Jaya Jusco Taman Universiti's Members Day @ 13-7-2006

The much awaited once-a -year Jaya Jusco Taman Universiti (Johor Bahru)'s Members Day was back again, much to the delight of the local residents there.

Crowds started to pour in as early as 9 am although the shopping complex was supposed to open for business at 10 am. It was a scene of pandemonium just before lunch when traffics reached a stage of standstill both on the streets outside as well as in the shopping mall.

Although I'm not a shopping enthusiast, every year around this time I have to apply for leave from work (not to shop of course) to guard the trolleys so that my wife, mother and mother-in-law could maneuver their ways smoothly among the crowds. This year was however an exception as there was already a prior appointment for my mother to have her cateract surgery done on the same day. Nevertheless, the feverish moods still impacted on me when I dropped by for a quick peep later in the afternoon to catch up with the euphoria. It was horrendously chaos in the evening when there were hardly any space to move around in the mall. I was later told the following morning that the crowds had not fully dispersed even after midnight.

Whether it was really that dirt-cheap and worthwhile as claimed by many, judge for yourself from the pictures below by comparing those taken during the members day and a day before.

1. Traffic conditions on the street outside the shopping complex

(Before) / (After)



2. At the open car park

(Before) / (After)



3. Inside the shopping mall (ground floor)

(Before) / (After)



4. Inside the shopping mall (upper floor)

(Before) / (After)