su-lin says i am allowed to put out my birthday wishlist so here it is:

a) first edition the thirteen clocks or white deer
b) orchid-embroidered kebaya top from ms joaquim (the shop appears to have disappeared from millenia walk and liat towers but perhaps the line is carried in some stores?)
c) poster of tanaquil leclercq in the triumph of bacchus and ariadne
d) having a dress made (i have several pieces of thai silk, would like to find a dressmaker)
e) louis macneice - complete poems
f) madame butterfly necklaces (at takashimaya main store)
g) le tombeau de couperin performed by anne queffelec (lost this in car accident and never was able to find another copy. i don't even care if someone just burns this for me, cos i have the cover and case of the original.)
h) single zi sha teapot
i) janacek's "fairy tale" (any recording is good)

otherwise, vouchers in small denominations for

a) metro/isetan
b) kino/borders
will be perfectly lovely