What a fantastic Saturday it was! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
It all started with a trip to the neighbourhood wet market with the hubby. Interestingly, I have been living in this house for about 4 years now and it's my first visit there in all these years! And I felt like a royal fool for having missed out on this fabulous little place right next to where I live! I fell in love with the place because...
1) The low cost, variety and quality of the vegetables, fruits, fish and meat were just awesome! OK, I bought only grated coconut on the request of my helper, but still it was fascinating to just walk around and observe all the shoppers, everyone in shorts, singlets and slippers or even pajamas, evidently just walking out of the house to the market, early in the morning. It was a very vibrant atmosphere indeed, with everyone from uncles, aunties, young couples, maids and kids of all ages walking around, shopping, having their morning breakfast in the numerous hawker stalls that seem to occupy every little space available in between the shops. Loved the atmosphere!
2) Not only did the wet market have the groceries and vegetables that you would expect it to have, it also had several shops selling clothes, mattresses, hardware materials, stationery etc. at unbelievable bargains. I was thrilled at the super low prices... seriously, they might as well give them away for free... and I bought myself quite a few cotton tops and bottoms to wear for my yoga class. And the best part? There were obviously no fitting rooms in the market and I was just taking a gamble given that the prices were so low, but the fitting was perfect! Awesomeness!
3) We were aware of an Indian store in the wet market - one that ensured we are never out of atta, the million varieties of daal, the highly acclaimed ponni rice and other such groceries required for Indian cooking. But I was pleased to discover a cute little shop called Sharada Indian Flower Shop that sold well... flowers, but also small Indian necessities like incense sticks, puja items etc., which in turn contributed to a lovely fragrance all around the shop. I felt so happy seeing it and in the spirit of supporting the local Indian flower shop, we bought a pack of incense sticks.
4) As mentioned earlier, the visit to the wet market was together with the hubby. The "Us" time, early in the morning on a Saturday was very welcome of course.
5) The whole experience was enhanced by the strong, cool breeze that was blowing on our walk to and fro the market. Thoroughly enjoyable weather for a morning walk!
As you can see the day started off really well.
In the evening we caught Silver Linings Playbook, an absolutely wonderful film! I love it when they take a simple family theme and make something so freaking fantastic out of it! I loved every bit of this film and will go as one of my all time favourites for its screenplay and performances!
This was followed by a super yummy dinner at the Italian restaurant Da Luca. Over green peas soup, grilled chicken and molten lava chocolate cake with pistachio icecream, the hubby and I had a great time! This place is gonna see a lot more of us in the future!
In short, a really fund day!
It all started with a trip to the neighbourhood wet market with the hubby. Interestingly, I have been living in this house for about 4 years now and it's my first visit there in all these years! And I felt like a royal fool for having missed out on this fabulous little place right next to where I live! I fell in love with the place because...
1) The low cost, variety and quality of the vegetables, fruits, fish and meat were just awesome! OK, I bought only grated coconut on the request of my helper, but still it was fascinating to just walk around and observe all the shoppers, everyone in shorts, singlets and slippers or even pajamas, evidently just walking out of the house to the market, early in the morning. It was a very vibrant atmosphere indeed, with everyone from uncles, aunties, young couples, maids and kids of all ages walking around, shopping, having their morning breakfast in the numerous hawker stalls that seem to occupy every little space available in between the shops. Loved the atmosphere!
2) Not only did the wet market have the groceries and vegetables that you would expect it to have, it also had several shops selling clothes, mattresses, hardware materials, stationery etc. at unbelievable bargains. I was thrilled at the super low prices... seriously, they might as well give them away for free... and I bought myself quite a few cotton tops and bottoms to wear for my yoga class. And the best part? There were obviously no fitting rooms in the market and I was just taking a gamble given that the prices were so low, but the fitting was perfect! Awesomeness!
3) We were aware of an Indian store in the wet market - one that ensured we are never out of atta, the million varieties of daal, the highly acclaimed ponni rice and other such groceries required for Indian cooking. But I was pleased to discover a cute little shop called Sharada Indian Flower Shop that sold well... flowers, but also small Indian necessities like incense sticks, puja items etc., which in turn contributed to a lovely fragrance all around the shop. I felt so happy seeing it and in the spirit of supporting the local Indian flower shop, we bought a pack of incense sticks.
4) As mentioned earlier, the visit to the wet market was together with the hubby. The "Us" time, early in the morning on a Saturday was very welcome of course.
5) The whole experience was enhanced by the strong, cool breeze that was blowing on our walk to and fro the market. Thoroughly enjoyable weather for a morning walk!
As you can see the day started off really well.
In the evening we caught Silver Linings Playbook, an absolutely wonderful film! I love it when they take a simple family theme and make something so freaking fantastic out of it! I loved every bit of this film and will go as one of my all time favourites for its screenplay and performances!
This was followed by a super yummy dinner at the Italian restaurant Da Luca. Over green peas soup, grilled chicken and molten lava chocolate cake with pistachio icecream, the hubby and I had a great time! This place is gonna see a lot more of us in the future!
In short, a really fund day!
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