I think I belong in the minority of women where shopping (mostly spent on clothes and accessories) is not a primary interest. Don’t get me wrong—I like to shop but not as often (although I can spend a lot on one go). So, to compensate, the heavens must have wired me to be inclined to the following preoccupations, which truly makes up for my lack of spending in shopping.
Books – The moment I finish my pending four books, I’d buy another bunch. It’s too bad books costs so much these days. I miss buying books. I miss hanging out at National Bookstore and Powerbooks. I’m such a nerd.
Art-related Materials – I’m mostly the pen and ink, and pencil type so to buy more than one sign pens of different points and various shades of lead can get costly. Fortunately, I have great friends who have given me art materials (colored pencils, pastels, drawing pads) as gifts in the past. I’m saving every single one of them by not carelessly using them as practice sets—I have generic paper and materials for that—but only when I get to start making a serious art project. I also include art books here—books that tell me how to draw but I don’t really follow since I just stare at the pictures and take it from there. High costs of these books have also deterred me from buying—even if on sale, the price hurts.
Tennis – I was told once that tennis is an expensive sport since you need to rent a court, ball kid and a hitting partner to play—unless you have someone else to play with or a wall to hit the ball to. Someone should’ve told me that tennis racquets were expensive as well. Seriously, I didn’t expect them to reach such sums—sure, I knew they could reach a thousand or so but 10k?! 20k?! Some even more expensive! I was fortunate enough to get a decent one below a thousand (no choice, the racquets here belong in the 70s era, the wooden lollipop-looking ones). At most, if I really save on a lot of things, I can play at the rate of once a week. The one good thing about this is the abandoned and lonely tennis court at the SPS rooftop in school that nobody uses. Reservation is easy and it’s free—perfect for walling practice. It can just get very lonely when practicing alone.
Cars – This is very farfetched, car racing I mean. It would be nice to experience a go on Tuason Racing School. But no, I can’t even afford to have my mudguards changed and my other entry alarm replaced. Karting rates are sky high as well!!! And here I was also thinking of putting a little personal touch to my car. I’m not after the MTV Pimping kind (which can be rather impractical) but simple side skirts, angel eye headlights, change my wheels/rims and put some black accents on the sides—maybe put a little insignia on the gasoline door panel thingy, are enough. Before I wanted to change my grille and put spoilers but now, I’m ambivalent about it. I guess I got used to looking at the snarling grille and although spoilers would look good on the outside, it kind of bothers my vision from the rearview mirror. Damn, I’m speaking as if I can actually afford doing the modifications! This fascination in cars will remain a fantasy and the closest thing that I can get is to go to car shows (which may seem like a masochistic move, haha!).
Imagine if I’m not into the above and actually a shopping spender—I’d be flat broke even before the week ends. >__<;;
Books – The moment I finish my pending four books, I’d buy another bunch. It’s too bad books costs so much these days. I miss buying books. I miss hanging out at National Bookstore and Powerbooks. I’m such a nerd.
Art-related Materials – I’m mostly the pen and ink, and pencil type so to buy more than one sign pens of different points and various shades of lead can get costly. Fortunately, I have great friends who have given me art materials (colored pencils, pastels, drawing pads) as gifts in the past. I’m saving every single one of them by not carelessly using them as practice sets—I have generic paper and materials for that—but only when I get to start making a serious art project. I also include art books here—books that tell me how to draw but I don’t really follow since I just stare at the pictures and take it from there. High costs of these books have also deterred me from buying—even if on sale, the price hurts.
Tennis – I was told once that tennis is an expensive sport since you need to rent a court, ball kid and a hitting partner to play—unless you have someone else to play with or a wall to hit the ball to. Someone should’ve told me that tennis racquets were expensive as well. Seriously, I didn’t expect them to reach such sums—sure, I knew they could reach a thousand or so but 10k?! 20k?! Some even more expensive! I was fortunate enough to get a decent one below a thousand (no choice, the racquets here belong in the 70s era, the wooden lollipop-looking ones). At most, if I really save on a lot of things, I can play at the rate of once a week. The one good thing about this is the abandoned and lonely tennis court at the SPS rooftop in school that nobody uses. Reservation is easy and it’s free—perfect for walling practice. It can just get very lonely when practicing alone.
Cars – This is very farfetched, car racing I mean. It would be nice to experience a go on Tuason Racing School. But no, I can’t even afford to have my mudguards changed and my other entry alarm replaced. Karting rates are sky high as well!!! And here I was also thinking of putting a little personal touch to my car. I’m not after the MTV Pimping kind (which can be rather impractical) but simple side skirts, angel eye headlights, change my wheels/rims and put some black accents on the sides—maybe put a little insignia on the gasoline door panel thingy, are enough. Before I wanted to change my grille and put spoilers but now, I’m ambivalent about it. I guess I got used to looking at the snarling grille and although spoilers would look good on the outside, it kind of bothers my vision from the rearview mirror. Damn, I’m speaking as if I can actually afford doing the modifications! This fascination in cars will remain a fantasy and the closest thing that I can get is to go to car shows (which may seem like a masochistic move, haha!).
Imagine if I’m not into the above and actually a shopping spender—I’d be flat broke even before the week ends. >__<;;
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