every chinese new year since 6 years back..I will go down to chinatown and queue for the famous lim chee guan bak gua...well..its a way to show my filial peity to my mum since I cannot afford much...the funny thing is..the queue always gets longer and never shorter despite ppl saying things like..oh mei zhen xiang or xiang wei bak gua tastes better...
this year will probably be the last year i'll be queuing and since i started my blog...i just want to share the 'experience'...
1st...don't queue if you are not prepared to wait for more than 4 hours..usually the waiting time is that long...
2nd..you must be mentally prepared to be treated like animals in the zoo...pedestrians will walk pass and say siao ah or they will take pictures or even videos of the queue (which includes you)
3rd..be prepared for the sun, rain and wind..hahaha..this year was so windy that I was so cold and had to wear a jacket..yep..jacket!
4th..be weary of queue-cutters...yea..it happens and also of people asking you to help them buy...my view is..since i need to get why not help them but of coz at a small profit right??hahaha...
5th..if you are lucky...you will see reporters!! none this year though...
6th..there are 2 lim chee guan...directly opposite each other..i feel that there's a difference in bak gua..so you decide...
7th...if you see bangla in front..beware!!! these are the people that buys in 20kgs for their bosses!!of coz this will add to your waiting time...oh..each person can buy 25kg by the way....
8th..shop opens at 9am sharp...queue starts forming at 6 i think..i arrived at 8 and the queue was already very long (!#!(%R!@_!*)
9th...go with someone..coz u need a runner..to get you drinks, food, papers, jacket etc..never NEVER go alone....
10th...if you can avoid queuing...JUST AVOID IT...ahahhahahaha...joking...
If you have any other questions about queuing to buy their bak gua..feel free to ask...
If you must know..we arrived at 8am and only got our bakgua at 1245pm or so...
MICHELLE..its ur turn next year!!!
Updates on buffy: she went to the vet AGAIN on Sat...finally her stitches were removed..I see a little of the tumor growing back but her wound is healing...so that's good....=)
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