Bitten by the Big Bad Wolf...

OK. This is quite fresh. From 8 hours ago.

Bracing a rather rainy day I wrote my trusted big bike from home some 60 km to the Mines Resort in Kuala Lumpur.

I wanted to check out an event held at its convention centre.

Already I could notice it is hit. Just look at the amount of goods in plastic bought by customers...

No, it's not groceries.

Welcome to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale.

If not mistaken it started just under a week ago. So far I've heard only stories about it.

The minute I entered the main hall I noticed what the hoo-haa is all about. Looking at the size of this colour good quality coffee-table book, I believe the normal market price would be above RM300 each or at least RM200. Well, they are selling it at RM60!

Just look at this lot. I think the cheapest normal market price would be RM30. But they are selling it at RM8.

No wonder people even have boxes to shop. This is really something for books.

I noticed some Malay novels too. My casual estimate is these books would cost at least RM15 at a regular bookshop. They are selling it at RM6.

I notice this book by Isa Kamari, a writer from Singapura who is a Facebook friend. This book is also selling at RM6.

That's when I called the wife to tell her about the sale. You see I thought I just wanted to have a look and not buy anything. The wife said if the books are so cheap then buy some for kids. I started with these hard page "Tractors" and "Trucks" selling at RM5 each.

So much for not buying anything. I ended up with this lot as I approached the cashier area. I though I could ignore the rest and just buy children's books. Well, I had to have some myself when I passed the travel section.

Thank God I came here by bike. Otherwise, if I was driving a car, who knows how much more I would have bought. Oh, this is a picture of the Mines shopping complex next to the convention centre.  I went in because it has been years since I dropped by this part of town. As I understand it the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale would continue until Sunday 15th December. It is opened 24 hours. I would recommend everyone to have a look. Just brace yourself for the traffic...