Saturday Shopping Bonding - Marcky's Suit Story

Life in Singapore has always been this "flash"-paced. You wake up, go to work, work your ass off (do some overtime work WITHOUT pay), go home, eat, watch TV, surf, go to bed and sleep. Then the cycle just goes on again, not necessarily in that order, but more or less the same without fail. So if you have the opportunity to bond with friends, you take advantage.

I take advantage. Always work and no play makes Eric a dull boy.

I spent my Saturday afternoon after my half day work with AJ (she's a girl) and Marcky. It was AJ's first week-end off and she wanted to spend time with us, models (hehe) as it was a while when we last had our serious bonding moment. The others had work and the rest had prior engagements. So the three of us ended up together.

We met at HDB Hub, Toa Payoh and from there we went straight ahead to Orchard Road - Tangs Mall after a series of nagging calls from Marcky. (Peace!). We met him at Tangs and he was eyeing on a suit already. He wanted us to see it before anything else. He needed an affirmation before splurging on it.

It was a nice tailored suit. The coat fitted well, except for the sides. Let's just say it was a bit small for his built. So there we were, giving our "whatyouthinks" and honest opinions. And somehow, we persuaded him to at least try and look for something else. Something better. True enough, he listened.

We went to a G2000 store at Wisma to go look for something else. It was a challenge as we never knew where the store was. Can you believe it? So after a few rounds and some luck, we found it. Only to disappoint us. The suits were not on sale. And worse, they were more expensive. A coat could already buy an entire ensemble. So somewhat decided, Marcky finally bit the bullet. He would buy it even the countless reminders of me saying that it was a bit tight.

It was two against one. AJ and Marcky justified the reason for buying it. So even if I was totally disagreeing, they both wanted it. In the end, he bought it. After three trips to Tangs. We did accompany him for the last time in the fitting room and waited for a bit while trying both pieces - the coat and the pants. And here he was before the actual fitting. See below. Can you tell how in love he was with the suit. That nice suit was fitted in a not so nice fitting room, with all the boxes on the sides and next to the couch.



Oh well, Marcky said he will go ahead and diet. So the fit is perfect when he wears them. Well, friends support one another.

So to Marcky, aja!