running with scissors

I've been meaning to write a post on Uniqlo and post pictures but I couldn't find the USB cable to the camera till my sister came to the rescue and gave me hers. So the famous Japanese brand finally arrived here in Malaysia and me and Amer had the chance to go there on its opening day! We contemplated whether to commute using public transportation (i.e: the LRT then the monorail) or by car and decided to choose the latter. It seemed more adventurous that way :P Besides, public transport means a lot of people scurrying around and pushing you to get their way and that will definitely cause irritation and even waiting for the train's arrival sounded so tedious to do for impatient me that day he he.

Since we both were so not familiar with the roads in KL, (and the fact that the last time I went to Bukit Bintang was ages ago), we missed a few turns and had to do a u-turn and finally found our way to the mall. And man, the crowd was huge! There were some Hitz.Fm troopers (is that what they are called? Not so sure, sorry) outside the store and I was excited to snag some goodies. But I didn't get to do that though because, you will know why later.

Even though we'd arrived safely and me and Amer were like, "oh yeah, we did it! Google Map, thank you, victory dance, etc", to find a parking spot was another thing. I didn't know the mall was small, something more or less like Empire, hence the parking spaces were limited. We had to wait for people to go out so we could have their space. And it took about half an hour or so and I got so agitated that Amer had to calm me down. I mean, we were already there and there's no parking?? I racked my brains out on managing the directions (I seriously can't read maps) and being the lousy navigator and was all high-fiving with Amer when we arrived but there's no space for Jackie?? You got to be kidding meeee. Oh Jackie's Amer's car btw. (yes, we nickname our cars :p)

So when we finally found one, apa lagi? Kami bergegas lah. And to my surprise, which when I think back now, was supposedly expected, there was a really, really, really long line with massive amount of people. And we thought, "erm orang tak kerja ke hari ni?" since it was a working day. But I really do think there were some people who literally took MC or EL just to go to Uniqlo's opening day. Oh btw, we arrived at 12 something so we lost the chance of receiving the Uniqlo bag for free. However, they stated that if we spend more than RM200, we'll get it and indeed, we did! But man, we stood in line for 2 hours, yes 2 looong hours. The first hour went like a breeze since the line was moving quite swiftly but the next hour was excruciating. My legs hurt and I kept shifting my weight leading to foot cramps.

Once we got in, it was like "okay, you go find what you want, and I'll find my stuff and we'll meet here once we've finished okay" so off we went looking for stuff separately. The reason we had to do it was because it was hard to shop together and having to wait for each other, since it was even hard to walk around without finding yourself inches away from another person. Yes, it was that many. We shopped for 2 hours as well. Called it a day and off we went home as two happy and satisfied shoppers :)

Here are some pictures to show you the craziness of it all.






I was very happy indeed. Bought some stuff for me mum and dad. A fleece jacket for her and a polo shirt for him. He liked it so much, he wore it the very next day! And the day after that and the day after that.. I really want to go there again, and maybe this time with girlfriends. I need stuff for winter (they sell really cute and practical winter clothes) for my trip to somewhereee in December! ;)