A few more who answer to 'Miss Maude'.The man who runs the stall at the market where I bought my veggies this morning didn't call me Miss, but he was wryly amused when I refused a plastic bag and put my goods in my basket instead, "Sure you don't want a bag?" he asked, gently waving one around and smiling to himself. "No no, it's OK." "Oh-kay", he sighed, as if certain my vegetables will misbehave without the constraints of one. They didn't though, I got them home without mishap.
While at the market I tried what I thought would be a banana fritter but turned out to be Ewe Char Koay, a Chinese doughnut in two thinnish strips joined together. Mm, a doughy fried treat. I really should have saved it for my coffee as it needed a bit of dunking to soften up! The coffee shop was playing a soft, acoustic cover by a female singer of Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer". Wow, so edgy!
Even my taxi ride home was an experience. The driver had Madonna pumping, and well, I enjoyed it! Ahh, Madonna. Sometimes just the thing in small quantities and in public places. Unless it's her cover of American Pie. Or any version of American Pie. I wonder if there's a Chinese pop song called "Ewe Char Koay"?
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hey lets try this again- great to talk to you last night, will write more if the machine allows...
woo hoo it seems to have worked!! now I can tell you how much I like your blog and how good it is to 'hear' your voice on the screen. The donut reminds me of some super fried treats justin and i bought in Thailand- didn't eat them all and when we woke up the next morning the white paper bag had almost entirely disintegrated due to the oil content of the tasty little morsels, felt a bit greasy after fer sure! keep on truckin miss- love from all of us 'ere.
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