Hopped by Vivocity in the afternoon to run an errand and to get onboard Doulos, the world’s largest floating bookstore. They had quite a selection of books but many were biblical in nature. In the end, I just got books for Gavin. And would you believe it? They even had a handful of Chinese books for children.
All that time I was browsing at the bookstore, my poor man sat waiting below. He had a bad case of sudden attack from his contact lenses and had to endure with a blurry vision because the optical shop refused to sell him a new pair. To make him feel better, I gave him a treat at Haagan Dazs.
We sat at the open deck where the air was cool and dug into our ice creams. Next door, the very upbeat No Hay Problema from The Sound of MilanoOfFashion was being played. One of the ships near the harbour even sounded its horn. Yet the combination was all very pleasant to the ears.
Like forbidden fruits which taste sweeter, stolen moments are always more pleasurable.
What happened to his lenses? They popped out?
I love the last sentence. Everyday, every minute ought to be like a stolen moment.
DR: The lenses gave him a sharp pain and his eyes got all red and watery suddenly…
Comment by domestic rat — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 @ 1:09 am
Poor fella.. !! why wouldn’t they sell him another pair..?? I would love to go on the doulos .. one day..
MB: Cos his eyes got red and they insist that he cannot wear a new pair in that condition…
Comment by Mama Bok — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 @ 2:24 am
can’t they spare him a trial pair??? ditch that optical shop lar….so mei you ren qin wei!!!
anyway, I remembered my parents bringing me on the floating bookshop donkey years ago……
the ice cream looked yummy!!! *drool*
Jan: Cos they don’t want to take the risk to cause his eyes further damage…
Comment by Jan (My lovely Rays) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 @ 9:10 am
Wow.. the ice cream looked yummy. There is only this one Doulos ship right? The one that docked at our port recently didn’t serve ice cream that looked that nice.
ZM: Haha…no lah. We ate the ice cream at Hagan Dazs which was also at Vivocity.
Comment by zara's mama — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 @ 9:22 pm
sesame!! my mum told me abt this too. any idea if they hv any cookbooks, and wide range at that too? if no, then its really no point of me going. thx dear
Evan: I saw some cookbooks but didn’t notice if it was a large selection though…
Comment by Evan — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 @ 11:04 pm
Your hubby don’t have a pair of spare glasses which he can wear on days like this?
Ice cream!!! I just had hagan dazs over the weekend!!
Eileen: He has but it’s left at home. The attack happened suddenly so was unprepared. Hey, you got your appetite back?
Comment by Eileen — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 @ 5:26 pm
Not yet, in fact it’s getting worse..vomited a few times over the weekend
but give me anything cold, and i can’t resist… 
Eileen: I see…interesting. But tell you a secret hor. When I was pregnant, I didn’t eat anything cold at all. Not even drank cold water.
Comment by Eileen — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 @ 12:51 pm