We’re visiting the ‘rents…
Doesn’t this look like the bag you haphazardle “pack” to drive back to your folks’ place for the weekend? Except for the toddler training pants…
Spot the mooncakes… One tiny yee see box, along with what my folks really want:
1. Giant bag of dried chicken dog treats for their 2 spoilt pooches (a lovable SPCA mutt and an overweight Border Collie). Because apparently the giant bags of dog treats are cheaper in HK than they are in Penang…
2. All the makeup and skincare samples I’ve managed to accumulate over the past few months
(Because no matter how much Stuff you can afford to buy Mum, nothing pleases her like a great big bunch of freebies. So I’m a willing sucker for all the promos and free makeup bags and samples and bla bla. I even buy a lot more moisturisers and things than I need so I can get the Free Stuff… Even as I accumulate everything in a drawer til the next time I see dear mother.)
3. Taiwanese freeze dried crunchy veggies which they discovered at Wing On, back when we lived at Sai Wan Ho and they visited, then walked the 10 minutes to Cityplaza Mall.
(Seriously, we lived there 3 years and we never knew this place existed. The ‘rents visit for like, 3 weeks and they’ve walked all over the neighborhood and beyond. This is also how Taiwanese freeze dried crunchy veggie snacks find their way into various households near Gurney Drive and in Island Glades.)
We buy the only 2 big foil packs they have in the store (because people usually buy it like a pick n mix, not in giant refill packs)…
“We could have as much as you want delivered on Monday…” the salesgirl helpfully offers.
No thanks, that’s a little late…
Then to famous-pamous Kee Wah for the obligatory little box of mooncakes…
For who can resist Eric’s charms?
