So i made a trip down to the Alexander's Ikea, planning to buy a few bookcases. There, i fell in love with the red coloured billy bookshelves but when i planned to purchase them, the lady there told me they were all out, and that the next shipment would be due around min-Jan. I was crushed to hear that because it meant that the books would stay alphabetically ordered on my floor, making it so hard to get the book i want without making the stack fall to pieces around me.

Yet ...
being the bright spark in shopping that i am, the auntie in me rose to the occassion. So, i called Ikea Tampines on the Friday 30th November, the day it decided to officially open its doors to the public. And to my utmost joy, they said those red billy bookcases, that i was so dying to have, were in stock.

So off i skipped off in my lil red tee, red cardi, red trim shorts, red flats, red glasses, reddish bag and matching handphone case. That was a bit of an overkill of course, but i thought, what better way to celebrate my finally getting those red shelves than a reddish extravaganza.

To my horror, the rain came pouring down like the heavens decided to turn a huge bucket over just when i stepped out of my house. But I perservered on, trugging all the way to Bukit Batok Mrt station. When i finally got to Tampines MRT station (with Mr Sun all bright and shiny), people were queuing like mad for the bus. As i hadn't expected such a big turnout (I mean, there is another ikea what?!), i didn't know what buses to take there. So... i had to join "THE QUEUE". Then yes, after over an hour, it was finally my turn to get up the bus and zoom off to Ikea. I was still in high spirits as stormy seas of water and people cannot keep me from those shelves. Yet, as i got to outside ikea, people were streaming in from every corner, everyone eager to get a glimpse of the new ikea.