The Madness Lasting nearly 2 weeks...
OH gosh...I've been wandering when was the last time I've actually gone shopping for so many days just to look for the right clothes, all for the sake of the upcoming show which is just 2 and a half weeks more in KLPac. Seriously finding the suitable ones aren't easy to begin with and pricey even when there are Sales! Sales! everywhere. So after looking and running around from one shopping mall to another for close to two darn weeks, I finally found what i call the most suitable set of blacks, whites and formal wear for the show. Thank goodness it doesn't look too kinky or weird for me. Showy and Classy enough for my look and also for the show itself.
Last weekend, Sunday was the day which I decided that I had to buy a suit. From Nigel's recommendation, Rm599 for a complete formal wear which includes a suit and a matching pants would be a great bargain, and according to him is dirt cheap, especially considering that it is an Italian Brand and the material is worth much more. Thinking that I don't have to spend much time to get it, drove to Crown Plaza and the moment I walked into the place, I was so sure that OK....my suit is settled. But life is full of surprises as it is. After scouting around the place, I finally found the suit shop and there it was...Closed!! So I thought, Ok maybe I should come back the next day. That was when I decided to walk closer to check out the suits and to my amazement, there were notices pasted all around the shop saying...
"Sorry,we are currently out of stock.
Please come back in December when we restock"
Please come back in December when we restock"
Amazed isn't the word but more likely flabbergasted. All my plans for the day to search for my other set of clothes vanished into thin air. It must have been the really good deal for a complete suit, which means every sane person would not only think of walking in to check out the suit on display but also considering to buy one for themselves. RM599 is really a good deal....
Left the place, disappointed feeling quite agitated at the same time and that was when the Golden Triangle beckons. I knew that this area would solve most of my shopping woes. Drove off to Sungei Wang and walked all the way into Lot 10 and checked out Isetan. Again there was SALE.... SALE.... SALE.... hanging from the ceiling all over the place. Without thinking much, went to the mens department and that was when I found it. Hanging all over the place was mens clothes and also suits, and I mean some really nice clothing. Then I found suits and I thought maybe I should get it first cause I thought the other clothing would be less painstaking to find. There was Padini, G2000, Bonia, Valentino Rudy and Sparkman Shop. Checked every brand out and found the Bonia to be the most fitting, comfortable and reasonably priced with an additional 50% discount which means that everything from the suit to the pants cost me less than 500 bucks which was great and all within the timespan of 1 hour. Looks like God was showing me the way to a better deal... Thank God
Then On Tuesday, I spent nearly 3 hours just to get a full white casual wear and a black pants all from Sub in Parkson which was again filled with tons of people doing some last minute Raya Shopping. Actually I didn't know that Sub would fit so nice onto me (that's because I know it's expensive so I don't usually look at it). I always thought that Sub was for the bad boys and it was floppy and a bit too kinky for me. Shopping at Parkson changed my perception of Sub. In fact there are some clothes which looks casual but too floppy and kinky. Some of the clothes have a very nice balance of formal and casual with a nice mix of trendy and showy thrown into it. Mind you though, it still isn't cheap even with the sale going on and the best think is, I can still wear those clothes after the show without feeling uncomfortable about it. That means less shopping in future and like they say..."Killing two birds with one stone"
The most problematic of them all was the black shirt and the shoes. I can't up make up my mind on what style should I wear, and that was when Sam told me ..."Strictly NO FORMAL, so that means something casual or with a good mixture of both plus showy on stage." That removes the trouble of looking for fromal wear. But I thought, ok I don't usually look good in Black. I don't have any formal black wear and the only ones I have are those IMU T-shirt which I have simply lost count of. Sam also mentioned..."No Pattern please, that is obvious on stage." but that adds more trouble to my shopping. A few days later and after searching at almost all retail shops which I'm familiar with, Edwin, Levis, MNG, Edmunser, G2000, Giordano...and all the countless retail outlets I've been to in Midvalley, Sungei Wang, Lot 10 and Times Square...though I hate it,I have to admit that only SUB offers the most variety of black clothing for formal, jinjang, selambe or casual wear.
With much apprehension, I went on to SUB again..and bought a black long sleeve with some vertical line patterns quite typical of SUB, which practically could not be worn in IMU , but for showy occasions like dinner or stage performance and it cost me quite a lot cause it was New in SUB, hence no discount from the Sales. So, it struck me at that very moment, how limited was my knowledge of shopping that I have to restrict myself to finding the right set of clothes on branded and expensive clothing. I'm feeling quite guilty now because the financial supplies wasn't of my own but of you know who. Maybe it's because I have to find everything by this holiday break before U starts again. SIGH or maybe because girls are just more adept at shopping. Does that mean that they shop more often??? Oh Whatever...
Then came shoes..Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Nearly everywhere I've been to, they would definitely be more retail outlets for ladies' shoes and much less and I mean restricted to sports shop and maybe Converse, Bata and some other weird retail outlet with funny looking shoes on sale. For this I have to conclude one thing base on the basic principle of science, Observation. Alright...forget the geeky part but isn't it true that choices of shoes for the sexes are disproportionately represented. There seems to be like a 80-20 percentage for girls versus guys. But if you rationalize, do you think guys will continuously buy shoes. To add on, guys shoes are so much more expensive that the ladies shoes. Some ladies shoes cost even Rm14.90 but for guys the cheapest is a Pallas Jazz looking very much like the school shoes which often turns less white as you wear it even with all the washing and whiteners. How much does a Pallas Jazz cost?? Rm49.90 which to me looks too plain for the show. Now you fellas out there must be wandering THEY ARE CHEAPER SHOES THAN THAT!!! Well that's because I have to find a darn shoe with lots of white and less of other colours especially striking colours. So finally at Bata in MidValley, I've found the perfect shoes for stage and casual wear looking all white with a trace of blue over it, hardly noticeable on stage especially when it's covered by the pants and it's on the side.
That ends the ranting on my shopping madness.....If you're bored I get it...but I just need to LET IT OUT!!!
Left the place, disappointed feeling quite agitated at the same time and that was when the Golden Triangle beckons. I knew that this area would solve most of my shopping woes. Drove off to Sungei Wang and walked all the way into Lot 10 and checked out Isetan. Again there was SALE.... SALE.... SALE.... hanging from the ceiling all over the place. Without thinking much, went to the mens department and that was when I found it. Hanging all over the place was mens clothes and also suits, and I mean some really nice clothing. Then I found suits and I thought maybe I should get it first cause I thought the other clothing would be less painstaking to find. There was Padini, G2000, Bonia, Valentino Rudy and Sparkman Shop. Checked every brand out and found the Bonia to be the most fitting, comfortable and reasonably priced with an additional 50% discount which means that everything from the suit to the pants cost me less than 500 bucks which was great and all within the timespan of 1 hour. Looks like God was showing me the way to a better deal... Thank God
Then On Tuesday, I spent nearly 3 hours just to get a full white casual wear and a black pants all from Sub in Parkson which was again filled with tons of people doing some last minute Raya Shopping. Actually I didn't know that Sub would fit so nice onto me (that's because I know it's expensive so I don't usually look at it). I always thought that Sub was for the bad boys and it was floppy and a bit too kinky for me. Shopping at Parkson changed my perception of Sub. In fact there are some clothes which looks casual but too floppy and kinky. Some of the clothes have a very nice balance of formal and casual with a nice mix of trendy and showy thrown into it. Mind you though, it still isn't cheap even with the sale going on and the best think is, I can still wear those clothes after the show without feeling uncomfortable about it. That means less shopping in future and like they say..."Killing two birds with one stone"
The most problematic of them all was the black shirt and the shoes. I can't up make up my mind on what style should I wear, and that was when Sam told me ..."Strictly NO FORMAL, so that means something casual or with a good mixture of both plus showy on stage." That removes the trouble of looking for fromal wear. But I thought, ok I don't usually look good in Black. I don't have any formal black wear and the only ones I have are those IMU T-shirt which I have simply lost count of. Sam also mentioned..."No Pattern please, that is obvious on stage." but that adds more trouble to my shopping. A few days later and after searching at almost all retail shops which I'm familiar with, Edwin, Levis, MNG, Edmunser, G2000, Giordano...and all the countless retail outlets I've been to in Midvalley, Sungei Wang, Lot 10 and Times Square...though I hate it,I have to admit that only SUB offers the most variety of black clothing for formal, jinjang, selambe or casual wear.
With much apprehension, I went on to SUB again..and bought a black long sleeve with some vertical line patterns quite typical of SUB, which practically could not be worn in IMU , but for showy occasions like dinner or stage performance and it cost me quite a lot cause it was New in SUB, hence no discount from the Sales. So, it struck me at that very moment, how limited was my knowledge of shopping that I have to restrict myself to finding the right set of clothes on branded and expensive clothing. I'm feeling quite guilty now because the financial supplies wasn't of my own but of you know who. Maybe it's because I have to find everything by this holiday break before U starts again. SIGH or maybe because girls are just more adept at shopping. Does that mean that they shop more often??? Oh Whatever...
Then came shoes..Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Nearly everywhere I've been to, they would definitely be more retail outlets for ladies' shoes and much less and I mean restricted to sports shop and maybe Converse, Bata and some other weird retail outlet with funny looking shoes on sale. For this I have to conclude one thing base on the basic principle of science, Observation. Alright...forget the geeky part but isn't it true that choices of shoes for the sexes are disproportionately represented. There seems to be like a 80-20 percentage for girls versus guys. But if you rationalize, do you think guys will continuously buy shoes. To add on, guys shoes are so much more expensive that the ladies shoes. Some ladies shoes cost even Rm14.90 but for guys the cheapest is a Pallas Jazz looking very much like the school shoes which often turns less white as you wear it even with all the washing and whiteners. How much does a Pallas Jazz cost?? Rm49.90 which to me looks too plain for the show. Now you fellas out there must be wandering THEY ARE CHEAPER SHOES THAN THAT!!! Well that's because I have to find a darn shoe with lots of white and less of other colours especially striking colours. So finally at Bata in MidValley, I've found the perfect shoes for stage and casual wear looking all white with a trace of blue over it, hardly noticeable on stage especially when it's covered by the pants and it's on the side.
That ends the ranting on my shopping madness.....If you're bored I get it...but I just need to LET IT OUT!!!
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