Last night, we made arrangement with Haithem, for him to drive us to Souk Omdurman, just outside Khartoum. Fasri's friend, Shahrir also tagged along. To avoid the unpleasant experience like last week, we left Hadi and Aliah at home. We left after terawikh, around 10 pm. Before we made our move, Syed Marzidi (our neighbour) mentioned that there's a Syrian trade fair at the Friendship Hall.
We decided to check it out. Yea...thank you Syed. From afar we could see that there's a lot of people milling about the area (a very good sign that shopping is in the air!!!). The car park was full, so Haithem dropped us off and we could see that there's two entrances and chose the right side. True enough, it's shopping time!!! Hehehe, it was so full of people, it was quite difficult for us to move. The first stall that caught my eye was a stall selling egyptian jubah... yea, yea... and it was cheap... I started picking up several pieces and they were really nice, simple designs and beautiful colours (just the way I like it). As usual when I see something I like, I just grabbed as many as I could (without breaking the bank... wink! wink!)
We decided to check it out. Yea...thank you Syed. From afar we could see that there's a lot of people milling about the area (a very good sign that shopping is in the air!!!). The car park was full, so Haithem dropped us off and we could see that there's two entrances and chose the right side. True enough, it's shopping time!!! Hehehe, it was so full of people, it was quite difficult for us to move. The first stall that caught my eye was a stall selling egyptian jubah... yea, yea... and it was cheap... I started picking up several pieces and they were really nice, simple designs and beautiful colours (just the way I like it). As usual when I see something I like, I just grabbed as many as I could (without breaking the bank... wink! wink!)
Nice and simple...It's made from cotton, so hopefully it'll be comfortable to wear... It's not for me mind you, it's for souvenirs for people back home... Ema, the red one is yours... hehehe... The ladies can wear it as pyjamas... I am definitely going to go again...if not today, tomorrow would not be soon enough... hehehe...
We didn't linger because there were too many people, it became very difficult to move... and with Amir with us, we just decided to get out of there... Well, we did have Souk Omdurman to go to. We reached Souk Omdurman around 11 pm and since Haithem lived there, he managed to help us manoeuvre our way through a very crowded area.
It was truly a 'market'... It was worse than the stalls in Masjid India... the road was littered with plastic bags and it was full of traders shouting their wares. And to my delight, some young men even sang for the crowd. It was definitely cheaper than Souk Bahari... the same type of abaya could be bought for around 30 SDP while the haggled price in Souk Bahari would be 45 SDP. There's definitely a marked difference in price.
But I was not interested in abayas or jubahs anymore, (*grin), so we tried our luck finding Fasri's jalabiya... and we got one for Fasri, Shahrir and Hadi... hehehe... with Haithem's help in haggling, we got a good bargain... After that, we decided to make our way back to the van and back home to the kids... We arrived at the new complex around midnight and I gave one of the jubah's to Haithem (for his mother), for helping us with the haggling and more importantly for helping to carry Amir throughout the shopping spree... hehehe (must remember that Amir is still chubby and weighs about 15kg...)
When we reached the apartment, Hadi and Aliah were still awake... and everybody went to bed around 2 am... sigh... so tired...
update: we went again 2 nights later... Managed to get good bargains for Aliah's jubah and Hadi's jalabiya. But unfortunately, there were only limited choice available for the egyptian cotton jubahs...sigh... must have been selling like hot cakes. I think I have to go to Egypt to satisfy my craving for shopping...hehehe
We didn't linger because there were too many people, it became very difficult to move... and with Amir with us, we just decided to get out of there... Well, we did have Souk Omdurman to go to. We reached Souk Omdurman around 11 pm and since Haithem lived there, he managed to help us manoeuvre our way through a very crowded area.
It was truly a 'market'... It was worse than the stalls in Masjid India... the road was littered with plastic bags and it was full of traders shouting their wares. And to my delight, some young men even sang for the crowd. It was definitely cheaper than Souk Bahari... the same type of abaya could be bought for around 30 SDP while the haggled price in Souk Bahari would be 45 SDP. There's definitely a marked difference in price.
But I was not interested in abayas or jubahs anymore, (*grin), so we tried our luck finding Fasri's jalabiya... and we got one for Fasri, Shahrir and Hadi... hehehe... with Haithem's help in haggling, we got a good bargain... After that, we decided to make our way back to the van and back home to the kids... We arrived at the new complex around midnight and I gave one of the jubah's to Haithem (for his mother), for helping us with the haggling and more importantly for helping to carry Amir throughout the shopping spree... hehehe (must remember that Amir is still chubby and weighs about 15kg...)
When we reached the apartment, Hadi and Aliah were still awake... and everybody went to bed around 2 am... sigh... so tired...
update: we went again 2 nights later... Managed to get good bargains for Aliah's jubah and Hadi's jalabiya. But unfortunately, there were only limited choice available for the egyptian cotton jubahs...sigh... must have been selling like hot cakes. I think I have to go to Egypt to satisfy my craving for shopping...hehehe
2 comments:
Wah, rajin gi shopping mlm2 lepas berbuka ya...Akak tak daya. lepas mkn dah nak rehat aje..
Anak2 tinggal kat rumah tinggal dgn siape?
the price of abaya sold at ampang point is ridiculous. a decent one costs RM40-80 if we buy in madinah or mekah.the most expensive one will be RM100+. at ampang point, a decent one costs RM200+ and i saw one costing RM370!!! really bloodsucking betul.
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