Thanks to grouchiosa for this article. Should we now be proud that we are about to move to one of the expensive cities in the world? Nope! (Are you kidding!)
I am nervous. I have browsed in the intenet, looking for some info for Sudan and surprisingly, one of the issues the expats are concerned about are the expensive prices of the groceries. Imagine a minimum of RM20 for chicken and RM4 for a kilo of onions (it doesn't help that i use a lot of onions, and garlic in my cooking- konon rasa lebih sedap). Luckily, we have not started our kids with fast food ( yet!). If not, the husband will have to spend RM 76 on a KFC single plate (one piece of chicken, fries and soft drink).
Morine, kalau u duduk sana and Angel is her usual self yang go for fancy restaurants every now and then, habis la you...
With US sanction, and EU , too, soon? It's not helping, at all.
Okay, I'll do this. I will definitely have to go to the internet, look for some local main ingredients that are used in local dishes, look for the recipes, and make sure I know how to prepare them. At least tak lah bengong sangat sampai sana. Plus, with the very s l o w connection we'll have there, ....just hope it won't discourage me frm blogging! :-)
This reminds me of someone was given some flax seed from Sudan, and both the guy and his wife do not know what to do with it. After asking around, he was informed that in Sudan or over Africa, they just spread the seed on their bread or rice*
*me: i thought flax seed are also great for bread making? just like what we have in the hi-fibre gardenia bread yang ada raisins, peaches, apricots etc tu , ye tak?
BTW, DH told me that, over there, only the rich eat rice. ..( sedih la dengar..)
Over and over again, to show how expensive things are there, DH will relate how he bought a Conetto ice-cream for RM11 ! okay, now I'm convinced! Looks like Umar and his siblings will stay inside the house all the time! Only tour to the local dry market ( where they have goats, camels, goat's milk, camel's milk, etc) are allowed, no shopping malls for them! hehehe..
No worries! Umar will love looking at live animals at the market, than he will at the malls!
I am nervous. I have browsed in the intenet, looking for some info for Sudan and surprisingly, one of the issues the expats are concerned about are the expensive prices of the groceries. Imagine a minimum of RM20 for chicken and RM4 for a kilo of onions (it doesn't help that i use a lot of onions, and garlic in my cooking- konon rasa lebih sedap). Luckily, we have not started our kids with fast food ( yet!). If not, the husband will have to spend RM 76 on a KFC single plate (one piece of chicken, fries and soft drink).
Morine, kalau u duduk sana and Angel is her usual self yang go for fancy restaurants every now and then, habis la you...
With US sanction, and EU , too, soon? It's not helping, at all.
Okay, I'll do this. I will definitely have to go to the internet, look for some local main ingredients that are used in local dishes, look for the recipes, and make sure I know how to prepare them. At least tak lah bengong sangat sampai sana. Plus, with the very s l o w connection we'll have there, ....just hope it won't discourage me frm blogging! :-)
This reminds me of someone was given some flax seed from Sudan, and both the guy and his wife do not know what to do with it. After asking around, he was informed that in Sudan or over Africa, they just spread the seed on their bread or rice*
*me: i thought flax seed are also great for bread making? just like what we have in the hi-fibre gardenia bread yang ada raisins, peaches, apricots etc tu , ye tak?
BTW, DH told me that, over there, only the rich eat rice. ..( sedih la dengar..)
Over and over again, to show how expensive things are there, DH will relate how he bought a Conetto ice-cream for RM11 ! okay, now I'm convinced! Looks like Umar and his siblings will stay inside the house all the time! Only tour to the local dry market ( where they have goats, camels, goat's milk, camel's milk, etc) are allowed, no shopping malls for them! hehehe..
No worries! Umar will love looking at live animals at the market, than he will at the malls!
4 comments:
you'll need to do loooots of fun creative in-house game then. and looots of CDs ... are you planning to bring along the Magic English set, i think that'll keep kiddies entertained. it'll be eye opening to see the community where only the rich eat "rice" ... keep yr ear and eyes open, you might gain something valuable - in appreciation of our own blessings and humanity.
ahhh no blogging --- ayooo write lah jugak sikit-sikit pun.
Salam,
Laaa tak tau lah ni blog you, ada gak ternampak dlm blog lollies.
On the pindah issue this is the opportunity for you to spend lots and lots of time with your children.So have fun :)
My husbands friend ada kat sana but that day dia kata dah nak balik. I tak kenal sgt dgn the wife so can't help you lah.
suka bace cite bout ur boys...
camne lah anak yana nanti k.ina ek?
susahlah nk jumpa k.ina lagi pasni..
dlm 1 negara pn susah nak jumpa..ni kan lagi dah duk Sudan...
:-(
ninuk - thanks for the advice.really appreciate it.I am also looking for the playgroup kit i saw in uks.magic english set tu, can get from u?
butterflutter - laa..baru tahu ke?heeh..biasala, i ni low profile, junior blogger la katakan..
anyway, thanks 4 visiting
yana- welcome, welcome.dlm negara kita jumpa setahun sekali, kalau dah pi sudan pun jumpa setahun sekali jugak..hmmm.
tu lah pasal kita ber-blog! :-)
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