then we went to get all the things that we wanted to buy. we got ah ping a turtle storage bin on top of the frog that we intended to give her. i also bought my hanging storage and a mini turtle (*winks at eliz*). lizzie and i bought the coloured markers-cum-chops ms yiak gave to us for youth's day. we also bought the heart-shaped pillow and a baking tin for jol. our shopping bag was practically bursting!!!

my hanging storage (left). ah ping's turtle storage bin (right).

when we were going to pay for our purchases, this guy kept sneezing non-stop. oh help! it was gross. his sneeze was resounding and the echo could be heard. oh no! gross. eliz and i walked super fast just to overtake him. haha.

the stuff amounted to $70.70. haha. nice number. can go and buy 4D. after that, we went to get biscuits from the ikea shop. haha. lizzie got hotdogs for her family. so sweet right?

when we left ikea, we went to a bus stop that only had 2 buses stopping at that stop. so nonsense. we had to walk back to ikea to ask for directions before we arrived at the bus stop that had the buses we wanted to take. then, we realised that we were waiting at the wrong bus stop!!! oh gosh. blur us. we crossed the overhead bridge and just nice, 961 came. so i boarded the bus and left lizzie all alone at the bus top. poor thing....

it was the first time that in 6 years that i took 961 all the way from Queensway to Farrer Road to Bukit Timah Road to Upper Bukit Timah Road (pass church) to Woodlands Road to Marsiling MRT to Woodlands MRT. w0o.... it was a long ride. somehow, the trees look different in the day as compared to the night. haha. it is just me.

and eliz called to tell me that she took the bus that was going in the opposite direction!! so she alighted and decided to cab home instead. clementi is miles away from eliz's house.... poor thing. when she boarded the taxi, she realised that she did not have enough money!! so she paiseh-ly (if there ever is such a word) told the uncle and the uncle drove her back to clementi where she boarded. $2.50. when eliz wanted to take the bus in the opposite direction, she realised that 147 does not stop at the opposite bus stop!!! oh no!! what nonsense. so poor eliz had to take bus 52 to i-don't-know-where. but in the end, she managed to reach home safely. thank God.

when i got home, i found out that the thai military had overthrown the thai government. meaning thaksin is no longer PM of Thailand. haha. so lousy. and according to dad, he said that the Thai Foreign Minister, who is in Singapore to attend the IMF meetings, said that he doesn't need to discuss things further because he no longer holds the job. haha. how sad.

the Thai Bhat depreciated to a 3-year low. this decreases the foreign price of exports and increases the domestic price of imports. the quantity demanded for exports will increase more than proportionately assuming Marshall-Lerner condition holds. this increases the total revenue for the government. this also improves Thailand's Balance of Trade.

however, this might lead to an inflation if the Thailand economy is operating near or at full employment level. the increase in exports would lead to an increase in aggregate demand which would lead to a multiplied increase in national income and output and lowers the unemployment rate.

GIRL!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! THE PRELIMS ARE OVER!!!!