Nothing To Buy

I think it is a blessing in disguise that Max found this apartment that we are staying in...

He was just driving around and found this place is TO LET and so he took a look and booked it... This place we stay in is good because it is near the metro and there is a sort of a neighbourhood shopping mall nearby so if Max is overseas, I still have somewhere I can bring Ace to... and then there is also a Mac Donalds and a few supermarts.. also useful for when Max is overseas and me and Ace are left on our own..

Besides that, there are quite a number of those small small departmental stores nearby too... AVENUE, MAX, TO BUY... sound like so ang moh right? Actually very indian.. And recently, they even opened this huge store called Day To Day.. we have always driven past and wondered what they sell inside but never had a chance to fully explore..

The other weekend, we were sort of feeling bored and since we had dinner in the area, after dinner, we decided to walk around a little bit and explore all these small departmental stores just to know exactly what they are selling...

The first one we went to was Day To Day.. it is a Filipinno store of sorts.. It is huge and sells all sorts of USELESS THINGS! wahahahahah...

I think of it as more of a bedok interchange old shops a combined into one.. cos here, you can find things that you use in the kitchen.. hair accessories, stationary, figurines, vases, tshirts, clothes, and all sorts of CHEAP TOYs:)

The downside of it is that most of it is of such poor quality both me and Max cannot bring ourselves to buy anything there except the things like stationary....

But it has all sorts of strange things as well... look wat we found! The trusty karang guni weighing scale... I wonder who buys these...

Ace trying to weigh the basket.. wahahaha:) Ka-rang guni..ph zuah, gu sah kor, radio, dian si keee!

They also sell shoes and Max made a bet with me that if I were to be willing to buy ANY SHOE from the shoe selection and wear it everyday for a month, he will chop his head off... Most of the shoes are dam ugly.. but there are one or two gems.. like this pair tat costs only 10aed.. tat is something like $3.30 sing! Dirt cheap lor.. for a pair of heels... somemore the quality is not bad leh..

After that, we walked to another shop called My Buy and again, nothing we are willing to buy because it is a very strange selection of shoes and clothes... but at least slightly better quality than that inside Day To Day....

Since it is on the way, we decided to explore Max... no, I din mean explore my husband.. I meant explore the departmental store called Max:) wahahaahaha...

This place sells stuff that is more expensive BUT at least the quality is decent and we are willing to buy... We managed to buy two shirts and a tie for Max.. the shirts hor print is exactly the same as G2000.. texture also feels the same... BUT only 59aed EACH! That is less than $20 sing lor!:)

While Max was choosing shirts, my son also entertained himself by DRESSING UP and asking me if he is handsome...

I think he looks quite nice in a hat!:)

That is Ace showing off his new pyjamas:)

After we finished buying the things we wanted, we decided to go home. We decided to have a competition.. I will walk home and the two boys will take the car and see who will reach home first... we sort of reached at the same time cos their cars were parked really far away BUT they RAN to the car while I merely strolled home.. hehehe:)

I felt sort of sad now that I have explored these places leh... HAI.. once and again, confirmed my thinking about all these places.. NOTHING TO BUY..  No wonder I never bothered to explore them for the past one year I have been staying here!:)

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