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Sunday, July 16, 2006

Family | Shop For Sunday

Bugis Village World War 2 Shop Houses
Would be great if I could shop a Sunday and own it for life.

Today was a beautiful day outside. Hot though, but just beautiful.

The skies were blue, people about shopping, hunting for bargains. Children holding hands walking with the parents, happy faces everywhere. Heaven.

In the morning, I managed to complete a small project to house the 6 baby hamsters, the product of Puffy and Buddy after several months together.

Bugis Village DHL Ballon Over Parco JunctionThe present cage was getting a little too crowded they started to fight for personal space.

Went to Marine Parade Promenade shopping for a larger hamster cage last evening. The only one that fit my choice was a... bird cage.

Yep, a Canary cage to be exact. A 2.5 by 1.5 feet and 1.5 feet high mansion for the hamsters. Perfect!

The bars are narrow enough just like the hamsters, the large space with high ceiling was ideal to make a double decked home for the babies.

With the leftover of the plastic corrugated plastic boards from Wify's shop project, the cage was ready with all the items hamsters would need in the cage in an hour's time. Yes!

My son had the honour of introducing the babies to their new home, while Wify watched with glee. Everyone of us was excited and so happy for the babies.

Their parents now have more private space for themselves. Yikes! More babies?

Chic Couture with Azi at the Helm
We had lunch at home and it was time for Wify and I to go to the shop for some last few changes before we call the shop revamp project as completed.

To aid her to retrieve replenishment from storage when items are sold, I have bought her individual plastic bins to place on 2 rack.

Segregated items in dedicated bins will lessen, if not eliminate the time to search for it. Counting stocks will be less of a hassle as a result too.

A few more touch-ups with the fixing of under-lights between display racks made the shop seemed a little less narrow-looking and bigger.

Bugis Village MacDonald's Nice GestureI had to take some photos of the new revamped display. Looks good for a D.I.Y. Looks good a little start-up shop.

Mission accomplished in 3 hours. Yes!

Ready to go home first, but before that, I went out to buy Wify MacDonald's for dinner.

The day was so beautiful and bright that I had to take more photos of the bustling Bugis Village.
Fantastic crowd! Wish they would go upstairs and find our shop.

The day was even nicer when a little inconvenience turned pleasant.

My order was short of one Rice Fantastic Chicken Burger when I realized it after getting back to the shop.
I had to go back to MacDonald's to inform the staff of the shortage.

Bugis Village MacDonald's Nice GestureWithout any question, the staff apologized with a sincere smile and offered an extra McChicken Burger as a gesture for the inconvenience they would have caused.

"My apology again, Sir. Have a nice day," he said with a smile.

A nice day I had indeed. Beautiful Sunday.

3 Comments:

  • I have never heard of a Rice Fantastic Chicken Burger -- not at our McDonald's- :)
    I always love it when you show photos of the places that you go to. They make me feel like I'm there!

    By Blogger J. Andrew Lockhart, at Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:08:00 am  

  • Hello Andrew,

    Thanks for coming in.

    You will be amazed at the rate we gobble down Asian versions of burgers from MacDonald's with chili sauce.

    Yes, I tend to show photos of the places I have been and things I did to show a better "picture" of what it is like as much as possible.

    Much for my sake as I have bad memory, and it brings much pleasure and realism when I actually come back to reminisce.

    At the same time too, for the far away people who come in to see what Singapore is actually like away from the travel brochures and ads.

    Nothing bad, but our daily lives here. Just as I like to see the creeks, the flowers in your garden, the blue sky, the critters that scamper around your back yard, the playground your kids play in, in your country.

    Very interesting pictures to me, away from the soaps, the movie settings, just real life.

    I'm not a deep thinker, kind of flaky most times, I like to think of fun things to get away from the pressure of work and the "real world" for a while in my blog posts.

    Yikes! Too much info. I know you already stop reading my reply. Better stop here. Have a great week, Bro.

    By Blogger Muhd Imran, at Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:45:00 pm  

  • I read the whole thing and you are quite a deep thinker whether you know it or not!
    I may have to go there just to go to McDonald's -- I think I'm going to go to ours tomorrow and ask for a Rice Fantastic Chicken Burger! :)

    By Blogger J. Andrew Lockhart, at Thursday, July 20, 2006 2:27:00 pm  

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