Shopping at the BIG (Gift) and BIH (Houseware) Fair
This morning was the first public day for Bangkok's International Gift and Bangkok International Houseware Fair (BIG and BIH). If you don't know what it is, it is a trade fair organized by Thailand's Department of Export Promotion. It's held twice a year, once in April and another in October. At each event, those wishing to see what products Thailand has to offer can attend the event and talk to vendors. The last two days, usually a Saturday and Sunday, are days for the public to shop their heart out. It becomes a mad shopping rush that makes you wonder if everything was being handed out free. The event starts at 10.00am and knowing that there'd be a million people there, I decided to go early. I get somewhat crowd dizzy. I arrived at around 9.30am and to my surprise the parking lot was already filling up quite fast. I was even more surprised when I went upstairs to the lobby and saw the amount of ...