A Day of Sweat

Went shopping in Eldon Square, a rather big shopping mall in Newcastle. At first it was supposed to be mere window shopping but we came across Sport World, that is having storewide sale. Some of the sport equipments are really really cheap, e.g. a pair of soccer boots costs only 11 pounds. We got stuck in the shop for a long while. Nicky, Yusen and Zhen Siong were busy choosing their boots. In the end, all of them picked the grey 'total 90' boots. When I asked them why they chose the same boots, they claim that the boots are different cos they have different sole design (err...lost for words).

Later in the afternoon, Regent brought us to a Chinese supermarket where we can get some chinese stuffs like oyster sauce and rice. Yes.. rice, you dun get to see rice being sold everywhere in Newcastle. Actually, the ang mohs do eat rice except that they do not know how to cook rice cos they haven't see a rice cooker. All they have is those rice that is frozen and all they need to do is to put it in the microwaves. Anyway, we bought a 10kg sack of rice which costs ard 5.80 pds (not really that expensive). This would also mean that we have to carry that sack of rice back and it's a long trip back by foot.

We then went to Netto, the supermarket that is supposed to be selling the cheapest stuffs in town. True enough, the food is rather cheap and we bought alot of stuffs that would last us for at least a week. Anyway, the bad thing about Netto is that they do not provide plastic bag, so you must bring a bag to contain the stuffs. The reason is simple enough: to reduce budget. In the end, we bought so much that we can't possibly bring back (bear in mind, we still have that 10kg sack of rice to carry). Regent suggested that we could use their trollery to push our items back (What a brillant idea!!!). We pretended to return the trolley and then tried to smuggle the trolley out. However, we got caught by the security guard and in the end we have no choice but to bring the stuffs back in a box. It was a long journey back, and we were sweating like crazy carrying the rice and groceries that we bought.

Me carrying the sack of rice