This morning, I headed to the Pulau Tikus Market in Penang.
I heard some ang mo who was carrying her Tesco cool bag in one arm and a re-useable shopping bag in another, say to the stall owner “How are you?” before paying for her goods.
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10th August.
Our journey to Taos was extended for over an hour as we were diverted from the main highway from what appeared to be a bad car crash.
Okay, I’m skipping ahead many, many days, because it’s clear I won’t catch up till I’m home, till today. Maui. The last island before returning to Honolulu and reaching the end of the holidays.
A very quick summary.
Visited Haleakala National Park. Haleakala is a dormant volcano.
Haleakala National Park
Haleakala National Park
I suppose I should add dates to these entries, since they are all so being blogged about so late.
So, 7th August…. We make our way from Kansas City to Colorado Springs. Only the drive is 9.5 hours, so we decide to split it halfway at Hays, KS.
Because of the flooding of the Missouri that closed I-29, we had to take a rather indirect way to Kansas City, but it didn’t turn out to be much longer than taking the I-29 all the way, apparently.
We ate at Jack Stack Barbecue which was very good. We had beef ribs, lamb ribs, crown ribs. All were moist, had a good bite, not all stringy and falling apart.
Beef and lamb ribs from Jack Stack
Saw some interesting old towns in Colorado along the I-76 when we took the scenic route out.
Train sighting
Well, it’s time for making Chinese New Year goodies again.
On Thursday, I went to JB for another bad haircut and groceries and many of the shops were selling homemade cookies.
Besides a sticker for the Chinese symbol of “Luck”, they bore no other marks. It would be impossible to tell what went into those cookies and who made them.
If the China melamine milk scandal had happened during Chinese New Year, I think it’d be an utter mess trying to trace the source of foods and a lot more people could’ve been adversely affected.
And so today, we began our own “homemade” factory. And I threw my father off the production line, two minutes after he joined in to help us.
Was it terribly evil of me?
Who would’ve thought a big city would fall asleep on 1st January?
Turns out this happens in Seoul. Major department stores are closed. Some small shops open.
And it turns out majority of the galleries and shops in the Bukchon & Samcheongdong area, found between the two famous palaces of Gyeongbok Palace and Changdeok Palace, were closed.
Outside Gyeongbokgung Palace.
Outside Gyeongbokgung Palace.
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New Year’s Eve and we decided to not set the alarm clock as we had to the day before. But the body clock, all out of whack got us up around 8am.
We got to the trendy gingko tree lined street of Garosugil by 9:30am and discovered half the shops were closed for the new year, and those that were planning on being open only opened their doors around 11am.
Botak Gingko Trees
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29th December. I woke up super hungry in Seoul.
Out of the hotel, we turned around the corner and found noodles. We pointed at pictures without any real idea of what we ordered.
While waiting, we had the kimchi. Out of all the restaurants, I enjoyed this version of the kimchi best. The cold soup of raw vegetables reminded me that I’ve had very few greens and fruit on my US trip.
Kimchi, a cold soup of vegetables, pickled radish
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