7am to 12 noon

For a person who just lined up for 5 hours, I am quite calm. You see, I literally watched the "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" tote got sold out in front of me. There was just four more people in front of me and it was announced that all of it was gone. Initially I was told I would be the last few people who would be getting it but luck obviously was not on my side. Plenty of ifs...if only I went there just a bit earlier. If if if...

Anyway, the crowd was less than impressed with the verdict as they started behaving really wild, screaming and pushing and throwing insults all around. Guards and cops were called. The manager from KLCC came by. It was quite scary actually. The spokeperson from Anya Hindmarch just came out and apologize and thats that. Most of us were unhappy because we were obviously misused as their pr tool. They said they didnt anticipate the turnout and they did told people to stop lining up. BULLSHIT.

It's plain to see that having lines that cross over the whole level right up the another level is a great story and pictorial for the press, so why would they want to tell people to stop queuing up? Very bad call on their end. They could have just stop the line and people wouldn't have been so angry because if they would know the quantity runs out at one point, they wouldn't have spend so many hours in the line and could have gone home.

What is worst is that they got F grade models like Elaine Daly and Stephanie Chai strolling in at 10, get the bags and start walking slowly, posing and taking pictures in front of everyone in the line (who is tired and angry btw) to parade the bag. It's like eating fried chicken in front of a starved African child. Not to mention, they actually allowed pre-ordered customers to collect their bags on the same day. I know there's pre-order (but couldn't make it to the list) but alot of them don't know that and they got really envious and unhappy when they see all these datins strolling out with 4-5 bags each.

It's also quite disgusting to see really ugly human behaviour coming out like jumping the lines and all those stuff over a bad. Furthermore, some of them have not even seen the bag let alone know how to pronounce Hindmarch...there was a pool of Jinjang Janes, Kampung Baru ghetto girls, male-divas who would probably not know what the bag stands for and most of them are there just to get the bag and sell it off. For RM55, you can get at least RM1,000 in online auction.

At the end of the day, just blame it on the fact that I am not a 6ft model or popular socialite or else I wouldn't have to line up. I didn't feel that bad, they gave me a notebook which I gave away to a colleague who loves Anya Hindmarch bags. Maybe 2-3 years from now, no one will care about this bag. Would it have longevity and impact in the fashion world like Hermes scarves or Chanel's tweed suit? No one knows.

All I know is anything that I want, I need to work for it. So save up and buy that Chanel bag. It doesn't fall down from the sky and it certainly wouldn't be RM55 bucks each.

Till the next bag then.