Trash for Others, Treasure for Me

Trip#1
Book Flea Market
Location: Pasar Senen
Wether: Hot & humid

Books, books, books everywhere! Novels, dictionaries, art catalog, coffee table books, magazines, comics, children books, old encyclopedias, you name it, they most likely have it. I love going to through piles of books, I never knew what I'm going to discover.

To get the best value for the old books bargain hard, offer half the price of what the seller offer you. When you don't get the price you want, walk away like you don't need the books (use your best poker face). The seller will most likely to yell or chase you to give you the price. But if they didn't don't be in despair, move to the next stall, you will probably find similar books. 

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A Kid in a Candy Store

Trip#2
Art & Craft Store
Location: Pasar Mayestik
Wether: Cloudy & Drizzling

"Oooh...look at all those range of colors!" "Aaaw...what a cute little buttons!" Every time I visit this store in pasar Mayestik I found myself ogling over stuff. Rows after rows of buttons, ribbons, strings, zippers, lace, feathers, beads, glitters and craft tools. Even though I'm armed with shopping list I always ended up buying stuff that falls into "I don't know what I'm going to do with this but I must have it" category.

The strangest things about the store were all the salesperson are male with a certain ethnic background and there were no price tags! With more than 2000 items I think they just randomly put a price on my purchase. When I asked one of the guy how does he know the price of everything he just looked at me and simply said, "We have a system." and refused to explain further.