The Great Big Bad Wolf Sale

 The crowd at 10am

This event, I wait in anticipation. Because unlike the other book warehouse sales, this one's reallllyyy good. Books are really too expensive here in Malaysia. During my voracious reading times, I'd go through at least one a week. Now that I have lesser time to twiddle my thumb and contemplate on my navel, I shamefully admit I read once in a few months. Shameful!

Anyway, I'm not here to talk about how many books I read. I am here to give you tips about the Big Bad Wolf Sale 2011 happening NOW in MAEPS, Serdang. Oh, whenever someone say BBW sale, I keep thinking Big Beautiful Woman. 

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Soooo...like I said, the Big Bad Wolf Sale is going on from 7th - 16th October, from 10am to 9pm at MAEPS Serdang. Details like maps etc can be found here.

It's really very easy to get to MAEPS:

a) If you are coming from LDP - take last LDP toll towards Cyberjaya, then take 2nd left exit (to Serdang/Putrajaya etc). Pass Shell/Housing area, then take left exit immediately after (about 5 mins drive from Shell). Just follow the sign. 

b) If you are from PLUS, take the Serdang toll exit, follow the Cyberjaya/Putrajaya sign; pass Serdang Hospiral, IOI resort and about 10 mins, take left exit that says MAEPS.

Tips no #2, weekends are likely to be CRAZY. But it's OK, it's a HUGE place, it's air-conditioned. There are activities for kids, there's food and drinks outside should you go hungry (and we did)  and most importantly, the toilets are clean hehe.

#3 - Come early if you can. We arrived at 10 sharp-ish and it was already crowded. At 12, there was a long queue to get in. We were grateful we came early. 

 The crowd at 12. Macam ulat tahik.

#4 - Bring a trolley! They give you boxes and at RM8 per book, they're a steal so, really, the box will kill your box after about 10 minutes of lugging around. Some even brought their wheeled suitcases which I thought was a jolly good idea. My trolley stinks of fish smell because it was primarily use for marketing so I was lugging a jolly huge Toys R Us shopping bag. 

My back is suffering from it now. Sigh.

#5 - Park at Parking A. It's a bit of a hike but don't worry because there are available shuttle buses. 

#6 - The nasi ayam was good, according to Banuners. I had the Pizza Hut's personal pan pizza and it was decent. 

#7 - Check out is relatively painless. There are a lot of counters which accepts both credit card (Visa and MasterCard only) and cash. Two per counter - one to count/administer/pack your books, the other at the cash machine. 30 books done in less than 3 minutes. Even if your book was not tagged, they were able to quickly get the price. Amazeballs.

#8 - OUB credit card holders gets an extra 5% discount. And if you sign up with them, you get a RM20 book voucher. If you are not interested to get a credit card from them, they're quite a nuisance asthey'd be bugging you especially if you're browsing near the entrance (Bestsellers, Coffee Table Books and Cooking).

#9 - Only one Bryson book which I already have :-(. No Sedaris. No Dave Barry but that's normal :-(. Only one table for Humour.

#10 - Far too many Cecelia Ahern and Nora Roberts. WHYYY?

#11 - Once you get your books and you want to "audit" them to see which ones are better, there are very little chairs around. You either sit on the floor and sort them books OR you can scoot outside (near the OUB registration table) and seat yourself there. However, those seats are actually meant for pregnant ladies and old atuks while waiting for their shuttle. So best bet is to just plonk yourself on the floor. I am fat and have a bad back so I had to wheedle and beg to the nice Big Bad Wolf Officer.

The 30 (thereabouts) books I bought will be adding another 100++ of Book I Have Been Buying At Warehouse Sales But Have Yet To Read. Sigh. Next year perhaps, when I'm done with my MBA.

My loot? About 30 books at the total of only RM176. A steal, I tell you.