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During pre-Facebook days, information about events like garage or car boot sales was disseminated via word-of-mouth or by putting up notices in convenience stores. Photo: Filepic

In Europe, car boot sales are fun, social outings where you can buy everything and anything, including food and surprising vintage finds. In Kuala Lumpur, however, it was blistering hot! And in typical tropical fashion, the vendors got rained on in the afternoon and everybody packed up super fast.

It was my first car boot sales, and I totally get what pasar malam (night market) traders have to go through. I didn’t make all that much, just enough to cover my cost and some change for lunch and coffee, I reckon.