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.