Thursdays are grocery days. One of the things we love about Jakarta is that they actually have real grocery stores here! Not only are there grocery stores, there are several different chains. We're in awe. We're really having to change our perspective regarding Asia, because it's becoming obvious after visiting Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Jakarta that India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka may not be representative of the majority of the countries in the continent. So far I've been in Carrefour, LotteMart, Food Hall, and Grand Lucky. I haven't even been in the other two major chains yet, Giant and Hero. Thus far Grand Lucky has been my store of choice. Gabriel loves to go shopping with me because he gets to visit the seafood section. It's full of live fish and bins of various sea creatures:
Here we have a selection of various prawns as well as some squid, octopus, and crabs.
Errands seem to make Gabey very tired but he also really seems to love to get out and explore a bit. We take taxis sometimes, but we do quite a bit of walking. We walk to Grand Lucky from Zack's school and we walk to the mall near our house. He loves to see new things, but I usual carry him if we have to pass a group of people. He really, really hates the attention he gets. I just try to walk past quickly with as little drama/trauma as possible. I will never understand the cultural difference that makes people think they can just reach out and touch a child's face. This has happened to us in India, Nepal, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. This has never happened in America or Europe. In European airports they actually get down at the boys' level and explain to them what they're doing to their bags and why they have to go through the security screen. In American airports they tend to be pretty helpful and gentle with the kids. No one in the West ever touches them without some kind of permission. It's obviously cultural. I don't think I'll ever get used to that one.
Bonus Pic: All my adorable boys being their adorable selves all cosy with their iPods before bed.
1 comment:
The family that ipods together stays together. Hey, is the furniture the same style here as what was provided in India?
Glad grocery shopping is easier. I was impressed by how much time just getting groceries took in India.
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