Today is Sunday and it is also the last weekend before the Chinese New Year. In about 5 day's time, we would be ushering the Year of the Dragon. Hoo. Ray.
In reality, it is also the only opportunity left that the both of us are able to clean the house as best as we can while the others are, um, busy (living).
Off to the Market
First thing first is to get as much groceries as we can. In most cases, most Chinese would not start work until the 10th day. The trend has started to return these past few years. The Market, on the other hand, was busier than usual and this time, there are a few 'new' stalls which as you can guess, sells stuff for the coming new year. From Mandarin Oranges to finger snacks, they're there, until the eve where they disappear for good. This is the same MO with stalls that suddenly pops up to sell bak gua (aka loong yok). The only way I can describe this is chinese pork jerky which is a 'must' during Chinese New Year. Sadly, in my drive to and from work, I hardly see them.
It is also a good time for us to pack some breakfast back as well. I know what the day is going to be like, so I might as well enjoy a little first.
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There are at least four tables of stalls which magically appear. The crackers (right) looked tempting though.
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Panoramic shot of the new stalls.
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I've never seen these purple crackers. Maybe they're yam.
I hope it's yam. I forgot to buy one as Wife was busy with another stall. Then again, they're not exactly cheap.
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Panoramic shot of the other side of the actual wet market. There are more people (than the usual numbers) doing their marketing.
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Once again, I was able to get some nice Chee Cheong Fun. I've waited weeks since by the time I woke up, they have closed for the day.
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I did not want the usual sauces they offered not the curry. As I wanted to mix it with some cooked minced pork cooked with petai. Alas, the other stall did not have them and so, I had to choose the appropriate thosai chutneys and dhal sauce.
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Or the chili sauce. One thing about this version of the chee cheong fun is that it still taste good even with a tablespoon of sauce.
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In the end, I chose the spicy red chutney (which was always my favourite)
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But, ha ha. In the end, of all things, I added all the three sauces together!
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Off to the Driving School
My eldest is growing up and today is also the first day of her driving school. Long ago, I wanted to bring up this subject but eventually, both she and my Wife made the decision. I did not want to drive at first until my Aunt convince me that I could drive to help other people. And after more than three decades, I've literally driven all over Malaysia due to my Job as an Engineer.
Off to the Cleaning
The main mission today is spring cleaning. Though we wished for our own house, this was still an important task since no one else would be able nor interested in doing it. And so, like the previous times, I had to water-jet the walls. This time, we could not clean the floor since that would take far longer than either the two of us could handle.
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This is the cement rock wall which is about maybe, a modest 20 metres long. That white segment took me about 20 minutes to clean...
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This is the cleaner version of yours truly.
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After an hour or so, I let her have some fun with the water-jet
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Three or maybe four hours later...
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Off to Mid-Valley. Not
OK, to be honest, I wanted to go to Mid-Valley from some last minute shopping which after some thinking, not going is the wiser choice. Even though the car park status on their website showed there was a lot of empty bays.
This time, I don't think I have anything new to wear as I've forgotten to buy some new clothes months prior. Then again, my choice of colours are usually black or grey, which is not a nice color ro usher in the Year of the Dragon.
