at 20%! Oh well... at least it is better than no discount at all, right? Therefore, I ended up buying 9 books! I wonder how long it will take me to finish all of them...?

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My Top 5 Treat List

The other day, I saw a DELL blogging contest that requires bloggers to write about how would you treat yourself if money and opportunities were not a concern. That really got me thinking. Of course, I can't do this by myself, I had to ask someone, someone who understands me like no other, who's been there for me ALL my life - the child in me, Tiny Kim. The following is our little conversation.

Not in a Pleasant Mood

I don't know what's going on...

First, there was no electricity. NOW, there is no water supply?!?!?!? What gives?!