Singapore, the shoppers' paradise, Singapore where you will get to see really well-groomed ladies with flawless skin and perfect bodies, who takes special care before stepping out of their house…..proper makeup, perfect fit cloths with matching fancy shoes. Oh Yes… SHOES… the reason am here today… to tell you all about how these SHOES caught my attention and made me “Go Crazy” for them. I never realized how the change happened and I started ‘Noticing’ shoes! Wondering now is it ‘coz they reminds me of the famous Kolkata’s 'Macher Bajar’ (Fish stall)? And that surely is a warm comfort in a foreign land. Maybe the only difference is in their language….. but that’s obvious afterall.. different country, different dialect!
Yes, you can enjoy the music of famous Kolkata’s Macher bajaar in the heart of Singapore. The best time to enjoy it is during the “peak hrs”, when everyone is rushing to or from office. And you got to be in the Right Place if you want to have a fool proof Bose speaker kind of sound effect. The right place would be the zebra crossings in the “Peak hrs” or “underpass”. Will get back to the SS (Shoe Sound) effect a lil later.
Yes, you can enjoy the music of famous Kolkata’s Macher bajaar in the heart of Singapore. The best time to enjoy it is during the “peak hrs”, when everyone is rushing to or from office. And you got to be in the Right Place if you want to have a fool proof Bose speaker kind of sound effect. The right place would be the zebra crossings in the “Peak hrs” or “underpass”. Will get back to the SS (Shoe Sound) effect a lil later.
It’s almost been 2 months now, I still remember the evening when I was casually browsing through the mall windows and this smart black executive looking shoe caught my attention. It was just perfect for me… the heel was not too high.. if I decide to buy, its share of contribution to my height would be another one inch… exactly the way I wanted!! With apprehension I went inside the store to check the price tag. This is ‘coz my past experience in buying a shoe here in Singapore was not very good. Whenever I liked a pair and was all set to buy it… the price tag forced me to do a mental conversion to my home currency and the result always made me put the shoe back in rack. Not to take the risk of you branding me as a parsimonious woman, in defense, I would say, its coz of my fair knowledge about home market. I was sure the same quality shoe back home would cost me not more than INR 800.
So, now you will understand why I was so overwhelmed to see the price tag of the shoe, which read as $13. I was not sure if I read it correctly or if I missed a digit! So, after confirming and feeling great about this Price haggle, I headed directly towards the payment counter. Never realized even at the time of making the payment, that I just contributed my share of NOISE oops I mean Music in the ‘Shoe Talk’ that I’ve started detesting so much.
My first experience with my proud purchase was somewhat embarrassing to my own ears.. as it could never understand the language of its own master, which ofcours is me, asking the shoe to behave and talk ‘politely’, neither could I understand why the shoe behaves so arrogantly and never stops jabbering and catching peoples attention, ofcourse for a wrong reason! Within few days I realized its not my Best buy, my dear $13 pride buy was costing me a lot and all coz the owner was not ready to tolerate the shoe’s arrogance and loudness and the shoe doesn’t even realize its doing anything wrong.. coz its been designed like that way.
Today, when I left office it was drizzling and was difficult to get a cab (yeah you guessed it right.. the cab is not for me but for my pet the pride purchase my shoe). So, I had to walk the long corridor and then the underpass to reach the bus stop. Hearing the LOUD blabbering of my dear Shoe.. I realized for the first time that I shouldn’t be blaming the shoe for its loudness and being a chatterbox. It’s not its fault. The developer (be the almighty GOD or the mere shoe maker) has designed the code for these “species” in such a way that the proverb “empty vessels make the most sound” is always considered to be true even at this age n generation!
So, now you will understand why I was so overwhelmed to see the price tag of the shoe, which read as $13. I was not sure if I read it correctly or if I missed a digit! So, after confirming and feeling great about this Price haggle, I headed directly towards the payment counter. Never realized even at the time of making the payment, that I just contributed my share of NOISE oops I mean Music in the ‘Shoe Talk’ that I’ve started detesting so much.
My first experience with my proud purchase was somewhat embarrassing to my own ears.. as it could never understand the language of its own master, which ofcours is me, asking the shoe to behave and talk ‘politely’, neither could I understand why the shoe behaves so arrogantly and never stops jabbering and catching peoples attention, ofcourse for a wrong reason! Within few days I realized its not my Best buy, my dear $13 pride buy was costing me a lot and all coz the owner was not ready to tolerate the shoe’s arrogance and loudness and the shoe doesn’t even realize its doing anything wrong.. coz its been designed like that way.
Today, when I left office it was drizzling and was difficult to get a cab (yeah you guessed it right.. the cab is not for me but for my pet the pride purchase my shoe). So, I had to walk the long corridor and then the underpass to reach the bus stop. Hearing the LOUD blabbering of my dear Shoe.. I realized for the first time that I shouldn’t be blaming the shoe for its loudness and being a chatterbox. It’s not its fault. The developer (be the almighty GOD or the mere shoe maker) has designed the code for these “species” in such a way that the proverb “empty vessels make the most sound” is always considered to be true even at this age n generation!
