Fruitful Trip to Jalan Besar!

16 June 2007 - So happy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahahahahahahaa! Hb and I went to Sim Siang Choon in the afternoon to look at taps and bathroom accessories. Fell in love with a kitchen sink mixer that was selling for $188. Sad to say, despite having such a big showroom at its Changi branch, nothing else managed to get our attention, lol. We decided to KIV the design of the sink mixer... if other places don't have then we'll go back to get it. HENG AR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily we didn't buy it from Sim Siang Choon!!!! Haha, you'll find out why later.

We had already decided not to make a trip to Jalan Besar as it was very far...all the way at Little India.... liew. However, weird enough, the night before I suddenly had this strange, sudden urge to go to Jalan Besar. Somehow, the feeling is like if I don't make a trip down personally to check out the shops there, we will miss out on something good. I'M SO GLAD I MANAGED TO PSYCHO HB TO GO TO JALAN BESAR!!!!

These days, I always bring along my mini portable fan whenever Hb and I go hunting for electrical or furniture stuff. Thankfully, there wasn't any need to switch it on as the weather was cool and windy, haha. We walked along Jalan Besar and went into several shops selling bathroom stuff and lightings. By the end of more than 2 hours, I was feeling pretty disappointed as we didn't managed to get anything and I hate leaving anywhere empty handed, lol. Read from the forum that Poh Joo offers very attractive pricing, but well, I didn't like the shop. As much as we are amatures in the field of shopping for taps, the staff was worse! Hb asked if a particular tap was a 2-way tap and the guy said no, its a mixer. I pointed out that NO, it IS a 2-way tap, look at blah blah blah features. The guy then double checked and apologised for his mistake. In fact, he was not able to provide us with the information we wanted and we decided to go off. Wanted to buy this cool basin (latest model!) for our master toilet but it is very pricey... $280!!!! In fact, the cheapest quote we managed to get is $225... :(

Went to the shop beside Poh Joo and managed to get this nice toothbrush-toothpaste-2-cups holder at only $38, haha. Very good...it has 3 times of chroming done, haha! Walked down the street and finally came to this super shop on our way to the MRT station: Royal Fanco. The exterior of the shop is really nothing fanciful. Rather dim lightings and the items on display are all rather outdated in terms of design. However, you'll be surprised that the boss (Henry) has got many, many items all packed in boxes not displayed out! If not for the fact that we asked him for those items, he wouldn't even have showed them to us! In fact, we were both pretty surprised when he quoted us $150 for the above basins!!! We immediately placed an order for it without any hesitation, wahahhahaa! So cheap!!! Guess what? The same design for the kitchen sink mixer we saw at Sim Siang Choon was only selling for $98 and he sold it to us for only $90! Ended up buying a cute round ceramic basin as well for the common toilet, 2 spray jets, 1 set of 7 pc bathroom accessories (5 times of chroming!!!!!!!! The feel of the items is so freaking solid and heavy!), additional paper holer and towel ring from the same brand, 2 tic tac wastes for the 2 basins, and 2 single corner glass shelves for the shower screen area. Guess how much everything costed? Only $554!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apparently, Henry usually sells his products to contractors and he has no other workers, which is why he is able to offer such attractive prices! In fact, there are few walk-in-customers, and we saw from his file that majority of these customers are staying around our area! So happy with our purchase! Didn't leave Jalan Besar empty handed afterall! Yay!

Rushed to Hoe Kee at Plaza Sing to buy 2 of their 2-way taps that look like mixers. So far, only Hoe Kee has such nice design for 2-way taps! Yay! 3 taps settled within the day, now left 2 more taps to go for both toilets' basins...

Got to CK Tang just in time before it closed for the day and bought a set of bedlinen for only $196 after discount! Liew, feeling so happy manz!! A sense of accomplishment achieved! Wahaahahahhaa!

Total Damage: $844

Happie!!!!!!!!!!

- Phebe