Thursday, January 27, 2011

#4 A special moment spent with my family : Market

(Photo:Self-taken)
It is me again and it is time for the third assignment post! The theme for this is something that I did with my family and I named my post "Market". What can we do when we visit the market? Maybe most housewives will buy ingredients in the morning when they go to the market? Otherwise we will visit the market for meals. As you all know Chinese New Year is coming and as a tradition, we will always buy new clothes. However, you might think we will visit shops like John Little?(as shown in the picture) Yes, we did go and take a look, but it was fruitless as we could not find anything we wanted. This brings me to my story. For the past few years, we had been buying our New Year clothes from shops such as John Little. However, it will be special this year as we went to a market to purchase our New Year clothes!


(Photo: Taken after shop owner's permission)
I am wondering how many people would go to a market to buy new clothes and I think maybe only a few will do so. Nevertheless, we went to a market just a short distance away from my house and the name of the shop is "AJ Avenue". We came to know this shop after my father walked past by chance. He saw the design of the clothes and thought that my brother and I would like it, so we decided to make a trip there. We made friends with the boss after an incident. We actually only bought top tops on the first visit and after we left, we realised one of them was of the wrong size. We headed back to make a change and then we left. We then found some stains on the shirt which made us return once again. This made the boss remember us and after dinner that day, we went back for a second visit.


(Picture:Self-taken)
There were a few reaons that made us want to go back to this shop in the market. Firstly, it was because the prices of the clothes were cheaper than those from the shops in shopping malls. Also, the designs of the clothes were something that I preferred. The boss told us that they were designs from Korea. The shop targets were not only youths, but there were also clothes for adults, both men and women. The prices of the clothes that I bought were around $20 to $30 and as compared to those in shopping malls, they were about $10 cheaper.

(Photo:Self-taken)

My family spent qutie a while in the shop as there were too many designs to choose from and we could not make up our minds. My father also decided to purchase a few shirts for himself while my brother and I chose ours. As for me, I picked my tops and bottoms with colours black and white. I think they suited me very well and I bought a total of three shirts and two shorts. My brother also bought the same number of shirts and bottoms as me. However, my father wanted a pair of jeans, but there were no size that sutied him. The boss decided to do some altering and this makes the shop special. They provided simple altering and some simple sewing for those who wanted the service.

Finally, the total price of all the clothes we bought were around $220 after discount. We were also given a few packets of red packets for Chinese New Year. All in all, I had a wonderful experience in that shop although it was in the market. I would say this year is a special year for me as we bought our New Year clothes from a shop in a market for the first time in years. I am very satisfied with the clothes I bought and I liked them very much. I am looking forward to Chinese New Year with a four days break and I hope I can return to my primary school to visit my teachers. I also cannot wait to visit my relatives and receive "Ang Baos" from them! Let the Chinese New Year atmosphere begin with this Chinese New Year song video! Happy New Year everyone!

[Address of AJ Avenue: Block 20 Toa Paoyh Lorong 7, #01-730 Singapore 310020]

(Quote of the day: Be happy. It's one way of being wise- Sidonie Gabrielle)
                                         
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Posted by Yi Jie at 6:42 PM