It's been.... over 2 months since my last post?! Hmm, didn't realise it was that long.
So what's new? The Big Bad Wolf book sale, of course!! It's held at South City Mall from 12 to 17 November 2010. It's a bit far from home, but the venue was much better, with larger space, well air-conditioned, ample parking space and more books!!!
Lucky for me, the first day of sale happened to be one of my off-day. So I was able to be there early in the morning. As expected, there was already a line waiting at the entrance when I arrived around 9am.
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| The early birds |
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| The not-so-early birds |
Everyone was patiently waiting in line with their trolleys and shopping bags, anticipating their huge purchases. Finally, at 10am, the entrance was opened and thankfully, people were actually walking in slowing instead of like some crazed fans at a concert. Many of them took boxes given out by the staff as they expected to buy tonnes of books. I didn't expect myself to buy a lot, so I only brought a backpack for my water, camera and keys, and a shopping bag.
Surely enough, the whole place was filled with people. Perhaps due to the size of the venue and the location of South City Mall, it was not as packed as the time at Amcorp Mall. But it was definitely "human mountain human sea".
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| Looking... |
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| Grabbing... |
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| Uncle looked a bit lost... |
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| Look at the crowd!! |
There were definitely more books for everyone to choose from. It was a book lover's heaven!
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| So many books!! |
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| Not one empty corner was spared |
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| More books!! |
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| More books stored aside to sustain the sale |
After finished selecting their books, or run out of bags and boxes to carry more, they either line up in front of the cashiers to pay or place their filled boxes at the reservation area and went back for more.
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| Paying the price... happily |
The book sale was such a success, a scene like this is not surprising.
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| Just from one customer! Would you see this at other book sale? |
And there were still people lining up to get in!!
How many books did I buy? Just 18, mostly non-fiction. And it only cost me $161, considering that I would have to pay four times more under normal retail price!! The last day of the sale is on 17th. Will I go back again? Hmmm....
After this, I'm thinking of going slow on my purchases. I haven't read as many books as I used to lately, my collection of unread books is piling up and I'm running out of space to store them. I'll have to rearrange my room before I start breaking the bank for more books. (-.-")
3 comments:
haha .. ur lucky to get there the first day .. i went the second and the selections were not so great de .. but less crowded ..
OMG...i didn't know there will be so much people!!! *compare to my place at sarawak here...
Kally, it's the best book sale I've been. Books were new and selling as low as RM 8 per book! From the very first BBW sale, wherever it goes, people follow!! :D
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