Marchand sinois (ting tong)
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Ting Tong p vini! Nu al aster gato!!!
Since my early childhood, I have always known him as “Marchand Sinois” or even “Ting Tong”, a name given to him surely because of the siren which announces his arrival in the next minutes.
Filled with sweets of various varieties, he usually works in the northern part of the island, travelling in his small white car, transformed into a ‘van’ type vehicle.
During the school days, he usually sell his sweets in the yards of schools and colleges, but during weekends and school holidays, he goes round the villages, practically 6/7 days!
His ’siren’ can be heard from some 1 KM, and immediately after, you can see little groups of children gathering at the usual spots where he stops.
Gato Piaow, cravatte, sorbet, pixidou, superring, biscuits, gaufrettes, jus, bonbons tous kalité, he has practically everything!
I am pretty sure, loads of you might recognise him without whom, your childhood would have surely not been the same. Loads of memories, especially during those fun school holidays where all of us have been waiting for his arrival !
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September 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am
Yeah I do recognise… used to purchase gatos from him when I was a kid. Pity he doesn’t come in my street anymore…
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September 21st, 2008 at 7:35 am
wahahaha….i cn c didi nea on pic n harsh a coter ;p
bien aster gato r li……
huh,,,,jamai pane remarker ki marchand ting tong so plak num http://www.yashvin.net ;p
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September 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
You are quite lucky to have those things coming to your place.
I would kill (way of talking of course!) for a gaufrette! X]
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September 21st, 2008 at 8:55 am
Hehe perhaps akoz Ting Tong mem ki to ti overweight sa ban lepok lekol & collez la lol
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September 21st, 2008 at 9:09 am
@Bob: haha ! wai cpv
@Mel : Gaufrettes, wai sa si li vender
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September 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am
Ey yash..kot moi ena marsan la barbe ( akoz li ena 1 long la barbe obviously) lol ek ena 1 lot peeeenk peeenkkk haha..akoz thats the sound his motorcycle makes…
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September 21st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
hey i even knw marchand ting tong. wen i was at l’ecole rouma(now northlands) we used to call him ‘tonton’. li ti p vine vend gato dan l’ecole.
even now i see him often near lsr wen skul breaks.
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September 21st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I never saw him… cot sa sa?? Enfin mone fer 6 lecol primair moi (mo ti p laguer ar tou zenfant :D)…alor mo pa rapel banla em tro… maybe kav mone deja aste gato ar li…
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September 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Hmmmmm…Avish triolet ta! !pffff..beser r twa
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September 21st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
hey couma dire ene store manzE ambulant sa.. pas capve gagne so vehicle letemps alle camP
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September 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Saki plus comik bhai,tne bilier dir kuma nu ti p couyon li avk mangues..lolzz
hehe
mo p ggn faim kan mo guet neha achT gato..samedi prochain mo p sey bribe li avk un papaye
Tou les temps li fek peink peink avk so ti instrument pu inform inform nu fer vite vini…
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September 21st, 2008 at 8:58 pm
@Deepa: haha wai, mo rapel.
To others: Some years back, when my grandmother was still alive, sometimes we even made a barter system deal with him, we exchanged mangoes against his sweets
haha!
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September 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 am
Moi mo rappel marchand ting tong kan mo ti petit mais marchand sorbet ki fine le plus mark moi c VONA CORONA!!! Marchand sorbet dans collège St. Joseph!!
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September 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
Hmmm…so much souvenirs! bane vieux lepok ek gato ti mieux! Aster tou zafer business…plastic gros gato tipti…
Enfin! merci de me rapeller sa bane souvenirs la
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September 22nd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
In response to the comment of Yashvin(Read...) : yea he used to ask for mangoes at my place2
but didnt give any sweets in return
discrimination!!!!
lozzzzzzz
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September 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
@neha: haha, bad luck then
En tout cas, lepok saison mangues, nu fine bien gagne sweets kdo
btw, thnks for ur first comment here
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September 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
heyy..i know him too.wen was at sushil..was buying cakes from him…nice old man…but 2D, i discover that he’s called TING TONG…pa ti kner sa…mais nom la sonne bien ar li!!!
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September 23rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Ene lepok kan ti p donne li mangue en retour ti p gagne piksidou tou , mais aster li p koumance vin inper malin, li pas accepT Bribe no more.:(
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