舅舅的新发现!
今旱到 Bishen 菜市去,在一间雜货店看到了我们常用的 "金兰醬油",
店主说是一些 food court 摊位老板指定要用的醬油,他是向本地一间代理商取货的,一瓶小的售价 S$2-0. 价錢不錯吧!
老板娘他本人没试用过,不知这醬油好不好,我这 aunty 就大替金兰醬油买广告,还另教她如何用来卤醬油鸡,在旁几位 aunties 听得入神!
思仁,以後不必再麻烦你和妹妹由台北带回送我了.可是你们千辛万苦手提回来的金兰醬油不但较新鲜,肯定是含有濃濃的亲情味,燒起菜来也持别好味,不是吗?
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
怪不怪
我常遇到的德士司机是当你一上车就滔滔不绝大谈政治,大骂政策,
要不就问你一大堆问题,烦死了.
今天遇到个怪德士叔叔,告诉他地址,一声不响,开车就走,叫他转右,就
转右,一句话也不说,我先生不得不用英语和华语来指示方向,我们也搞不
清到底他听懂不懂.给他车费时,还好会说声 thank you,否则我还以为他是
哑的.司机先生是华人,不会英语或华语,也可用方言来交谈,对吗?
新加坡人的礼貌随着 IMF 而消失, 太可悲了!
要不就问你一大堆问题,烦死了.
今天遇到个怪德士叔叔,告诉他地址,一声不响,开车就走,叫他转右,就
转右,一句话也不说,我先生不得不用英语和华语来指示方向,我们也搞不
清到底他听懂不懂.给他车费时,还好会说声 thank you,否则我还以为他是
哑的.司机先生是华人,不会英语或华语,也可用方言来交谈,对吗?
新加坡人的礼貌随着 IMF 而消失, 太可悲了!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Gardener
Last weekend we were in Seremban. The gardener was working hard cutting grass in our cousin's garden. He had a helper. It took about 3 hrs to finish the job and the cost??-- M$30/- (S$15)
For our small garden + a slope behind the house, I have to pay S$30/- for 1 1/2 hr job and not always the gardener would come. Very often I have to drive round the estate to spot him.
It has been almost 2 months and there is no sign of the gardener. I manage to find from the classified a garden contractor to do the job. For the first time, they charge S$80 and then every 6 weeks S$55. They could not start work today due to the rain. Appointment has to be made again.
So the best solution is: move to an apartment with beautiful landscape & good security but pay high management fee, or to Seremban for cheap and hardworking gardener!
I suppose in life you cannot have the cake and eat it at the same time.
For our small garden + a slope behind the house, I have to pay S$30/- for 1 1/2 hr job and not always the gardener would come. Very often I have to drive round the estate to spot him.
It has been almost 2 months and there is no sign of the gardener. I manage to find from the classified a garden contractor to do the job. For the first time, they charge S$80 and then every 6 weeks S$55. They could not start work today due to the rain. Appointment has to be made again.
So the best solution is: move to an apartment with beautiful landscape & good security but pay high management fee, or to Seremban for cheap and hardworking gardener!
I suppose in life you cannot have the cake and eat it at the same time.
芙蓉鎮小遊
堂妹的小女去年十二月卄六日在港结婚,新郎是芙蓉人,所以前週末我有机会到芙蓉小鎮去参加婚宴.
我们三人 (我先生和女兒同行) 星期六一早乘火车前往芙蓉,全程六小时,不知何故在车上足足等了一小时才开车. 因为坐的是头等位 (senior citizen half price),还舒服,不过得自备茶水食品,当然忘不了水煮蛋,这是思仁的母亲在生时一有去外遊玩她一定给我们备有水煮蛋和湿小手巾..
我先生的表弟和弟婦到火车站迎接我们,先是去吃牛肉丸老鼠粉,其实是我们的粗米粉,一碗粉,两粒牛肉丸,咸菜,少许花生,最後加些卤汁,这是我等了十多年的牛肉丸粉 了.我又另叫了两碗肉丸湯,吃了一半,有支小虫飞入湯内,招待员拿了那碗走去,完全沒欠意,问她为何没另送上一碗,回答说 "只剩四粒",照理也应赔四粒吧! 那天心情好,也不和她计较了.小鎮的人有小生意做,每天能卖完牛肉丸就心满意足了,不注重 PR.
那晚的婚宴非常熱鬧,高朋满座,乳豬,鲍翅,大鲳,样样齐全,其它的菜都是大大一盤,物有所值.这次 有机会和香港来的堂妹,妹夫,堂弟,弟婦,他们俩位可爱的双胞胎 J&J (5 1/2 yrs) 相逢,当然也见到了新娘和新郎 (外甥女和甥婿), 非常温心.我出国旅行,不在乎游山玩水,我就是喜欢和远方亲人相聚,机会难逢,非常珍惜那一时一刻. 五年前在港医院等待着 J & J 的来臨,现在俩位小堂姪 很亲切的叫着堂姑姑,又懂事,乖巧,说起话来头头是道,最有趣是他们和我女兒 JE 玩得好开心, 大 J 问 JE 几岁, JE 叫他猜,当然猜不到, JE 说 "我老了,今年 xx 岁了",沒想到 大 J 用安慰的口语说 "其实 xx 岁都不是很老." 小 J 好奇的看着他们,可能脑子里在想到底几岁才是老!!他俩实在太可爱了,分离时真有些依依不捨.
芙蓉小鎮很平静,生活简单清幽,街道小但很干净,到處都有美食,滑蛋荷粉,烧包值得一试,也有 mall & supermarket. 日用品种类多,价錢比新加坡便宜, 可以到那去"辩货".最好是驾车進去,免得到 Woodland Checkpoint 要把行李一件件搬下火车的麻烦.
回途火车很準时,可是到了 Woodland Checkpoint 又拖延了一小时,不知何故????
我们三人 (我先生和女兒同行) 星期六一早乘火车前往芙蓉,全程六小时,不知何故在车上足足等了一小时才开车. 因为坐的是头等位 (senior citizen half price),还舒服,不过得自备茶水食品,当然忘不了水煮蛋,这是思仁的母亲在生时一有去外遊玩她一定给我们备有水煮蛋和湿小手巾..
我先生的表弟和弟婦到火车站迎接我们,先是去吃牛肉丸老鼠粉,其实是我们的粗米粉,一碗粉,两粒牛肉丸,咸菜,少许花生,最後加些卤汁,这是我等了十多年的牛肉丸粉 了.我又另叫了两碗肉丸湯,吃了一半,有支小虫飞入湯内,招待员拿了那碗走去,完全沒欠意,问她为何没另送上一碗,回答说 "只剩四粒",照理也应赔四粒吧! 那天心情好,也不和她计较了.小鎮的人有小生意做,每天能卖完牛肉丸就心满意足了,不注重 PR.
那晚的婚宴非常熱鬧,高朋满座,乳豬,鲍翅,大鲳,样样齐全,其它的菜都是大大一盤,物有所值.这次 有机会和香港来的堂妹,妹夫,堂弟,弟婦,他们俩位可爱的双胞胎 J&J (5 1/2 yrs) 相逢,当然也见到了新娘和新郎 (外甥女和甥婿), 非常温心.我出国旅行,不在乎游山玩水,我就是喜欢和远方亲人相聚,机会难逢,非常珍惜那一时一刻. 五年前在港医院等待着 J & J 的来臨,现在俩位小堂姪 很亲切的叫着堂姑姑,又懂事,乖巧,说起话来头头是道,最有趣是他们和我女兒 JE 玩得好开心, 大 J 问 JE 几岁, JE 叫他猜,当然猜不到, JE 说 "我老了,今年 xx 岁了",沒想到 大 J 用安慰的口语说 "其实 xx 岁都不是很老." 小 J 好奇的看着他们,可能脑子里在想到底几岁才是老!!他俩实在太可爱了,分离时真有些依依不捨.
芙蓉小鎮很平静,生活简单清幽,街道小但很干净,到處都有美食,滑蛋荷粉,烧包值得一试,也有 mall & supermarket. 日用品种类多,价錢比新加坡便宜, 可以到那去"辩货".最好是驾车進去,免得到 Woodland Checkpoint 要把行李一件件搬下火车的麻烦.
回途火车很準时,可是到了 Woodland Checkpoint 又拖延了一小时,不知何故????
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