The Maggie Cup

She is sitting at the dinning table for more than half an hour just staring at the Maggie cup that she ate. The Maggie cup reminds her about something fun yet foolish.

She works as a finance executive in KLCC. She is clever, young and beautiful. With her degree in business finance and also her hard work, she has been promoted to the finance executive in just 3 years working in the company.

Thinking back of her achievement as a fresh graduates entering working field in a huge company with more than 50 experience staff competing for the finance executive post is not easy. Her determination and hard work in 3 years indeed paid off as she work extra hard than the others.

After the promotion, she is now the youngest executive in the company. In the age of 23, she earns RM4000 as her basics salary. But after the promotion, she is now earning RM 7000 as her basic salary. She can get everything she wants.

Thinking back when she first starts working, she will drove her silver Kelisa to Taman Melati LRT Station to go to work and everywhere she goes, her faithful silver Kelisa will follow. Now, she’s no longer driving the faithful Kelisa, she changed her car to a bigger, more elegant car Toyota Vios.

“She uses to be a humble, hard working girl. But now, she is no longer her old self. She is so bossy now, I still prefer the old her.” She overheard one of the staff complaining about her in the toilet the other day.

She realise the change in herself but she just can’t resists the change in herself. From a simple young lady to a sophisticated young lady; she just can’t resist the change in herself. For her, the hard work has been paid off after 3 years working from day to night and no social life, no fancy and expensive dress.

The clock show’s 1030pm, but she is still sitting and staring straight at the Maggie cup she ate an hour ago. She is still wandering why is she hard to control herself? Why?
A week ago, she was with her best friend in Mid Valley mega mall doing shopping. Plan just to buy groceries since her fridge is almost empty. Before they shop for groceries, they went to watch movie at GSC. Since the line is long, she made up her mind to watch in gold class and spend almost RM100 just to watch a movie.

After movie, they went for a so call window shopping but she end up entering and buying handbags, dresses, shoes from LV, Charles & Keith, Sembonia, and Vincci. Spend more than RM2000 in these shops. It seems so easy for her to spend her money on unnecessary stuffs. She knows that there is still 1 LV handbag and 1 Guess handbag at home that she haven’t use but she just can’t resists it to buy the latest design handbag. 5 new pair of shoes that she haven’t wore to anywhere is still waiting foe her at home but she still end up buying 2 pairs of shoes adding it all to seven new pair of shoes.

“I think we better go to Jusco now before I spend more on unnecessary things.” She told her best friend. Before they reach Jusco, again she stops at Bobbie Brown to buy makeup, GoldHeart to buy a new pedant, Top shop to buy new dress, Guess to buy new purse and sunglass. Spending more than RM5000 is like nothing for her, she is still so relax and still eager to shop more. In the end of the day, it takes her almost three hour to reach Jusco and only end up buying some dried food, fruits and noodles.

She just can’t resist shopping branded goods, and since her promotion a year ago, she almost empties her saving since she starts working for being shopaholic. Every month, there must be something new in her apartment, new bags, new shoes, new dress, new accessories. Car loan, house rental, bills to pay, but she just can’t resists in being shopaholic.

Thinking back of these fun but foolish activities makes her tears flow. She just doesn’t know when the Maggie cup suffer will end.


-after almost a month, i finish writing this short story. now i know that it is hard to write a story with spesicic topic. hahahhaha.... this story is for my Creative writting 2 assignment.