Into shopping mood

Last weekend was interesting for me. It was the last week of Ramadan month and quite a lot of forks have gone back to their kampong to prepare for Eid al-Fitr. Last Saturday, despite warnings from my friends not to venture into TAR area during this season or you'll be stuck inside the crowd, I ignored their warnings.

I went there by taxi and just before entrying the main street, the jammed was unspeakable. Cars parked everywhere as long as there're adequate space. Then humans were everywhere from 5-year-old to 60-year-old on the streets, shops, make-shift stores, walkways, common areas. Most are busy with their last minute shopping before they go back to their hometown to celebrate the festive season. Mothers selecting songkoks for their children, Teenagers looking for the best deal for their al-Fitr clothes. Men tried on shoes, shirts at the stores. Some of them waited at a nearby restaurants with their children while the mothers doing all the shoppings.

As I entered one of the shopping malls in TAR street, the crowd was everywhere that I felt claustrophobic. I managed to find the career section after jostling though the human sea. I go through the clothes and jackets, and found that some of the prices are very reasonable. The cutting are neat and nice too. After trying on a few I bought a jacket that has no button. After that, my sister and I went into the make-shift stores bargain hunting for good stuff. We walked from one store to another inspecting the baju kurung and the crafts. All stores are having the lelong sales. Most put up RM50 for a pair of baju Kurung. Unfortunately, there was no place to try on the clothes before we buy so we decided not to get any. A few minutes later, I saw a wooden tissue box on sales for RM15 each. I like the design and selected one with better craftmanship. For a price like that, one has to inspect the quality before depart with our money. Or else, you will regret it when you reached home.

Since there were not much to see and interest us, we went to a mall a black away. There I visit a fashion shop that I used to frequent. The clothes there are always reasonable priced and in-style. Everytime I went there, I will buy a few clothes and this time is no different. Every corner and nice looking outfit. Now the trouble is that I've gained so much weigh that I have difficulty to find a suitable outfit. I pick up a few and tried them. Luckily, a dark green shirt fits nicely on me. I then look at the jacket section and tried on a few. I ended up bought 3 jackets with good quality. I also bought a pair of pants that goes with one of the jackets.

It was a good buy. I bought 3 jackets, a shirt and a pair of pants. End of that session, I decided that I have to lose some weigh. Even though I can't shades all 25kg, at least I must start with 5kg.

Wish me luck!