Pasar Malam Cum Funfair @ compass point

was bored and decided to go down to the pasar malam and take a look. asked one of my friend down yesterday, but she working got no time, =( i expected it to be quite boring to go alone, but never expect it to be soooo boring. there really isn't anything much @ the pasar malam, though the pasar malam itself is quite big. there are at least 2 same stalls for each category. other than the usual clothes, mattress, daily necessity, titbits stalls, there is nothing that catches my attention. maybe the keychain-making stall... but there is nothing really special about it too. yup, you guessed it, there are 2 such stalls in the whole pasar malam. it seems like an unspoken rule that for every stall selling a specific kind of thing, there must be another stall doing the same somewhere at the other end of the pasar malam. if i am not wrong, there is only 1 stall that is unique. the 1 selling smelly tofu. yup, 臭豆腐. 台湾的臭豆腐. out of curiosity, i went to bought 1 set. the set itself only has 4 pieces and it cost $2. sigh. seems like a major ripoff. $2 for a brand new experience might be a good tradeoff afterall. it was a long wait and the steep price attempted to sway me from my decision to buy it. eventually, my determination to try it out triumped and i bought a set home. and by the way, the long wait isn't due to long queue. in fact, there isn't any queue, its just that its made 'fresh'. ironic. fermented tofu made fresh. lOl. anyway, the box is in front of me and i decided to eat after i finish this post. anyway, lets go ahead with the next topic.

the funfair. it has to be the worst funfair i have ever seen. maybe i have seen worse, but at the look of the patronisation, this is the worst i swear. there will always be a highlight ride in every decent funfair. sadly, the person collecting the tix at the 'highlight ride' has to go around persuading people to try out the seemingly 'EXCITING' ride. no one responded though. the machine stood there like it was there way before the birth of dinosaurs. it wasn't abit interesting too. no wonder no one even bothered trying it. and for some other 'sure win' games, the usual 'play a game win a prize' stalls, the response is far from average. there is at most 1 person at each stall playing, and for more than half of the stalls, there isn't even a person looking, not to mention playing. i even saw a ride being activated just for a 4-5yrs old indian girl. she got the whole ride for herself. lOl. she must be proud of it. maybe it isn't something to be proud for someone our age, but for a little kid like her, having the whole ride for herself is something to boast in class. provided she does not leak out the fact that no one wants to even try it out. lucky my friend did not come along with me... if not she will be bored to death and it might very well be the last outing of the year. lOl!