Cheryl Goh the inconsistent blogger

Shopping Spree at Esprit Outlet Store

Yesterday, while the average working person slogged away at the office, I *evil laugh* went shopping at the Esprit Outlet Store in Queen’s Park. Although I didn’t drive (thanks to my wonderful cousin) and posses a terrible sense of direction, Queen’s Park seemed relatively easy to find. It’s located behind…or was it beside? – (I told you I have a bad sense of direction) the Cheras Carrefour along Jalan Peel.

 

Other than the Esprit Outlet, Queen’s Park other tenants includes the Factory Outlet Store, the Travel for All Outlet Store, the FJ Benjamin Outlet Store, and Giordano. I briefly browsed through FJ Benjamin  but found most of their stuff too gaudy for my taste (but I am sure Ah Lians would love their splashy clothing) and spent the rest of my time and MONEY at Esprit. 

 

According to some old article from The Star:

 The Esprit Outlet Store is unique in Malaysia because it carries end-of-season clothing lines from Esprit stores all over Asia, including some lines which are not even available in local Esprit boutiques. 

While I am not sure if some of the clothing on display are not even available at local Esprit boutiques, I did not come across any “rejected” clothes – e.g. those with one button missing, disproportionate printing, one sleeve longer than the other…*two thumbs up*

 

The interior looked very much like any other Esprit boutique, with one significant difference – the prices were 60%-70% lower!

The price at the store ranged from RM19.90 to RM129.90.

The selection of tops and T-Shirts was decent, most of which were available in multiple sizes. I bought a simple spaghetti top for RM19.90, and a three-quarter khaki pants for RM69.90. What a bargain!

Located on the 2nd floor were the men’s and kids clothing section, and *gasp* more women clothing.

Bags and accessories however, were quite limited and those available were either worn out or just plain ugly.

 

In total, I bought 10 pieces of clothing – 9 tops and 1 pants – all for just under RM500. I consider it a steal and would definitely revisit some time in the future.

If Looks Could Kill, You’d Be Lying On The Floor

In my entire lifetime, I’ve met less than a handful of people through the Internet. Call me traditional, but I’m inclined to believe that a guy who approaches me online is more likely to be a child pedophile or a serial rapist than say, a guy I meet through a mutual friend. While I personally know three couples who’ve tied the knot after getting to know each other through the Internet, I’ve had no such luck and tend to attract cyberspace’s greatest low lives:

 

So anyway, let’s just say one day an attractive person messages you via Friendster or MySpace or some other social networking/dating site, and after several email exchanges and MSN conversations, you discover that both of you share common interest and have the same wave lengths. A few telephone conversations into the wee hours of the morning - confirm the presence of chemistry, and both of you decide to met up.

You put on your best clothes and rock up to meet her - full of anticipation.

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To your great horror, she lied about her looks but nothing else.

What would you do?

Would you be polite and try to make things work?

Or would you be so pissed by the deceit, you’d storm off?

Would you still try to have sex with her (yes, I know many desperate men) and take off the second you ejaculate?

Or would you scream at her in your best Hokien?

 

Well according to this news article, a 17-year-old boy in northeastern China was so disappointed with the looks of a woman he met over the Internet that he hanged himself after seeing her face-to-face.

 

I would die to see what the chick actually looks like.

 

The unnamed teenager first contacted the woman — known by her chat moniker “Qunjiaofeiyang”, or “Flying Skirt” — using the popular Chinese online messaging software QQ, Xinhua news agency said.

The girl described herself as a beautiful 19-year-old and the pair chatted on the Web for weeks before arranging a December 26 rendezvous in the nearby city of Mudanjiang, in far northeastern Heilongjiang province.

The boy arrived to discover the woman far less attractive than advertised and 10 years older than him, Xinhua said.

The boy immediately returned home, lost his appetite, and four days later hanged himself from a tree.

 

This brings a whole new meaning to the term “killer looks“.