Malaysian Fashion Blog: Shopaholics never lose sight of the better things in life

I strongly believe that if a shopaholic were stranded on an island all that is needed to keep her (and in rare cases, him) happy is a shop with regular incoming shipments (but then she/he wouldn't be stranded anymore?). Same applies for me. I'd be able to find, and probably buy something of my fancy even if you drove (read: dragged) me to a wet market where the smell of fish and chicken poo permeates the air. I'd be able to spot the one stall - an oasis in a desert, selling hair accessories/accessories/cheap pasar clothes from miles away despite my apparent astigmatism and long-sightedness that convinced my mum to part with RM400 for a pair of Sisley glasses.

Back to the topic of being stranded. After about a week of 'dai chao' (ordering food at chinese coffee shops), me and my brother were so sick of it that we insisted that we wanted something good (also read: more expensive) for dinner. And so the whole family happily dropped by the new Hartamas Shopping Center for dinner at Sure Pizza Italian restaurant. I must say the food is absolutely yummy! And the prices are quite reasonable too. I highly recommend the calzone (RM24.90), a wrapped pizza shaped like a giant currypuff stuffed with pepperoni, mushrooms, turkey ham and CHEESE! Oooooh soooo good. And if you're up for dessert, do try their home-made ice-cream (RM7.90 for 2 scoops) which comes in a variety of flavors such as berries, chocolate marshmallow, hazelnut (I had this one and it was deeelicious), the classic vanilla, and a few others I can't quite recall. Their tiramisu is good too. Darn I'm getting hungry already....

After a hearty meal, its time to burn off the calories, and what better way than to shop it off? I read somewhere that you can burn up to 450 calories an hour shopping, but that includes browsing in the shops and trying on about a dozen outfits in each boutique. We didn't do anything as drastic as that because my dad and brother were there, and you know how guys usually are when it comes to shopping. There you are happily walking into this shop chock-full of yummy stuff and they would just walk out of the shop and wait for you outside. Kill-joys. Hmph.

However, it was a happy day for me because it was one of the rare occassions that daddy dearest paid for my purchases. Maybe I should conveniently "forget" to bring my wallet more often...Usually I have to pay out of my own allowance, which explains why I'm such a scrooge when it comes to going out with my friends. I'm the kind that would starve myself just so I can buy more. I know its unhealthy, but who says that eating King's almond raisin twist would do you any harm? Especially when it costs RM1.40 only.

In the 1 and a 1/2 hours that we spent there, I managed to get two items, which I think were VERY cheap.