Category: This Town

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Over and Over Again

You know .. there is only so much you can say .. or advice a person/s .. when the person.. keeps coming back with more sob story .. about the same guy… over and over again. This time.. is “he played me dirty”.

Already we all know that this is such a roller-coaster relationship.. plus her teenage daughter is not only selfish.. but very rude.. yet she still goes on .. wanting to be tortured by him. If Chloe ever stopped me from looking for a job.. in the future.. just to stay home.. and be with her.. and guilt me into staying home.. she has one big surprise coming..!!

At 9 yrs old.. i was left to fend for myself.. ! took a public transport to school.. from Sophia Road to Marymount Convent.. at Thomson Road.. Bus # 160 .. first thing in the morning at 6.30am.. for an hour.. and then at 1pm from school to home.. and then back to lunch .. and we have to buy noodles from the hospital canteen.. where my mum worked .. and then walk another 20mins home. Bathed ourselves.. do homework.. and clean the house.. and wait for my mum to come home.. to make dinner. So i donch see why .. a 13 yrs old kid.. cannot look after herself.. and her brother… while the mum goes out to work for a living .. instead of going on welfare..??

To even think that the mum would be manipulated by both her b/f and her daughter.. !! what in the world is this world becoming..?? Sad..! real sad..!

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Scamming Pigs

The ppl in this town never fails to amaze me .. time and time again.. and i think you’ve seen me write about it .. so often.. you wanna puke..! So if you wanna puke.. what about me right..?? i puke over and over again..!

There is this guy.. that walks up and down our store.. and i’ve known that he is a crook since i came here 7 years ago.. ! and yet this crook is out scout-free .. and he is always up to something .. every now and then.

This time.. i heard he went around ppl’s mailboxes stealing their welfare cheques .. and their credit cards..!! He was caught alright..!! but he is still on the street.. now that is what i donch understand..!! Why are crooks like that.. the compulsively commit crime let out on the street..?? In Singapore… they would have been kept in jail for an undetermined time.. because they are incorrigible crooks.

The system here never fail to amaze me..!!

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A Lined Up

Yes.. as soon as we pulled up to our store.. we see a lined up .. at the store’s door..! Yup..!! amazing eh..?? ppl here never fail to amaze me.. and i’ve said this time and time again.

And no.. they are lining up.. not to buy things.. but to SELL things..!! Yup..!! selling anything they can .. just to get a few bucks..!! Is this town poor..?? nope.. i donch think so.. just that .. they ain’t getting their priorities right.. ! Very sad..!!

The town has got potential.. but everyone seems to be there for their own ONLY.. ! one organisation.. or set of ppl are willing to combine effort.. to make sure.. that the town flourish.. and the ppl work.. instead .. of making babies.. and boozing.

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Canada’s Day

Canada celebrated its 140 yrs today. Boy.. it’s such a boring day..!!! very unlike what i am used to in Singapore. But given that Canada is so huge.. i guess small towns like ours.. get forgotten in the celebration eh..?? not so important i guess…??

There is some kinda celebration but not a huge scale one.. and it’s always the same old thing. Starting from pancake breakfast.. and then talk from the mayor.. ya-da-ya-da-ya-da..! and i think by noon.. it ends.

Definitely no march pass.. no fireworks.. no stadium to go to.. no community dances.. no spectacular formation. No special television program.. ! Yup.. quite sad..! one more reason why i miss home.

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Chinese Food That Never Came Part 2

Part 1 can be found here.

Well.. after just finishing my cheapie burger .. guess who called..?? Yes.. dear Mr Choo..!! But i didn’t wanna entertain him.. or wanna fight with him.. so we didn’t pick up the phone at all.

Next day.. dear Mr Choo called again.. but we didn’t pick up the phone again.. and on Saturday.. we told Keegan to tell him that we weren’t in. Monday came and went and guess who turned up at our store.. on Tuesday..?? Yes.. dear Mr Choo. He apolgized.. and of course.. i didn’t tell him i was upset.. and told him.. it’s alright.. and wanted to just let it go. But he went on and on.. and it’s funny.. coz’ i guess he must be really sorry.. coz’ why would he come and apologized right..???

So in a way.. it made us fell better lor..!! at least he was sincere enough .. to come apologize.. and not like some ppl or some business. So i’m inclined to think that Mr Choo is gonna succeed in this town.

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Only 6hrs

Someone please tell me.. anyone in the right frame of mind.. would wanna work only 6hrs a week..??? Yes… someone came in looking for a job.. and asking only for 6hrs a week.. so it doesn’t interfere with her welfare cheques. Yup.. i call it welfare cheque.. because the person is perfectly healthy.. and is not missing any limbs.. or isn’t hideous to look at .. but this person .. apparently is on welfare and just wants to work 6hrs a week.. so that she can make it looks like she is willing to work.. but not anymore, so it doesn’t interfere with her social life.. of boozing and partying i guess…???

Yup.. she said.. she can work anytime and anyday.. except Fridays to Monday..! A young woman.. and behaving this way..?? what a lazy person.. in my opinion.. and you know what..?? once welfare cheques are over.. she is definitely gonna go make up stories.. to keep on those welfare cheques. Ppl here abused the system so bad. So “garang” to come look for a job for just 6 hrs..! Stylo-malo ya..???

Ppl like that .. is totally useless.. as far as i can see. Why would someone who has got hands and legs.. depend on hands out..??? only beggars does it.. !! only those who really need it should get it.. !! not someone who is trying to abuse the system.. and thinks the whole world wronged her. Sad.. but i tell ya.. you mark my word.. when she falls.. she is gonna fall so hard.. she is never getting up. Because ppl like that.. are wussy pussy..!

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Good Planning ..??

Once again this town continues to amaze me more and more. It’s Lobster Fest, as I mentioned a few days ago.. Last year they blocked off Main Street in the downtown core, about 3 blocks worth, to allow people to wander freely about and to give the downtown merchants plenty of sidewalk space to put out their products to sell.

This year they again blocked off part of Main Street, but only 2 blocks.

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The block we’re on? Excluded of course. See how much traffic we have in front of our store today?

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Chinese Food That Never Came (Part 1)

This actually happened more than a week ago, but i didn’t wanna write about it then.. because obviously i wasn’t pleased at all when it happened.

2 weeks ago.. on a Friday.. the usual day .. that was my free day at the store.. since i had Keegan to babysit… i ordered chinese food with dear Mr Choo from the new restaurant at 5.30pm, since i was already getting hungry. At 5.45pm, the girl at the restaurant .. called to say.. that she didn’t know what i had ordered “beef hor fun” .. so she wanted me to speak directly to Mr Choo, which i did. Being a Friday and all.. i can understand that he was very busy.. so when he said.. food would be ready at 6.15pm.. i readily agreed.

6.15pm came and went.. i sent PB to collect the food at the chinese restaurant.. which was about 5 mins walk from our store. PB came back.. without the food.. citing that Mr Choo had waved him off.. saying “busy, busy now..!!”
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Chinese, Chinese & More Chinese

Yah.. i’m pretty obsessed…!! Obsessed with what..?? with chinese things.. anything chinese..! like now .. i am listening to Anita Mui’s song while i am typing this. And most times..i play chinese/cantonese music .. at the store.

I love my chinese shows.. more than “ang moh” shows. Love chinese food more than “ang moh” food. I donch remember being so obsessed before.. when i was in Asia. Even when i was travelling for work hor.. i rarely pick chinese food to eat.. i always wanna try some “ang moh” food. But these days hor.. no amount of cajoling would make me like “ang moh” food.

Like my mum would have said.. “huan siong” .. yup.. and quite so..! At one point hor.. everytime we have the store open, i play George Lam’s “Choy Sun Dou” ..! Yup..!! I’m just surprised .. PB hasn’t said anything about it yet..! i bet he must be thinking.. “there we go again.. the crazy chinese song” .. muahhahahhahahaha!!