Mustafaed

If anything, Mustafa deserves an entire entry. Dont fool yourself, you havent seen the Daddy of all Indian-ness at work until you've seen Mustafas. The only place in the world where they sell everything. Yes you heard me right. EVERYTHING!!

I got out of my slump which had been hampering my work for the past few days as well. Found money and went shopping for essentialities. As luck would have it, I decided to go to the famed and dont-miss-it-for-your-life destination. Not that far-off, although it involves a change from a bus (188) to the MRT (purple line) and getting off at Farrer Park, I checked out the crowd. The distinct South Indian flavour in the air seemed well...South Indian. What I'm trying to bring out is that the area was completely taken over by Indians. So is Little India for that matter, and its very close as well.

Anyway, walking into the mall, you initially dont see them. Its like a normal place, and then suddenly WHAMMMMMM, you get hit like a speeding bus with a driver who's checking the time on his watch on a freeway. They'r rampant, theyr crawling like ants onto a moti ka laddoo! Uncontrolled Tamiliansssss!!

Adding to the compact arrangement of people in Mustafas, are the walking aisles. They dont exist. I think they put them in by mistake when they realised, stuff actually has to be put onto the shelves if you want people to buy them. And that wont happen unless the cart having the stuff can pass through. Point being, you need to hold your basket real high in order to prevent ramming into the same kid thrice. Saying sorry doesn't help after the second time, trust me on this one!!

Stuff is cheap in Mustafas. I dont mean when I convert it into INR but when I shop for stuff elsewhere in Singapore. As I mentioned in a previous post, money has a free-will in Singapore. Let it go berserk in a place like Mustafa I say.

At times you mistake the people in blue shirts as the people who work there stocking the inventory ever so efficiently! Every other person is always putting back stuff coz they found something more cheaper.


I bought a total of $48.40 worth of stuff, which included a friend's also. The experience left me exhausted and wiser.

Dont buy anywhere else.

As a friend has rightly pointed out, "The only stuff they dont keep in that store are airplanes."

You would be waiting for me to go, "But I'm sure I saw one of them in there". You guys are very predictable. Sigh.

I need a wiser audience. I think I shall appeal somewhere. There has to be a WART (Wiser Audience Rights Tribunal) somewhere.


I dont know how to end this post, so I shall tell you that my professor has given me tons to do this weekend, so no more roaming around :(

Dont look happy do I?

Wish me luck yeah?