Christmas eve was rainy. I was out at Orchard with a friend and I met a few others! But the rain spoiled the Christmasy feeling...
Christmas at the Cathay...
...and Christmas at the Hereens...and where are the Bangladeshis?
Today I went to the temple to pray. I tiew chiam and I thought must as well get one of those chiam readers outside the temple to help me read the chiam since it's only 2 bucks to get it analyzed. That chiam reader I went to told me what this what that and gave me a whole bunch of joss papers to tell me to burn. After that, I asked him how much is the reading. And wah! He told me it's 36 bucks! I was totally stunned. Huh? 36 bucks. Fuck! So I told him I only had 10 bucks. He told my 10 bucks and took back most of those joss papers. He said 10 bucks I could only have this much...eh? A set of those papers outside probably costs him only around 50 cents and his value added them to 12 bucks? Eh? After that, he brought me to another guy who brought me to another temple to burn the paper and got a lady to chant some prayers for me. That lady asked for ang bao from me and asked me to give some money for lamp oil for the deities. Emm...wah! Need so much money ah? I told her I had no money! Too bad for her...seriously, these people are out there to knock as much money as possible from you. So next time, when you guys go temple, do take care.
Today is my last day of work this year! As in for year 2006. And I would be serving a banquet for the last time as a waiter. So I thought must as well wear a better pair of leather shoes instead of my No. 3 leather shoes. And I did. I was out with them to the temple and Bugis Junction before going to work. And I didn't know the gum between the soles of the shoes and the leather had hardened and weakened. So, as I walked the soles came off and when I reached my work place, the whole soles came off...so I was left with only the leather covering. And there's nothing at the bottom except a piece of cloth. Haiz...as I walked in and out of the kitchen at the restaurant, my feet became totally soaked in those dirty water. Sian man! So suay even on my last day of work!
This Christmas I got a lot of things for myself. I got a Crumpler bag. And there's a reason behind it 'cos I never like Crumpler 'cos I think it's seriously overpriced. I got contact lenses. And I'm going to get myself a new wallet to replace my torn Billabong one before New Year's Day. A Braun Buffel one!
One pair of shoes...sliced...tops and bottoms!
Grey again...'cos it's simply my favorite color!
What's Christmas without joy?
