At the Lorong Kulit Sunday flea market, SP saw 3 small porcelain plates with the name, 'Maastricht' on it. She bargained with the older woman with an offer of Rm10 for 3 but she said that she bought them when she visited her daughter in Holland at a cost of 5 Euros each. She has one daughter married to a Dutch and another daughter married to a German. Suddenly she laughed and told us that she actually pretended to be disabled and went on a wheelchair with a notice that she could not understand English which normally means none of the European languages as well. She said because of that, even Customs did not bother looking into her luggage! Just as souvenir, SP paid Rm20 for one. The brand name is Mosa, and other details include 'Ter Herinnering', 'AAN UW BEZOEK BIJ' and 'MOSA N.V. MAASTRICHT' whatever that means!
I could not resist a 'Mandarin' orange plant with two fruits on it, one almost the size of an orange, for Rm18. I could have bought one with very small fruit for Rm10 but I always reason that for a few ringgit more, I do not have to wait for months at least, to get to that size!
One thing about SP is that I cannot easily find her in a street market. She would disappear and later turned out that she was squatting while looking at some stuff, or among some hanging clothes or other items out of view. My interest for such things are more superficial unless I have something in mind which I have been looking for, normally to do with DIY.
By the way, SP reckons that the Malay stall opposite the public toilet (no pun intended) has the best belacan sauce for salads!
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