[01/23/2009 - Apple Daily] Show Lo and Mom Bargain on Ti-Hwa Street ; $1000 For New Years' Goods

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Show Lo and Mom Bargain on Ti-Hwa Street ; $1000 For New Years' Goods

01/23/2009

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[caption : Show (left) takes Mom to Ti-Hwa Street for new years goods, where she was like Liu Lau Lau In the Garden, everything was so fresh to her.]

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[caption : Mama Lo concentrates on picking out sausages, Show is behind her acting silly.]

For sausages that were originally priced $230, she asks, "How about $220?"

Show "Xiao Zhu [Little Pig]" made over $200 million last year, but in facing the bad economy, Show and his mother went to Ti-Hwa Street for New Years' Goods with 3 goals in mind, "Less Buying of Random Things, Less Calories, More Bargaining." Spending only $1,125, they were settled with their new years scrolls and snacks. Being the first time Mama Lo had browsed the streets for new years goods, she was happily shopping and humming tunes. At the same time she was enjoying the feel of bargaining, she also didn't wish for the store to do business where they lost money. Some store owners were generous and wanted to give it to them for free, but Mama Lo insisted on paying, saying, "During the New Years, you have to accept money, it's happiness!"

Mama Lo only cooks the new year's dinner every year, but Show needs to control his diet, and she's not used to abalone or shark fins, or other high class food ingredients. With just pan-fried pomfrets and soy sauce chicken the mother and son are fed. So this time, the two of them were preparing to entertain family and friends that may visit during this new years, thus bought things like melon seeds, candies, cuttlefish jerky, especially those soft candies more suitable for elders, along with longan candies and golden drops, things of that nature that had to buy, but Show said, "Mom, you can't eat any of this," because she has diabetes.

Having spent the past consecutive new years doing autograph sessions, this year, Show will begin working on the 5th (5th day of the Lunar calendar), having extra time to stay home and test his luck. Blackjack, mahjong, everything, but he insists that he only play with family, "The money will circulate in the family." With a son that is so good at making money, Mama Lo's bargaining had everyone laughing. Sausage originally priced at $230, she actually asked the owner, "Can you just give it to me for $220?" But the promoters helped her bargain to $200. As for the must-buy New Year's Scrolls, she chose "Spring," "Happiness," and "Ushering in wealth and prosperity," one of each, where the "Spring" one was especially important, she joked and said "It's because we're both single (mother and son), so we need "spring" to bring us blossoms."

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they did do a good job shopping.
yet they still bought CANDY?!! o_O
dats not something they can eat...
HAHA, sausages & cabbage;;
luo ma's famous dish that Show loves.
it LOOKS good & sounds good..
luo ma, wanna spare us some??

thanks for the translation, stina
this article is so cute!
so sweet of Show to go CNY shopping with Luo Mama!

so sweet... they went shopping together....

yeah...they're both sweet..hehehe.. Kung Hei fat choi!

wow. luo mama doesnt cook a lot eeh? must be rare ^___^.
so nice of him to take her to shop.
and look at show's jacket! it says candy man hehe
i havent heard bargaining in a very long time. theres no such thing in the U.S
must be fun to bargain LOl.

wow, so mother & son bonding, how i miss my mommy, and also the chinese goodies

gambling with family can be really fun !!!!
blackjack my fav!!!!
hahahaaha

sun_in_action wrote:gambling with family can be really fun !!!!
blackjack my fav!!!!
hahahaaha

Haha..me too.
Mahjong also my fav too.

Brian18 wrote:

sun_in_action wrote:gambling with family can be really fun !!!!
blackjack my fav!!!!
hahahaaha

Haha..me too.
Mahjong also my fav too.

mahjong ur fav? i want to learn mahjong also...cos i dun really know how to play...
so did u win any during CNY? =P

Is very easy to learn.You always watch ur family play then u will know.Nope..I didn't win but lose.

They were so cute..look at that picture..Show is so funny
Thanks stina for translating

hahaha...my family dun play mahjong...they dun know also...which is really need to learn...
gamble very easy to lose one...shi du jiu shi...
i always play blackjack during CNY....

haha...i know someone who gambles with the family...lol

yea,we dont have bargaining here in the U.S. x but even if we did....i suck big time at bargaining.lol

Luo mama and Show look cute together.Not a lot of sons are that close with their mom..Good for him! x

*xraraix loves xiao zhu and piggy sue!*

hahaahaha....singapore have bargaining also...but not those shopping centre i guess...wet market and those, u will see alot of aunites bargaining...
i did try bargain before but sucessful cases can be counted which means only one or two times...hahaha
=P

xraraix- u are right, u rarely see son that close to mum...almost never....!!!from that,u can see he is such a nice person.filial is most important..

I want Luo mama's shirt....xD

my mom did that without me this year D= his mom is so 'trendy' and awesome lol

sausage?! i love it!
luo ma, threw it over to Jakarta, will you???

traditional market in taiwan (like in the photo) is more clean than in jakarta.
bleh.. i never like go shopping in trad market with mom.. it's dirty and packed with lots of weird smell.

sausage is niceee!!! i love it too...