shopaholic me

Yesterday, after we closed down our booth we headed to Mangga Dua, crossing our fingers that the shops will still be opened at 7 pm. One Singaporean dude from the exhibition actually convinced me that the shops open till 9.30pm (ya rite, only if you're Carrefour that is). We reached Mangga Dua at 7 pm, and there were only 3 or 4 shops that are still opened. Chehhhh!!!! Dissapointed, I made it a mission to go on the next day. Taxi Driver cakap, "Buk, di sini kalau mau belanja kedainya bukak jam delapan, ini namanya Pasar Pagi".

I held on to the Taxi Driver's words. This morning I woke up at 6 am, and left the hotel at 7 am by cab konon nak avoid the macet lah. Amazingly, the road was quite smooth and I arrived at Mangga Dua as early as 7.30 am. Hey, I went alone ok! (Thanks Mat Nor, for giving me a bit of time off from the exhibition).

When I got there, the shops were still closed, so I asked the guard what time they actually open. And guess what, NOT 8AM lah...they open at 9AM. (I got duped again, this time by Mr Taxi Driver). So I waited in front of the mall like one looney woman.

The waiting was all worth it. Well Mangga Dua is one heck of a hectic place, you just have to know where to look, really. (I'll take a photo of the bags that I bought so you guys can drool over it ok).

After Mangga Dua it was straight to the exhibition, I got there at about noon. Thank god for the guys, they did a really good job on the booth even without me. Since it's the last day, we were busy handing out all the brochures. By 3.30 we were quite done, and by 4.30 we were already at Plaza Grande, Block M.

Outside Plaza Grande, there is a labyrinth of small shops selling fake goods, clothes, accessories and the works. The place was quite dodgy and gross but hey, what is going to Jakarta without experiencing a dose of the Third World environment. Here I was with two guys that I was not even close with, Abza and Suffian. These guys were cool. Why? Because they can tolerate my shopping - and they're cool shoppers too, I mean guys usually can't tolerate women when they shop. The best thing is, I actually bought 2 Guess bags for like RM20 each, is that a sweet deal or what?

At Plaza Grande I bought 3 Polo shirts and by that time I could feel that my feet are just dying on me. Here I am at the hotel room, putting my feet up while typing this. I'm going to shower in a bit, just letting my poor feet rest for a while.

Tomorrow we're going back to KL and I must tell you, I had fun! Can't wait to come back again and hopefully next time with my girlfriends to Bandung! Any takers?