After work I went to Giant Kolombong to buy bread as well as to drop by Guardian to buy mouthwash since the bottle I am using is almost running out.
I could not believe it when I went to the bread counter, there were only four loaves of bread left. Normally there are heaps of them.
After spending too much $ during CNY, I think most people are on a bread diet.
At 8.00a.m.
At 8.00a.m. as well, Tracy's sub-tenant Lee’s alarm clock went off and he kept on putting in on snooze mood for the next half an hour. He spent 11 minutes in the bathroom/toilet before going to work.
After that I wanted to have my shower, a cold one since there is no hot water system in this bathroom. When I turned on the tap, the water was too cold. I went back to bed and slept until 9.00a.m. before waking
Once again we went to Tian Tian Lai Restaurant to eat, this time for brunch. As I was about to alight from the car, Lily called me. She and Sophia were at 1
We had chicken rice cos the time was neither for brekky nor lunch so chicken rice would be able to fill us up hopefully until dinnertime.
Even on a Saturday there was traffic congestion on the roads.
There was also a slight drizzle. For this time of the year, I had expected more rain but the rain did not come down much.
I went to Jaya Jusco and started browsing at the shoes and handbags department. I did not find any shoes I like. I found three handbags and put them aside so that I could go back to get them later. I did not wanna carry them around with me.
I saw some jeans at Goggles. I lost count how many times I went to the fitting room to try on umpteenth pair of Goggles jeans selling at more than 70% discount. Finally I found one pair that fitted me though I need to bring it to the tailor to shorten it when I am back in KK. I told the salesgirl at Goggles to keep the jeans for me so that I could shop more and pay at the cashier at one go.
After I found some clothes, I went back to Goggles and told the Malay salesgirl to keep them for me together with the pair of jeans.
I browsed around for another one and a half hour before going back to get the handbags. After that I went Goggles to get my things. The Malay salesgirl had gone out for lunch and so I asked the Chinese salesgirl about my clothes. The pair of jeans was there. She said she had no idea where my clothes were.
I was quite furious by then. I mean it was just a simple thing to do and yet the Malay salesgirl had chucked my clothes somewhere else. I tried to find them nearby the jeans but they were nowhere in sight. I took my jeans and walked off.
Went back to the clothes department and tried to find something similar that I had intended to buy. There were still some left. Proceeded to the cashier and all the five or seven cashiers had long queues. I went to the shortest and there were still at least ten people ahead of me. The cashier was taking her sweet time and I caught her chit-chatting with some customers, probably her friends. The thing that drove me mad was when I was able to see the counter, only then I could see the sign ‘Cash Only’. The people behind me were caught in the same predicament. I quicky proceeded to another cashier and this time the salesgirl was really fast. I was served within five minutes of queuing up though there were quite a number of people in front of me.
And I was met by some characters dressing up.
After that I went to Parkson Grand Departmental Store but did not find anything I fancy and proceeded to The Gardens.
Santa Claus and Santarina were waiting on stage to take photos with the public.
I went to the fruit market and found Korean persimmons selling at 9 for RM10. I thought that was a real bargain. Hopefully they would taste as sweet as the sample I tried.
I found some goodies at Mark & Spencer as well.
At Cold Storage I bought a Christmas fruit cake.
After all the shopping, my hands were full and therefore I hailed a cab outside The Gardens to go back to Bandar Sunway. Once again there were major traffic congestion especially when near Sunway.
I arrived back at 6p.m. and rested for half an hour before walking out to Sunway Pyramid, passing by the Sunway Hotel. There was a function going on and people were lining up to enter one of the function rooms with their ticket in hand.
I managed to catch the last act of these people performing their Christmas song.
At first I suggested to Jeff to try
But then I wanted to eat ‘Xiao Loong Bao’ and a
I was hoping that this time the lights in the restaurant would not have the same kind of effect on me as nearly a year ago during Christmas night at the same chain restaurant at 1 Utama.
As I sat down, I surveyed the lights and felt ok with them.
We ordered two servings of ‘Xiao Loong Bao’. Thumbs up for them and recommend to eat them while hot though the tongue would have to bear the consequence. I wasted some soup on my plate though.
This Seafood Corn Soup Jeff ordered cost more than the ‘Xiao Loong Bao’ but it tasted absolutely concentrated and delicious.
Jeff had Stir Fried ‘La Mien’. Tasty noodles.
I had Seafood ‘La Mien’ Soup. The prawns were fresh and crunchy.
Since
Giant Supermarket was about to close with the roller shutter coming down but I slipped in to buy these asparagus.
Thank God for protecting my walking journey home from Sunway Pyramid to Bandar Sunway.
I took a cold shower and packed my things.
After
At 9p.m. tonight mum told me I forgot to buy bread.
I just wore my house clothes and drove to Khidmat Supermarket to get the bread.
Thank God the supermarket is only 2 km away.
Eventhough I know some cashiers working here are very slow, I know by now which ones are faster than the rest and would try to go to those ones to pay if they are on duty.
One thing good about shopping here is that I can at least get a bit of discounts for cash purchases. For instance, a large loaf of Gardenia bread is RM3.80 but I am entitled to 0.27sen off. That is better than nothing.
Went to Servay Hypermarket Likas for grocery shopping. There were quite a lot of people and trolleys were still available.
Saw some Malays buying groceries. They started their fasting month yesterday.
While waiting for mum to select some veges, I was standing near the freezer section with all the packets of hotdogs in front of me. I heard a man telling his maid to sample the FOC deep fried potato wedges. The maid told him she’s fasting. Then the man’s whole family laughed at him. I had to control myself from bursting into laughters. The maid just stared at her boss.
When it was time to pay for our trolley full of groceries, I felt like the cashier was taking such a long time to scan all the items. I gave her my SCB credit card to pay and after she swiped, she waited for quite a while before telling me the credit card service went suddenly offline.
In fact I wanted to test whether SCB would allow the transaction to go through since it would total up to be over my credit limit. I have not paid for last month's ING insurance payment yet. When the credit card service came back online, she tried again and waited. Nothing was happening and the queue behind me was getting longer.
I felt like time stood still for that moment. Another 30 seconds went by before she told me the transaction went through. That goes to prove that if the amount is over the limit by a tiny bit, the bank would allow the transaction to go through.
Most of the time I think that the things especially groceries are cheaper in West Malaysia than in
I always think that KK is the most expensive city to live in in
I need something to prove that my first statement can be wrong. I did not purposely set out to do that but stumble upon what I found below.
When I was window shopping at Giant Supermarket at Parkson Grand, Subang Parade on 2 May 2009, I came across this price label.
I could not remember the exact price sold in Servay Hypermarket, Plaza Juta, KK where I buy most of my grocery stuff. But I know that the price could not be more than RM7.
True enough yesterday when I went to Servay Hypermarket I found that the price is cheaper. Then I thought maybe it is made in Sabah and therefore the price in
At least now I have proved that not everything is more expensive in KK and this is only one of those things.
Mum and I went to Giant Hypermarket for grocery shopping instead of the usual Servay Hypermarket. Thanks to Jeff we still have RM200 worth of vouchers to spend. Mum took the opportunity to get some stuff for her siblings in
We wanted to buy the ‘Hill Rice’ we normally eat but it is not available at this hypermarket.
I bumped into one of my colleagues. He was there with his pregnant wife and small baby. I was so surprised that his baby face looks exactly like another colleague’s baby face. I need to show him the photo I took last year at Celyn Hotel.
As we were checking out, I noticed one of guys with Citibank credit card forms was observing me. As I paid for the groceries, he came over and started introducing the card. I told him I know all about the card but I was not interested in getting one due to the hassle and inconvenience when the time comes to clear of the debt at the end of each month. Like most persistent salespersons, he did not give up straight away.
The last resort was telling him the truth ie. that I hardly shop in Giant. The reason I was there today was because of the vouchers. He still did not give up and told me that even if I shop at Servay Hypermarket, I would get 1% rebate. Wow, should I jump at the chance? 1% man, that is a lot. Of course not. I thanked him and walked out from the hypermarket.
While waiting for mum to get bread from the bakery, the same guy came out from the hypermarket with some of his colleagues. When he passed by me, there was a smirk on his face. He must be thinking how stupid is this lady in not accepting a free credit card!
