Our fantastic shopping on May 1st

       The day before yesterday is the first “International Labour Day” I spent in a foreign country. Usually, I would stay at home and face my computer for the entire holiday. But this year, though there is only one day off, I experience a short but meaningful holiday with my group3 classmates.

       My day was started by a heavy hit by Kaiwen when I was still dreaming after 6 hours sleep. Early in the morning, three of our boys with monitor and Xiaoxuan went shopping in the Fairprice in Jurong Point. Despite the JP in the morning was almost empty, more people are concentrating in the supermarket. Our first task is preparing food and drinks for our midday hot pot and barbecue. It seemed Xiaoxuan had taken it into account the night before for she just took out a list which had contained all the things we need to buy. Then for the first time, I observed how crazy the girls were when they were shopping, especially when there were two. They were particular to everything like the kinds of drinks, the amount of meat and the sorts of vegetables. In addition monitor strongly recommended white gourd tea. And Xiaoxuan was favourable to some strange cabbages. However, thankful to their precise selection, we had enough food for our hot pot though we had not finished them at last.

       During the shopping, something that out of my prediction also happened. When we were choosing vegetables, a man about 50 years old suddenly turned to me and said, “Do not but so many drinks. It will be harmful for your body and you may get diabetes.” I was surprised by his abrupt talking. Subconsciously, I nodded my head watched the five bottles of drinks. After finishing the speaking, he turned back. When we were waiting at the checkout line, we met again. And this time, I explained the whole thing to him. Then he just gave me a smile and started chatting with us. Although he misunderstood our action, I really appreciate his advice in good faith. I thought if there were more people like him, out world would be a better place.

       Our shopping did not last as long as I thought previously. But this experience was unforgettable. Though the food was not light to carry, we were paid off by the happiness of out classmates when they enjoyed the hot pot.