Wind So Strong

Today I had a quiet lunch, all by myself. As usual, I walked out and down the street as quick as I could, finally around the bend, suddenly, there was a strong gust of wind. Oh I thought, it could help me to reach my destination even faster. Holding on to my squeaking tummy, I hurriedly rush to my favourite stall, located within walking distance somewhere in between to my home.

I placed my order, and sat right in front of the giant tv that was mounted on the wall. The kopitiam was full of working adults at that time (Oh yeah, I am still a little bit younger than most of those uncles and aunties sitting beside me) so I used up the time with pleasure. I looked around, quietly observing how others gushed down their share of foods ferociusly to beat the jam later on while still could afford to scream their lungs out to each other in the busy shop.

I waited and waited, and ocassionaly the aunty Xiao Mei who saw me gazing at her stall thinking when would be my turn to try her specialty, she returned with a hand signal, I supposed it would be coming in no time.

I waited and waited, still not yet my turn lo, so I watched the TV instead. Alamak, Shuang Xing Channel la. Those who like the Taiwanese soap opera, this could be the moment, but not me.

When I looked around another time, I realised there were less people already. Only then I realised I have spent half an hour of waiting for my fav' meal to arrive. Why the wait, you may ask? Come to think of it, it goes back to when the shop was first opened in , ahem.. 1990 ah?

Around there la, 1990, wow time flies! It only cost a mere RM1.50 in those days, happy days. From RM1.50 it went to RM1.80, then RM2. At the time when Nandos came about, this fav' meal of mine shot up to RM2.50, a BIG jump! A 50 cents increase was a hoo-haa those days, anyway, you also want an increase in your annual income too, don't you?

Then later on, it jumped to RM2.80, then RM3, RM3.30 and finally today RM4.

HOWEVER, being a loyal customer and having the family loyalty discount card (my face la), i get 50 cents discount leh.. Ahem.. a real big Hoo-Haa for me nowadays..

As I 'imbas kembali' the good old times, suddenly my fav' meal appeared in front of my eyes, yum-yum, yummy, the Aunty Xiao Mei gave me so much of this, and that, a bit of those, and a lot of vege, yum-yum, yummy (Sorry, no pic taken, not so high tech yet).

Finally on my way back to office, there was another strong gust of wind, and I think you could guess what happened. For those who were still in doubt, i reached office faster than usual.

Bamboo.