Life Sucks

The stretch of shop at Changi Village continues to attract more and more F&B outlets and some are pretty good too like this Peranakan food Gd O'times. This is a relatively small place and the thing about them is that they cook all the food for each table order together so expect to wait long long for the food to be served. But once served, all the food comes together and everything is eaten piping hot. No need to eat 1 item and then wait another long stretch of time for the next item to be served.  Because of this, it is better to call and place the order in advance. We ordered the usual Peranakan food. 1. Bak-wan Kerpiting Soup 2. Chilli prawn 3. Assam Fishhead 4. Chap Chye 5. Ngoh Hiang All the food were good, portion reasonably big and above all very reasonably priced. We couldn't finish everything so we asked for the leftover chap chye to be doggy bagged which they obliged with a cheery smile. I think for those looking for nice home cook...

Recently, the Minister for Foreign Affairs shared some quirky demands of Singaporeans made at the overseas missions. He described this as the "entitlement mentality" of some Singaporeans.  The people at the embassies and missions are not the only people who have to deal with such unreasonable demands. In my almost 30 years of working, I find that more and more people are behaving very unreasonably and demanding. As people becomes more educated, their expectations and demands increases and woe befall whoever gets in their way of getting what they want or should I say, demand. They will threaten to complain to Senior Management, the Authorities, write to the press, go to the MP ...... Dealing with unpleasant people and situation is part of my job but still sometimes these people get me so pissed off that I will return as good as they give. And I don't take kindly to threats of any nature. I for one do not subscribe to the thinking that "the Customer is King...

Yesterday for the first time in my life staying in Pasir Ris, I ran into DPM Teo. At the Pasir Ris Bus interchange and he was giving out flyers! This not being election year, it comes as a big surprise. More so, considering that I had stayed in Pasir Ris for more than 15 years in total and had never bumped into him and his entourage all these times - not even during election times. Turned out he was there to promote the launch of a new shuttle bus that will complement the existing shuttle bus being run by SBS. This is part of a new initiatives launched by the government to augment the current services being provided by SMRT and SBS. And today I managed to get on one of this shiny new buses.  Actually it is more a luxury coach than the typical bus. See the interior is just like one of those tour buses that we take to Malaysia. While I am appreciative of the effort to improve the bus situation, I cannot help but wonder whether the government is getting its public tr...

What is yours is yours and what is mine is mine, Right? Well in a normal case of ownership, that is true but many times what is so obviously yours is actually not yours. Confused? If something belongs to you, you should have the right to use it any way you want, throw it away or give it away. Right? Err actually not necessarily. I was reminded of this when talking to a colleague. She was pissed off that her adult son had given away his handphone to somebody.  Apparently, it was given to him by her and she was angry that her son did not consult her or ask her permission before giving it away. But I argued, "you gave it to him, shouldn't he be free to decide what he wants to do with it?" But she still insisted that as she was the one who gave him the phone, she has the right to make the decision on what he does with it. So it is with many things in our lives. The things we have which we think we own, we may not necessarily have full control over it. Like our house. The...