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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Shopping

Tetiba tengah malam camni teringat pulak nak hapdate pasal shopping. I like to go shopping on my own...but kalau dapat kawan yg 'masuk' sekali lagi best. At least boleh tolong confirmkan the colour that I see is the colour it is intended to be. I memang bermasalah sikit tang ni. Esp. with yellow lighting commonly adopted by many shops (tak usah kata shops, kat umah I bahagian wardrobe kitaorg pun MG letak lampu cahaya kuning. Selalu jugak I terbabas esp. kalau bersiap kul 6 pagi. And then he would call me juling).
Anyway, my best shopping companion is my bff. Kitaorg kalau suka, ambik terus je. Takde tunggu2 sampai besok or tawaf 45 buah kedai pastu masuk balik kedai no. 5 utk beli. When we were in Medan, we went to Pasar Ikan. Dah la we all kena kepung dek beggars so ended up masuk satu kedai je but managed to get everything from tudung, telekung to kain pelekat. Takdenya dia nak suggest, eh, jom tengok tempat lain dulu..
The same when we were in Bangkok. Masuk satu kedai kain ela, berkodi bawak keluar and puas hati. Camtu jugak when we went to KB.
MG's not too bad for a boy...tapi disadvantage nya dgn dia ni, he's easily distracted dgn shopping had dia pulak. Kalau kuda tu, kita pakaikan pengadang mata...supaya tengok depannn je. But still, dia tak pernah cakap jangan beli. Semua boleh (asalkan bukan duit dia..hehe) walaupun bling bling yg rhegenya boleh buat downpayment kereta. Staminanya cukup kuat (I'm talking about stamina shopping, bukan benda lain ye Esah)...sampai hilanglah suara I masa we all shopping barangan hantaran kawin dulu2. Dehydrated I uols! Ko mampu Esah? Dari kedai bukak sampai dinner time...sampai demamlah I keesokan harinya.
Anyway...unpleasant shopping experience? When I was in Kota Betawi with this akak2. Sorang lakinya sakit kaki and tak larat jalan jauh. Sorang pulak lakinya cengih..kalau bagi dua jam, dua jam je ok? Jangan pasai nak terlebih 3 minit ka. You would expect these akaks would gladly leave their husbands back at the hotel right? WRONG! Akak #1 husband was happy to be left alone tapi binik dia pulak cakap, apa you nak buat kat hotel sensorang? Ikut je lah!
Like grrrr ok..bior je le lakinya..dia ingat lakinya nak melanggani tukang urut sepeninggalannya kut. Akak #2 punta husband sibuk nak ngikut walaupun tak suka shopping. Boleh? Tapi nak dok minum2 kopi je dgn husband #1. Ok fine tapi bagi kitaorg 2 jam je kat Tanah Abang tu..hampeh! Bininya takut laki pasal gaya2 bos and perengus..kitaorg yg lain pun takut jugak.
Dahla laki hang bagi 2 jam je pastu hang pi dok cari telekung sampai sedozen and cerewet pulak tu! In the end it left me with just 1/2 hour nak pi usha2 and beli kain for myself. Lambat 15 minit and muka husband akak #2 dah macam asam kelubi. Hoi kalaulah laki I ikut sekali masa trip ke KB tu, memang I babai je minah 2 ekor tu. Kosser!
Pastu akak2 tu boleh suggest lagi. Eh bila kita nak buat shopping trip lagi? Jomlah ke HCMC this time...what? With sorang yg tak leh berenggang dgn lakinya (tapi selalu gaduh, cemana tu?) and sorang lagi yg lakinya asyik masam kedam, tak hingin ok?!
And I do have to rant about this  here. Sometimes bila Ari@ni ada sale, I punpergi jengok. The last time I went rasa cam nak pengsan. I asked the adik salesperson to kuatkan aircond and dah fullblast pun rhopenya.  I could understand the women going crazy...but apahal yg si jantan pun nak masuk sama, pehal? udahlah tempat nak try  tudung tu sempit.
Kalau jejantans takde boleh le kita try kat cermin luar je. So ladies, leave your men outside the shop (tak yah nak tayang laki. Bukan ko sorang je yg aada cik abang).

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4 comments:

  1. Iya... aku pun akan takut selai ngan laki akak no2 tu walaupun I shouldn't ! HAhahha... Btw kat mana hang beli kain ela kat Bangkok ? Bgtau sat !

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    1. Ok, this is like nearly 10 years ago tau. Tak tau lah kalau kedai tu ada lagi kat situ. Thing is, would expect kalau kat Thailand mesti banyak Thai silk kan? My cousin went there tapi agaknya dok tempat lain, tak jumpa gak kedai kain. we didn't do our research tapi we just stumbled upon it.
      Here goes: we stayed at Sofitel Hotel on Silom Road. So keluar hotel, pusing kanan, jalan around 5-10 minutes, we came across this kedai kain on our right side. Mak datuk....it was silk upon silk bermacam jenis, bermacam kaler youuu! Or kalau tak jumpa ni, apparently kalau you masuk mana2 tailor, they will have their own collections and can make baju for you in 24-36 hours. Ni my friend yg buat and perfectly fit also because depa akan datang sekali ke hotel utk fitting. Kelesss ke tak?

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  2. saya kan, suka juga shopping sendiri, tapi masalahnya bila saya pegi sensorang, jin-jin shopping tak mau lekat, so saya takkan shopping beria, like masa boxing day, T-Bag suruh pi shopping dulu, afternoon lepas Yaya dah siap mandi,makan bagai, baru dia join katanya, 3jam saya sensorang melangut dkt outlet tu, saya tak beli mende2 pun... Bila T-Bag join, woihhh, tak cukup debit card, credit card ku hulurkan, hehehehe. dan saya juga letih dgn kwn2 pompuan yg nak beli camisole je pung, tapi masuk 10 bijik kedai, rasa nak ku debikkan ajeee!!!

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    1. So T-Bag tu pemangkin lah kut ye?? (antara nak suh you membeli belah tu dia gomol sekali kut ye? Hehehe)

      A ah, kalau dapat yg nak cari camisole panty pun kena masuk merata2 kedai, next time teinggalkan je!

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