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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 I am bored so is this post :D

For once I was glad I was not standing there alone and was with my mom and younger sis. We went down to Geylang bazaar last weekend and we were waiting for my twin sis at Paya Lebar MRT station. It has become a meet up place for those foreign workers working here. I saw girls coming out from the ladies scantily dressed, meeting their Bangladesh boyfriends, walking to the escalator hand in hand. Most of them were in pairs and those who do not have dates, stand there looking at girls, making eye contact or small talk with the girls who are without any guy company. We even saw two guys trying in vain to get girlfriends but they were disappointed as they make their way up to the train. Maybe they were going to try their luck in the train. I aw a Chinese man waiting for one of these girls as she joins him when she came out from the ladies and it looked like the man was waiting for her long because when she joined him, he did not budge from his place and the girl had to pull him by his hand to get going. I was thinking …does his wife know he is out with another woman or maybe he is not married…? Well that was not my concern but this place is always crowded with the Muslim community and standing there with my mom, sister and my DZ, I do not want to wait there long and thankfully my sis was not late and we left that place fast.
I thought things were cheap and affordable at Geylang Market but now the prices have gone up. I bought a top that cost 35 bucks from a shop and most of the suits or tops were going for more than 50 dollars. Kurtis were sold at 15 dollars and more. There were lots of nice kurtis but I got scarves for 5 dollars each and I grab 6 scarves but one of the scarves cost me 20 bucks. Was I overcharged? The lady said those were Italy scarves and they are more expensive than the rest. I am not sure…it was too hot in there and my sisters had to go for their Arabic classes so we did our shopping fast and off we went back home in cab. My DZ did not enjoy the shopping as it was too hot for her. She slept nicely once we were in the cab. When we reached home, I tried on my top and it somehow did not look great…I meant the color…it was nice with all the lightings in the shop and when I tried it on at home, it looked dull…there goes my 35 bucks. The best part of the shopping was we brought home an extra plastic bag of scarves and jilbab (long dress) that does not belong to us. Ooops! We have to bring it back this weekend and more shopping coming up but strictly NO waiting at Paya Lebar MRT station.

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