eyelash glue

today, i came across the most chun-ted shop ever! and u know it must be pretty darned chun coz i barely ever even use the word chun. its so west malaysian. lol!

not that there is anything wrong with it being west malaysian *saccharine sweet smile*, just that im not entirely used to it.

anyways, back to talking about the shop. i was stranded in cowley, waiting for a bus to take me to the city centre, but after waiting for an unknown length of time, no bus came (actually there were alot of buses, but im kiam siap and will only use the brookes bus coz my bus pass makes it free). so i decided to just walk there instead.

and as i was trudging in the cold, i happened to lift my head and peer into a shop. the shop window was kinda musty, u know the effect they get when they havent been cleaned properly in years? but the display was filled with an amazing assortment of candies! it was like the gingerbread house in hansel and gretel, so delightful, yet with an air of caution.

but as i peered behind the display, i saw lots of bits and ends, all kinds of wu liaw things that would fascinate jo. by my definition, wu liaw stuff means stuff that is utterly useless and pointless, but still very fascinating. like an 8 ball or lava lamp.

so like hansel and gretel, i entered.

near the front of the shop, there were several rows of pots of candies, followed by quirky buttons. further back were a paraphernalia of costumes. like pirates, ancient chinese robes, fairies, bears and etc.

oh yes, i must mention the masquerade masks! so nice i tell u! *swoons* too bad i was in a hurry coz it was late and the shops i wanted to go to were going to close soon, so i could only have a quick look around. if not... i would have tried out over half a dozen costumes and masks, then walked out of the shop without buying anything coz no money. wtf

the shop had a long forgotten and neglected feel to it which sort of piqued my sense of surrealism even more! :D

ok, pardon the english, i was working on my commercial law assignment earlier and my mental thesaurus is still on. next i shall talk about aggrieved parties. wtf

i saw some huge-ass fluttery glittery false eyelashes on the shelf and was reminded of my search for eyelash glue. so i asked the crone at the counter if there were any.

no la, she wasnt a crone. she was middle-aged going on to aged, and she was bent, u know like crones in fairytales?

sigh, now i feel so mean coz she was really friendly to me. but the word crone does fit in with the magicalness of that shop!

anyways, she said they only sell them in the packs with the false eyelashes, but she was sure she saw some that had fallen out somewhere. so she dug around her table for them. as she was digging, i was thinking, wah, so kind, she's helping me look for something that she's gonna give me for free. i mean heck, how many ppl would bother right?

when she finally found it and i thanked her profusely.

then she said 50pence please.