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Shopping on a shoestring aka how to shop when you haven’t done so in a long time, yet don’t wanna go crazy and overspend.
If you find this helpful, you possibly fit this profile:
You have been saving up for a while now, or been tied down with lotsa financial commitments…
You are still saving up or broke, but somehow you’ve had a good break, and wanna reward yourself…
You are budget conscious, but hey, it’s the day out with your buddies!
You are feeling miserable, and deep down, you know you want some retail therapy
OK here are my tips
1. Big stone, small pebble theory: If you fill a jar with small, small pebbles first, you might have difficulties filling in the big stones at the end… So a common mistake is to try and budget by buying items which are dirt cheap to avoid splurging, but you end up with a LOT (of junk) and still would not satisfy your objective – which is I assume, to feel good. You’ll end up going out again, to buy something else…
My Advice: Plan what is that one thing you wanna get, something affordable yet of good quality, and suits your style… and get it first…
2. Focus, focus, focus or the Location, Location, Location theory: After planning what you wanna get, zoom in to the place that would sell it at the best price… Once there, spend the first half of your time looking for that prized item… You’ll be amazed at how many choices (price, style, features) there are… This process is part of bargain hunting… I prefer to call it, the knowledge hunt…
3. Accessorize – this is the fun part… After getting that ‘babeh’, you can accessorize… here’s where you may become really stingy and buy cheap accessories… You may end up with lots of cheapos… but they are cheapos with a purpose… not some random cheapos…
OK lar… that’s my shopping tip of the day! It applies to buying anything… a new dress, pet, notebook, car… apartment (?!)… yikes!
This was a really informative link sent by my aunt (tho it ended as an ad to sign up for a course)…
http://www.wbschool.org/Chinese.swf
Being in church for years now, I have heard and seen illustrations of how Chinese words “tell Bible stories”… proving some relationship between scholars of old and their knowledge of God. Reminds me of a book I read many years ago, by Mark Geppert… I think it was called the “Attack Lambs” where he wrote that in every culture, especially those tribes that are still pretty indigenous, there is some old folk tale that can be associated with creation and God.
I guess over the centuries, mankind has added lots of salt and pepper to keep the “stories” going… and so we ended up with so many versions of the same thing – creation.
But you know, whatever your take on creation, (Adam & Eve, Big Bang etc)… the past is past… what you should really question, is the future… eternity.
When we did the study on the “Purpose Driven Life”… the emphasis was that God had placed eternity in our hearts. No one can truly imagine “eternity” for we have finite minds and finite hearts… but the longing for eternity must surely drive us to know more – and the patterns of belief towards creation, may just be the stepping stone towards what we are seeking to know.
I guess there are only a few reasons why people don’t bother about eternity:
1. Those who live in the present: Life is what you have now, invest in it! There’s nothing tomorrow.
2. Those who live in the past: Life on earth is hard and seems endless, why think of eternity! So much baggage accumulated from yesterday, I have no time to think about tomorrow.
3. Those who live in the finite future: At least a 100 years max, and hopefully by then, my kids would have inherited something from me…
4. Those who have condemned life: What’s so good about living when you have screwed up, why live eternally!
But if you can’t digest how the Big Bang and Adam & Eve (where were the dinosaurs anyway) can co-exist, perhaps I can persuade you to dig deeper into Biblical scholarly articles that show the gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 where the dinosaurs might have lived. I mean the universe was in total chaos and had to be (re)-created… this time with humans in it… bla bla bla… and the arguments/debate go on and on…
However, that’s not why I’ve written this blog today. My challenge to you is, if for at least a second, you might believe in eternity, don’t invest your entire life living to be a 100. Please look beyond, and ask yourself what treasures you have laid for yourself in heaven.
And that, my friends, shall be another day’s blog…
A year ago, I was busily engaged in the LRT extension discussion in one of those online forums… I wrote that not only should our township get an LRT station, we should get two. Furthermore, the stations should be built in such a way that both sides of town (north and south) can access the station – as in there must be a proper overhead bridge from both parts of town.
On top of all that, I also felt that the LRT could only benefit the township if it was located near to Giant… then hopefullly Giant and the shops within its complex would see a growth in business. Think about it… a lot of commuters will stop by in Giant, do a bit of shopping, before heading home.
Things seem to be shaping up after all. If my opinions were unjustified, then we’ve got lousy town planners. But if there was any spark of intelligence in what I had written a year ago, then perhaps there is hope after all… I see some light at the end of the tunnel, finally. It seems that plans are shaping up exactly as I envisioned.
Of course, it remains to be seen that Giant would build a nice shaded walkway from the LRT to its premises. It may take as long as how Midvalley never had its own station till somebody decided it was time to stop the train there, since the track passes alongside that mall.
I really hope the nice Straits One shops will benefit from it too… They have a nice colonial facade and huge showspace… maybe I could dream that Starbucks would eventually open an outlet there.
No I’m not hoping that my little township will boom into a Puchong-like mess… but I hope it would blossom into a cosy little place where we have everything we need and a little bit more.
Read this news on the net…
IN keeping with the constant change in fashion and trends, Lot 10 is undergoing renovation and its new look will be unveiled in October.
And while that is happening, the crossroads at the busy Jalan Bukit Bintang/Jalan Sultan Ismail is now implemented with Malaysia’s very own Shibuya crossing — inspired after the famous Shibuya scramble crossing in Japan, where vehicles from all directions come to a good few minutes stop to allow pedestrians to cross the intersection to get to the malls along Bukit Bintang.
The mall’s management had submitted the Shibuya crossing proposal to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and following the approval granted recently, traffic lights have been modified, signages installed, and the cross junction is now in place and being used.
Starhill Gallery and Lot 10 general manager Steffanie Chua told StarMetro recently that this implementation would be more pedestrian-friendly to people who go about sightseeing and shopping.
“Our stop-time however, is between 15 and 16 seconds and not as long as the actual Shibuya crossing in Japan.
“With the Bukit Bintang monorail station just a stone’s throw away, Lot 10 aims to capitalise on the highest volume of passenger drop-off at this station,” said Chua.
As for the mall, Chua said renovation work was under way to transform Lot 10 from being just a fashionable hub previously to a completely different image that appeals to the young and urban chic.
“Lot 10 was first built in 1990, just after Sungei Wang, and turns 19 this year. Back then, people would still remember us as the first mall that brought in a lot of brands into Kuala Lumpur.
“Over the years, the dynamics along Bukit Bintang have changed, where we see more tourists and buses dropping-off people.
“So it’s time for us to evolve, too, as we hope to capture the niche market of the affluent,” she said.
For a start, regular shoppers shall soon notice a change in the facade on the mall’s third floor, where it is replaced with glass and work should be completed by the end of this month.
Chua said a double facade would be installed on the ground and first floor by year-end to effectively remove the sunken-in impression of the glass.
“More exciting things are in store at the rooftop that was previously a carpark,” said Chua.
“This area will be transformed into a ‘Forest in the City’ concept, with much landscaping and greenery that are refreshing to the eyes and soul. Lighting and specially-commissioned trees will be planted here.
“There will be a modern-themed restaurant, and a dance club with its design and interior inspired by the architecture of actual Russian museums and palaces.
“Actors Studio that was formerly in Bangsar and has since closed will also be moving in here,” said Chua, while declining to elaborate more details so as to keep the excitement intact.
- this has got to be the best news ever!!!
Meanwhile, California Fitness is the first tenant to move in at the rooftop area and fitness buffs will be happy to note that it is opened till midnight.
-so the rumour I heard that someone’s friend lost money joining its lifetime membership is not true after all… they are reopening…
She also named two celebrity tenants that will be opening their first flagship stores in Asia – William Rast by Justin Timberlake and Nicky Hilton.
At the basement carpark area, it will be occupied by a foodcourt styled after Hutong, a place in China famed for its rustic lifestyle and maze of alleyways.
-cool… reminds me of a certain basement foodcourt I frequented while in Chiangmai… unfortunately, we are promoting China instead of Malaysia! I guess we already have many foodcourts ala Gurney Drive…
“We hope to bring people back in time with this concept where at every turn of the corner, people experience and feast with their eyes and nose on the different culinary offerings, and sit on traditional sedan chairs.
“There will be 27 restaurants and kiosks here which will run like a food court with counter service, only that the individual operators will have their own seating unlike the canteen-style seating of a typical food court!.
“Price-wise, it is very much of a food court, but the atmospshere generated is much more easy-going, modern and chic,” Chua added.
She added that landmark tenant Isetan was also changing the look of its supermarket, in line with the overall revamp of the mall.
Hey if you ever need to switch trains between the KL Monorail and Putra LRT (Kelana Jaya Line as it is now known), I suggest you do so at Bukit Nanas-Dang Wangi. It’s a much more pleasant walk compared to the transit at KL Sentral.
Not only are the train stations much closer, I like the fact that the sheltered walkway leads you along the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve (nice and cool)… Plus I think this part of KL is less crowded and cleaner too. So do try it out ya!
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