Sunday, December 05, 2004

Tales from Shopping:
You would really never get anything done if you keep planning and not take any action. That's why I dragged my feet down to peninsular plaza today to buy and check out stuff. Apparently, the shop was closed by the time i reached hence it was a rather fruitless trip, I thought to myself. Determined not to make this trip a wasted one, I decided to walk around the plaza checking out the shops and stuff they sell. To my surprise, I found a lot of interesting items which no one thought could be sold there..... Below is a list of what i found at the various shopping plazas I visited:

Peninsular Plaza:
This places has a lot of thais and foreigners around. The main attraction is all the travel agencies which books tickets for the foreigners at cheap and affordable prices back home. Apart from travel agencies, there's also shops selling thai stuff like their traditional clothes, groceries, religious stuff and even a thai eatery. Moreover there's this famous shop that sells climbing equipment here which a lot of ppl seem to know about it which i do not know why... hmm wonder whats the attraction here....

Peninsular Shopping Plaza:
Its located directly opposite peninsular plaza. Mind you its a completely different place as the one above. Yes, I haven't got the places and names mixed up. Its something like a mini queensway. There's quite a few shops selling sports shoes and equipment. There's also shops selling funky and hip-hop clothing located at the basement. I wonder if they're cheap and the prices can be negoiated. All hard rock band wannabes look out!!! There's at least three shops selling hard rock stuff such as chains, chokers, badges and belts. An addition to that, there's places where bands can jam and play their songs. Cool huh?!? One more thing worth mentioning is the shop that sells western goods. Yes, COWBOY Style from boots to hats you've name it you got it man.......

Excelicor Plaza (If i remember properly):
Its a pretty small shopping center beside Peninsular shopping Plaza. The basement is worth looking out for. That's where all model kit makers gather and purchase their stuff. The models that are made here are mostly human models suchs as comic and anime characters. There's very little robots or otherwise known as mecha models. The upper levels consist of indian recording companies. I could see people in the rooms playing traditional tamil music using the tabala (not sure of the spelling... correct me if i'm wrong). At the top level, there's a korean restaurant and a chinese restaurant. Apparently there's a buffet for the chinese restaurant for both dim sum and dinner. Wonder if its any nice... YUMMY!!! And there's CLUBS at the top level as in nightclubs which is pretty interesting.... Was pretty tempted to go find out how its like in these places whahahahahah........

Adephi Center:
This place has become another Sim Lim and Funan Centre. It sells bascially a lot of video hardware. For e.g. tvs, hi-fis, surround-systems etc. No computers though.

Sunshine Plaza:
This is the other place model makers should look out for. It sells lots of mecha models. Certain shops also sell car, tank and battle models which are pretty rare in singapore. Moreover, there's the Anime House!!!! For all anime goers, please look out for this place. Sells lots of anime series which are not found in singapore. In fact, its one of the few remaining shops that sell anime in singapore already. Apart from that, they also sell anime accessories and posters.

Bugis Street:
My final and last stop. Its like a pasar malam. There's pretty much stuff being sold mostly hip and trendy stuff. In fact, its like a cheap warehouse of hip and trendy clothes and accessories. If you ever visit this place, do tell me man coz i also wanna shop hehehe..... Actually my real intention is to see the chio shop owner that sells women's accessories such as bracelets and necklaces. She's pretty and very bubbly and sweet and cute........ Arrrrgggghhhhhh..... Not to mention she has a pretty good fashion taste too hehehhehehe...........

If you guys are wondering, yes I walked from peninsular plaza all the way to sunshine plaza which is located opposite parklane shopping centre (selegie road) and then to bugis street. Took me about 4 hours to finish everything man.... Actually quite a no of shops were closed by the time i reached coz it was a sunday and i guess not many ppl frequent this places. So no point in closing late right? I realised actually shopping can be pretty fun going to these kind of places not to mention adventurous coz you may find many interesting things. In fact, an appeal to the gals out there...... BRING ME OUT SHOPPING IN FUTURE!!!! Ahahahahah afterall can lose weight and look at stuff..... pretty fun thing to do especially when you're bored. Afterall can window shop too.... In fact, I'm calling out to all guys to shop and explore places you've never been b4. You never know what you might find at the place nearby. Do give it a try!!!

1 comment:

louist said...

louis's highlights.

peninsular plaza - cathay photo. that place is HUGE, man. haha. cool to look at.

peninsular shopping plaza - the guitar shops. many many.

excelsior - some place in the basement selling old toys. including transformers. it had LOADS of them. including the big ones. fortress maximus! wah.

haha. places i used to visit at certain points in my life. haven't really been there for some time, though. oh well.