The Housewife Speaks

Sometimes, the weekend is so short, that we have no extra time to squeeze in for grocery shopping. And even if we do so, it would be very rush, and we only make it to those that open 24 hours.

Having said that, grocery shopping remains one of my favourite ever since I became a Mrs. And those that know me well would know that I ONLY shop at either Cold Storage or Market Place. The bigger, more swanky NTUC could make it to my list, but Shop & Save is out. And I would NEVER step foot into Sheng Siong unless I have to go save a life there.

No, it's not that I'm atas or what. To me, grocery shopping is not just getting what we need for the house. It's about the shopping experience that I look out for and value. The way the shelves are arranged, the way the products are categorised and the flow/sequence of product placement.

Even the lighting places an important role - white glaring lights are a turn-off. The range of produce available differs too, I NEVER find any fresh basil or oregano at Shop & Save, only flies hovering over the "fresh" seafood and vegetables.

Much as I would like to, we sometimes really cannot afford the time. And since shopping online is so absolutely convenient, I thought the auntie in me would check out Cold Storage online.

It would have been a very viable alternative, given that the whole idea is actually quite neat, if not for the limited range of products available. There could even be some savings, some products being slightly cheaper online than at retail. More so, the brands that I usually trust and go for are not available.

In the end, I could only find these necessities, whilst the rest of the things I needed were not online.




So, until they are able to put the entire Cold Storage store online, I would still stick to visiting the supermarket in person. This actual experience of seeing and touching the products, reading about them, contemplating whether or not to buy cannot be replaced by the mere clicking of the mouse and convenience.

My New Status

Learnt from r@e:

That there is a term to represent all those who follow TVB serials, all those who rush home from work to catch all that drama - xi lai. Sounds like "west come".

And I'm quite proud of it, ha!

Lethal TVB

While The Boy is away serving the nation, I've been home glued to Channel 55 the last few nights. I'm hooked, addicted to watching the serials that TVB has to offer. This particular one had me cancelling my gym sessions the past 2 evenings, and rushing home just to catch it.


In fact, even after the 2 episodes ended, I continued searching for the site to download the whole series. Ended up finding only selected clips on the youtube. But I watched them anyway! Till wee hours of the morning. And had trouble waking up the next day.

So eager I am to watch, that I'm contemplating cancelling all activities for the next few days, just so that I can go home to watch Raymond Lum in action. I gushed about how charming he is to the BBs. Haha.

And because it would take time to download the series, I might just rent them instead. I prefer to think of this as "celebrating the auntie in me".

And So the Auntie Goes Shopping

I was asked what I wanted for Christmas. It was a really hard choice to make between the two. Both are black. Both are useful. Both cost just about as much.


In the end, as I recalled Cabbycabcab gushing about how great the OSIM iEcology was, about a year back, I succumbed to the auntie in me.

AND the deal was made so much sweeter with the fact that I could trade in my old pinky vacuum cleaner! I would have loved to keep this petite one (as it takes up less storage space), but it had already died on me twice.

So now, we have Eckie in the house - it's an early Christmas pressie for both The Boy and me - meaning, if he has a share in this pressie, HE HAS A SHARE IN THE VACUUMING .....