These are a few of my favourite places (not things as the title implies).
After being bummed from missing out on The Best Opportunity of My Life, I remembered some advice a friend gave about going to a Happy Place. Whenever she felt stressed or down she would go to Spotlight ‘cause they have the best range of craft and party supplies, and boy does she love planning and throwing themed parties.
Here’s a list of my Happy Places:
Any bookstore. I love books. I love reading books. I love getting lost in a world of ink and paper. I love seeing books lined across my bookshelf. I love the ten books I am reading simultaneously all perched on my bedside table. I think it’s something that’s been ingrained since childhood. Some of my fondest memories as a child are of curling up on a beanbag in the company of Enid Blyton or Roald Dahl. Moral of the story, get your kids reading books, it’s da bomb.
Oriental grocery stores. It’s like going on holiday to Continental Asia within a 5km radius of your home. I stroll around those stores in awe and wonder. Taking in everything that is so different (and zany) from my own culture. Everything is lychee or mango flavoured, and I love lychee. Also in this magical place purple means taro, not grape or blackcurrant, and I like that too. A trip to my local Oriental Grocery store always has me coming home with bright green Pandan flavoured sweet sticky rice. Sometimes I wish I was Chinese (well not really).
Priceline. I may have once been an awkward Tomboy embarrassed by my blossoming little boobies. But while still maintaining my love of Star Wars I have embraced all things girlie. There you can buy almost any product you could need for your Sunday night beauty routine. Plus it has a chocolate isle. What else could a girl want? (I was contemplating the David Jones and Myer cosmetics floor but sometimes I find them a bit intimidating, especially when it feels like you are running a gauntlet, dodging a perfume spritzer girl at every counter.)
Ok, so all those places are actually retail outlets. What can I say? I am Consumer hear me roar. But I now have a non-capitalist place to add to the list.
My very own balcony. This balcony is in not any way new. It’s a grey slab of concrete I am very familiar with. But only now have we added a table, two chairs a few potted plants and my very own little herb garden. It is such an inviting place and now an extension of our home. With Summer a mere nanosecond away, there is nothing more pleasant that sitting outside amongst a bit of greenery, under the warm rising sun and enjoying breakfast with a loved one. Or reading a book outside as dusk is setting in and the air is becoming just that much cooler.
Sometimes when it feels like everything is turning to Shite, it helps to think about the small things (and places) in life that can bring a smile to your face.
What’s your Happy Place?
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