I'm Not a Plastic Bag

Yes. I'm gonna get my hands on this one.

In case you've NEVER heard of this bag? Or you haven't read the news or watch the news that says it caused quite a stir in HK recently.

It is quite the IT bag of the moment, with all that "climate crisis" stuff going on across all platforms and in all media. And of course, LIVE EARTH, and Al Gore, and Leonardo DiCaprio, all played their part in making sure words like "climate change" and "global warming" and "climate crisis" appear regularly in the media who pound on celebrities, politicians wanting to "make a difference".

I have to sincerely apologise for my OVERUSE of the "Inverted Commas" in this entry - to make sure i highlight words that do not come from my heart. SO BEAR WITH ME.

The bag made its first appearance in London, UK -retailing at 5 pounds to much success. It is the brainchild of celebrated London designer, Anya Hindmarch. She's the first one to pioneer customised images on your bag - every other designer who followed suit, followed Anya Hindmarch.

Everybody - from students, to housewives, to men, to gays flocked to queue hours for the affordable bag. It was an initiative to use her influence and power as a designer to raise awareness about "climate crisis", hence the birth of I'm Not A Plastic Bag, at an affordable price. What made it exclusive in a way is that only hundreds were made - so the thousands of people who queued for the bag, some had to go home empty-handed.

Then it was launched in US at a similar price, only slightly more expensive - and it was blue words with blue trimmings.

Anya Hindmarch will launch the Asia version - grey words with grey trimmings - in July. and will retail at SGD$65.

I went to the Anya Hindmarch boutique at Ngee Ann City only to hear that they "don't know" when stocks will come in and that "waiting lists are closed" with "1000 over names waiting" and only "100 over bags" coming in.

Won't be my turn one lah - all the celebrities and socialites and VIPs of Anya Hindmarch who regularly splurge 1000s over, will be on their list - so i am destined not to own one.

Well, maybe not. I bought mine on EBAY for SGD$250 including shipping and will arrive pretty soon!! So i can't wait to carry it.

Non-insiders may say, slaves for fashion, or i'm just trying to be part of the whole bimbotic community of fashion who champion "climate crisis" by spending an obscene amount of money on a bag - and a wannabe for wanting to make a difference.

Maybe yes, i wanted to satisfy my bimbotic alter-ego by carrying an IT bag that nobody else has - cos mine is the US version - haha :D

But i practice what i preach.

I'm an avid recycling person.

Ex-colleagues would know that I collect used paper - those used on both sides - and i would bring it downstairs to the recycling bin for recycling. They laugh at me for being a "recycling freak" and probably thinks that i think i'm one level higher than them as a human cos i recycle - but in actual fact, i DON'T.

I've never chastised people who share different values and beliefs from me.

i don't eat shark's fins because it's a personal choice - cos i feel no demand, no supply and that poaching and cruelty to the sharks would be reduced via this action of mine.

At wedding dinners, i'd just decline my bowl or give it to someone else.

But i've never said stuff like - u know the sharks are innocently killed for their fins, therefore i don't eat and therefore i'm a higher human and you're not.

Haven't you met over-enthusiastic and over-zealous "non-meat" (cos they're technically not vegetarian by definition) eaters who chastised our love for bak kut teh, bbq chicken wings, roast duck and char siew - because they are inhumanely killed so as to end up as delicacies on our dinner table?

i'm sure you get my drift.

Truth is - Recycling is a habit - once you have it - it's like brushing teeth, you don't forget and if you do, you reprimand yourself for forgetting to do it.

I can absolutely carry that very expensive bag of mine proudly because my conscience is aboveboard and clear.

Not some hypocrite who screams "SUPPORT LIVE EARTH" or "DO YOUR PART FOR CLIMATE CRISIS by WEARING GREEN" - who probably "almost" never (give the benefit of the doubt that this person has at least done it once) recycle and drives a non-environmentally friendly car that consumes fuel and contribute to the emission of CO gases into the environment. In case you think being Green is about wearing green, YOU ARE SO WRONG. and IGNORANT.

This is like a prelude to my next entry - on LIVE EARTH.