Friday, May 13, 2011

T2

After the Japanese meal this evening, the night still young. And this is the only night out of the week where retail stores (except restaurants and groceries) are opened late. I was still struggling with jetlag. I used to handle it much better, now my body is resisting big time. I figure I should just browse around a bit before getting back to the hotel room immediately.

I went to David Jones at Queen Plaza. This department store, I would equivalent it to like a Nordstorm; whereas Myer is like a Macy's. I do love this store, but since the exchange rate has gone to the dump these days, and since Australia didn't go through the financial bubbles like the US, everything is like ~30% more than previous years...yuck! So this is truly a window shopping trip. I did find these books that I would list them on Amazon wishlist to monitor for future purchase in the US.

For example, this beautiful hardcover book, Decorate: 1,000 Design Ideas for Every Room in Your Home, who would want to pay A$60 when you can get it from Amazon now for less than US$25?

Mosaic Books 2011-05
1. Decorate, 2. My Sri Lankan Kitchen, 3. Maun's French Kitchen, 4. Secrets of the Red Lantern, 5.Jamie Does Spain, 6. Bill's Open Kitchen

Onto the next shop, T2. I must have been here prior. It is quite commercialized; therefore, the shop is well staged. I love browsing tea shops, sample some here and there, and smell a bunch. This is kind of like sampling different fragrants at the department store cosmetic counters. You do get overwhelmed! I added Sencha Sensation to my tea collection! This is a blend of Sencha with rose, sunflower and cornflower is a subtle taste sensation. Smell wonderfully and yummy!

T2 Mosaic

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