Charity Bazaar & Trade Expo

AWA Charity Bazaar

If you recall... I duh-duh went to this supposed AWA Charity Bazaar on the 2nd of October which was NOT to be. The Bazaar was actually on the 23rd, which I did go. So, this is quite outdated...

Well, have to pay about USD 9/- to get into this AWA Bazaar. When I first arrived in the country, and found out that I had to pay entrance fee to buy things, I was a wee bit shocked. Can you imagine Jaya Jusco charging you an entrance fee to get into their store?? Okay....lah. This is for charity. Plus you do get 2 pastries and a cup of coffee, when you need a breather after shopping till dropping!

Here is what I got...

Lucky Pick Prize - A lizard-shaped Candle Holder

~ USD 3/- for 3 Tickets. I paid for a total of 9 tickets. Managed to win this candle-holder and 2 Packs of Cinnamon Rolls. When I kepoh-ed, found out that my prizes costs about USD 35/-. So not a bad deal for forking out USD 9/-. Plus, my friend picked out a "3-D Puzzle Toy". Her kid is all grown-up. So I got a BONUS...Heheeheh.. Was timely too, as it was my maid's son's birthday. I gave the pressie to her. No need to buy. Heeheee

A Wood and Marble Chess Set

I was pretty happy with this purchase. The wooden base has drawers that stores the chess pieces that has been "eaten". Sorry...don't know what is the correct term. The chess pieces and the chequered base are from marble. Why did I buy this? The kids are into Chess now... and H has been playing with them. Encouraging the kids to play as it gets them thinking about strategies and such. S2 just learned how to play, and H says that his moves are quite good as his pieces are generally well-protected. (Whatever that means?!?!?@)

Bird-Cage Table Lamp

Thought it looked kinda nice....

Trade Expo

Went to the Trade Expo last Saturday (27 Oct). S2 tagged along... Why? Because he wanted to skive from doing his Maths!!! Salah besar to let him tag along. On the way there, I think he asked "Are we there yet?" more than ten times. And you know lah.. the traffic here can be quite bad. Plus the Expo was on the other side of town. And then he was like whinging "why soooooo far???"...

Waaaa... they had a lot of NICE NICE furniture! The ones that you see in those Spa and Beach Resort magazines. The Amandari Banyan Tree type of furniture and bathroom accessories. I won't be surprised if furniture from Habitat or Pottery Barn comes from here. Just OEM them. Know what I mean? As it's a trade expo, ie. mainly for foreign importers, quite a lot of stuff were not for sale to the public. I actually saw this pair of carved wooden dancers (wall hanging ornament) for less than USD 10/- but they were not for sale. *sob* *sob* .. Unless you wanna buy 100 pairs of them!

Have to say S2 behaved quite well lah.. Did walk with me through the rows and rows of booths. As alot of the furiture looks similar (wood/rattan/water-hyacinth/etc), he kept on saying "Mom! We've gone through here already!!". I have a very systematic way of going through such expos... I weave in a zig-zag way. This way, I won't miss any rows.

There were all sorts of stuff on exhibit (and some for sale).. foods, drinks, plasticware, glassware, handicrafts, hospital equipment, industrial items, furniture etc etc... What I bought?? Not much also lah..

A pair of Traditional Puppets

Really can move the head and arms one.. but of course I am keeping boys awaaaaay!! Yes. They did mention that they want to perform with them. BUT NO WAY, JOSE!!

Paintings of the Balinese Barong

Initially, wanted to buy only one. But when he offered to sell the pair of them for USD 25/-, I had to grab them.

Framed Picture of Balinese Dancers

Only RM 40/-. Sure gasak also, right?

Well, this time...H said that my purchases were ALRIGHT. Not my usual "rubbish"!

:-P