Monday, May 2, 2011

My own way of helping Japan

Thinking of the tragedy that struck Japan, my purchases today was my own little way of helping them out.  I did not have to work today since Labor Day fell on a Sunday so naturally here in Singapore - Monday is a holiday. So after spending a lazy morning in our new flat I decided to venture down Orchard road for some chores and do a little shopping.

I have been meaning to buy a couple of blouses since some of my clothes don't fit me well anymore. Okay okay I am just reasoning with myself why I had to buy these:








Yeps, my favorite Japanese casual clothing brand -  Uniqlo (Singapore) finally had their Cath Kidston Charity Project shirts available here! I knew they had a  collab with the Europe based store since an online friend was able to buy a few shirts from Hong Kong. So when I saw that they brought it here I just could not resist and pick up a couple myself.

The shirts are made of 100% Cotton, so they are really comfy and cool which is very good since its already summer. I really love the way Uniqlo collaborated with other brands and comes out with products that are so cute and comfy to wear, not to mention their products are reasonably prices. I got the shirts at an introductory price of 19.90sgd each. Not bad right?

It's a day for patronizing Japanese products for me today since after visiting Uniqlo, I found myself heading to another Japanese store I love, Muji ;) I am really amazed with all the practical and 'organizy' stuff I can find from this store. My HK trip is up two Fridays from now and decided to pick up a travel pouch with matching containers (lucky they were at 10% off today :)! ):





The travel pouch is sold separately at 19sgd while the containers range from 1.60 to 4sgd depending on the size and style. For all four items plus a cookie at 1sgd, I paid a total of 27.46 less of discount. What I like about it is the hook. I can easily hang it anywhere. Plus I can it has different zippers so I can put my toiletries in without worrying about the contents going topsy turvy.

I wanted to buy the travel document organizer as well but they did not have it in the Ion Orchard branch so I think I will drop by their Bugis branch tomorrow.

PS. Dinner by the way was at Yoshinoya ;)