Today I am to visit 三舅媽 and 三舅!!. I had a light breakfast of half of 二叔's slices bread with peanut butter and jam.
After I finished mucking around, I headed out via Youbike and parked at Dapeng Primary. Then walked to their stall which was busy.
I greeted everyone and after a while I helped pick out the tough parts of pickles mustard for 三舅媽, and 三舅 treated me to some orange juice which I thought it was quite sweet. He said his grandson likes it but he thinks it's pretty sour. She told me where to buy the pickled mustard that mum wanted. Walk down, go into the alley on the left with fried chicken stall, pass a dumpling making stall, and then the shop sells them.
I chatted to the ayi who fries eggs and washes dishes. And also 三舅媽. Honey wanted me to hold her.
Honey is still well but getting on in years. Around 12pm it was quiet enough and 三舅媽 treated me to food. Mmmmmm.
Not too long after they told me to go home since they are going to close up the stall. A regular? Of the stall, an ayi, gave me a candy plum to eat. Aww thanks.
I biked back but stopped at the old juanchun house now park to try find that piece of rock with the bath mosaic on it. I spent over an hour looking for it but couldn't find it. I did find a brick with one side of white tile and one side bath mosaic. It looked like the corner of the bathtub? And a few pieces with role still on them. I took back a piece as consolidation prize.
There's also a section of white tile floor showing at where our old house should be. But I don't remmeber any white tile on the floor. The kitchen was red hexagon tile with tiny white squares in between the spaces, and the L shape of the wall remnant I can't recall. I wonder if this is the house across the lane? And ours would be a little across, since the position of this remnant is in like with the path that goes to the road.... Our house should line up straight with the banyan tree. The banyan tree has the shape we used to climb, but the swirly rock is too covered in scrub to see.
Just as I came to the conbini 3x combo 四叔 and 四嬏 came round the same time and gave me my laptop! Successfully discharged.
I got home and rested for a bit before heading out to 五叔's house via bus and visiting 奶奶.
They trim the tree next to the little Police station building at the park... so cute...
When I arrived, 五嬸 and 五叔 were sorting out a few bags of clothes that 奶奶 bought but pretty much never worn.
I arrived around 4pm and it was close enough to the time they usually put incense on so I greeted the altar and said hi to 奶奶 and 爺爺. Maiya rubbed my leg ever so softly.
There were several pants of the same but different colour and still new...
小智 was home too and he finished his public servant examination.
五叔 suggested to go shopping first (as I had mentioned going to the fabric shops) as dinner would be around 6pm and they all go out bowling at 7:30pm.
小智 offered to go with me (aww thanks) and we headed to 大同布行.
There was still a sky bridge here so we walked the bridge!
They have so many fabrics and a side room just with shelves stacked of them. I found a piece I could use and it was $300.
I passed up a dark green textures weave piece... Really debated on it.
Then I went to check the other shops but most were closed on Sunday!
We ended up walking to another one called 大新布莊 on the other end... And discovered it's in 弟二市場. Wow! Old! This shop had a few suiting fabrics and some rolls were so old the inner cardboard has yellowed and the edge of the fabric too. It was an old gentlemen inside the small shop.
He has the TV on real loud and started to get up when he saw me enter the shop. I told him no need, and 小智 repeated to him again and I realised he was hard of hearing. I think the shop stocked fabrics from and older time, fitting in with the history of the market.
Next door was a shop called Tokuiyo and they had heaps of DIY and craft materials - including a second floor full!
I managed to find a pair of tweezers for Bri's papercraft gift, and they also sold macrame cord. But not in the right colour I needed! I did find thinner cotton cord on the right colour so I bought 2 balls of it.
And ended up buying 45m undyed macrame cord in the hopes that I can dye it the same colour as the thinner one.
We were running late and 五嬸 asked 小智 what we wanted for dinner as they were getting it delivered. I chose clam/cockle pasta.
Once I finished my purchase we headed back and arrived at the door just as the delivery guy stopped in front of us. 五叔 was already there waiting and it was only part of the order. We went up first and the cats were about. Not long and the other half of the order was here.
They ordered a pizza that has flaky crust as the dough. And fries that had a crispy flavoured coating on it. The ketchup it came with was way more sour than the McD's one I had before so it tasted way better. 五嬸 was like, they missed a pizza! But turns out she forgot to add the margherita into the cart (but mentally did lol).
My cockle pasta had a bit too much garlic for my taste.
After dinner it wasn't long until it was time to leave. I said goodbye to 奶奶 and 爺爺.
五嬸 gave me 3 tea eggs (they huge!) that she made. I will have for breakfast.
We went downstairs and 五叔 and 五嬸swapped their car parking spaces and loaded up the boot. They both have Nissan's. They dropped me off at the bus stop but just before 五嬸 realised she forgot her bowling shoes upon prompting from 五叔. So they basically went around the block with my drop off on the way. Lmao.
I caught the bus home and tidied up luggage struggle a bit more before sleeping.
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