New Jusco at OU, yay!

Yes, I’ll admit it.

I shop for my clothes at departmental stores. And not high-end ones like Parkson or Metrojaya either, but the middling to cheap ones with bad lighting; you know, the type that always highlight your chin-fat in the mirror and make you wonder at what time exactly between leaving your house and entering the fitting room that your thighs got exchanged for tree trunks.

For instance:

My grey cardigan?

Brands’ outlet.

My pants?

Jusco One Utama.

My colourful tank tops?

Tesco Mutiara Damansara.

In fact, I make a very boring shopping partner when it comes to clothes. If you ever spot me in Elle or MNG, you’ll witness me flipping over price tags and muttering “I could get this for 10 ringgit at Tesco!” all passive-aggressively before chucking them back into the discount bin.

There are exceptions, of course. Like sometimes, Forever 21 has attractive clothes with price tags to match, and then there’s that cute little shop at Ikano (LG floor) where you can buy deceptively-simple yet gorgeous maxi dresses for under RM50. And do stop at that gem of a shop on the top floor of Amcorp Mall, where they sell out-of-season branded, good quality clothes for under 50 ringgit.

But anyway, moving on, have you checked out the new Jusco in OU? Finally they finished renovating it after almost a year of suspense, and, I must say, it’s massive.

I checked it out on Monday with Nazriq, and again on Tuesday with my mum and siblings. (And I think I’ll go again this week alone because people always complain I take too long when I’m in the fitting room. I can’t help it when I have four brooches and four jarum peniti to keep my tudung in place :-/)

The first impression I got was, it’s so shiny! The floors are all white and glossy and sheeny, like Parkson, while the size of it reminds me of Midvalley’s Jusco. The ground floor is completely devoted to the supermarket and food stalls that was originally located near the Johnnies Steamboat area. You can get sushi at 99 sen for a piece at the sushi stands and sushi always makes me happy because it’s tasty and healthy :-)

It’s strange; when I went out Monday, a typical working day, the place was practically jam-packed. I mean, I know it was Jusco’s opening day, but don’t tell me people actually take leave from work just to visit Jusco. I found it really weird :-/

But it was worth it for me, too, because since it was opening day, I got to buy a pillow that usually costs RM 50 for only RM 20! Awesome or WHAT? Now I can finally chuck out my old Tesco pillow out!! You’d think my old pillow is stuffed with broken wood by the feel of it; I had to relegate it to a footrest these past few years just to spare my head :-(

At the female apparel section on the first floor, I was surrounded by my usual old, underrated friends; T’zed and Arcadia and Scarlet and Creme. The thing about these brands is that, if you look hard enough, you could find something really nice for a super cheap price among all the shapeless, sack-like outfits that come in droves. Like my Creme black cardigan, which I’ve worn so often that it’s gone all bobbly for being tossed in the washer so often...

Sad to say, though, they still don’t have enough fitting rooms... and the flourescent lighting is as unflattering as ever :-(

On another, completely unrelated note, the end of Ramadhan is fast approaching. It’s really sad; among the many practices I miss will be performing solat terawikh at the majestic Masjid Wilayah. Have you ever been there for solat terawikh? If you haven’t, do go for the remainder of the week. Even though I only went thrice, it left a huge impact on me. The recitation by the imam is absolutely beautiful; more melodic than any music I’ve ever heard, and so uplifting I felt my heart and spirits soar as I stood among the jemaah. I felt like my soul was being cleansed and purified with each rakaat, and, for the first time ever, I felt that the terawikh prayers were too short. Unbelievable? Believe it.

Also, me and two other siblings will be completely alone in the house for the rest of the next two weeks as the rest of my family balik kampung. As you have probably guessed, neither me, Kak Aisya nor Firdaus are skilled enough cooks, so if you want to visit, be sure to bring your own ketupat and rendang! ;-) All are welcome, just warn us in advance though – unless you’re willing to wait outside the house for half an hour as we change out of shabby caftans into our Eid finery :-O

So anyway, that’s all from me. Eid Mubarak in advance, and do make the most of the last days of Ramadhan! :-D