Sunday, June 8, 2014

Back then...

When I was young, I used to buy bread and snacks from vendors selling them on motorcycles but now I don't do this anymore as I buy all my food from grocery stores at the local mall. So seeing the motorcyclist below with his bread and snacks hanging all over his motorcycle recently makes me think of my younger days.

Do you still buy bread and snacks from the roti-man on his motorcycle? Roti means bread in the Malay Language.

How does he balance his motorcycle with so many packs of bread and snacks hanging on it, I wonder.

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17 comments:

  1. ReanaclaireJune 9, 2014 at 12:22 PM

    hey Mun, I thought all these vendors no more existing already? At least in Ipoh.. not in my area though... but I like to buy their fried sweet potato those days! And their coconut buns too... hahaha.. 5 sen or 10 sen then...

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    1. munJune 9, 2014 at 1:07 PM

      I also thought that they don't exist anymore but just the other day, I saw a few of them in PJ and bukit jalil.

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  2. Somewhere in SingaporeJune 9, 2014 at 2:07 PM

    Here no more liao...

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    1. munJune 9, 2014 at 3:38 PM

      Did you buy from them when young? I guess eventually they will be no more.

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  3. Princess RibbonJune 9, 2014 at 5:04 PM

    There's only 2 things I buy - cream rolls and Chickadees, haha!

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    1. munJune 9, 2014 at 5:13 PM

      Charlie Charlie chickadees, yang paling enak sekali. Siapa mau lagi. Saya Charlie Chickadees. Haha I used to sing thid jingles all the time when I eat this. :)

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  4. wennJune 9, 2014 at 11:57 PM

    those were the days..

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  5. AileenJune 10, 2014 at 8:55 AM

    Wow brings back memories... I'm a chickadee fan too, but I wonder if Roti Man's wife makes the bread? Or they just repackage...

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    1. munJune 10, 2014 at 12:24 PM

      I don't think they make the bread themselves. You are a chickadee fan too! Yay! Those were the days.

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  6. KayJune 10, 2014 at 10:55 AM

    Oh gracious! I thought this was only in Vietnam. How amazing to see all that being balanced on a motorcycle!

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    1. munJune 10, 2014 at 12:29 PM

      We can still catch some remnants of the past here.

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  7. RealGunnersJuly 7, 2014 at 12:45 PM

    The taman that I am staying in right now (in Penang) still has. In fact there's 2 of them, one comes in the morning and one in the evening. Sometimes the kids will chase after the vendor with their bicycles =)

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    1. munJuly 8, 2014 at 2:24 PM

      Oh is it? I lived in Penang for 4 years while studying. Which taman are you referring to?

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    2. RealGunnersJuly 9, 2014 at 7:06 PM

      Crap, now that you asked, I actually don't know the name of the taman. It's those 40 years old single storey terraces near Sunshine Square, facing the road towards the airport.

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    3. munJuly 9, 2014 at 11:32 PM

      at Bayan Baru? You don't need to write your Penang address often?

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    4. RealGunnersJuly 10, 2014 at 8:07 AM

      Yup Bayan Baru. I don't actually, I don't have letters coming in except for the utility bills (never paid attention on the address LOL). All my letters are addressed to my hometown.

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