Charges & all

While talking to our neighbour lady today, I've got to know that the council charges £25 to remove the garden wastes. And the green-bags should also be bought from the council to bin the garden wastes in order to be taken way by them. I wonder why they sell green-bags at the stores if we have to get them from council. If you wanna have a clean garden, then you pay!. Otherwise, you keep your garden with overgrown bushes and the next day your neighbour calls up the council and complains. Then you have to meet the risk of paying even more. Thats how the trick works.
Our neighbour wanted to get rid of her old TV recently and for that as well, the council charged her around £25.00 even though she explained that she and her husband are pensioners. I think the best way to dispose such electronics is to give them away to charity. If they are working properly. The way we used to get rid of old clothes at home, is to give them to charity.

You get a prescription from the doctor, and you have to pay the prescription charge of £7.20 per item at the pharmacy. Just for that scribbled paper from the doctor (and this excludes the price of the medicine). The charges for TV license and Radio license are also far too much. PLUS council tax in thousands.
These kinda charges in expensive amounts is an additional way to suck away the earnings from the public after the ridiculous amounts of tax that peope are paying to the government.

Shopping

I have been doing so much of shopping lately. *GUYS, you may not wish to read further as this post is about something you all hate or rather envy ;) cos you don't have the patience to master this art which only girls can.*

I think for the past two months all I have been doing is shopping, shopping shopping. (On holidays). Had been to Westfield for the first time and I just loved it. It took 5 years to build that mall with 1.7 billion (if I am not wrong), and its so huge and lovely. There are nearly 300 stores inside. But sadly I didn't get to browse all the shops I wanted. Its impossible to do that in a day.

As for me, I would be on the happy mode if I am shopping and it helps me to refresh my mind and forget the worries. At least temporarily at that time. Yesterday I had sorted all the clothes and shoes I've bought during the last couple of months. Took them out of the shopping bags and put them in place. I realised how much I have spent just for the past 2 months and felt a bit guilty. But the thing is, this is not going to stop me from doing more shopping until september. I am trying to cut down though.

I have recently become addicted to ALDO. I was telling my friend, I want handbags in every colour so that I can wear matching handbag to my clothes. I usually go for black and brown and some other dark colours. But now I have started buying in different colours.

ALDO

                                                                              Dorothy Perkins

Newlook

Although you would have been to a shopping centre countless times, the next time you go there and it still feels new and so many things to explore. Sadly time is a limiting factor :( Only one thing I get irritated about is, you go for shopping and buy something after giving it a good consideration time and then when you go there next time it would be on a half-price or something like 70% off sale. Hmm...I know we can do nothing about this. At the end of the day, you don't wanna lose it by waiting it to be on a sale, like, Ilavu katha kili as they say in Tamil. Means, the parrot waits for an unfruitful tree (cotton) and the wait goes in vain as the cotton pods dry and falls off the trees and at last it is cotton and no fruit. (If I'm wrong please correct me).

Anyways, I'm signing off, Happy shopping and Hope you all are having a happy weekend :)

This evening

Rain clattering against the windows, freshly roasted peanuts, hot cup of tea with its streams coming off...sounds amazing, aint it? I am experiencing this combination now :) Lovin' it ;) Claaasssicc ;)) lolz.

Of some people...

When you promise to take up a responsibility make sure you commit with the real interest that comes from inside. You must also be able to transform your words into actions, if not otherwise, don't go for it.
I point this out because of the way the world is. And I need little inspiration to write this.
I am surprised how many people don't respond to mails, phone calls and texts for weeks and sometimes ever. It's like, they have a mobile phone with no numbers in the keypad but they are able to open, read as well as ignore the messages and calls. They are the only people, who get all the troubles on their way, starting from reading the message/mail to the present situation of not being able to reply. That the fortune turned away from them. Well, the problem is not responding to anything.
One of the reasons given is that they had a deadline for something of a much more priority. But it wouldn't take half a min, or even less than that, to type : I have received your mail. I have to meet a deadline on x, so I will do that matter next week. Week after. Or whenever. That single line of reply would leave you with a way to come to a conclusion as to what should be done next whether waiting or doing the damn work yourself.
I agree there are times when one has to put a lot of effort in than others, because; he/she simply had to, of the responsibility they have agreed to undertake. Still Wonderful of them. Now you need some information from them, not for the sake of your own advantage, but for the whole team's. You call them five times, mail them 10 times, text them a number of times --no response and you haven't heard a peep! How would that feel?
Sometimes, you have to work harder than others in a committee, but that doesn't mean you can happily sit back and simply ignore the calls and mails for as long as you want. There is a reason why you are chased up. If you are not guilty, respond! Even if you are too, you better respond. Make things clear.
When you can't show up or follow up, let others know. Ask yourself, if you are able to cope with the work you are taking up before you do.
Saying an excuse might not change what happens or happened, however, surely it will do no harm. Its far more acceptable compared to the silence and hiding. Be responsible and
Respond!

Have a good day.