Little Things in Life

The other day I complained to dad that we have been eating roasted duck too frequently. Where got people eat duck twice in less than a week? He argued that he doesn't know what to cook..so he bought duck lo.

Well, its not that I don't like duck..but too much duck is 'duk' ma.

Anyway, I felt a little bit guilty about complaining. So, I suggested that we go out for dinner last night since it was a public holiday eve.

• Dad: Eat what?
• ME: Claypot chicken rice?
• Dad: Yesterday ate chicken oridi, today you want chicken meh?

Hmm..no worries..I have contigency plan. See..no wonder why I am constantly in thinking mode. One simple dinner also need contigency plan.

We ended up in 全一面. A restaurant that sells lai mien. Its been around for some time..we just never thought of trying.

Verdict?

Well, it is something different. I can't even repeat the name of the noddle dish that we had. We enjoyed it alot during the process of eating. Price..abit on the high side. Unless you take the PLAIN noodle..most of the options are priced from $7 to $12 on average. After digestion,..now, I am not sure if i will go back again wor. It's like the enjoyment didn't last.

Anyway..that is not why I wrote this. After the meal..we de-toured to check out a hardware store for stuff. By 10ish..I felt a little bit hungry and felt like having something sweet or a pau. Was happy to see the Tong Kee shop (famous for egg tarts) is still open! We were the last customers. Browsed around salivating all over the pastries. Got shocked by the elevated prices of new year cookies - a bottle of dragon cookie is now $20!

We decided to buy 2 egg tarts and a kaya butter puff. I kept asking them if there are any discounts since they are closing - they keep smiling and shook their heads. While paying..I saw them clearing trays of pastries from the shelves. I asked again...if those are for free :p They said NO.

So..I asked ..what are they going to with them? Allare so fresh? Answer - either take home, or throw. What a waste!

Guess what...in the end, they gave us 4 pieces of cup cake.

It's not a lot...but it's the fun. Dad was also beaming away. Like small kids..we ate one in the car. He ate another 2 when he reached home.

This is an example of little things in life that will make our day.

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21st century screening questions for future employees:

• Do you keep a regular blog? - to screen out people who spends hours updating blogs
• What websites do you normally visit most? - to screen out people who spend hours surfing non related sites
• Do you smoke? How many packs a day?- to screen out smokers who goes out for nicotine fix every 2 hours
• Do you believe in allowing chat system in the office? - to check for regular chat users who will spend 50% of their time bersembang chatting

If the above are not acceptable..who else is there to hire huh?

What a start

First working day of the year! Guesss what - I forgot my password to the email. New Year Amnesia...it is.

And we Malaysians are greeted by the a grand news of the decade - our very own Health Minister was caught in a sex video scandal! Hmm..as he had rightly pointed out - all was planned & done by someone with a motive, whatever & whoever it is, is not important, he has apologised and regret his mistakes.

Well, I agree 100% that it doesn't matter the political agenda behind the episode. What matters is...can we accept such behaviour from a Health Minister?