You guessed it... more shops. But not before the stunning four-storey gold-laden Bhuddha Tooth Temple. The photos tell the storey.
Chinatown this time
... Shopping here moves from a pastime to a sport. Small businesses sell (mostly) tacky things for tourists with shopkeepers willing to barter. At SGD$5.00, the pashminas were cheaper than New York, hitting a new minimum for that benchmark.
Best results are achieved by bargaining using Singlish - the informal spoken Asian-English indigenous to Singapore. Standard English grammar rarely applies. Grammar, tenses and plurals are usually abandonned for a more direct rhythmic sound. Economy is the order with sentences pared to absolute simplicity. Okay, lah?
So... "Wah! So expensive! Cannot afford, lah. Got discount? Got ten dollar only. ATM where?"
Amusingly, many of the phrases I read in a Singlish guide were very familiar already or now part of English!... "Long time no see!"
As for now, it's bedtime... "So damn shack now, lah!"
Hi! You like? Cheaper can do, lah!
Monday, November 30, 2009
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Lisa At Home!
2009-11-30
Hi There Shopaholic
Just keep in mind some of us are foot size 7 to 7.5, love aqua or hot pink pashminas, but will settle for next year to accompany you!
Please take some photos of porcelain & jade if you can - Singapore has some amazing collections
Lisa xxx