i think this was developed back in an ulu town called Sandusky in Ohio, USA, where the huge wal-mart and meijers offered a lot more than our daily necessity - bying junk food (betty crocker's brownie mix, ben and jerry's for $2.45 a tub, etc) brought much comfort, and so did our shopping trips which usually only happened at midnight when we were all free and the mall was empty. i never really thought about how unsafe it was to be out so late at night, how naive. Thank God for His unfailing protection though i didn't even think to ask for it.
on exchange, this supermarket obsession turned to a hunt for the best bargains for the staples. Having supermakets near our home was one of the main criteria, and we landed in a place with about 4 supermarkets within walking distance. I distinctly remember the layouts of the aldi downstairs, the netto near church and the føtex opposite school. I think we went to the supermarket almost every day, it was kinda kua1 zhang1 we would always buy rice, eggs, ham, sausages, corn flakes, sugar and milk. those were more or less what we ate everyday.
went with the parents 2 sundays ago to NTUC and i quite enjoyed it. actually, i think going to NTUC was one of the "second" things (after the first things) i did after coming back to singapore. haha, i know, so auntie.
anyway i was craving a bratwurst just now, so i trooped downstairs to giant and came back with quite a lot of things. oops. bought mustard too, which we never have at home. my mum scolded me for being extravagant but i don't do this all the time.......
See, that's why i have the best girlfriend in the world! Can pak-tor in a super-market and also land up with groceries done! Heh, seriously we're quite "uncle" and "auntie". Can anyone guess where was the last place we went before the airport on the day i left?
ReplyDeletehaha :| actually i dun remember where we went?
ReplyDeleteok dun announce to the world! :)