Who says Malaysians don't read should eat their words. (pun completely intended)
today had not one moment of tedium. woke up early, potter about, and got ready for shoppinggg.
there's this big bad book sale in amcorpMall that put out 200 000 books with superbly reasonable prices. heck, reasonable to the point of unreasonable. outrageous.
they start at 10am. i went yesterday at about 11am but one look at the place had me paling and turning around. was supposed to just get something for my cousin in singapore and go to MidValley for New Moon at 11.40am.
the crowd was horrible terrible vegetable.
the cashiers were frantic.
bookworms were clutching boxes of all shapes and sizes that were rapidly filling with books.
i was crushed i couldnt join them.
and it wasnt even a public holiday (i wailed on the inside).
but TODAY, i knew what to expect. my friends and i reached just shy of 10am. and
*gasp*
the queue went all the way from the entrance to the other end of the floor and made a U. undaunted, we joined the wait.
when they let us in, i browsed and browsed and browsed until i swear i wont even know if my eyes fell out.
sooo many books.
stacks and stacks of em..
carts upon carts of em just waiting for bibliophiles to pick some up and take them home.
so finally satisfied (sort of) i had something for my cousins in singapore, my dad, and myself, i paid and went off. RM 128 for 14 fiction and 2 non-fiction isn't too shabby. :D
that much cash will probably get you 1/3 of decent pair of Aldo.
one-third of a pair of heels vs. 16 books. hmm
when i exit the place however, i had another shock.
in effort for some amount of crowd control, the book authorities limit the number of people entering the place.
so the queue went on and on around the entire floor.
the. entire. floor.
one round.
the tail is right back at the entrance.
oh my god.
let me reinforce my point.
Why is the place so packed?one. Malaysians do read.
two. It's nearing christmas (yayyyyyy). a good book is a handy present.
three. two words : tax deductions :D :D
four. Malaysians are catching up with Singaporeans' kiasuism.
five. it's RM8 a book for goodness sake! that's enough for a crowd-pull to rival a preview/members-only/clearance/endseason sale from any designer boutiques.
my (tiny) beef was that there weren't any real bestsellers in there (or maybe others snatched them all up in the first day). i was looking forward to get jodi picoult & cecelia ahern's work. none of kinsella to be seen either.
oh well. i'm still happy.
Anyway, after that was the
Pyramid stop. their xmas deco is quite fascinating. a nice change from the usual glitzy stuff. but me thinks Pavilion's one looks fabulous (from Cher's blog a log log)..
we had lunch at
Pasta Zanmai. i give a thumbs up for the food, while fingering the hole in my pocket for the price.
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