February 9th – Finally, time to go shopping! I am a girl afterall, so it was time for me to check out the fashion seen here in Bali. It was also becoming a necessity as my clothes are starting to get a little snug. I’m growing pretty much in every which way. Although I thought that the tight-fitting, belly-bearing Britney Spears looks was still in, Mom, and especially Dad, do not approve of my sexy look!
So, off to Galeria Matahari we went for some shopping. The timing was perfect, cuz I got to skip morning nap-time…hee hee 🙂 Mom was fooling herself when she thought that I would actually fall asleep in my stroller at the mall!
It took us a while to find a ‘Blue Bird’ taxi. Gotta swear by this taxi group, cuz they have a fixed rate that they advertise. Look out for the Blue Bird logo when hailing a cab. Beware there are other taxi groups out there that have blue birds as their logos, but they’re not the ‘real’ ones. The legit Blue Bird vehicles are generally blue as well…
The taxi ride was fun, but we quickly got stuck in traffic. There are motorbikes everywhere, and they ride without fear. They just zig zag between the cars, as they please…even when there’s only a few centimeters between their toes and the car beside them. Crazy!
When we arrived, I saw a whole row of my favourite Chinese Lanterns…We have one at home, but there were hundreds of them here – Wow! Probably to celebrate Chinese New Year which just passed on Feb 3rd.
The Bali Galeria Shopping Mall is quite big, and looks quite luxurious from the outside. There are many brand name shops, a duty free shop, a Planet Holywood and the Matahari department store, which was our first stop.
Mom searched through a whole slew of girly clothes and found some cute outfits – Nothing too fancy. I needed long-sleeves and long pants for bedtime cuz it gets kinda cool with the A/C. Then, mom fell on the ‘Frog Pants’!! They’re like weird ‘Diaper Shorts’ which, translated literally from Bahasa are ‘Frog Pants’. Mom was rolling on the floor of laughter when she saw these, but apparently they’re quite common here. Thank god, mom has better fashion sense than to buy me a pair of these…Phew! I’m sure if Baby-Vogue magazine existed, this would definitely not make the hot trends list…but what do I really know about fashion anyways! Besides, my sumo-thighs would never fit into these!
To top off my look, we picked up a few barrettes and elastics for my ever-growing hair (red and pink, of course!)
The cashier thought mom was Indonesian and spoke to her in Bahasa. Looks like we’re settling in quite well, since more and more people think we’re Indo.
We didn’t get the chance to go through even half the mall and it was already time to leave. It was almost lunch time so we had to head back home. We were lucky to spend that hot muggy morning at the air-conditioned mall, cuz we later learned that there was no electricity at home (seems to be a problem we face about once or twice a week around here).
The escalators have no steps. Whoever is holding my stroller better have a good grasp, otherwise I’ll go rolling down…
Looks like I’ll have to come back to the Bali Galeria mall to check out the other cool stores and see what the latest trends in Bali are…I have a feeling it won’t be too long. One of my new outfits is already too snug and it’s the first time I’m wearing it. Mom seems to be under-estimating the speed at which I’m growing, or perhaps she’s looking for an excuse to come back to the mall 🙂
For more info on Bali Galeria Shopping World, check out their website:
http://baliwww.com/bsg/bali_galeria.htm
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