a shoppers dream come true.

I was ecstatic when my mum had revealed what my graduation gift was: shopping spree on a week trip to hong kong! Perfect timing I thought. I so needed a break from work and technically I haven’t had a post-grad vacation… (I started working already when I still had 2 months left for school). And I have always wanted to go to hong kong!

Over the years, I was always promised that one day my mum would take me with her on one of her scheduled hong kong trips. Yearly I waited… but it was always a case of either my parents not wanting me to miss classes in school or not having enough funds to support both me and my mums knowingly excessive shopping needs. So then, my mum would go and leave for HK with my hand-written wish list/ bilin in her pocket. After weeks, even months or so... she comes home with luggage’s filled with hong kong goods and I’d be tearing those supots open the moment they’re laid on my bedroom floor.

It’s a blessing that me and my mum has almost the same taste for clothes, bags and shoes… unique, trendy, hip, stylish AND as much as possible… cheap. :) if it’s expensive it should be a classic item, something that you can wear over the years or will never go out of style… putting your money to good use. Having a shopaholic as a mother- I was taught well. And hong kong being the “bargain-hunters glitzy shopping haven” (home to my mum), is my ultimate dreamland!

This morning at the office… after submitting my application for leave yesterday, I found out I have only been allowed for 5 days. I worked on convincing my supervisor to have my upcoming weeks’ 2-day-off switched, landing on the next 2 days after my pre-approved vacation leave… I pleaded and charmed (the latter probably didn’t help much since my supervisor’s gay), but to my luck… it was done!

I’m not working for a whole week and I’ll be shopping in hong kong! :D