Fishpond.com.sg Review; Great Place To Get Cheap Korean Books

Since I am learning Korean, I thought it's important to get myself a Korean-English dictionary and a handy phrasebook. The choices of Korean Language books is really limited in Singapore, so, I went online instead.

I stumbled upon the website www.fishpond.com.sg and was happy to know that I can readily get the books at a fraction of the price from local bookstores. And best of all, shipping is free too!

I chose these 2 books at less than $10 each! To try out the fast shipping service, I added $3.81 to the Lonely Planet Phrasebook. 

This is the order and delivery timeline:

14 September  - Ordered 2 books (Collins Dictionary & Lonely Planet Phrasebook)

22 September  - Lonely Planet Phrasebook delivered (paid $3.81 extra for fast shipping)

3 October        - Collins Dictionary delivered (normal free shipping)

It was stated when ordering that it'll take only 3 days for fast shipping of the Lonely Planet Phrasebook but it took close to a week instead. Hence, if you don't need the books urgently, I think it's more worth it to just wait for about a week more.

I'll give this website a rating of 7/10.

+ Points:

• Cheap books
• Reliable website
• Easy to navigate
• Accurate order tracking
• There's an additional order history page that'll inform you of the estimated shipping and arrival dates. The date here is very accurate. Oddly enough, even the Lonely Planet Phrasebook was estimated to arrive later than on the ordering page.
• Step by step order tracking
• As seen below, you can track your orders step by step

- Points:

• Hard to reach Customer Service; you can only email them
• Product title description was not clear; the Collins Dictionary turned out surprisingly small. It was more of a pocket dictionary and I just realised that I've missed out the "compact, portable format" description. 
• Limited range of books

Overall, I'm happy and will shop with www.fishpond.com.sg again.

The Lonely Planet phrasebook has proven to be very useful and easy to read. As for the Collins Dictionary, I like that it is a 2 way  dictionary with  examples of phrases on words usage.

Well, looking on the bright side, I can carry this handy dictionary everywhere I go now! I just hope that my eyesight will not deteriorate because of it! ;)

MPH CityLink Mall Moving Out Sales

I got this book, The Secret Currency Of Love, a few days back from the MPH Moving Out Sales at CityLink Mall. It only cost me $8. And there was lots of good buys with books starting from $6!

The Secret Currency of Love is basically a series of short essays put together by different women (all writers I think) on their perspective of money and the effect it has on their relationships.

It's light reading and amusingly entertaining albeit a little skewed towards women who seemed to all come from the east coast of US. Although some moaned and groaned about having a slightly lack of money, they all came across as fiscally comfortable enough to pursue the idealistic and artistic career of writing.

Well, it just goes to show everyone has money issues no matter which financial positions you are in life. And oh... all the many meanings we give to money when it is merely a tool for exchange.

Anyway, the sales ends in end Jun 2010 and it's worth popping over if you're in town. The most expensive books cost only $20 each. ;)