Decided to head to Times bookshop in the afternoon to look for a good novel to read. anyway, walking ard the store, was bemused to see that there were now 2 ailses of 'Self-Improvement' books... Hey, a couple of yrs ago 'Men are from mars, women from venus' were the ONLY self help bks around rite? anyway, there must have been a thousand or more books in the section marked 'Relationships' alone. Round the corner was 'let your money work for u!' and 'Making Friends!' (WTF??).....
Out of curiosity and plain boredom, i picked up this big orange book: Dating For Dummies -- The Down-To-Earth Guide to Dating Success! ... Flipping through, the chapter headings were promising , bouncy and full of encouraging present participles such as 'Polishing your Social Self' and 'Getting ur Outside Ready' ( Followed by 'Getting your Inside Ready'-- I was having visions of renting a home X-ray machine at this pt of time... haha) .
Then it started to get ridiculous. There was one chapter entitled 'Your Date Hates You!' and another called 'You Hate your Date!' and lastly a third that began 'You Hate Each Other!'
Jeez...SERIOUSLY! Who buys such crap?? *shakes head*
Then came the patronising and pretty much useless advice.
"Remember sulking isnt sexy and it isnt productive!"
"Look at your shoes. Do they match?"
hahaha. At this pt i was really giggling pretty loudly to myself in the bookstore, prob. oblivious to other ppl's rude stares..
The author ( i cant remember her name ) must have been a frustrated poet. "Charm must include eye contact', she says. "In short, its a butterfly's touch on a flower petal, the breeze of a humming bird's wing.... " ( Shd be something like that lah )
Gosh. some of the crap advice made me wonder if the writer had decided that love might well have rendered her readers stupid or something.
Ended up going to the library and borrowing a book called "The Bank Robber Diaries" by Danny King.. which is a hilarious book about a robber's diary of cock-ups.. haha.. i know i know *nods head*.. i read stupid books .. but well.. haha...
Kennyster @
11:20 PM
The Unpretty
Kenny Loh
23
Formerly from Dunman High, VJC and formerly a proud member of the 2SIR 11th mono Alpha Company Apache warriors.
Currenly a 3rd year student at the Singapore Management University.
I'm into books, pool, soccer & conversation (by day), justice, honour & vengeance (by night).
Constantly on the lookout for crimelords, deformed megalomaniacs and women.
