It was fun while it lasted…

Gee!!! Time sure flies, doesn’t it? School has resumed for a week now and my girl will be home for the weekend today.

This was last Friday when we dropped by the supermarket about 200 metres away from my parents’ house. Other than the convenience, I do like the place – not overly big and one can get most of what one wants plus the vicinity is not congested, parking is easy and free. For one thing, they have a wide selection of fresh vegetables and I do mean fresh. If you drop by when they open at 8 in the morning, you will see all the empty shelves and the workers packing the new arrival for the day – it is that fresh!

Well, after my girl had bought all her supplies for the week to come, we just went to the hawker stalls opposite for our lunch. This time around, we decided to try the nasi campur (mixed rice) here…

My girl and the mum shared this (RM5.00)…

 – the masak hitam (black-cooked) beef, the sambal terung (brinjal) and the pumpkin.

I also ordered the ulam (RM1.00)…

…for them. Unfortunately, I have not acquired the taste for those ulam raja leaves so I did not get to enjoy that.

I had these selections in my platter (RM7.00)…

– the assam fish, the pumpkin and ladies’ fingers and one salted egg and yes, I did enjoy what I had.

We did not go for the Moroccan or pili-pili [sic] rice this time around but I saw that the African guy had some sandwiches for sale at his stall…

…and I bought the egg (RM2.00) and the barbecued chicken (RM3.00) but at best, I would say they were all right. I think I’ve had nicer ones at some of the bakeries in town though I cannot remember the prices and I never took note of the prices for the ones at my regular Malay kuih stall at Bandong plus I have never bought those at the latter to try either, not when there are so many nice things there to pick and choose.

The next morning, we had to wake up really early and by 5 something, we were already on our way to my girl’s school. It was pitch dark, really very very dark and I had to go very much slower than usual. I noticed that I could not see if there was a turning right ahead along that very winding road until I came quite near to it. Thankfully, there were not that many vehicles on the road at that time of day and we got there before 7.30 a.m. – in time for her extra class for her Year 6 pupils at 8.00 a.m. My missus and I stayed there to clean up her quarters, empty for two weeks already, and when my girl came back during the lunch break at noon, we had lunch together after which her mum and I left and headed home.

We did not go anywhere for the holidays but we sure did spend a lot of time together and yes, it was fun while it lasted.

Moving away from the post proper, I would like to say a BIG thank you to Claire for this beautiful postcard…

…that came in yesterday – all the way from the US of A! It certainly is so very thoughtful of you to take sometime off to go and pick such a lovely one, scribble a message…

…and post it to me. That, I must say, is very much appreciated. Problem with the internet connection there? I thought we would only encounter such things in Third World countries like here. Never mind, it’s the thought that counts and as long as I am always on your mind – Hey!!! That’s one of my favourite karaoke numbers…(song starts at 4:10) –

…that is all that matters. Wink! Wink! Enjoy yourself there, take care and God bless.