Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Al Safa Park Flea Market

May 3 is a new Saturday break for me, I have a chance to enter one of the nicest places in Dubai, the Al Safa Park for a certain reason, to check things i need in a flea market. After Karama Kid and our office manager forwarded me an e-mail concerning the event, I was drag to go there after lunch from office which I did not regret.

We encounter some trouble finding the place since the park is so big with more than 3 km. perimeter, we enter the main gate and end up going to opposite side. Nevertheless, I have enjoyed walking on center of the park, fulfilling my almost a year of contemplating to be inside and explore the place.

Circulating to the place of around nearly 100 plus tables full of different stuff for sale, I finally found an item seems interesting to me, a double CD Jazz Album of 1930’s artist and old collection of Popeye cartoon films in DVD, although maybe weird for some but a rare find for me, it cost me 35 aed.

After a while, some volunteer band performing on makeshift stage caught my attention and my stuff hunting is momentarily interrupted. I enjoyed most the performance of a pair of Filipina performing some original composition, one is singing and the other is playing the guitar.
When I am tired of watching standing, I continue my items hunting. Karama Kid brought me to a table for a charity organization. Karama kid encourage me to buy some items first on the charity table, since thinking that the money I will pay will help a charity, I decide to buy a new 5 pieces of quality towellete costing me another 20 aed.

Hopping on the next table which I found so many attractive items, I bought CD rack, I really need this and cost me only 5 aed, About to leave I found another stuff which remind me of Polper, I bought the item for him, its an key chain and ID necklace with a his favorite brandname of wine on it. Cost less but worth something.

To wrap things up for my unplanned bargain buying spree, I found a golf club on the other table, long requested by my son, since it was cheap, I bought it for 20 aed. Then about to leave, I found another items for both of my sons. These are educational CDs of physics, chemistry and biology for only 3 aed.

I bought no items for my wife since ladies items are mostly slightly used.

There goes my park strolling cum cheap items hunting.

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