An Intriguing Tale Of Being An Owner

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.

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..!

Wishing all American bloggers, friends, relatives and enemies .. Happy 4th July ..!! and not forgetting those asians residing in USA .. whether working or studying.. donch forget to embrace the day. .and the culture..!

This well wishes especially goes out to Simple American, Fish Fish, Cook Engineer – Eddie, I’mPerfect Mom, CrazyMommy & Nikita, Melting Wok, My Jersey Life, Spike from nwoT eikgnoH Hongkie Town (currently in Hong Kong), and of course .. Vien from Raising Belle ( the most generous/kindest person that I’ve met on the internet), Santos from the scent of green bananas, Seay’s Kopitiam, Reid from Ono Kine Grindz, Fatty Poh’s Kopi Tiam, Evil Jungle Prince from DesertModernism and i’m sure i’ve missed out some ppl .. and if i did.. thousand apologies..!

Have a blast folks..!! Lori from Yarmouth now in Long Island.. if you read this.. know we are missing you ..!! Henry .. also in Long Island.. Happy 4th of July to you ..!!! Oh .. not forgetting my long, long friends.. Lara, Mike and family, Marge and Marjean..! Oh god..!! i almost forgot about Gracie .. and Wen..!!!! Lisa from Memphis Tennessee.. Audrey, Bobby, Connor and sister from Memphis Tennessee.. and of course the Maddy and her family ..!! from North Carolina..! Yup.. i’m pretty sure i’ve missed out some ppl.. !! sorry.. !! thousand apologies..!!!

Oops.. and a shout out to the folks from Pay Per Post of course..!!! Hey you guys.. deserve a break eh..!!! Ted .. get the hint..???!!!??? Anyhow.. have a blast folks..!

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..!!

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..!

Continued from Part I

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.

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.

We didn’t go Grammie’s house last week.. because PB and Chloe started to come down with a cold. So we all stayed home.. just in case .. so we donch pass anything to Grammie and Grampie.. because this is the time.. whereby they are the most busiest.

From yesterday.. the brat had been going non-stop.. about going to Grammie’s house.. and bring her soup to eat at Grammie’s. Today.. she kept saying.. she wanted to go Grammie’s house.. and didn’t wanna go to the store.. she would rather go Grammie’s house.

She was very excited.. and knew exactly which road to turn after the highway.. to reach her Grammie’s house. And as per usual.. she had a ball.

I donch know if the Asian gets this immediately .. but we’ve been getting Diana’s concert all over the tv station .. the whole day..!!

I hear it was the princes who planned the concert to honor the memory of their mother. Touching..! And i heard the concert was a blast. I didn’t really see everything.. i was at my MIL’s house.. and caught glimpses of the concert.

For those of you .. who really liked Diana.. like i did.. i was at work.. when i heard about her car accident.. and i thought someone was playing a very bad joke on me.. ! and when i saw the news broadcasting. .on CNN news.. that was when it hit me hard.. that she was really gone. Till today.. i still cannot believe that she is gone.. just like that.. and donch know the real reason to her death. It is such a sad, sad thing.. because with her death.. comes memories of her very, elaborate wedding.. which i can still vividly remembered .. how many of us.. wanted to be in her shoes..?? But then of course we saw some really trying times she had to go thru’ .. and then we realized.. she ain’t having it easy either.