Exhibition of the weird and wonderful

Last night, my mother came back from a shopping spree with her friends in Thailand. Lugging an extra luggage full of things she bought for the family and herself, she spread everything in the living room pasar malam style. Almost as if it were clockwork, she asked us to try on the clothes she bought for us.

Apparently, she bought me an Apple product.


Not the Ipod nano

There were so many things wrong with this pair of shorts I wondered why she even thought of buying it.Firstly it was the pattern, which nearly blinded me when I first saw it.


Try putting this as your wallpaper (for preview, click to enlarge)

Then there was the fact that it looked kinda gay.

The strange thing is my mother seemed to love it and bought three pairs, all of different colours. In her defense, she also bought some shirts which have a chance of seeing the light of day, unlike the mind-numbingly disturbing shorts.

Other than clothes, she also bought some food back from Thailand. Still trying to recover from the dizziness caused by staring at the shorts,I attacked the mango glutinous rice with renewed vigour. The difference between the ones sold there and the ones here is that they make the glutinous rice extremely sweet there, which made the mango's sweetness pale in comparison.

My mother, smiling mischievously then took out a plate of what looked like decorative ornaments.


Not your normal fruits

"Can eat one , " she said.

And so we dipped our fingers into the thumb-sized fruits. They were stuffed with Tao Sa, not unlike the Ang ku kuehs we have in Singapore. Instead of the smooth red covering, they chose plastic-looking fruits which may look normal sized to a certain Thumbelina.


Euw.

Pretty they may be, but I can safely say they were the most vile Ang Ku kuehs I have ever been fed. They tasted like plastic.

Besides having tasted the worst of the food she bought, I also had the pleasure of savouring the best thing to get invented since seedless watermelons.



Vacuum freeze-dried durians may not seem like a lot to you but these little chunks of yellow flesh just burst in flavour when they come into contact with your tongue, sending many a tastebud into a frenzy. Styrofoam-looking at first sight, these little buggers are made from real durians. Crispy as potato chips and as light as air, my mother absolutely adores them - something that for once, I second.

But my mum was not done with her exhibition of the weird and wonderful just as yet. Guess what these are.


Unpacking the packets

No idea? Let me give you a clue. It contains a small mirror inside and holds something that you can use .No it is not a compact mirror.
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Nothing still?
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Clue two: It is a something-holder.
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Clueless?


A toothpick-holder

So if you ever receive one, you know where it's from - Thailand.