Shopping with Grandma

As usual in my family, our grandmother assumed the role of leader when it came to Deepavalli shopping.The reason was very simple: she held the purse strings, literally. We sat around and wrote out a two-page shopping list. Grandma looked cute sitting there, con.centrating intensely with her glasses balanced at the tip of her nose. She wrote slowly and that gave us a lot oftime to think carefully. “Sunday,” announced the Grand Dld Lady when we finished and looked at my sister,the designated driver for all expeditions. My sister nodded ond beamed her usual ear-to-ear grin.

Sunday finally arrived and we were excite as 4:00 p.m. approached and were dressed and ready an hour before. As they would be in the way, my grandmother decided not to take our parents along. “They are too old-fashioned,” declared Grandma. We agreed. Shopping with Grandma would be more fun and we looked forward to it. Our parents were likely to look for the”cheapest and the best” things. Grandma looked grim and determined as she emerged from her room dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. The slight drizzle did not dampen our spirits as we set off. I wondered why our parents had such broad grins on their faces as we waved goodbye.

It was a bad decision; we only realised that when our car left the CTE and turned into Bukit Timah Road;Sunday was “Foreign Workers’ Day”! As usual they were there in the thousands. They filled every sidewalk and spilled into the main road. Anjali had to drive very carefully to avoid men as they walked on the road as if they were walking in their living rooms. Honking was not effective as apparently all of them were deaf. Some looked at us curiously and turned their heads away, but did not move an inch to give way. Anyway, with a great deal or patience and ardent prayer, Anjali managed to drive us to the car park behind the temple. What a hope! There were at least 10 000 of them gathered there, and they were actually sitting on the car park. Not a single car could park there. Some of them grinned at us, especially Anjali. Finally she gave up honking at them and turned into Race Course Road. After some clever maneuvers and near murders, we managed to arrive at Lavender Street. I am still wondering how Anjali did it. We were ready to give up, but the determined look on Grandma’s face encouraged us. Suddenly the reason for our parents’ broad grins dawned on me.

We got out of the car and began the one kilometre walk to the shopping area. We were particularly interested in the clothes shops. After more clever maneuvering, this time on foot, we managed to arrive. Grandma smiled triumphantly. However, her triumph was shortlived: Most of the shops were closed! Apparently the shop owners had less patience than we did. We looked at our Great Leader for a sign. She gave a big sigh: the biggest we had ever heard. “Let us get the hell out of here,” she said in despair, letting out a rare swear word.We were glad to agree.

It took us half an hour to get back to the car It was nice to sit in air-conditioned comfort. Anjali – the most careful driver I have ever known – drove so fast on the way home that I was worried. Suddenly Grandma said, “Next Sunday”. We looked at her incredulously.”Saturday,” she corrected herself.

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