The richer tend to pay too much for too little for branded goods, though they do generally get stuff with better quality too. This makes some sense. The poorer tend to pay less for what is already good enough. This makes adequate sense. But there are those whom despite their wealth or...

S: A relative commented of another relative being very traditional, of waiting to first wear recently bought new clothes during Chinese new year (CNY) celebrations. I commented that I’m more ‘traditional’ – because I usually buy clothes only when old ones are torn,...

If you look for things to buy, your window-shopping will take a long time. If you look for what you need to buy, your shopping takes just a short while! P: Consumerism and surplus choices are the pitfalls of modern society. B: Strictly speaking, window-shopping shouldn’t buy...

Guy: Why do you shop? Gal: When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it’s not, and I need to do it again… Sounds like the samsaric rebirths a shopaholic is stuck in? The movie ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ tells of how a girl desperately...

There’re some major changes going on along one of our busiest streets in town. Strange-looking supposedly avant-garde buildings are replacing the old ones. Out of curiosity, we took a walk from the new Orchard Central to Orchard Ion, to witness part of the whopping 40 million dollar revamp...

Layers upon layers of shops at the new Ion Orchard mall. Even the American guy behind exclaimed – ‘Look at this shi*t!’ Quite an overwhelming sight indeed, though this is not the only mega mall I’ve seen. Maybe it’s particularly mind-blowing precisely because...