u/Boey_Da_Han

Contrary to the stereotype of girls loving to shop. I hate shopping for clothes. I enjoy looking at fashion inspo and buying out of necessity like me needing to get office friendly wear for the start of my career fresh out of school so I would usually buy a few pieces, like <5.

I always repeat what I wear/like everytime i go out until my parents nag me to clear out my old clothes and get new ones, but its always the sentimental attachment that gets to me. I also thought of getting my work wear tailored swift 👀according to my measurements but ofc it aint cheap lol .

My buying decision also factors in how much I can see myself wearing the piece so its based on depreciation, aside from material, cutting and price. What looks nice on you in theory may not look nice irl especially with bad fitting room lighting.

So today, I went out to JB to shop with my parents, anyway parents pay which im grateful to them. My dad complained it took me 1.5 hrs to try a bunch of clothes the store assistant recco which I bought like 4 tops 1 pants out of a variety of tops, pants and fish soup OL dresses.

My mom explained diff clothes have diff cutting for diff bodies like girls shop is different from guys shopping usually like just wear okay can liao (which to me is ideal cos i wear for function mostly). And I honestly feel that some clothes' quality do not justify the price like Im paying SGD $50 for a top but the material is so thin and/or rough (cough cough Bove Lonito)

Also btw i go clubbing, legit all the guys dress the same (black T and pants), girls also the same but at least got some variety (usually a cami and a mini skirt/shorts).

So like i was like

you ask me to buy clothes> idw > u buy for me> not nice> i go shopping and i take my time to choose options> u complain i take so long or so ex> I anyhow whack> end up not nice> end up I dont wear frequently so its wasted $ > wear the same old clothes again> cycle repeats, might as well dont buy lor

Yeah might as well dont buy, also stop being influenced by soc med and capitalism what to buy and somemore dont use. it aint healthy for the environment and your wallet.

With a possible outbreak of the ongoing hantavirus, history repeats itself again 6 years ago.

Felt like I was born at the wrong time. SARS happened during my year of birth, Lehman Bros in 2008,

2020 was when I was supposed to start poly all cut in half and it’s not even half as fun as what my juniors are having right now. Like Covid happened and made life boring.

Wanted to go all out in my 20s but yet gone clubbing once or a solo trip but lack $$$ which means I needa farm $$$

As a soon to be fresh grad out of Uni, makes me wonder how secured I am for the next few years in terms of employment because

1. Job market is shit like it’s so uncertain getting back offers/interviews. Plus alot of companies are downsizing in headcount with AI.
2. we cant go out especially in lockdown and when we haven’t secured anything related to what we wanna do.

So just wanna ask you guys (esp fresh grads of 2020) how was it like job hunting and confirming during the year of covid.

Ps: I’ve 2 internships under my belt from poly and Uni days so in a sense that’s something better than nothing I guess.

But istg there so many people internship maxing like some of them have 7, some of them at big companies, while I’m just very grateful to be accepted in one (one for the next month only then after that back to job hunting).