family day~

woke up early today to go ave 3 market to eat ah bui2's wanton noodles...umai desu yo...haven't had that in ages lor.. i like that market coz many of my relatives are running stalls there selling drinks and you2 tiao2...etc..my mum used to sell soya bean milk there when she was younger...those days when i have endless supply of soya bean milk.. leftovers from the day's biz tabao back by my mum....love it...

i was at my uncle' you tiao stall...biz was good and brisk today..sunday ma..and monopoly lo..coz that area only she sells you tiao.. the stall was crowded with customers as well as with helpers. got like 5 helpers at the stall and all of them are either his daughters, sons or her son-in-laws.. i saw a familiar face among the crowd and he turned and smiled at me and i waved and called out to him.. it was my cousin..

it was a very wen1 xin1 hua4 mian4 coz this cousin of mine has just completed his jail term..after a long 8 or 9 years i think.. he still looks the same.. i'm not close to him coz he's perpetually in jail (haha..corny but its true).. think it was the friends he mixed with since young which got him in perpetual trouble with the law...now, he's out and helping out with the family biz.. it's nice to see that.. i've seen how my uncle and auntie used to get so depressed over him and gave up on him on many occasions...just let him do what he wants..he's no-longer my son kinda mentality. I now can see how tightly knitted family ties are.. welcoming him back without any qualms, no conditions, no discrimination..words said in the past in the fit of anger all past and forgotten.
... something which i thought about abit today.

but hor.. the you tiao's standard dropped already..last time tasted much better..today' you tiao is super dupa oily and abit over fried... no taste of you tiao at all..alot of you2 only.
must feedback to my auntie.