Went to the neighbourhood pasar malam at Tampines today. They have pasar malams there pretty often, right outside Tampines mall. I was watching a movie, so just decided to pop in and get a Ramly burger, which I most definitely enjoyed.
How many of you don't know what's a Ramly burger? I see a lot of hands raised... Well, if you ain't had a Ramly, you ain't really experienced a Pasar Malam! Ok, its a Malaysian streetside burger, chicken beef or fish. First an egg is poured onto the grill, then the pattie is placed on top of the egg and fried. The pattie is then wrapped up in egg, covered with a whole variety of sauces and served between burger buns. Lagi shiok!
Turns out that the whole pasar malam is entirely brought over from Malaysia. Yes, the entire pasar malam. I was wondering why I kept hearing the Malaysian accented Chinese/hokkien every where I go... You know the accent with a flat tone towards the end of the sentence? You can't miss it..... No wonder they were selling stuff so cheap. Original VCDs and DVDs for less than the price of the pirates. Must have just brought over from Johor and converted from Ringgit.
Did you know the cost of living in Singapore is higher than New York City? I read it in some article. Infamous Tokyo, as everyone knows it, is the number one most expensive city to live in. New York City was ranked number 23 and Singapore was ranked number 19. Whenever I visit NYC we're like "wah so expensive to live here", heh, what 'bout our own backyard? Sure, people will say that's because car and house are expensive to purchase here mah, because we are congested mah. Well, NYC is congested, and many people do not own a house (they rent) or car either! So I'm sure they took that into account in the "cost of living" calculations. The next time you feel that you are not earning enough to get by comfortably, you know why....
If only we have foreign-import Malaysian pasar malams (which sell things dirt cheap) more often. Maybe we'll be ranked lower than NYC next year.....
Saturday, July 16, 2005
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