I went to “My Dear” warehouse sales last week with my wife. The place is quite a distance away and by the time we reached there is about 10:30am. The good thing is, since it is quite a distance away, the crowd is not huge. Compare to those warehouse sales at PJ, whereby huge crowd start queuing at 9am by 10:30am most of the good stuff would have been sold off.
The sales areas are divided into few sections (disclaimer note: I categories the area based on my personnel observation. Do not get confuse if it is not the case):
1. The entrance and to the right: Old stocks area. You can only pay by cash but the items are cheep, very cheep. We bought a tricycle for RM50 and a baby stroller for RM60 (all still looks very new to us minus some dust here and there). There are no warranties on these items, what you see is what you get and you have to make sure everything is intact before you buy.
2. Straight ahead after the entrance. New stocks area. Here you can pay with your credit card if your purchase is above RM100. And there’s a warranties to the items that you buy. You have to pay the stuff that you want, get the receipt and collect it at the collection area (which is opposite the counter). We bought a car seat with RM195 (model 03012) which is only RM64 cheaper than the market price (roughly about 25% discounts). Well, I’m not sure if this is a good buy but since we need a car seat for our elder son and that we are already there so might as well get one.
3. On the left of the entrance. Toys and some cloths. Don’t think those items belong to “My Dear”. My wife brought some pants, Winnie the Pooh’s pants only RM4-RM7. I say is a good buy (since the market price is about RM14-RM20) but I’m not sure if it is the original stuff. My wife said she saw a monopoly board game with only about RM10 (not sure which model, monopoly board game has been evolved since my time), but we didn’t buy because it was not properly wrap.
Overall, I would say it is worth checking out (especially the old stocks area). The sales end on 14 March 2010. Go in the morning, not so crowded and you can bring your child with you. By the time we finished shopping, is almost noon and the crowd started to increase. So if you plan to reach there at noon then better to leave you kids at home.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Falling ill is no fun at all
Being a parent is sure no easy job. Last weekend my son, who is only 1 year and 8 months old, had a fever, and it went as high as 40C. My wife (who is now 7 months pregnant) and I went in and out of the hospital for 3 times within 2 days. The 1st time we brought our son to the hospital, the doctor (a general doctor attended to my son) said it is too early to do a blood test as we need to wait for 2 days (48 hours) before his blood shows any abnormal movement/activities (i.e. any sign of bacterial/virus infection). So we took our son home after the doctor gave him some medicine which able to control the fever for the rest of the day. The following day it happen again, fever went up high and we were unable to control it even after we gave him the medicine. Normally, after giving our son a sponge bath his fever will come down, but this time is does not work, on top of that he split out most of the milk we gave him earlier. And so we went to the hospital again at about 5:30am. Another general doctor attended to my son and said the same thing, too early to do blood test, only able to give him a stronger medicine and sent us home.
After that, he was fine for the whole day, playing with the maid, running around the house, the only thing he had was diarrhea. By about 8pm he was sleepy. We thought that well, he must be recovering, no fever for the whole day and with some diarrhea must have made him tired. But ½ hour later his temperature went from 36.6C (his normal temperature) to 38C and keep on claming every second. He had never experience this before. He shivers, his feet were cold but body and head were getting hotter. And so we rush him to the hospital again, and this time I insist to admit my son. The doctor agreed. This time, the doctor (same doctor that we see in the morning) said we can go ahead with the blood test. She even called my son’s pediatrician.
After a night in the hospital, my son was very uneasy with that hospital mainly because he had his circumcision there (due to infection) and kept on crying and asked to go home, we decided to go home. The result was negative on dangerous infection and his diarrhea test did not show anything dangerous as well. There are still some other test to be done, just to make sure everything is save, but the result will only come out in 2 weeks time. And my son did not show any sign of fever after 24 hours. It was a big relief for my wife and me, we are really tired from the whole episode. With the current outbreak (the H1N1 outbreak) it is better to be safe than sorry, beside, the other disease that I’m worry is dengue.
Went we reach home the only thing he has was diarrhea. Not very often, about 2-3 times but was quite greenish. The following day the diarrhea stopped and the fever has been gone for 48 hours. Now we can get some sleep. The only thing is I really pity my wife who is already 7 months pregnant and has to run up and down. And yet our boy wants his mummy very badly especially when he is not feeling well. I feel so helpless. All I can do is to make sure both my son and my wife are comfortable.
After that, he was fine for the whole day, playing with the maid, running around the house, the only thing he had was diarrhea. By about 8pm he was sleepy. We thought that well, he must be recovering, no fever for the whole day and with some diarrhea must have made him tired. But ½ hour later his temperature went from 36.6C (his normal temperature) to 38C and keep on claming every second. He had never experience this before. He shivers, his feet were cold but body and head were getting hotter. And so we rush him to the hospital again, and this time I insist to admit my son. The doctor agreed. This time, the doctor (same doctor that we see in the morning) said we can go ahead with the blood test. She even called my son’s pediatrician.
After a night in the hospital, my son was very uneasy with that hospital mainly because he had his circumcision there (due to infection) and kept on crying and asked to go home, we decided to go home. The result was negative on dangerous infection and his diarrhea test did not show anything dangerous as well. There are still some other test to be done, just to make sure everything is save, but the result will only come out in 2 weeks time. And my son did not show any sign of fever after 24 hours. It was a big relief for my wife and me, we are really tired from the whole episode. With the current outbreak (the H1N1 outbreak) it is better to be safe than sorry, beside, the other disease that I’m worry is dengue.
Went we reach home the only thing he has was diarrhea. Not very often, about 2-3 times but was quite greenish. The following day the diarrhea stopped and the fever has been gone for 48 hours. Now we can get some sleep. The only thing is I really pity my wife who is already 7 months pregnant and has to run up and down. And yet our boy wants his mummy very badly especially when he is not feeling well. I feel so helpless. All I can do is to make sure both my son and my wife are comfortable.
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