Raya Shopping

As Raya approaches (and Deepavali too this time around) the traffic around Alor Star town centre becomes more congested than usual. No hope finding parking space during shopping times here now. Lots of temporary stalls along the pedestrian pavements and it creates an atmosphere of festivities around the town centre. Good for shoppers - bargains and choices; good for sellers - bountiful harvests; not good for normal pavement users - walkers and the handicapped alike - lose their right of way in some places. Win some, lose some. That's the way it has always been every year on these occassions, that's the way it is so I'll make the most of it and buy whatever and do my bit to contribute to the local economy, anyway all of these will be gone in a little more than 2 weeks.