i started typing a tag in response to vaish's post but i realised what i wanted to say wouldn't have fit in just a tag... grin.

factory outlets!! like in malaysia, only, indian factory outlets. think about it. made in malaysia, vs made in india. there must be. so. many. more. in. india. gah!!! i wanna go to india now!

speaking of factories and such like, a friend got me a purple-ly gold skirt from thailand. and he called me twice on my hp while doing it to check colour, so my parents might not be too pleased when they see the next bill. uh, along with the send-a-coke charges too. anyhow, apparantly, shopping in chiangmai's like shopping in holland v- only a quarter of the price. simply because the stuff you get in holland v is the end of one long long supply chain that has its roots in none other than thailand. so all those wraparound skirts, all those cute shorts and tops? a quarter the price in chiangmai. grin. pashminas are about 1000 baht, or $60 thereabouts. how cool is that.

so like i said we should have a regional trip after the A levels too. kind of like a cheapskate version of the european one la. oh we girls can go on it, whiel the boys go for ns, how's that. =P