I have always liked being fashionable. It is a completely different story that I don’t have one ounce of fashion sense to even begin with. So, I can’t do to all the OOTD social trends that seem to have blown up at a certain past. But I have seen it evolve. I would not say evolve, but to save face let’s just say that my fashion sense evolved over the years. When I look at the old photos of me, I cringe. And whenever I see a photo, I immediately delete it. It is not supposed to be seen by anyone, even me. They all give nightmares without exceptions. But at the time, and I mean in the past, I don’t know what I though all that was happening, the disaster that was me, in the off coloured, mismatching outfit, the colours that were  for a lack of better term yuck. I mean I can’t even begin to explain, or even think about that to write it down. I can already feel the bad taste it is leaving in my mouth. Perhaps, I did think with the time I was in and also, the weird ( clearly ) influences I had, made some very bad and questionable choices. But, if I delete all the photos, there would be nothing to question. Am I right? I know I am smart!

Off-brand.
Oh, he is all branded. Perhaps it was sarcasm in the tone , or may be not. I have always had an admiration for the latest brands, which obviously had to be in the budget. Then again, I don’t like the high end ones. Well, truth be told, anything that has a brand is clearly our of my price range. So, I was taken aback when a colleague made a comment about me donning branded items. I had to take a look to figure out what brand I was even wearing to qualify it as being branded. I, of course got the stuff on sale that too some old stuff that no one else seem to be buying. It is a funny thing how we all get attached to certain things, certain brands that seem to attract us. The best example I cam probably give is the iPhone. There was a point when I wondered if I could ever get one. I would go into a spiral how people were even able to afford one, given that it was way out off my budget, and no amount of saving money would even come close to get one single part, ergo if they were to sell. And then there was a time when I seemed to have inspired ( made jealous ) that made someone else get the iPhone as well. This was the time when the hype was way too much and at one point, I had to give in. Now hear me out. For over a month, none of my friends (at the time) even knew that I had changed my phone and that too to an iPhone. It took over a month for some of them to figure out that I had got one. Well, a week or two later, I see another guy getting the similar phone. See, I can inspire people as well. You are welcome. But what I was trying to say is that we seem to grow attached to certain things, or brands, well most of us atleast. Let me make it easier, I get very much attached to certain brands.

Not loud enough. 
Now this was almost the same amount as my months’ salary. But, all thanks to the credit card, I got this headphones. I have always likes music. However, I can’t sing for the life of me. I mean I can try, but there is a good possibility that there will be blood coming out of the people ears, without a doubt. And now let me explain further about my interest in music, it is strictly for listening. The music has to the loud, the language never mattered for me. It just had to be loud. I can’t sing one verse, let alone a verse, I can’t even a single line of the million songs I listened to, many of which were even played on loop, individually, over a hundred times at a stretch. Now, this is a branded item I had. The first ever to say the least. And when I say first, this was the first costliest thing I had gotten for myself, after having saved for a short while. I grew fond of this brand to say to least. And much evidently, I got another headphone, because the previous one was wired and I am all for wireless. I hate wires. I would much rather prefer everything wireless. Now, even though I have I have sort of the best headphone brand, the music quality of which is great, the bass even better, I often find myself trying to hit the volume up button, even when it is at max. I do get these notifications about the hearing activity that iPhone has that I have already spent quite a lot of time hearing to very loud music. I think I can handle it, but maybe only time will tell if there is ever a hole in my ear drum because of the loudest noise possible blasting in my ears. I am not a subwoofer away from blowing the roof of my apartment. I recon that never happens. But I just might, if anyone is willing to donate. Or perhaps, the brand sees my dedication and decide to offer me some free stuff. I wonder why only celebrities / influencers these days seem to be getting free stuff. There is no love for the one who are not only loyal, but are still willing to get more stuff. This sort of dedication should be rewarded and not leave a hole and then a little more in the pocket. 

I seem to have distracted myself with something that suddenly popped up in my head. I guess I have more stories, I mean I have more stuff to inflict more torture on the same very subject, perhaps some other day. I don’t really have a brand addiction, but I think I might. I remember this one time I was playing a game on my windows laptop, so I was already destroying the keyboard. And giving that my laptop was cracked in a few too many places. Thanks to me falling asleep while watching Tv series only to find the laptop on the marble floor. Thankfully, it didn’t stop working.  I have to balance the hinges of the lid, otherwise it would look like my laptop is taking off with a clearly visibly broken wing. And given that the laptop was already hanging by the literal thread and there doesn’t seem to be any replacements available and I was obviously two years out of the warranty period, I had to be extra careful about the remaining 1 percent health of the laptop. What seemed like a temporary alternative, later transpired into a full blown game console. And before you can think, let me tell you what I have been unto with the device and how it is being useful. It is freshly collecting dust back at home, where no one seems to are about. All thanks to me. 

If you happen to be near my home, you can most definitely help yourself to a few games. Well, perhaps clean off the dust as well, maybe.

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