by Justin... a worthy informative read, I'd say.

I'm not visiting Sim Lim Square ever again

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Back in '98 SLS, shops in SLS would openly display prices that were very competitive. A bargain hunter would walk past these stores and grab paper flyers with full pricing information of all products they carry and go from stall to stall to find the best bargain for, say, a hard drive.

Although this is still practised today, many stalls are starting to use con tactics. I made about 4 or 5 visits to SLS lately because I've been visiting a luthier's shop nearby. I thought SLS had changed for the better, but in fact it has gotten worse. I shall write my experience here for the unweary shopper.
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I'm back in sunny Singapore from Atlanta~ I have been missing Atlanta ever since I stepped foot into the Delta plane which flew me from Atlanta to JFK in New York for transit onto Singapore Airline... How was my trip? MARVELOUS! Tons of knowledge transfer, things to absorb, and not forgetting, loads of fun (^-^) As you could see from the picture, my stuff is all over the place.

(2 hours) Delta to JFK was great other than the approx. 50 mins delayed departure.

(8 hours) JFK to Frankfurt was horrible because of the in-flight delay due to heavy traffic @ JFK control tower. We spent almost 2 hours sitting in the plane, stationary, waiting for our turn to take off -.- Worst of all, we weren't able to check-in via the Internet nor pick a seat probably because we are transferring in from Delta... I was assigned with a middle seat of a 3-sitter. Fair enough... but this guy at the window seat was fucking obnoxious! Inconsiderate too! The space he took up conveniently overflowed into mine. When I rest my hand on the arm-rest, he just left his there, not willing to share! He brings his foot up and scratches it like nobody's business!!! I swear that the next thing he could do was to lick those dead skin from his foot! DISGUSTING! It was so damn uncomfortable that I was unable to take even a wink. FRUSTRATION!

I joined the long queue once we touched down at Frankfurt to request for a seat-change.

"I would like a seat-change, please. I flew 8 hours on this flight being placed beside the most obnoxious guy ever! It was cramp, I can't sleep and I am extremely pissed. Please tell me that there are empty seats that you can switch me to. I do not want to spend the next 13 hours not being able to rest or with this frustration."

(11 hours) I got it. An aisle seat in the middle section with nobody in the middle so I had 2 seats to myself. Peaceful flight back from there on (^-^)

Did I mention that Andy and I lost a baggage? It was his newly bought Nike tennis bag with our pretty costly items inside. Why use a tennis bag, you ask? My luggage was full to bursting point so I placed 2 packs of my clothes with him (Andy's got a big luggage). The maximum allowed weight per luggage is 50 lbs... His went far over 60 lbs =x So, we pulled out 13 lbs of stuff, including my 2 packs of clothings and checked those in the bag.

Apparently we were not the only ones who reported baggage lost back in Changi Airport. A few other flyers who came back from JFK had the same headache... pissed. Andy told me that the baggage was marked as found but with a pending status. They are probably trying to locate the baggage... I won't be surprised if it was in JFK. No more JFK!!! NO MORE!

Ok, enough whining for the day. Exhausted. Good night!

Bumped into the hottest pirates in Victoria's Secret @ Atlanta Station! What are the chances?!!! I am having a hell loads of fun here in Atlanta (^-^)v Done quite a lot of shopping and am almost, pretty much cleared with the gifts and all. Time to sleep now. Another work day tomorrow. Hope you've been missing me!