It was exactly two weeks to Chinese New Year’s Eve last Saturday when I took AH^KAM_KOKO’ who was in town for the weekend shopping, as he needed to stock up on some groceries and provisions before going back into the middle of the jungle. LOL!!!
The festive mood was already in the air…and the supermarkets in town were all very crowded…
…and you could get to see and buy all those pickled stuff and nuts, waxed duck, Chinese sausages, smelly dried sotong and stuff…
…as well as the bak kua (barbecued meat slices)…
…with the loud and boisterous Chinese New Year songs which never fail to drive me up the wall, bashing your poor delicate ears!
It certainly did not look like we’re in the midst of an economic downturn right now…or is this indicative of the age-old belief that everyone must have everything in abundance during Chinese New Year so that the year ahead will be blessed with prosperity?
Anyway, while I was standing there, I saw a young mother of two in this pair of gladiator shoes…
To be honest, I thought they looked like those pads that self defence pugilists tie around their ankles – the ones with heavy steel bars inside to build up the strength in their legs…or somebody who has broken his or her legs and has to wear stilts for support. Ok…ok!!! Stop bashing me! I know! I know! It’s the fashion…and I’m such a dinosaur! LOL!!!
And guess what I spotted at another supermarket in the section where they sell women’s beauty products and toiletries…
Good grief! Can’t they think of a better name? Or is the herbal soap meant for restoring lost virginity? Hahahahahaha!!!! Bet it would sell like hot cakes then!
And that reminds me of this…
So, have you done all your Chinese New Year shopping yet?
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 