Mother and the Hypermarket

In the late early 90s when hypermarkets first came into the scene in the country, Mother used to enjoy being taken to the hypermarket. I remember the first hypermarket that opened in the country was Macro in Shah Alam. One needs to be a member and in the beginning not everyone could be a member. I had the privilege of being given a member card. My Mother often requested to be taken to the Makro and once inside, like the great shopper that she was, she would be going from shelve to shelve looking for bargains. She was in her 80s then and I remember she was already not very agile. But when I offerred to push her on the big Makro trolley she refused. Normally at the end of the shopping trip in Makro she would be quite tired but everytime she thoroughly enjoyed herself and felt satisfied with her purchases because the prices were slightly lower than at the small retailers or the supermarkets.

Mother, you now have 6 great grand daughters

Tai Hou just had another granddaughter, Keira Woon (Wei Yung's second daughter), born on 8 June. Now Mother would have 4 great grand daughters in Australia (2 from Siow Yen and 2 from Wei Yung) and 2 in Kota Bahru (one each from Freida and Farini), another one more great grandchild on the way (Farini is expecting). Mother would be so delighted if she is still alive.

The pancake

Spent the weekend in Kota Bahru with my sister for Farah's wedding. Somehow one day our conversation went to the pancakes that Mother used to make for us either for breakfast or for desert. Mother liked to make pancakes and we liked to eat the pancakes either with jam or with thick condense milk. Up to now at this age, I still occassionally indulge in this "sin".