Archive for January, 2007
January 28 2007: Mes pieds
Filed under Body with 18 Comments
I have really really shocking feet.
No, I’m not simply overexaggerating and trying to gain a little sympathy. The last time I went to a foot massage parlour (in Shanghai a few weeks ago), the masseuse literally recoiled in horror when they saw my feet, getting someone else in to access the damage. Put it simply, at the age of twenty, I have the feet of a forty-year-old woman who’s been wearing uncomfortable shoes while waitressing her entire life.
Of course, I blame this entirely on Mint Personnel, the company I worked for for a brief few months two years ago. I waitressed for them at Crown Casino for eight hour long shifts where I hardly got a decent break at all. Bustling back and forth in nylon stockings and tight black shoes…no wonder my feet are as screwed up as they are.
Dry, hardened skin. Peeling skin. Hardened toenails. Stick-a-pin-in-me-and-I-wouldn’t-feel-it skin. Athlete’s foot. For the past year and a bit, I never wore sandals or thongs - lest anyone see exactly how gross my feet were.
They’re much improved now - my doctor has prescribed medication to get rid of the athlete’s foot, I’ve been pumicing every day, and the chemist gave me cream that counteracts both athlete’s foot and hardened skin. With this regime, I’m expected (by the doctor) to have my feet returned to the state of a normal twenty-year-old within a month.
All part of the process of getting Amanda Chan to her physical peak.
January 27 2007: Heightist
Filed under Men & Uni/Work with 10 Comments
Not to be all heightist or anything, but I found it amusing when a 180cm+ tall heavily pregnant woman walked into the store today, followed by her 160cm tall stick-skinny husband.
The physical logistics of that is almost baffling. How would they….never mind. OH THE MENTAL IMAGERY!
January 26 2007: Skint
Filed under Money & Online with 6 Comments
I am a poor poor university student. I am broke. I am without money. I am skint. I am without a piece of lovely plastic covered note in my wallet. I have no coins. I have no bank account. I am poor.
I need to control my spending.
Along the same lines…after seeing Rose’s wishlist linked on Sillyish, I’ve been creating my own, adding a good five items to it every day because I’m greedy that way. Feel free to have a bit of a look and perhaps quietly contemplate fulfilling my wishes?