I do enjoy grocery shopping
(like I always do)
in another city
see what the locals eat
and probably buying some
for consumption during the stay
snack, yogurt, fruits etc
and probably one or two
as souvenir items
for the kids back home
but the craze at Lotte Mart
is way out of something I can handle
cartful of instant noodles, cookies, chips
flavoured seaweed, banana milk
as my beloved partners started filling the cart
I felt a bit ridiculous
I got quite disturbed when
they took out their phones and
checking out the must-buy recommended cookies
oh come one those are just cookies
and instant noodles are just instant noodles
and are you serious
did I hear them say that
those items gonna be hand carried since
they are quite fragile
a lot of serious folks at work
packing the products into boxes
I probably understand if
you are buying cosmetic, ginseng
okay those are Made in Korea products
probably specialties at
a way cheaper price too
Seaweed, instant noodle,
cookies and banana milk
one moment, please
I still find this hard to digest
and there are some more hard-core cases
buying Korean sanitary pads
which are of better quality
true story..
I saw the sanitary pads
are sold in gift-pack set
or cooking utensil
such as frying pan
okay.. white flag
my sis probably resented me
for I had been stopping her from
buying the above mentioned products
which she did anyway
okay to make up for it
I ordered some Pepero
like 30 packs of it in assorted flavour
since I found it cheap on 11street
the Korean shopping site
like seriously
why bothered to buy it all the way
from South Korea if
you can order it online
with doorstep delivery
without any shipping fees incurred
even if it is slightly cheaper
is it worth the effort
but ironically
the price I got online
is even cheaper from
the retail price in Seoul
so after getting the Pepero set
the sarcasm in me prompted me to
add something like this
“by the way
I found the noodle is quite cheap too
instead of hand-carrying those
you should have ordered some
before you left for Korea
and use them as souvenir
when you got home”
and I never thought
for real, she took this seriously
and asked me to order some
she actually doesn’t have enough to
distribute as souvenirs
so I ended up ordering
6 packs of 4-in-1 Cheese ramen
and 4 giant packs Pepero in a day
thank goodness
there’s online shopping
by the way
I find 11street rather shopper-friendly
was bombarded by their ads on YouTube
the one featuring Lee Min-Ho
I did my first purchase with them
back in June
a basic smart phone for my mom
on top of specific discount / shipping deals
offered by the respective seller
they always have this coupon scheme
well categorized based on different banks
similar to promo code
to be applied during check-out
as additional discount
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