"小姐要买 yao-wee 包包吗?"
I encountered that along the stretch to xiangyang street in Shanghai. Weird men, women walking close to you, whispering to you. Beside 'yao-wee', there's 'goo-chi' and 'pu-la-da' also. Perhaps names like burberry, hermes and balenciaga are a tad too much to pronounce.
Today, I finally got my first share of an item I've been wanting since as long as I first known of this brand. If I'm not wrong, it's the time in a tiny shop, at a street in Seoul where my aunt is getting the A grade imitations. Target of a teenager at that time was just that typical black B-grade PRADA bagpack hanging near the door. (The macdonald down the road is more of the main attraction then. SK has the one of the yuckiest food I ever had. Back then in SK, it's still not the Hallyu city, where the big names came from. Probably Jeong Ji Hun is still skipping school or dancing at the roadside then.) Then I read about an article about LV obsession. Those that I read, say that they had their first LV when they are 21, 18, 20... So I thought, I'll probably able to get mine only when I'm 30. A naive teen indeed.
Back to SG. First time to be able to shop in high end LV (and with an intention to buy) was a pretty nice experience. Esp with so many "Sugoii ne! Kirei ne!", "这儿多少钱?" tourists around me. The greetings from the boutique peeps went from "Ohaiyo gozaimasu! Arigato gozaimaz..." and we passed by, it became, "Welcome! Hello! Thank you!" I guessed we had that typical Sing.ga.po.ri.ean look. To be honest, the peeps from Gucci is more warming than LV. So, in LV, ever since I mentioned that I wanted to get the wallet, opposition parties includes mum and bro. So when I knew my dad is coming along, I was like, 'habez lah!'. But when I was browsing, he came up to me, "Want to buy wallet ah? Which one?" He didnt say anything afterwhich (except asking the sales peep what leather it is). Til the end of the day when mum told him its 42 bucks and of course, he didnt say anything.
Phew...
So high end boutique had high quality service also and we took the time to browse through the whole boutique. they gave a drawer-like box to contain the item. Lastly they'll enter your details in the system. (For what purpose, I dunno. Surely not discount card.) Then they say they'll update the system the next time I visit any 'Vee-thon' outlet. (Again, for what, I also dunno.) Then a printout receipt with my name on it. Oooh, how cool.
Thanks to 阿龙叔叔 or aka 龙哥, I managed to get my dream item. So will 龙哥 give me enough for a Cartier Love Bangle the next time round?
Oh ya, I told Ah Ren Jie Jie I wanted to do a Zhoufu entry. But after looking at the screaming pics, I had no idea for any entry still. So I might as well post the pic here.
I cant remember the last time I actually scream/gasp over him. Ever since the day he lost his shaver, comb, starts to have bad dressing sense and went to Cheena to film epic hero movie, I find him u.g.l.y. Til this morning I saw the above pic. Dont ask me why I find the pic nice. Maybe the hair, the almost gone stubble, the Chanel shades, the i-dunno-what-to-say expression...
Gasp! There's hope of the 帅帅 returning!