dear henry,you know i've loved you since forever. my entire life has been brought by the letters S and M and all numbers that end with xx.95. when i had to make sure that i'd pass the bar, i studied in one of the coffee shops located inside your mall. when i had a major fight with an ex, i hid in one of your cinemas where i know there wasn't any signal.
every single day, i park in one of your malls and could not help but take a peek at your offerings, hoping i find a good deal.
then again, you always offer a good deal. that's what i love the most about you.
i hope you understand, though, that for the next couple of months, we'll have to stop seeing each other.
you see, sometime at the beginning of this year, when i had zero plans for vacation and what not, my friends from community said "hey, let's go to vietnam". now, since i've never been there and the tickets were cheap, i said yes. i figured, even with occasional regular dates with your stores, i'd still have enough left over to pay for my vacation expenses. after all, we weren't going till august. that's more than enough time to save.
and then my mom finalized her vacation plans and approved of a trip to HK. now, you and i both know that mall of asia aside, HK is the shopping capital of asia and it would be pretty stupid of me not to shop while i was there, right? still, i believed, i can still sneak in the sporadic mini shopping sprees. after all, a nice black cardigan that would go with virtually everything in my closet is too good a deal to pass up.
but then last night, my tuloy friends and i booked a trip to KL. and hotel too. and, boo to me, that set me back a couple of thousand pesos once more. but then, my dear henry, i've never been to KL, and i would most definitely want to check out the formula 1 track. and the petronas towers. and, okay i admit it, i want to check out the malaysia sale too.
so, even if the HK trip is courtesy of my mom, and the vietnam plane tickets have been paid for, and the KL trip relatively cheap, my salary isn't big enough to cover all these trips AND a regular spree around my favorite mall. one of these things i'd have to give up, and i'm so sorry it had to be you.
don't worry, i've tried breaking up with you before and wasn't really successful. after all, i think you're the one addiction i couldn't really kill, at least not for extended periods of time. but for now, i think it's time for a cool-off.
with much love,
rosa
p.s. let's get back together by november, okay? by that time, it'll be the perfect time to go shopping for christmas. xoxo!
*image from http://pinoybusiness.org
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I almost could hear your sobs as you write this... it must be hard. but i hear henry say, "you'll be back!" I bet you've got the same thoughts also! hehe...
coincidentally, when you get to KL, the hotel you're staying in is just a stone's throw away from a 'megamall;' you wouldn't miss henry that much there! hehe.
I almost could hear your sobs as you write this... it must be hard. but i hear henry say, "you'll be back!" I bet you've got the same thoughts also! hehe...
coincidentally, when you get to KL, the hotel you're staying in is just a stone's throw away from a 'megamall;' you wouldn't miss henry that much there! hehe.
i know. he and i ... well, we're tight, and i think we got back together a couple of days after i wrote this.
ooohhh... i could be such a tramp (what a horrible word) when it comes to retail therapy.
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