Sunday morning….have been up since six this morning. Went to sleep quite early last night. Saturday
had been a busy day. My son bought some cameras and some photographic stuff
from the auctions on Friday off the net and we went to pick it up. One of the
items he got is a Mamiya C220 camera – an old camera still in good shape…he is
into photography and what makes him happy makes me happy.
On the way back we stopped at a Market close by because we saw so many
Asian – well Chinese to be exact – milling around the place and we just
followed the cars into the parking lot and went in to see what the fuss was all
about. When you go these kinds of places in KL you not only see Chinese but
also Malays and Indians in the crowd and sometimes the odd Sikh or two. No hope
of that here! At this place it was blanket Chinese. Chinese shops, Chinese
restaurants, Old Chinese, young Chinese, Chinese customers…any type of Chinese
you can think of was there. This would be a good place for Ibrahim Ali and
Perkasa members to hold a membership drive! Nobody will hantam them…but for the
Chinese there it will be like watching the Three Stooges and Bujang Lapok all
wrapped up in one show – good entertainment on a Saturday!
Oh yes…we have a car now. After waiting for just a year for a parking
space we were finally told one was available about two weeks ago. I know what
car (Jaguar lah!) I wanted but budget considerations meant cannot buy a car
above AUD$2500 – that’s about RM$7600. For that amount of money we got
ourselves an A160 Mercedes Hatchback year 2000 – small and agile enough for
city driving. So as I told K I am now nodding at any other Mercedes on the
road…though nobody seems to be nodding back because the A160 would be like the
Kanchil in KL…..everyone, including its occupants, wish that it would disappear
from everyone’s view…and yet it would not!
Here is the problem with having a car. In the last week since we have
had it we have spent money on petrol, new clothes for the wife, auctions,
eating out (MacDonalds lah!), Indian snacks and other Asian and exotic food
that we would normally not buy (because we would have to go looking for it in
hard to find places around Melbourne) and so much more on groceries that our
fridge and pantry are now stocked to the limit. At least about Aud $ 500 more
than what we would normally spent without the car! Nasib baik aku kaya!
I am resolved that I will stay home and not spend any more money on
Sunday (actually no more money to spend ma!)……but already I have been looking
on the Net for garage sales…and there is one nearby starting at 10am. So how?
Sure go one!
- Date Listed:
- 19/10/2013
- Last Edited:
- 19/10/2013
- Event Dates:
- 19/10/2013 to 20/10/2013
Are you a purveyor of the finer things in life? Do you appreciate sartorial elegance and the importance of looking and feeling funky fresh? Wanna be hip to the coolest music, literature, art and fashion then get yo ass down to the hippest garage sale this side of summer and snap yourself a preloved bargain! You know it's all good cos it's already been loved once. Come and show your love tomorrow from 10am Sun 20th October at 456 George St, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
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