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2015.12.09 | 遙控購物

[Volume 10 Issue 12, #2081]
On-The-Line "Remote" Shopping
Books from BBWS Big Bad Wolf Sales
如果你問我點解咁少寫關於書籍嘅話, 其實係因為我懶得去好少有睇書囉.. 不過我都仲係好愛惜書嘅, 尤其啱我口味, 而且若果價錢相宜嘅話, 我絕對唔會吝嗇去買囉.. 特別要多謝去咗大狐狸書展幫我買書嘅一位朋友, 佢不厭其倦咁又幫我搵又發短訊俾我, 直到我張書單買齊為止, 真係唔該晒!! 上圖係我嘅斬獲, 平均約RM10一本書, 都唔錯呀呵?? :)

講到以呢個方式去買嘢, 大家有冇試過, 認為佢得唔得?? 我哋通常去商場或網上購物, 依家多得啲短訊程式及視像通話, 我哋又可以以呢種通過朋友嘅「遙控」方法購物.. 我同朋友經常會咁㗎, 無論實購定網購, 只要發過去啲商品嘅相甚至鏈接, 來回數個訊息之後, 就搞掂㗎喇!! 當中嘅精髓呢, 就係兩人嘅品味要夾, 而買家又要當機立斷當場作出決定, 哈哈!! 當然最終都係能夠買到心頭好為先啦.. 聽落幾唔錯呀呵?? :p
if you ever wonder why i seldom write about books, then that is simply because i am lazy to seldom read books.. anyway, i still love books, especially those topic i am interested in, and if the price is attractive, i have no qualms buying them.. many thanks to a friend who went to the Big Bad Fox Sales, helped me hunt up and down for the books, and didn't mind sending messages and calling me to get my booklist completed.. so these were what i've got for myself and also friends, around RM10 per book in average, not bad huh?? :)

talking about this way of shopping, how often do you do this and are you comfortable with it?? we shop in malls and we shop online, now we also shop "remotely" through friends on the line, thanks to all the instant messaging apps and video calls.. i do this with friends often (either in shops or online), sending over photos or links of the stuffs, and with a few messages exchanged, things are already in the cart.. the essence of this is, both must click in preference, and that the buyer must be decisive enough to make the call on the spot, haha!! in the end, the best part would be able to hunt for what the buyer wants!! sounds good?? :p

2015.07.07 | 生日寶貝

[Volume 10 Issue 7, #2037]
I Bought Birthday Presents (for Myself)
I Bought Birthday Presents for Myself
大家睇咗我生日收到咩禮物之後, 我就想問大家, 會唔會買生日禮物俾自己?? 或者我應該咁問, 會唔會用生日做籍囗乘機買嘢俾自己?? 我要承認我的確會, why not?? 我哋應該經常都愛鍚自己, 尤其大時大節嘅時候, 大家認同嗎?? 呵呵..

好喇, 大家睇到上面張相中嘅巨型麻包袋未(可與張椅作比較)?? 其實係我同幾位朋友, 大家各自網上購物, 然之後將貨物由中國各地齊集於一個臨時貨倉, 最後合併全部一齊運嚟吉隆坡(呢個係「寶寶」網購以減低運送費用嘅運作模式).. 呢一袋嘢足足有15.7kg重, 不過我啲嘢只佔一成.. 想唔想知我買咗啲咩?? click入張相就自有分曉~~ :)
after reading about what i received for my birthday in the previous post, may i ask, do you buy birthday presents for yourself?? or rather i shall ask, do you take excuse of your birthday to buy presents for yourself?? i confess i definitely do, why not?? we should often love and pamper ourselves, especially on special days, don't you agree?? hehe..

now, you see that huge gunny bag (compare it to the chair) in the photo above?? well, it happened that a few of us brought things from an online store, gathered our goodies from all over China to a central warehouse and finally shipped them all together back to KL (this is the working model of "Baobao" to keep shipping cost at the lowest).. this bag is 15.7kg in total weight, but mine is just 10% of it, wonder what i bought?? click on the photo above to unveil~~ :)

2015.03.24 | 網上購物

[Volume 10 Issue 3, #2006]
Online Shopping : Online Shop-king
Online Shopping, Online Shop-King
我曾經有一度係個「牌子奴」, 不過現時的我已不再計較咩牌子喇, 反而係著重買嘅嘢伐唔伐算(講得白啲係慳家, 呵呵!!).. 其實呢, 如果你可以將一件$5嘅衫著到佢似係$500, 咁你就贏足將$500一件衫著成$5嘅人九條街喇!! 當然, 我未有資格做到前者咁, 不過至少我唔可以俾自己變成後者嘛, 哈哈!! :p

所以, 近年來都幾經常網上購物(差不多可做網購之王喇, 哈哈!!)㗎.. 唔係咩高檔嘢啦, 而係比較「平民」嘅Loopon, Radada, Sanora嗰啲啫.. 冇牌子(最多係OEM), 唔須門市同宣傳經費, 無憂交換或退貨, 所以又平又抵買!! 我最近因為朋友介紹而學識去中國「討好」網站尋寶㖭呀, 仲可以一成日瀏覽上百樣貨品同埋精明格價(罪過, 罪過!!).. 令人興奮嘅係, 同一件貨品包埋國際運輸費, 居然少於我由本地網站所買嘅一半價錢.. 所以我相信有好多本地買家係由呢度入貨, 再賣出去賺取牟利嘅.. 當然, 每次網上購物時, 我都謹記幾點嘅.. 第一小心提防贋品(尤其係名牌), 第二設定消費上限.. 精明為上呀!! :)

後註: 以上網站名稱皆為刻意䁥稱(因為我唔係幫佢哋賣廣告), 不過相信醒目的你係會容易估中嘅~~ :p
i once used to be a "brand slave" but now brands are nothing to me as i only consider what's worth for money (a better way to say i am thrifty, hehe!!).. the thing is, if your $5 clothes looks like $500 on you, you win hands down compare to those who wear $500 but look like $5!! of course i knew i can't qualify to be the former, but at least i cannot let myself be the latter, haha!! :p

therefore, i am now quite gungho about online shopping (almost an online shopking, haha!!), not premiere ones but those more "grassroots" like Loopon, Radada and Sanora.. no (or just OEM) brands, no retail and marketing costs, no frills exchange and return, hence cheaper in price and better in value!! lately i even got hooked to Baobao (a huge China online shopping website) after a friend recommended it to me, i can spend one whole day browsing thousands of goods and comparing prices offered by various sellers (sin, sin!!).. what's best, i get the same thing i previously bought from the local sites at less than half the price even with international shipping charges.. now i think probably the local resellers also source for their goods there and make profits.. of course, i always hold on to the basic principles when it comes to online shopping - be cautious on fakes (if buying branded stuffs) and set an upper limit on how much you may spend.. be a smart shopper!! :)

NOTE: all brand names above are intentionally tweaked a little (as i am not advertising for them) but I believe the intelligent you could figure them out easily :p

2014.04.18 | 護膚香身

[Volume 9 Issue 4, #1884]
上個週末喺城中某warehouse sales購得以上產品(係呀, 我專等將品牌從相片中擦走, 因為我唔係要賣廣告嘛), 一個我每年都好期待嘅一個warehouse sales.. 除咗衫褲同鞋之外, 護膚品同香水係我一向喜歡購買嘅嘢嚟㗎.. 雖然以上全部係兩三年前製造嘅倉底舊貨, 不過呢啲化學產品理應都唔會過期㗎呵?? 就算係會過期, 應該都唔會變質得太過犀利㗎呵?? 不過比較出面零售價仲要平至少四成, 呢個價錢太吸引啦, 好大可能到明年都買唔到, 所以抗拒唔到要補倉.. 不過呢次有少少失望, 因為唔係好多選擇, 所以同上一次比較, 我淨係買咗呢度少少咋.. 點都好, 我其實都幾滿足嘅, 因為低價購買係幫自己慳返好多, 咁嘅想法就係由另外一個角度去諗嘢喇, 所以唔會因為自己洗錢買嘢而感到內疚, 呵呵!! 各位朋友, 生命短暫呀, 大家應該做個開心人, 唔好一味埋怨啦~~ :)
got these stuffs (yes, i purposely erased the brands from the photo because i am not advertising here) for myself last saturday at a warehouse sales, a warehouse sales i've always been looking forward to every year.. besides clothes and shoes, skincare and perfumes are something i like to shop.. albeit being old stock manufactured 2-3 years ago, i suppose cosmetics and chemicals don't expire huh?? if they do, they don't degrade badly right?? with such attractive price at least 40% off the retail, i cannot resist but to stock up because i probably won't be getting them at these price until the next event next year.. but i was a little disappointed that they did not have more choices hence i only got these few compared to the last round.. anyway, i am still happy that i saved money from getting them at cheaper price, that's seeing things from a different angle so i don't feel bad for spending money on them, haha!! life is short my dear folks, let's choose to be happy and stop being grumpy~~ :)

07.12.2012 | 購物隨談

[Volume 7 Issue 12, #1621]
年尾流流四週圍都大減價, 好多人都趁機會大肆血拼一番.. 不過最近嘅我就似乎對血拼已經興趣不再, 我對超級市場嘅興趣會多過百貨公司囉, 哈哈!! 可能現時一年到頭都有大大細細嘅大減價, 所以已經唔覺得稀罕?? 我其實發現一個現象, 就係同朋友一齊去血拼, 通常朋友都會滿載而歸, 而我就空手而歸.. 每次同人結伴去血拼, 我都會買唔到嘢, 反而係朋友在我魔鬼般嘅慫恿之下, 連唔想買嘅都全部買埋!! 如果自己一個人去濕平, 反而好多時候係非常滿載而歸喎.. 都話咗我係怪人一個啦, 呵呵~~ :p
it's year end and everywhere is having sales, many people take the opportunity to grab as much as they can afford.. however i recently found myself to be rarely interested in shopping anymore, i'm more happy in supermarkets than in departmental stores, haha!! perhaps the sales are too frequent all year round nowadays, so i don't find them attractive anymore?? i actually realized that if i go shopping with friends, most probably they would be buying a lot and i end up empty handed.. i don't know why but everytime when there's a companion, i can't normally get anything for myself, instead under my evil persuasions, friends grab more things they never intended to buy!! on the other hand, if i go shopping alone, chances is that i'm able to make the trip very fruitful for myself.. hmmm, like i said before i am rather a weird person, haha~~ :p

09.10.2012 | 購物哲學

[Volume 7 Issue 10, #1562]
我的戰利品!! my very fruitful shopping spree!!
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本來唔打算大事鋪 張, 但係真係買得太興奮喇.. 上個週六就以低過四成嘅價錢, 將呢一堆護膚品同香水全數托返屋企.. 當然其中有部份係幫朋友 買嘅, 我一個人用到出年都用唔晒啦, 暫時借嚟影相充撐下場面啫, 呵呵.. 呢個 一年一度嘅優惠盛事, 其實係將稍為舊啲嘅產品平啲賣出去, 至少半價, 你話我能夠不為之喪失理智嗎?? 其實平時嘅我唔係咁㗎, 哈哈!! 唉, 依家先係月頭咋, 呢 個月咁快就超標爆燈喇, 剩下日子要捱麵包過日子喇!! 不過有時候我就覺得, 唔 好去睇你究竟洗咗幾多錢, 而係計下你一共慳咗幾多, 咁樣個心情應該會開心同覺 得值得囉.. 所以話瘋狂購物都係一門哲學嚟㗎, 究竟係大出血定還是乘機慳返一 大筆, 就好似同你選擇愁眉苦臉過日子還是開心樂觀過日子一樣~~ :D
i didn't want to be loud about this, but i just can't hide my excitement.. last saturday i spent just less than 40% of normal retail price and got all these facial products and fragrances carried home.. of course part of those belongs to my friends, if i'm to use all alone perhaps they can last till next couple of years, but just to borrow for the photo shooting so that it will come out more impressive, hehe.. this is a yearly warehouse promotion event, clearing slightly older stock at at least half of the price, so how can i not become irrational at all?? actually the normal me is not like that, haha!! haiz, it's just the beginning of the month and yet i have already badly overspent, guess the remaining days of the month i would have to eat only bread already!! anyway, i think sometimes rather don't see how much you have spent, but calculate how much you have saved, then you will feel happier and thing it's worth the spree.. hence shopping can be quite deep, whether you see it as spending or saving, is just like choosing to live a pessimistic life or an optimistic life~~ :D

23.07.2012 | 彩色斑斕

[Volume 7 Issue 7, #1484]
之前大家睇到我買啲衫都係低調顏色, 其實我偶然都會一反常態買啲鮮艷(加點「姣斯躉篤」)嘅顏色㗎.. 大家眼前呢一堆polo tee, 全部都係同一個牌子, 同一個款式, 我前前後後買咗8個唔同顏色!! 雖然未有齊晒全線全部顏色, 不過都好似有啲過態, 呵呵.. 我就係鐘意佢簡潔設計, 合身剪裁同優質布料, 趁做緊特價仲唔快快入貨咩?? 足夠我每日唔同顏色, 著夠一個星期喎.. 或者可以考慮留返一兩件, 明年新年當新衫著, 哈哈~~ :D
the clothes i've shown before may seem a little dull in their colors, but there are times when i'll go out of my norm and buy striking (and also a little luscious) colors.. these polo tees you are seeing are all from the same brand and same design, on and off i'll get new ones and now i have 8 different colors in total!! though just a small collection of the whole range, but perhaps i've gone too over?? hehe.. i just like its simple design, fitting cutting and quality material.. while the promotion is still on, i have no reason not to stock in somemore right?? sure enough for a whole week's supply of wearing different colors everyday.. or maybe i can consider keeping a couple as new clothes for CNY next year?? haha~~ :D

28.05.2012 | 純屬意外

[Volume 7 Issue 5, #1428]
        
谷中城uniqlo開張當日, 我本來想話八下究竟有幾多人喺門外排隊.. 十點鐘到步不見人潮, 我就上前湊熱鬧, 意外獲贈首500名顧客可得到嘅折袋(圖7).. 入到去又悶焗又多人, 本來想一走了之, 不過意外地睇啱幾件衫.. 反正一場嚟到, 而且見門外咁多人排隊等住入場, 我冇理由空手而回㗎?? 所以意外地好有耐性, 好心平氣和排隊試衫同俾錢!! 平時我見人多肯定掉頭走啦, 點知當日為咗呢五件衫(圖1至6), 意外地逗留兩個幾鐘!! 我以前啲血拼精神意外中返嚟喇~~ :D
on the opening day of uniqlo midvalley, i initially wanted to gossip how many are queuing to go in.. reached there at 10am and didn't see crowd, so i joined the short queue and accidentally given the free foldable tote bag (pic#7) for the first 500 customers.. went in smoothly but it was so packed and stuffy, thought of just leave but accidentally saw a few nice shirts.. since i was there and saw so many others waiting to get in, how could i go out empty handed right?? so i accidentally became so patient and so calm, queued all the way from fitting to paying!! this is so abnormal, as i usually will walk away if i see crowd, but that day for just these 5 pieces of clothes (pic#1 to pic#6), i've stayed in there for more than 2 hours!! oh, my shopping spirit is accidentally back~~ :D

26.03.2012 | 大玩即興

[Volume 7 Issue 3, #1365]
平時幫人買嘢都係事先指定要乜㗎啦, 不過日前就好即興咁幫咗位國外朋友買咗兩件衫.. 全程只係靠發短訊(whatsapp)完成呢個任務嘅, 而且仲係我第一次買女裝添!! 我覺得咁即興嘅互動非常刺激囉, 好玩好玩, 哈哈!! :D
when we were asked to buy something for others we usually already knew what specific things to buy, but few days ago i just helped a friend who is currently overseas to get some clothes, all impromptu.. the whole process was driven by merely sending messages (whatsapp) and was even the very first time i buy ladies clothing!! wow, i really think this kind of interaction is very thrilling, nice game really, haha!! :D

05.02.2011 | 迎春新衣

相信大家都會買番幾件新衫過新年啦, 可能係年紀大咗, 我覺得自己對於新年買新衣呢件事都開始抱著可有可無嘅態度.. 點知就喺新年前嘅幾日, 因為陪某位友人濕平買衫, 竟然搞到陰溝裡翻船, 激起不可收拾嘅購買慾, 一口氣買咗以下兩對波鞋同八件衣服!!

幸好我不嬲唔買名牌, 再加上公司之前送嘅一百蚊購物禮券, 所以都不至於損手爛腳.. 濕平之後發現啲衫嘅色水都差無多喎, 原來我喜歡藍白兩色~~ :)
i believe it's a tradition for many people to buy new clothes for CNY, but as i grow older i don't really find this quite necessary.. however it was just a few days before CNY when i kept a friend's company for his CNY shopping, that i unexpectedly get into the insatiable mood of buying, and in one shot i got myself two sports shoes and eight pieces of shirts per above!!

the lucky thing is that i hardly buy branded clothes, and with the RM100 voucher we each received from the company, i can say i didn't really spent a lot on those items.. post-shopping, i realised the colors of the clothes are quite close, now i know i actually like white and blue.. :)

19.07.2010 | 購物隨談

同朋友一齊去濕平, 通常個結果會係: 朋友一揪二lung, 我空手而歸.. 就係唔知點解, 每次同人結伴我都買唔到嘢, 反而係朋友經我魔鬼般慫恿後, 連唔想買嘅都全部買埋, 哈哈!! 如果自己一個人去濕平, 反而可能會滿載而歸喎..

if i go shopping with friends, the likely ending would be: friends bought a lot and i end up empty handed.. don't know why, everytime there's a companion, i can't normally get anything for myself, instead under my evil persuasion, friends grab more things they never intended to buy, haha!! on the other hand, if i go shopping alone, chances is that i'm able to get things for myself..
就上個星期日之嘛, 自己單拖去濕平, 結果當然係收穫甚豐滿載而歸啦.. 好耐都冇試過咁豪架喇, 一次過買六件衫褲咁多.. 因為我急需好多新size屎嘅新衫(畫公仔唔駛畫出腸, 你知咩事架啦), 哈哈!! 不過值得慶幸嘅係, 我唔係個名牌奴唧~~

so it was last sunday that i was alone doing shopping, and of course i managed to get myself damages.. it has been long that i have not been so wild in getting 6 pieces of clothes in one go!! that's because i'm in desperate need of new clothes with new sizes (understood why right??), haha.. anyway, i should feel lucky that i am not a brand whore~~

25.04.2009 | 喪失理智

噚日有位blog友話我知今日有個碧歐泉(Biotherm)清倉大平賣.. 都唔抱任何希望可以買到嘢架喇, 你知啦, 好嘢點會拎出嚟拋售吖, 咁大只蛤乸隨街跳咩?? 就打算去睇睇無妨, 打個白鴿轉出嚟..

結果點啊?? 結果咪就係大出我所預料之外, 跌到成地眼鏡碎囉!! 竟然有好多筍嘢, 而且仲係跳樓價拋售添喎, 譬如呢個全效煥膚霜只售RM60!! 於是連一向來好淡定嘅我, 竟然老貓燒鬚, 霎時間喪失理智咁, 狂掃8件只不過300蚊, 係原價三成咋!! 呢次真係搽到塊面甩晒皮都仲喺度不停偷笑囉, 哇哈哈哈哈~~
was told by a blogger friend that there is a Biotherm Warehouse Sale today, didn't really expect much from such event, as you know, how would good things be thrown out for clearance at super cheap price?? and so i thought maybe just spend a 3 minutes to go look around, just for the sake of not missing that out..

and then what?? i have to say it totally caught me by surprise, there were just loads of items on clearance selling at very unbelievably cheap price (for example this Anti-Ride Line Peel Cream is just RM60)!! the usually very calm me suddenly went crazy and could not control my buying desire, i swept a total of 8 items and only pay RM300 for them, it's just 30% of the original price!! oh my, i think i could even laugh away that apply-till-my-face-deskin risk for this super deal (as compared to Granny Twilight's RM500+ for his 5 pieces plus freebies, hahaha!! read his story HERE)

03.03.2009 | 幸運抽獎

經濟不景咁嘅時勢, 各商家當然係要現金唔要囤貨啦, 所以最近四週圍都係大減價.. 為咗刺激銷量同買撼低同行, 跳樓價拋售不特止, 往往都仲有啲咩「憑是日累積收據超過XXX大元就有機會參加送房車送洋樓送獎金幸運大抽獎」嘅游戲..

嘩嘩嘩, 獎品咁豐厚喎, 係唔係突然間覺得人生又再次充滿希望, 喪咗咁買完又買為, 咗就係爭咁份合格參賽表格啊?? 其實有冇懷疑過呢啲都可能係marketing gimmicks啊?? 商家話有大抽獎嚟激勵你洗多啲錢啫, 但係有冇聽聞過佢哋公佈得獎者啊??

我覺得哩, 極有可能層樓係屬於CEO個三姨太嘅, 部車係四姨太個茨菇錠嘅21歲生日禮物囉.. 幾時輪到我哋咁幸運中獎吖??
due to the very upset economy downturn, merchants would prefer cash flow rather than good stock, and hence you see big sales everywhere you go.. to encourage more sales and be competitive, besides huge price slashes, most of the time there will be some kind of "enter our lucky draw with purchase of RMXXX in the same day to win luxury car, bungalow and cash" contest..

wow wow wow, and you thought life is again full of hope when you see the prizes right?? and you become very optimistic again to spend more in order to get an entry form for the lucky draw right?? but wait a second, have you ever wonder all these being just marketing gimmicks from the merchant?? you are told to spend more to win prizes, but have you really heard of them announcing the winners so far??

hmmm, i would rather think this way, the bungalow might most probably belongs to the CEO's third mistress, the car might most probably be the 21st birthday present for the only son of the CEO's fourth mistress.. we are just not so lucky to be able to win FREE prizes really..

25.01.2009 | 新年新衣

過新年穿新衣, 農曆年例必都會買番幾件新衫嘅, 其實細細個就已經被灌輸呢種觀念架喇.. 不過近年嚟都唔會大事鋪張囉, 求其有件新嘅就叫做搞掂.. 尤其近呢兩年, 商場有事冇事都鐘意搞個大減價, 每次大減價都會唔覺意添番一兩件(滿足有平就要買嘅心理)..

頭先係咁意就喺個衣櫃內摷到幾件未著過嘅新衫.. 嘩!! 原來我平時積埋積都唔係少嘢喎, 呢度至少都夠我年初一著到年初七啦.. 唔好意思, 我話新年唔會特登買新衫著, 其實就好似我有個朋友話齋, 平時就已經儲咗唔少衫, 可以積埋等過年著啦.. 又係啱喎, 哈哈:p
new year new clothes, it's a tradition to get yourself some new clothes for CNY, i have been taught about this thinking since i was young.. however recently i don't really purposely buy new clothes for CNY, as long as there are something new then it's considered fine.. especially the recent two years, sales are everywhere like almost all year round, everytime i would accidentally get myself a couple of pieces, well to fulfill the silly thought of "you must buy it because it's cheap"..

found some new clothes from my closet unintentionally just now, and wow, those are really not just a few huh?? didn't realised i've actually been accummulating them till this heap, hehe, and i supposed they are more than enough for me from the 1st to the 7th day of CNY.. paiseh laa, i always tell people that i won't purposely buy clothes for CNY, but just like what my friend had to say about me, i have already kind of "bought" them way before CNY.. errmm, i think that was sort of true also, hahaha :p

29.12.2008 | 保羅史密

嗱嗱嗱, 睇真啲, 呢個「保羅史密夫」係唔係有啲怪怪地?? 我唔係名牌奴隸, 唔會崇尚名牌, 更加唔會捨得洗錢喺一身名牌上.. 各位眼見嘅係「保羅史密夫」嘅老翻細佬「保羅史密」, 哈哈..

今日去金河廣場, 無意中見到呢對鞋, 覺得幾唔錯, 而且折後只係69蚊, 好平喎都.. 我十幾年前做仔嘅時候, 都有喺呢間商場買嘢嘅, 不過之後漸漸同佢疏遠喇.. 呢度已經變成年輕[啦啦]嘅天堂, 我自覺自己嘅品味同佢差距甚遠, 加上見到週圍[海鮮]我就覺頭暈, 所以而家會去金河廣場都係止於裡頭一間唱片鋪..

今日難得買到呢對鞋, 都應該慶幸自己仲young啦, 不過畀錢嘅時候, 見到個售貨員拎出呢個「保羅史密」鞋盒.. 噢賣葛, 我竟然老貓燒鬚買老翻!! 不過踩喺腳下, 又冇大大隻字喺對鞋度話佢係保羅史密夫, 而且佢其實都幾靚仔吖, 應該唔算太差係嘛??

well well well, look carefully and have you noticed the "Paul Smith" is a little weird looking?? i'm not a branded slave, i won't purposely go for branded stuffs, and most importantly i won't be generous enough to spend on buying branded stuffs too.. what you saw is a fake "Paul Smith" actually, hahaha..

was hanging around in Sungei Wang Plaza this afternoon, where i accidentally bumped into this pair of shoes, quite nice looking and after discount it's just RM69, kind of cheap.. i remember the last time i have ever bought clothings from this mall was more than 10 years ago, but never since then.. this mall has been directed to become youngsters' paradise, well if you understand the slang la-la for them that actually describe precisely what i wanted to say.. just feel that my taste is actually very different from what the mall can provide, and furthermore i feel dizzy seeing seafood (that's pun and not really mean seafood, if you understand what la-la means) all around me..

surprisingly being able to get myself a pair of shoes from this mall, i should feel young again, haha.. but when i went to pay for the shoes, stunned to see the sales guy bringing out this "Paul Smith" box to pack the shoes for me.. urrggh, and i thought OMG, finally i am buying fake!! anyway, it's just a pair of shoes without any tell-people-i-am-paul-smith kind of flambuoyant design, somemore it actually look decent and good, not really that bad yeah??

30.11.2008 | 週末濕平

今日同友人HS瘋狂咁濕平, 喺短短三個小時內就已經血濺城中兩間商場.. 其實每年例牌都會有個大型減價活動叫做「Mega Sales」, 不過最近因為全球經濟低糜, 有關當局超搞笑地將佢改名叫做「Savings Sales」, 雖然個名呢就一啲都唔grand, 不過勝在夠晒一針見血囉, 哈哈..

話就係話經濟低糜, 不過眼見商場內依然係人潮洶湧, 人民處處熱心助長國家經濟, 此等愛國精神可見一斑啦.. 喺毫不受經濟低糜情緒影響之下, 今日本人狀態大勇, 一口氣買咗綠色直線條恤衫一件(四折), 海藍色白橫間polo tee一件(七折), 乳白色短褲一件(四折), 斯文運動型鋼腕手錶一隻(六折).. 跟住連supermarket都唔放過, 掃咗香薰啫哩四罐(八折)同埋迷你餅乾四包(五折).. 雖然洗咗唔少錢, 不過有好多折頭喎, 都甚有滿足感架~~went shopping with friend HS today, in just only 3 hours we were already drop-dead in two shopping malls in town.. actually there is always a ritual sales event every year-end by the name of "Mega Sales", but perhaps due to the economy downturn recently, it's being renamed to something i think is rather funny, "Savings Sales" that is.. totally a very not glamorous name but well, at least kudos to the authority for being straight to the point, haha!!

having said the economic downturn, but the shopping malls are still packed with shoppers, i can see everyone contributing to the country's economy good faith.. of course not being affected by the downturn, i was surprisingly in the mood to shop today.. got myself one shot, a green mono-stripes working shirt (at 60% off), a blue polo tee with white horizontal stripes (at 30% off), an off-white bermudas (at 60% off), a metal wrist smart sports watch (at 40% off).. and of course i did not miss out the supermarket as well, efficiently grabbed four tubs of scented gel air freshener (at 20% off) and four tubes of mini biscuits (at 50% off).. though spent quite some money, but look the other way round that i actually SAVED a lot, feeling satisfied actually~~ hehe :p

26.10.2008 | 減價風雲

近呢兩三年, 城中幾個主要大型百貨公司, 好似喺度鬥減價咁.. 購物嘉年華同過年過節例牌之外, 分明就係搵一大堆籍口, 咩週年紀念啦, 年中大拋售啦, 會員回饋啦.. 搞到好似隔冇幾耐又聽到某某公司大減價喇, 呢個減價嗰個當然唔執輸啦, 結果全城又嚟陷入一個大減價旋渦之中..

有鑒於此, 我對於大減價抱著兩種對立(又帶點矛盾)嘅觀點.. 第一, 我開始對大減價冇晒感覺, 因為知道多幾日必定又會捲土重來, 好似係好必然嘅事, 毫不矜貴, 真係無需太過振奮.. 第二, 因為知道頻頻有大減價, 所以見到想買嘅嘢會耐心等待, 大減價開始頭幾日, 一定衝鋒陷陣去湊熱鬧, 睇吓有咩筍嘢益街坊..

就係因為大減價得太頻密, 以致每次嘅貨品都係大同小異, 冇啲新鮮感.. 最近啲大減價, 好少搵到心頭好, 不過又覺得兩手空空好悲哀, 所以通常都係狂掃超市啲零食嚟滿足一下自己, 哈哈!!the few major departmental stores in town have in the recent couple of years set up a trend of "competitive sales".. other than mega-sales carnival and festive sales, there could just be any reason that a departmental store would take (as an excuse??) to put the sales on show - anniversary sales, seasonal sales, members privilege sales - you name it they got it.. as a result of this, there are always sales after sales within very short timeframe, one got it up and the others follow to set up their own, and the result of this? the town is in another brand new sales celebration again!!

in view of this, i have two thoughts in contrary to each other.. firstly, i start to have zero feelings towards sales out there, as i know it's gonna come back again in short future, as if they are being taken for granted, not any appreciable really and hence no point to fall head over feet on it.. secondly, because knowing there'll soon be another sales round the corner, i'm gonna wait patiently should i spotted anything to my wish list, and when the day comes, i will definitely go and see if i could get any good deals..

since sales have been too frequent, the deals and promotions are hence all about the same, nothing exciting i would say.. for the recent few sales, i just hardly get myself anything right and fancy, knowing that i would feel ashamed if i go home empty handed, i just went to the supermarket and grabbed myself handfuls of snacks and nibblers (fat, fat!!) to make myself feel better, hahahaha!!

13.07.2008 | 守唔到寡

上個星期大濕平之後, 話過畀自己知要收手架喇, 不過噚日又唔覺意咁失手, 買咗啲嘢添.. 唔係多啦, 都係三件返工著恤衫同埋個銀包仔啫, 算係忍手架喇我..

恤衫係無意中發現四折優惠會員, 好抵著, 所以揀吓揀吓無意中就拎咗三件去排隊畀錢.. 中意第一嘅綠色同第三件嘅粉紅色, 好陽光好眼前一亮(以下圖片係thumbnail睇唔清楚顏色, 可以click入去睇original size).. 中間件, 覺得好似冇乜深色恤衫, 所以又無意中揀咗佢囉..

至於個銀包, 其實自從一年幾前喺上海畀人扒咗個銀包之後呢, 我就一直揾唔到個合眼緣嘅, 所以一路嚟都係冇用銀包架(所以畀好多朋友審問多次點解冇銀包??).. 呢個銀包真係無意中發現架, 因為有張voucher噚日到期, 所以逼住要買啲嘢.. 好師奶本色喔, 用得唔好嘥.. 結果喺個department行咗兩圈, 就發現呢個銀包, 折得嚟再加埋voucher回扣, 好平喎.. 所以就要咗佢囉, 買咗之後仲即用添.. 查實一向來都唔中意呢啲「打廣告」design, 不過見平就是但免為其難囉..

長話短說, 其實我都唔係專登要買嘢嘅, 事實係真嘅唔覺意失咗手啫~~ after spending a lot for shopping last week, i told myself to control.. but, easier said than done, again i bought something, yes it's accidentally, yesterday while doing shopping.. anyway, just three working shirts and a wallet and that's it, not really that much right??
for those shirts, just accidentally found out members are entitled for 60% discount off the price, and it's quite cheap after the discount.. love the lushy green of the 1st shirt, and the lusty pink of the 3rd one, haha!! (perhaps you'll need to click on the picture above to view the original size for the color) whereas for the 2nd, it's merely because i remember i don't have any dark colored shirt, and hence i just grabbed it together and queued to pay for them..

as for the wallet, it's absolutely accidentally as well.. since my wallet got picked-pocket in Shanghai a year ago, i was not able to get a nice wallet of my type, and hence i have not been using any for the past year, thus have always been questioned by friends why i have not been using one?? got a shopping voucher that i need to use it by yesterday, after walking two rounds in the same department, finally i found this wallet by accident.. after a 50% discount and rebate from the voucher, it's actually quite cheap, and quite close to what i wanted.. so i just happy pay for that, and use it immediately on the spot.. i don't really buy-in such "advertising" design actually, but since it's cheap, then why not this time??

well.. conclusion is: i didn't purposely go shopping and wanted to buy the above items, it's just merely accident~~

06.07.2008 | 濕平週日

既然個勢嚟咗, 就唔好畀佢停喇.. 今日如常去gym, 之後緊接繼續噚日嘅濕平使命, 喺谷中城兩間商場揮霍.. 我非用「揮霍」兩個字嚟形容自己不可, 買埋今日真係應該收手喇, 不過其實都仲喺自己預料之中, 未超過預先設定嘅limit.. anyway, 久唔久咁樣嚟縱容自己, OK架都, 橫掂都好耐冇獎勵吓自己啦(考到PMP啦, 生日啦, 等等)..

[1] CASIO G-Shock白色手錶, 好想買隻sporty錶好耐架喇, 呢個當係買畀自己嘅生日禮物..
[2] ZARA湖藍色button-fly及膝短褲, 我覺得好正囉個顏色, 一睇就中意..
[3] GAP白底格子短袖恤衫, 今日終於喺呢間分店搵到size, 同件褲都幾match喎..
[4] 2(x)ist黑色... 唔話你知係咩, 自己估啦..

係唔係仍然都好斯文嘅taste啊?? 其實著喺我身上呢, 應該唔會係斯文囉, 會係classy posh chic啩?? 呵呵~~the power continues, and hence i didn't intentionally stop it.. went to gym as usual on a sunday, and then continue shopping in the two malls in mid-valley city.. i must say that i've been quite splurgy this weekend, and i think i should stop spending after today.. lucky is still under my estimation and has not gone beyond.. anyway, pampering myself once in a blue moon is ok i supposed, afterall i have not been doing this for a long time (after my PMP exam, my birthday etc etc)..

[1] CASIO G-Shock white watch, have longed for a more sporty-look watch, will treat this as a birthday present for myself..
[2] ZARA lake-blue color button-fly bermudas, love this color so much, just love it at the first sight..
[3] GAP white color checker short sleeves shirt, finally got my size in this branch, quite match with the bermudas..
[4] 2(x)ist black color... mmmm, not going to tell you what it is, just make a guess perhaps??

05.07.2008 | 濕平週六

唔經唔覺又到七月, 又係年中mega sales喇!! 今日冇人約, 於是就決定單槍匹馬(因為可以不受束縛)去濕平.. 由早上11點開始一直到夜晚9點, 一共行咗金三角地區三間主要商場, 好耐好耐都已經冇試過如此瘋狂喇, 今日個氣勢突然歸來.. 雖然返到屋企攰到成個人趴喺度動彈不得, 不過今日真係好enjoy.. 唔係買咗好多, 因為好多貨品都冇晒size, 最緊要係週圍都超多係人(我就唔會去同人爭), 所以最後都淨係得呢5件, 都洗咗我唔少錢架其實..

[1] Zara米色暗直幼紋闊身長褲, 休閒著
[2] Sisley藍黑色暗直幼紋中低腰修身長褲, 可休閒可formal雙著
[3] Seed白底灰直紋恤衫, 返工恤衫首選因為剪裁fit晒我身形
[4] Gap海藍底白色直幼紋修身剪裁恤衫, 可休閒可formal雙著
[5] Springfield粉紅淨色poplin修身剪裁恤衫, 應該會主力休閒著, 返工略嫌炫耀
[6] Club Monaco.. 邊度搵6啊?? 冇錯, 我好想有, 不過行勻成間店都搵唔到嘢買..

買完先發覺差唔多全部都係簡單直紋設計噃, 而且全部都偏向斯文大方, 我最近啲taste就係咁喇, 簡單利落不浮誇, 少少classy嗰種..it's july and it's mid-year mega sales again all over the country, decided to go shopping alone today (yeah, normally i am just able to get things if i shop alone).. from 11am till 9pm, i shopped in the 3 major malls within the golden triangle area, and was drop-dead tired after reached home.. didn't buy much, because sizes were gone, and more importantly crowd everywhere refrained me from joining-them-in-the-fun.. just the 5 pieces above, but cost me no little money though..

[1] ZARA beige color striped loose-cut pants, for casual wearing
[2] SISLEY dark blue color striped fit-cut low-rise pants, for formal or casual wearing
[3] SEED striped shirt, my choice for working shirt since the cutting perfectly fits my body
[4] GAP sea blue color striped slim-fit shirt, for formal or casual wearing
[5] SPRINGFIELD pink color slim-fit shirt, for casual wearing (a bit sharp if i wear it to work)
[6] Club Monaco.. where is 6??? well, right, i really wanted to have it, but just couldn't get any

found out almost all items are striped designs, and all are more towards subtle and simple style.. well, this has been my taste recently, simple and subtle and no-way flamboyant, a little classy i'd say perhaps..