Feeling panicky because there is approximately 9 days til Christmas (yay!) but you haven't bought your tinsel or baubles yet? No fear, because Sham Shui Po stocks about everything you will need (you know me, that's where I go). I went there with grannie last week and bought Christmas lights at a bargain: they were electric blue and we bought 600 bulbs worth for around 300 HKD. We also got a cute Christmas wreath with bows and holly for 85HKD.
The street is Fuk Wing Street. I recommend visiting on weekdays because at the weekend it's packed full of people! Go in the afternoon, most shops open at 11am, so why not enjoy lunch in one of the ground-floor street tearooms before shopping to your heart's content? Only one thing: Beware the pickpockets!
plenty of shops with large variety
And... of course afterwards we went to the bakery to buy pastries and grannie got me a cinnamon chocolate-sprinkle bread roll. Yum!
Christmas is round the corner, so why not take the opportunity of exam-stress-free weekends to get your friends and family a present? Here are some ideas on what I'd buy/make. ;) happy hunting! Girls
matching beanies
gloves
shower sets
perfume
book(s)
patterned scarves
phone case
Guys
funy hats
knitted scarf
striped socks
book(s)
notebook(s)
phone case
chocolate eclairs
Family members
pretty mugs
cute tape holder
CD(s)
coffee
home-baked short-bread cookies
home-made gingerbread house
(All pictures from Google, no copyright infringement intended.)
Of course, nothing beats a big hug or kiss on the cheek! Your friends and family will definitely appreciate you making an effort to spend more time with them, than a big box that cost millions of dollars.
Aggie's Shopping Tips:
Look in different shops to compare prices.
Plan your shopping route so you go through the mall ONCE. Longer trips means more temptation ;)
Check the item to see it isn't broken/ hasn't expired/ colour hasn't faded/ isn't unthreading etc
Ask yourself if the recipient would like what you're buying for him/her.
I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things you do you might just as well turn over to me and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed-- you must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons I will do it automatically. I am the servant of all great individuals and, alas, of all failures, as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a human. You may run me for a profit or run me for ruin-- it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
A book that begins with this riddle is bound to attract anyone, of any age. My dad gave me this to read and I thought it would be another one of those pretend-to-understand-you ones which actually tell you how to act and what kind of person to be. That wasn't what I was looking for, but after opening the first page I was hooked and finished the thing in a month. WARNING: READERS ARE PRONE TO PARADIGM SHIFTS.
The seven habits are:
1. Be Proactive
2. Begin With the End in Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win-win
5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
