This year wasn't as bad as the previous ones. I actually walked through Geylang a few times towards the end; to buy food, browse through baju raya, beli sampul, blah blah. Actually I prefer shopping in pasar Geylang itself to shopping at the Bazaar Geylang. I know where the best bargains are (I think) so I go straight there, instead of trying to bargain the price down at the bazaar where shopkeepers are trying their best to make ends meet due to the exorbitant rental.

Like yesterday, I walked around, trying to find a yam/purplish tudung to go along with his baju. I stopped at this shop in bazaar after seeing a yam tudung, but I enquired about a black one instead (duh!). It cost $18 & I asked what type of tudung it was. Apparently it was called tudung bawal. I thought it was quite hilarious (not to mention unglamourous, I wouldn't want to wear a fish on my head, no way). Anyway, I bargained & the lowest they could let it go was at $15.

Later I asked the girl to show me the yam/purplish tudung. She did, and to my surprise, that tudung cost $38! Instantly the brain said, No No No! In the end, I walked out of the shop buying neither (kalau AH ada, sure dah mengamuk seh).

I loitered inside pasar Geylang, where I saw many more tudung bawals selling for $10! See the price difference?

I didn't buy the tudung after all, I just bought a kerongsang which I tot looked more expensive than it cost. Even the salesgirl couldn't believe it was that cheap (oi, not $1 lah...more than that).

Then I walked out & tengok2 kuih. Wanted to get Nana this kuih M & Ms but they didn't have new stock. I didn't want to buy the one with squashed M & Ms. I also bought baulu gulung but it was for $12, not $10.
Takpe lah, kasi orang pasar Geylang tu untung lebih sikit :p Kalau hari2 dapat customer macam Nani, boleh gulung tikar.



Lucky it was still early yesterday when I went downstairs, if not, I'd have raided the foodstalls. Actually you need to know which stalls to buy from. I've found the best ayam percik stall. It's infront of the carpark where they unload the fish (yeah, that's why sedap lemak berkrim, heheh) & you can spot the seller dipping those ayam percik into satay sauce. At $1 per wing, it's soooo worth it!

Best burger ramly? Heard it's infront of the Galaxy. Yum yum.

The best keropok lekor has got to be the one at the bazaar in the perkampungan Geylang serai. Really good - crispy on the outside, soft in the inside. We bought $2 worth of keropok lekor the other night.

Well all this food will be gone on Thursday morning. Then all's left of Geylang will be rubbish, planks of wood and canvass. Not a pretty sight at all. Lucky our estate doesn't face Geylang itself. If not, nak raya pon takde mood seh.

So apa yang ada pada Geylang eh? Is it a shopping paradise? Or just the fun of being amidst the crowd? The people watching? The bargaining? The 100% halal market? I also dunno lah, having been an orang Geylang for the past 20 years. I guess I'll only know the answer when I no longer stay in Geylang anymore.