SHOPPINGGGGG !!!! =)

In Singapore, one of girls' fav past time is SHOPPING !!! I am glad that I have a few shopping buddies but the best of them all is Tricia and Angie (oh yes Angie, it's u and the best part, we can share a cab together after all the walking ! ) And one of the best place to shop and spend a Saturday afternoon is definately in Orchard Road. With all the Malls congregate on both sides of the strip, you know you have some conquring to do. And don't forget to put on a good pair of walking shoes, heels or no heels Iit's like a workout as well) and don't leave the VISA or Master Card at home either ! And you'll be assured you'll have a good afternoon, weekend or a whole week ahead... oh yes, all the Good Buys and Best Buys waiting for you to bring them home. Hey, there are days when it's so crapy at work, I just make a mad dash to Orchard Road and hunt down any "must have". Definately a form of therapy or rather retail therapy for me !

In US, I learned another form of shopping - ONLINE SHOPPING and it's great. I must admit I am rather skeptical about purchasing anything online. All the news abt hackers and I am not known to be patient. I detest waiting for a week before my "priced bargains" reach my lap !!! I am still old school, I want to touch, fondle and feel the item before I bring it home with me. It would be wonderful if the voice within me scream "I NEED TO BUY IT !!!!" or "I WILL KILL TO HAVE IT !!!!" . But again, some of these online sites offer the best prices and bargains that you can't find in store, such as http://www.overstocks.com/. I have to clarify that they did not pay me to advertise nor promote them and I am merely sharing my findings with you folks about this site. The marvelous part abt this site is regardless how many items you purchase from them, be it 1 or 10 items, the shipping cost is flat at USD2.95 And they have some of the best bargains especially on books (it's even cheaper than Amazon and Borders) but the downpart abt them is ... they only accept an US registered credit card and they only deliver within US. Oh yes, bummer !!

I love reading novels and especially sharing them with pals. Our Book club consist of 2 other readers who are Tricia and Chris. So when I am in Singapore, we would either buy or rent books and then sharing it with each other. But book stores in Singapore is not "Buyers friendly" such as, Borders they really rob the daylight out of buyers. Whereas over here, it's affordable. Last friday, I bought 2 novels 1) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and 2) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. The total damage for these 2 books including shipping - USD23.75 !!!! Unbeatable huh .

Now I am waiting very unpatiently for the arrivals of my purchase. It's 4 days and counting and I am getting a little nutty, keeping my ears highly tune and ready to pounce the door for any knocks from the postman and wondering constantly .... "Are they here yet ?!"