I wake up fairly early to create a shorter video called Bovineiterology highlights. A put a Bongeziwe Mabandla song in the background and manage to just do it in one go without being too much of a perfectionist.
The power goes off and we head off to the Rosebank mall to get some things for Malawi. We look for a travel adapter and then pop into Pic n Pay for some dry food to bring. We manage to crush these tasks fairly quickly. We’re hungry and Jordan has the brilliant inspiration of going to the Sunday market that is the top of the parking garage.
This market is reminiscent of a slightly more fancy Milnerton market in Cape Town and we trawl through the little jewellery, food, trinket and craft market. Looking for lunch we spot an Indonesian store and I am so excited to see that they have Beef Rendang. The owner of the store is surprised that I know of it and I tell her in Indonesian that I lived there for two years. There is a woman next to me in the line who laughs and tells me that she is from Java. We have a lovely chat about things and then the food arrives.
I have quite an emotional experience eating the Beef Rendang Nasi Champur. It’s truly authentic, probably the best Indonesian food that I’ve had outside of Indonesia. So many memories and emotions come back to me and the spice helps a tear trickle out. There is a man playing flutes and a guitar - rather badly - nearby and it kind of completes the moment.
We take a stroll through the shops and find a massive Doc Martin stand that unfortunately is too expensive to justify Jordan buying some sandals. A man sells me a small dish that is a garlic crusher against my initial wishes - but retrospectively I’m so happy that I got it. Jordan buys me a small ring that I’ve been looking for for a while.
We have a coffee outside Woolworths and talk Malawi packing strategy and then pop into Fournos for a chocolate croissant. It’s time to go home!
When we’re home we get stuck into packing bags that takes several hours but is mostly very successful. A great stir fry is made for lunch in the candle light and then an early night is on the cards.