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Crocs is offering their deep price-slashing sale from 22-24 May this year at the Singapore Expo. Today is my rest day so I was free to accompany my sister to go to the Crocs shoes sale this afternoon.

Actually, this is the second time that Crocs is having their warehouse sale here and the previous Crocs sale was in November 2008. It had attracted a big crowd last year probably because the discount was up to 50%. You can really save a lot of money if you were a great fan of Crocs shoes.

Again, Crocs manages to attract a big crowd of eager purchasers to flock to the Singapore Expo exhibition hall. The queue is so long that it has to use the empty exhibition hall next door to let the anxious customers to line up and wait for their turn to enter the Crocs exhibition hall.

My sister and I thought that the Crocs fever was over since many people have had purchased their Crocs shoes last year. However, what we had seen this afternoon tell us otherwise. The fact is that many people here are still very crazy for Crocs shoes especially Crocs is offering up to 50% of discount.

It is kind of difficult to believe that we are experiencing the global economic downturn right now in view of the strong purchasing power of the local people. Anyway, it is a good sign that might help to boost the economy and help to save more jobs.

Happy Good Friday! Today is a public holiday for those countries that celebrate this religious holiday.

I’m kind of curious as to why Good Friday is called Good Friday. I managed to get a few results explaining the reason for calling a Friday before Easter is called Good Friday after doing a search for the “Good Friday” keyphrase on Google.

In fact, Good Friday is also called Holy Friday, Great Friday and Black Friday. It is the day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on the cross. This is probably to be dated April 3, A.D. 33. 

I think there is a long story behind it and this is going to take some time to explain why Good Friday is called Good Friday so I’m not going to elaborate further over here. The details can be found in Wikipedia so just click on this Good Friday anchorlink to read further.

Good Friday is a public holiday and most of the local people don’t have to work today. One of the best things to do is probably to go for shopping with the family. Furthermore, the long-awaited Tampines 1 shopping centre had finally been opened to the public on 09 Apr.

A day after its opening is Good Friday holiday and you can see that the organisers of Tampines 1 have meticulously chosen this day to attract more shoppers to visit their new shopping centre. As expected, Tampines 1 was jam-packed with people this afternoon.

Anyway, I think it is always good to see new shopping centres popping up across the country. It lets the family to bring the old and the young for outing at the new shopping centre.

It also gives shoppers more choices to shop and have a relaxing holiday on Good Friday. Enjoy and have some fun!

I went to Jurong Point Mall recently after it had completed its mall extension in August 2008.

There is a newly-opened Japanese food street which is inspired by that of the Osaka in Japan. It is called the Shokutsu-10 Osaka food street which is located at the newly-extended basement of Jurong Point in Singapore.

Shokutsu-10 Osaka Food Street :

This is the entrance to the Shokutsu-10 Osaka food street. Look at the big red crab hanging above the entrance. It looks so attractive and prominent especially seeing it from far. 

The Shokutsu-10 Osaka food street is a Japanese food street with 10 eateries that tempt you with Osaka’s popular dishes such as takoyaki, ramen, sushi and buffets.

It doesn’t matter whether you like Japanese food or not. I guess you will be curious to find out what types of Japanese food that the Shokutsu-10 Osaka food street is selling. 

The big crab really helps to draw the attention of the crowd and leading curious people to enter the Shokutsu-10 Osaka food street. Visit the Japanese food street at Jurong Point Mall if you have the chance.

The Crocs crazy sale is on at the Singapore Expo Hall 4A from 14 Nov (Fri) to 16 Nov (Sun). The business hour starts from 10 am and ends at 8pm. The Crocs Expo Sale is offering up to 80% off the usual price. Wow, this seems to be a good deal for whoever wishes to own a pair of the expensive Crocs shoes.

My sisters and I were on leave on Friday and were attracted by the hugh discount. So, we didn’t hesitate to go to the Singapore Expo at Hall 4A to hunt for our favourite Crocs shoes. When we reached there at 10:30am, to our surprise, the hall was already fully packed with eager buyers.

Everybody was grabbing different models of Crocs shoes and was then busy trying out the shoes. It was not surprised to see many people were holding a translucent big plastic bag which was filled with Crocs shoes, apparel or accessories.

The usual price is SG $49.90 and the Crocs shoes are selling at SG $20 to $25 per pair at the Expo sales. If you longed to own a pair of Crocs shoes, I guess you won’t hesitate too much to buy a pair at the discounted price.

I bought this pair of biege Croc shoes :

 

My sis bought the orange pair of Crocs shoes :

 

My sis also bought this pair :

 

Crocs Accessories – Rivets (Jibbitz) :

Guess what? We queued up close to 2 hours just for the payment. I think the Crocs organiser didn’t do a good job in organising where to quene up for paying. The crowd was re-directed to quene up at a different location and it was causing some quene-jumping here and there. Some of the payment processors at the payment counters were down on the first day and this added more frustrations to those people who had been lining up for quite a while.

I guess the Crocs organiser also didn’t expect the overwhelming response from the public especially when the world eoconomy is slowing down. Anyway, I think this is a good sign because it shows that the people’s purchasing power is still strong and it is going to help to boost up the economy somehow.