He's not yet ah pek. Still in uncle territory. Hair very gray,still some little smatterings of black left. His shirt had repeated light brown geometric shapes on thin man made material and a mauve collar.
It'd cost maybe two dollars. At most 3 for ten dollars.
I imagined myself frugal wearing only on sale g2000 polos,bought in threes or more.
Without looking. I imagine his sandals cost $5 at most. I'd shopped queensway half a evening to find a pair of adidas at $40:i thought it cheap enough for a pair of casual shoes..that i don't wear to work.
Shops in hdb estates,and along little india, sold clothing and bags and shoes and many other things at these prices.
Then those shoes will be worn until they half disintegrate. Whereupon they'll be held together by that yellow glue that came in little cans, cured under the phone book,some parts with the help of clothespegs.
Back in the day they wore no name automatic watches, but now he wears a fake tag heuer.
Including his watch what he wore probably cost less than two packs of cigarettes. He probably quit a long time ago during one of the many tax increases on tobacco.
Nowadays he'd go out a couple of times a week to meet his friends,discussing the relative merits of horses and soccer teams,the various places that denied them subsidies,how life is now the shipyards and factories all won't hire them and how well the neighbours' sons and daughters treated their parents over a couple of beers.
It'd cost maybe two dollars. At most 3 for ten dollars.
I imagined myself frugal wearing only on sale g2000 polos,bought in threes or more.
Without looking. I imagine his sandals cost $5 at most. I'd shopped queensway half a evening to find a pair of adidas at $40:i thought it cheap enough for a pair of casual shoes..that i don't wear to work.
Shops in hdb estates,and along little india, sold clothing and bags and shoes and many other things at these prices.
Then those shoes will be worn until they half disintegrate. Whereupon they'll be held together by that yellow glue that came in little cans, cured under the phone book,some parts with the help of clothespegs.
Back in the day they wore no name automatic watches, but now he wears a fake tag heuer.
Including his watch what he wore probably cost less than two packs of cigarettes. He probably quit a long time ago during one of the many tax increases on tobacco.
Nowadays he'd go out a couple of times a week to meet his friends,discussing the relative merits of horses and soccer teams,the various places that denied them subsidies,how life is now the shipyards and factories all won't hire them and how well the neighbours' sons and daughters treated their parents over a couple of beers.
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