I have never seen such a self-centred person. A teacher at that. I wonder what becomes of our future generation.
Was having a reunion dinner at the restaurant. Came to the last dish, a ginko + huai shan dessert. Our table had 7 people, so there were 3 extra bowls. The waitress asked for feedback for the food, and when my mother asked if the dessert tasted good, the waitress replied she had not tried it before, but it was rather famous.
Seeing that we all had our share, mother thought of giving one extra bowl to the waitress to try. She was very grateful. But who knows, the "teacher" at the table immediately rotated lazy Susan towards him. Thinking that he might want another bowl of dessert, we reassured the waitress that one person cannot finish 4 bowls of dessert and it was ok to take one bowl. Almost immediately, he wrangled each bowl to his direct line of sight, staring at the bowls intently as if his life depended on them. His next step? Scoop all the ginko nuts out for himself, just in case anyone takes anything from him.
(Nevermind about his "cannot lose" attitude when eating the other dishes earlier. Each time someone takes something, if he takes a fancy to that dish, you would see him eyeing the person food precariously). His dessert antic was totally unbecoming.
One person, 4 bowls of dessert. 3 bowls half eaten. The mentality?
"NO ONE takes the ginko nuts away from me!"
I see only poor upbringing, selfish attitude, childish demeanour. Moulding the nation ya? MOE should perhaps consider more stringent personality assessment so that they won't simply recruit any dubious characters into our prestigious education system.
Talk about selfless educators...Here's Scrooge in the making.
Picture: werkkrew.com
Afterword: I should have been more witty, and say that I want another bowl of dessert. Take it, and pass it to the waitress.
Be
PoSiTiVe :)
There's no need to think SO hard.
手把青秧插满田
低头便见水中天
The farmer sees the reflection of the sky as he sows his seeds.
心地清洁方为道
The clarity of the reflected sky likened to a mirror.
退步原来是向前
The farmer moves behind each row and continues to sow his seeds, till the whole field is complete.
Meaning:
The farmer sees the reflection of the sky, but he forgets that his own reflection is also cast against the backdrop of the sky.
Many times, we critique others but lie oblivious to our own shortcomings. Thinking through, we do not gain anything from that. Instead, being reflective of ourselves allows us to look at things with a greater perspective. Where times call for a compromise, it might sometimes be for the betterment of the bigger picture.
This is an important lesson for me.
It was the first time we walked from the train station to the actual site. It took about 10 mins. A peaceful, sheltered stroll.
Eager to look at the progress of the construction, we made our way up an existing block of flats just next to the construction site. We went up to the highest level...
These were the birds eye view from the 30th floor...
Pictorious view of the Reservoir from the 30th floor. When the Peak is completed, it will be 42 storeys high. I am sure it's future occupants will see much more.
10th floor view. We shared the same lift journey with the uncle as when we took the lift to the 30th level. Looks more of like what we would be seeing. Not too bad either.
Overall progress of construction...
See that ongoing construction? Yes, that's Trevista, which costs double of E Peak, launched later, with a much faster pace of construction.
More skyscrapers.
Will TPY become famous for it's towering giants in future?
Eager to see what our completed flats would look like, we went to City View, also a DBSS with the same developer, Hoi Hup. It's modular blocks are practically identical, and this is what we got..
Conclusion: I can't wait to have a place of my own.
Ah gong has been behaving oddly recently.
They say that you started out being looked after, then looking after, and being looked after again. I think that is true.
Ah gong is 92 years old now. He gives me ear training exercise every now and then. My night time present from him would be a full scale orchestra conducted by him in the toilet, with all taps turned to full blast. I would then spring into action, and you can guess what happens next.
This cycle carries on even in the day. It seems like Ah gong is a busy conductor.
I am thinking of ways to combat this. It has gone from "Ah gong..turn off the tap..." to "Ah gong, see the fountain???" to "Ah gong, it's $500 water bills every month (followed by a heartache expression)".
I do undertand that it might not be his fault. Afterall, he used to be No. 1 stingy ah peh in the household.
As of now, my hands are tied. I do hope for a miracle nonetheless.
I remember the days where there was no mobile phone. Life was simple, people were on time, and there was more time to bond.
I got my first mobile line at 19 years old, after much resistence of not wanting to be traceable.
To me, a phone has a simple function. To call, and receive calls. Since when did people become so attached to mobile phone, that they eat-talk-sleep-walk-play-and-poo-poo phone. Disgusting.
There are times (many in fact) that i forget my phone when i go to work. Yes, uncontactable, but somehow, i am secretly gleeing at the un-intentionally created peace.
The phone is an ultra bane to me, as i bear witness to the very ugly side of it...
Ultra conservative parents..
Exploit the use of the phone to claw their children home (regardless of age) when they are not by their parents' side.
Nuisance "hawkers"..
Taunt their voice over the -oh so important- phonecalls they seem to always be in.
Fiddlers...
Play with their phone in social occasions like no one's there.
Humans are socio-creatures. Not semi-detached souls stuck in between waves and signals.
How about a no-hp day? com'on. Get a life out of it.
The snail has to be my favourite blog skin...
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In life, there comes a certain point where you realize that you are getting older, when you see the ppes around you getting Even Older.
This year alone, there have been 5 hospital admissions of the aged ard me (Or avg 1 admission per mth).
Shuttling to and fro is draining, but there is more meaning than that.
With smaller families, depending exclusively on one's own children seems out of place in modern society. Over reliance can become a problem, as with some of my friends.
I am glad that my family is more open.
This paradigm shift only implies that it is prudent to plan for old age. The best bet, is still thyself. Or should i say that it is not fair to make my children shoulder my burden next time.
Meanwhile,
生，老，病，死。
逞年轻活出自我。
珍惜自己。
