After breakfast, my sister-in-law asked my grandma if she wanted to follow us around the market. My grandma was unhappy that I followed my uncle out again today for breakfast. In order not to break her heart and to make peace with her, my sister-in-law and I decided to bring her along. My grandma can’t really walk so well anymore but I guess she still try to live life to the fullest. With my grandma tagging along, I have to walked slowly and wait for her, unlike my aunt who just walk and not waiting for her. I also think my grandma likes to introduce me to her friends in the market. I feel bad for not coming back more often. The last time I came visited my grandma was 10 years ago. I have to make plan how I can come again during Christmas this year. I may tell my sister-in-law tomorrow before I leave.
At the market, after my sister-in-law finished her groceries shopping, they brought me to the wooden craft stalls manage by the locals and Philippines. I was touched that my uncle goes the distance to bring me to places where I’m interested. Hospitality like this is non-existence anymore in the metropolitan. We stopped at a Chinese shop and there are quite a number of interesting wooden craft made of quality woods. One of the reasons I want to shop for wooden crafts here is due to the woods and such woods no longer in use today. All this crafts are very old but they still trying to sell it to the last piece. The owner known my family so I was able to get a good discount. I bought a wooden bowl and wooden mug display with 35% discount. My uncle will help me to pack later tonight.
When I reached home, my grandma asked me about the price of the crafts. Why do I have the feeling that some of my relatives want to make sure I’m not rich? Didn’t I tell them I’m not rich, and I barely survive with my monthly pay in the metropolitan? Will they believe me if I said they have more saving and spending power than me? I don’t think so. Anyway, today I stayed in my room watching my DVDs because I’m a bit tried and don’t feel like entertaining Gigi.
Lunch was KFC, request from my grandma. Sometimes I pity my grandma, she’s so old and not easy for her to eat and her movement is limited. Besides that, I’m happy that she’s still healthy in general. I hope she will live many more years. Tonight my sister in-law wants to cook something delicious for me. I can’t wait.
The weather is as hot as usual and I’m sweating. This is the perfect natural sauna. Feels like 45 degrees in my room. I already miss my sayang…it’s good to hear his voice over the phone…
Dinner was awesome! I learned how to make sambal and learned to cook sweet and sour fish. This is a recipe from my grandma that has pass down to my sister-in-law. It is still the same delicious taste I remembered. The fish was ikan Kerapu – the very famous and expensive fish in metropolitan restaurants. Here you get a fresh 40cm long for only RM18! Bet that price. Besides the fish, we had baby cabbage and sambal with cucumber. I think I ate the most and finished most of the fish. I’m going to miss the hospitality here. It reminds me to be normal again. In a ever changing and cut throat place I live, it feel nice to be normal and be my normal self.
Tomorrow I have to go home. Home now is metropolitan – the place where I work, breath, eat and spend my 10 years. I wish I could come here more often. My sister-in-law and my grandma asked me to visit them more often. I hope I can make it on Christmas time. I can’t promise anything because my life changes all the time. I might not have the financial capability or the leave approval. It is so difficult to convince people that I’m poor and having financial difficulty. I’ll just have to find ways to solve it. I hope I’ll get more freelance job.
You can get a similar wooden duck for $35-50 at the market stalls.
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