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1 Nov 05 - Helping
Out at Geylang Serai Provision Shop
As it gets closer to Hari Raya
Puasa, the streets at Geylang Serai get crowded and busy. This
will be the last year of this annual sight as the flats here will
all be demolished by early next year.
The last few days leading to Hari Raya Puasa would
be especially crowded - the phenomenon of last minute shopping.
Another phenomenon is that the energy of shoppers seems to be endless
- that they could last till the wee hours of the morning.
The street food hawkers are always
colourful, innovative and they work hard overnights!
And Grandpa, Grandma,
Uncle Jeffrey and Auntie Yin Choo worked very hard too, given that
this is the last burst of business for this 40 year old provision
shop business...
Images for the memory...
Rice & scoop
Coffee grinder
This is the small upstair dining area cum rest
area. We shall miss having our dinners here...
Grandma, Mummy Jin and Robyn
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3 Nov 05 - Last Day of
the Provision Shop
The A Team that endured overnight doing multiple
tasks of serving the customers, dismantling the shop fittings and
soaking in the Hari Raya Puasa festive feel...
Mummy Jin and Uncle Ron
helping out...
All wooden fittings must be dismantled - that was
the HDB ruling. So out came the hammers and we started smashing
the shelves into pieces. Time now is about 4am...
It's almost dawn now... time
to close shop for the last time.
Unsold prata at dawn... there were also kebabs, burgers,
etc. The hawkers looked tired too after a round-the-clock operation...
It was a busy sight at dawn outside too. All the
make-shift store owners and hawkers started to clear up, keep their
unsold goods and make their way home for a well-deserved restful
sleep...
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