Food for the Soul

Food Street, swiped from williamnyk on Flickr.

Travelled to Teluk Intan again for two reasons. One was for All Soul's Day (decided to do it early to avoid any Raya Haji madness) and the other was to settle some of mum's legal issues. Don't worry, not litigation, but conveyancing. In order to kill two birds with one stone, had take a day off and depart on a Friday. Woke up 4:30am that day to get ready. Goodness. However, my BIL did not turn up until 6:30am. Didn't really matter since we made good time on the road and arrived in town at about 9:00am. Had to switch drivers halfway after BIL realized that he did not bring his wallet! Luckily I managed to catch some forty winks during the early part of the journey. First things first, we went to the market for some breakfast. Some turf wars were going on between the hawker stalls so we split into two tables. BIL, sis and bro had yellow sticky rice, nasi lemak and economy fried noodles while mum and I went for curry noodles and the delicious lai fun. Lai fun is basically thick rice noodles. Looks like what you have in assam laksa, but the chewy version you eat nowadays is a fake version. We also bought plenty of Anson chu cheong fun. Yummy-licious stuff! So far all that I had tasted in KL were poor immitations. Next, we went shopping at Sin Joo Heong for their heong peng and vermicelli. Didn't buy any for myself, just for colleagues. Before visiting my dad's grave, we bought flowers and fruits. As usual, St. Anthony's Cemetery was well kept. Did not have to do much cleaning at all. Said our prayers, contemplated a while and quickly fled from the sun. Walked over to St. Anthony's Church to offer mass and did some chatting with the parish priest. So sad to hear that some petty thief broke in and carted away the money from the offering boxes and even the one at the grotto. Even small towns aren't so safe anymore.





Being a small town, the legal firm was just a stone throw's away too. Haha. Went up and met the lawyer. The whole deal took about an hour but luckily my mum would no longer need to come for any signing. Just need to wait for the cross-transfer to happen once the Menteri Besar's office OKs the application. All this could have been avoided if my late dad and uncle bought their homes in a straightforward manner. Never ever involve more than one party in all these things. And do write up a will! Doing things with a Letter of Authority is expensive and time-consuming. In all that time, little Cyan stayed in the car and even managed to take a shit in the Avanza. Then we went to visit my aunt who had just had her gall-bladder removed. And my fourth cousin was down with chicken pox, so had to shy away from my pregnant sister. Also met my third cousin who had just come home bringing his new girlfriend. For lunch, we ate at the nearby Restoran Man Chong. Five of use, giant portions of sweet and sour chicken, guiness stout pork ribs, claypot beancurd and vegetables-- the bill came to only MYR55. Practically had to glue my jaw back up. I drove back and halfway through I was sooooo sleepy. Reached home at about 4:00pm... Another trip to Hilir Perak settled.