Experience India! Shopping Marathon

Guide to A Pleasant Shopping Experience

(1) pack light

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(2) keep your money at different places to avoid excessive spending

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(3) spare bag to carry your shopping loot back. 

I had forgotten about this. 

Ended up carrying my stuffs in plastic bag. 

This is quite risky because i don’t know

when will the bag break,

or i may just forget to take the bag along.

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(4) hire a personal shopping assistant

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or a big bag allowing us to throw our items in

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My Treasures

can be classified into 4 categories

Fashionable stuffs

Indian flava

Souvenirs

Just for fun

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(1) fashionable stuffs

i bought this pair of shoes

because i am just thrilled by white sneaker

my Adidas Superstar is retiring soon

and i am not satisfied with

an ordinary pair of Stan Smith

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the bargain for this

is buy 1 free 1

Kenneth was trying out some shoes

hoping we can share the bill

unfortunately he couldn’t find any

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so i was forced to give up the shoes

but when i was paying for the two tops

the salesperson offered to

sell it to me

at 50% discount

however SGD 100

is still not a very cheap price

to pay for a pair of sneakers

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but then only i discovered

this is actually a pair of golf shoes

so cool

it’s worth the money i paid

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Puma top that doesn’t look too Puma

more like MNG

that’s what i am looking for nowadays

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never own any sporty spag top like this

SGD 10 is quite reasonable i guess

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celebrate the color

i was attracted by the colorful top

but it is supposed to be a girl dress

but i managed to fit in

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these are actually from a guy

vending the clothes

by carrying it around the street

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this is either a long skirt

or a tube dress

it’s pretty angelic

but not if it’s worn on me

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hand made stuffs are always cool

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a Nike watch i got at B’lore airport

for 50% discount

i was always looking for a sporty watch

can’t expect me to wear Seiko or Titus

to go jogging

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finally this one

and it’s black in color

doesn’t it look a bit O.D.M.?

p.s. 

to the guy who criticized i am wasting my money away

please compare and contrast the watches properly

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(2) Indian flava stuffs

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(3) souvenirs

i like the house portrayed on this rug

the color combination is good too

somehow i sacrificed it

gave it to my uncle

because in my dad’s eye

this is not a collectible

it’s just any other souvenir

 

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a pair of peacock motif mini plate

it reminds me of the pair of peacock lamp

we have at home

i think they will be perfect match

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this is a hand-drawn elephant drawing

we were quite amazed by those

fine drawing similar to this

we saw else where

but they are way too expensive

i think finally Kenneth and Jia Loon

bought those fine drawing

ok lo, didn’t jio me

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i brought this to Daiso

bought a frame

and presented it as a gift

to my rag team

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somehow dad is always looking for

a bronze horn

at flea market

so i got him this

but i got the feeling that

he will still get one of the

hand-pressing horn

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my niece will always laugh

when i blow it

but her daddy said that

we shouldn’t blow it anymore

it will injure her ears

okies…

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animal prints

can print my own shirt

or they are just fine

to stand on the shelf as decorations

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my dad was thrilled by this pair of elephant

he put it on his collection shelf immediately

my original intention for this pair of elephant

was back-up souvenir

just in case i miss put any V.I.P.

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and the price offered was too great

to be turned down

but the weight was something to be considered

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and on my way back

i kept thinking of my dear elephants

whether they will break

luckily they were not hurt

otherwise i would be heartbroken

for being cheated

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at first

i didn’t feel like buying

who would want to carry such heavy marbles

i casually asked him whether he had got

peacock print one

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gosh, he managed to take one out

and they are so cute

since dad always complains that

we are spoiling his tables

by putting hot drinks on them

this is an ideal home improvement item

i have to admit that

i am a vain girl

peacock always attracts me

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free gift from the shop

somehow i like the photos of Lord Krishna

hanging out with his GFs

may i be blessed

for …………………..

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(4) just for fun

my niece likes to play with them

that day Min Wey and Teck Thye

were playing air ping pong

using these bats too

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my lovely ferris wheel

look out for more photos

featuring it

coming up very soon

gosh, i haven’t named it yet

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my niece said this is a

noodle-making machine

……. swt

got this at the airport

how can i miss out M&M

whenever i am at an airport

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left it on the bus on my way

back to Melaka

waited for 2 hours

since the driver had gone for his lunch break

but so grateful that i found him back

that’s why this clock is precious, isn’t it?

i left it on my dad’s writing table

so that he can think of me

whenever he is working

Cases of Shopping Failure along the Journey

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(1) Shrek from Macs… run out of stock 

envious of Kenneth who got the Hippo

 

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(2) Mango trees

innocently thought that i can transport some

Indian mango back to plant at backyard

go give it to my grandpa or uncle

basically our family enjoy planting mango trees

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the gardener kindly bought them for me

but they are so huge

forget bout it

left them at the hostel

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(3) Reebok legging

i never own any legging

i fell in love with this pair of Reebok legging

it was purple stripes

with a mini skirt

my desire to own it heightened

when the dance instructor

who taught us Bollywood dance

was wearing something similar

but can’t find it at other Reebok outlet

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(4) M&M figures

i like this

but it’s a bit ex

so gave up the idea

but i am happy

with the mr. Yellow alarm clock

the price is half of this

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(5) Vodafone sim card

it died out after a few days

stating that we failed to provide the address

there was still some credit in it

and the good thing about this sim card is

i couldn’t call sg number, but msian one worked

i could send smses to both countries,

but couldn’t receive smses from both

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the packaging is nice

perhaps designed in UK

but the service provided

is still Indian standard

no choice

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