janet,
yah i think because GSS ending soon so many shops having better bargains, so shopping centres very crowded lor.
metro expo sale normally the items quite cheap lah. $9.90 is very cheap. i thought $12.90 quite cheap already liao, cause my dd usually wears Colette shoes/sandals and those cost me $30+ per pair!
oh yes. taxes in Aust is very high, during my last yr of uni there, hubby had graduated already so he was working there full-time. his tax was 40%!!
and your mum's neighbour is right, there are quite a number of them on the dole, and some of them really can live good lives, esp the ones with many kids...
but lifestyle and pace is very nice lah, can't really compare. i would say it's a nice place for when we are older, kids are slightly more grown up and we want to slow down.
BA,
am not sure when the Sanrio sale will end. i am guessing either tomorrow or some time next week lor.
i tell you what - i notice the sale is manned by NTUC Supermarket staff, so why don't you call up NTUC Tampines Mall outlet Cust Svc and ask them?
emma,
oh, i stay in tampines so we go airport very often. whenever we run out of ideas on where to go on weekends, we just go down airport lor! hee...