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2nd Floor, Amcorp Shopping Mall,
Booth 2.11, Level 2
Amcorp Shopping Mall,
8, Jalan, Persiaran Barat, Seksyen 52 Petaling Jaya, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Date: December 9 and December 10, 2023
Time: 10.00am to 5.30pm (can be extended to 7.00pm)

We, that is, the Batik Influencer, Jeannie Ong-Atkinson; and myself, Alan of the leatherpotato.com; will be at Amcorp Mall by popular request.

Jeannie has been very busy dealing with customers directly. I have been on several writing projects. All these have kept us “tied up”.

Now, we have some time that we have dedicated to our “fans” and customers. Jeannie will be showcasing some of her new designs. Come early to grab the one that fancies you the most.

Leatherpotato has had tremendous support with over 37,000 views. Many of these readers would like to meet with me. Meet us at our booth. This weekend, we will be at Booth #2.11 at the west wing.

The Batik Influencer has several new pieces in the offering, under the label of “Jeannie’s Own”. She will definitely be kept busy introducing her new pieces. She loves it, loves to talk about batik, about how it can and will resonate in your life.

Come over for a chat, exchange ideas, experiences and have fun. We have had so much of fun over the last several times that we had our booth put up. We expect this weekend to be even more fun, especially since we are all in the Christmas spirit.

Talking about Christmas spirit; there will be super duper special deals for the sale of Hotwheels vehicles, only for this Christmas period. So, come and grab the models that you like. Most of them are rare, being 10 years and older models. Most of them are still in their blister packs, like new.

There are two rare ladies Swatch dress watches up for grabs, too. There are many, many other things that could interest you, that it would be too long to list each and every item down here.

*Make yourself at home. Relax and chill. Now, this is the way to choose the Hotwheels vehicles you, want.*

*This is how you get to enjoy your “Jeannie’s Own” Batik cape.*

*Browsing through the hundreds of keychains, keyholders, keyrings. These are very popular with collectors, as most of them are over 35 years old.* *Which makes them unique and somewhat rare.*

This weekend is going to be exciting. If you want to sing impromptu Christmas carols, we will join you, too. Who knows? A Elvis Christmas caroler might just show up and sing some solos. Wishful thinking, I know. It’s Christmas. Anything is possible. The Batik Influencer (Jeannie) and I are looking forward to seeing all of you over the weekend at our booth.

We will be at:

1st Floor, Amcorp Shopping Mall,
Booth 1.03, Level 1
Amcorp Shopping Mall,
8, Jalan, Persiaran Barat, Seksyen 52 Petaling Jaya, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Date: July 29 and July 30, 2023
Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm (can be extended to 7.00pm)

It is the weekend again. Yay? Don’t sound too excited? I am. I am grateful and excited for each new moment.

Listening to Dave Cox – “The Dance” with my Bose QuietComfort II

At the end of last month; the batik influencer, Jeannie and I were at Amcorp Shopping Mall. We ran a booth on the first floor. It did not take us long to realize that each floor of the bazaar (I prefer this word than “flea market”, though this is what it is more commonly known or referred as, or recognized as) seemed to have a character on its own.

When we had our first couple of experiences in running a booth at the bazaar weekend; we were on level 3 or the 3rd Floor. We had our booth on level 2 in May and for the first time, we ran our booth on Level 1 on the last weekend of June.

Level 1 was the most active with visitors. Levels 2 and 3 were quieter seeing less visitors. However, many of the visitors on these floors seem to know what they were looking for. They were quite specific in their search for specific items.

Jeannie started off the booth sales very well. She has as usual, a strong following for her batik ideas. Many people come looking for her.

Jeannie had a great time over that weekend. In fact both of us did. I believe that the customers did, too. There were lots of fun, jokes, laughter, people modelling in the batik capes they had just acquired though their purchases from the batik influencer.

There was a lot of browsing, which followed with finalising purchases of many of the other things on offer, too.

There was a man who from what we hear, had a booth at the entrance of the mall, selling tapioca chips made from tapioca (of course). He sold only a one size large packet @RM10 each. The chips were simply delicious. We saw many people with the bag of chips in their hands, munching away. Jeannie could not resist and had to get a packet for ourselves. Once we started eating….Yum! There was no stopping us from finishing the packet…not so much “us”…more like Jeannie.

*“Don’t I look fab?” This is the best picture over the weekend. She has indicated that she will be back for more batik capes from the batik influencer.*

The Hotwheels car collection was another crowd puller. The ones I had on sale were from another era, an earlier one at that; of at least 15 – 20 years old. Many of them are rare or not easily obtainable from stores near by or from other sellers. They were easily distinguishable by their blue blister packaging. People of all ages stopped by to browse the models I had on sale.

*“I like it. I will wear it straight away”, this lady seems to be saying in her thoughts.*

*That’s the one I want, hoo, hoo, hoo, Hotwheels!*

The main topic of cars was on BMW. I had put up quite a few items of the BMW brand for sale: rare BMW F1 keyholders / keychains, BMW 3-series coasters, a beautifully crafted BMW computer laptop bag… Many, many people shared with me their passion for BMWs, their BMW hobby club memberships, what they have done with their cars and their lookout for more BMW items.

The biggest conversational piece was on the Fujimi BMW 535i unbuilt model kit pic below) that I had on sale. I purchased this kit somewhere in 1989. However, I never got to build it. This e34 BMW was the build up of my interest in BMW. This kit is very rare in this region at least. It will definitely find a new owner very soon.

*BMW 535I 3.5L 12 VALVE SOHC 6-IN-LINE Fujimi kit.*

There were many readers and supporters of leatherpotato.com who visited us to get first hand news as to where we are charting the website’s course for the future. A few of the supporters are budding writers themselves. They sought advice mainly as to what to write, why they should write “that way” and how to stay focused. Good questions. I hope I have helped them somewhat with some insights as to how they should answer these questions themselves.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow and Sunday at Amcorp Shopping Mall. We will be the usual crazy fun bunch as usual. We are putting more new items on sale. Come and look for “a” or many bargains as we should have something for almost everybody. See you there.

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