It's my car. New car given by nicest daddy though you're the one and only. I like merc, but Chevrolet is equally good. It makes me feel so great. Daddy will drive it till I got my license slated to be gotten by Sept if I don't fail. It's just a feeling so great. It was delivered right before my very eyes...
...in greatness and fanfare, which no doubt... has nullified all the aforementioned inverted facts in the statement full of prevarication given my current state and capacity in apparency. I shall once again introduce to you the new Chevrolet NA a.k.a the Chevrolet N/A. I saw at a huge mall btw.
Today, and here the interesting story goes, had been fun and filthily exciting. Why so? It had been fun because, uhha, it's FATHERS' DAY. At Marche, my sister and me had a whole lot of wonderful food with the entire family. Sounds big, though as usual only the four of us. Ok, it's dad's first time, cos he just hate mushrooms.
The day of excitement didn't just end here with the fact that, filthy was the word mentioned. On the table next to us sat a couple, middle-aged, one seemed local and plum, and were enjoying their 'Brunch' buffet promotion. Innitially an envy of ours, which later turned sour. They had rounds and rounds of 'collections' and the two-person-sized table was at no exageration full of food, food and food. Later, to our suprises and many other diners around alike, witnessed the owners-of-the-grandfathers-of-the-world leaving the table. Yes, all food remained there, and still fresh. We though we could only see people's head turning side to side and the usual 'tsk tsk tsk' by people far more appreciating, like, me (and family).
Just then, a manager, an ang-moh middle-aged strong-built, went over there and sigh. He really sighed! I guess he could have gotten too disappointed over such wastage, or rather an insult to the restaurant. So the busybody people, also like me (and surely family) quickly vacate our seats and oh ha ha, here the story goes...
'At the checkout area, the botak ang moh scolded them. You're damn right, yes, he scolded! Not in a tone so fierce but so firm that have left the couple explaining what's going on without a sign of frustration. I guess that's the power of such people (based on the perception of the whole world).
It went something like this:
"Why did you leave so many uneaten food behind?! It's such a wastage."
"We're very full."
(one looking innocent, and the man, was getting frustrated but still silent)
"Full? I saw you walking around so many times and took three times the XXX.
"Why did you still take when you're already full?"
I couldn't really recall what did they said after that, during part 1 of 3. He meant that he eats buffet and paid the money for it already. He apologised by saying 'i'm sorry' to the manager and from then, the silence broke after the manager turned around and off. Shouting at the poor miss cashier whom I guess he knew she didn't have much power, he said he was the king, because he is the customer, and he pays to be a customer. Second part:
"I paid mun-neey!
"I'm cust-termo! (Deliberate error to reflect his foreign accent, refering to 'money' and 'customer' respectively). Cust-termo is king, right? I paid for the food!
"I'm very angry!" (x 3)
While I was busy snapping pictures at the same time trying not to be obvious, dad broke into laughter and openly criticised them loudly in the conversation to mum.
"Aiyo. (...evil laughs...)
"Still got the cheek to get angry, and there telling people you're angry."
Whatever or ever father like son, or son like father, it just doesn't matter because I just think it's funny. To add on, he's there telling people he's very angry when apparently he's trying cover up his TOTAL GUILT. I think the fact that they were full is just that THEY ARE FOOL! The drama got really really exciting and drew 'similar' watching crowds.
In drawing conclusion, he in the end still paid the price he got to pay, not anything more. All of the sudden I felt like the world becomes too fair for good. In commercial or industrial practice, usually one will not be charged (in momey terms) for wastage unless in certain buffets. Even in those buffets which state clearly they will charge, most would rather not do it for the sake of GOODWILL. So these practices lie on the bottomline of 'the power the money'. Money big deal is it? Yes it tells us all. The two couple in the whole drama stood at the cashout counter for at least 20 minutes, and fair enough, we enjoyed it all. While I consider this as NOT FAIR, somehow, I thought it gets fairer whenever I review those photos captured. Judging from the look and conversation style of the man, to my opinion, he may post this incident on the net, like stomp, because he looked educated, young and general enough to belong to the 'online generation'. More so when now it is the other way around - the manager scolded customer. If there were to be a chinese dailies reporter at presence, the headline would have gone like this: “餐馆经理毒骂无辜食客”or literally "Restaurant Manager Cursed At Innocent Diner". So that is just to lament the seriousness of it in the society, but to the main point, if they were to post every single detail or partially, I'd have no choice but to use my weapon to kill them dead like almost instantaneously, with the pictures I've got to counter them! Curse me or indulge in your voodoo doll-poking, I don't care if I'm called someone who don't mind-your-own-business. I'm on the restaurant's side, though I'm only a passer-by...
Even when there's definitely nothing wrong with wasting food in the minds of many because someone has well paid good money for it, one with moral thoughts and conscience will link to and think of the preciousness of them from origin to your table and then to your stomach. Hardcore people will even think of the loo. I just want to wish very well that their future grandchildren will have more than simple bread to eat...
I call this totally an act of unethic, barbaric, insensitive and a misfortune to have them included in the society. Not at the wastage part but someone who's in the wrong got as if otherwise and made a drama out of it. And some can animals behave far better than them, like my neighbour's dogs.
Look, there's a newly ordered Ice-Cream, a 3/4 bowl of pasta, whole piece of fruit pie with fresh fruits untouched, some wraps on top-left, and bottom, almost the entire fruit creeps. Worse if I mentioned all the drinks. Yes, all were free-flow, I know.
At the cashier, both looked so tensed up.
I have to resort to reducing the size of this photo because I hope nobody will take the effort to see in detail who is the one who shot the photo.
So...
After everthing we went around and shopped at Vivocity. It was five and I left and went to Sentosa all alone to sightsee the island while waiting for yongren to be ready at 7.30. So in the two-hour period or so, I decided and took the bright-coloured buses for a joyride to kill time.
Fashion show at 2pm - Creatively Thai 2008 mini exhibition.
A great shot! Moving background, and look, who's in the mirror?
So this' the bus! Pinky... (and the drain).
What a nice evening scene. Busy crowds under the dimness conditioned by clouds and the setting sun. What's more, the lightings have created the mood. Yes, this mood.
Night, PC SHOW! Not exactly PC, cos I saw non-pc items like plasma tv, GPS gadgets, and even banks like UOB and OCBC. I got myself a cheapo deal. At $8, an SUPER ULTRA STEEL COOLING PAD became mine forever. Made-in-China.
Not to mention other insignificant stuff, I'm finally done with this super long post. Misses and good nite!
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