Saturday, June 17, 2006
Snaplets of our life here...

Just came back from "Satay House"...had a good meal and met a Singaporean group over there. It sure is heartwarming meeting some familiar soul, who can communicate intelligently with you...

Have been trying to cook some decent meals for Piggy since I came back cuz picked up some knowledge from my MIL when I was back in Spore the last time and felt quite happy that the attempts didn't turn out too bad. And I was also happy that for the past 2 wks, Apple wasn't around to "disturb" me.. cuz she can be quite irksome to have around sometimes, especially when it comes to cooking, cuz she always thinks she is the only one who can cook in this whole house. I m not saying I m very good, I have only started to learn and I m keen to learn more but the kind of things she says sometimes is really very "bu ke qi".

Once, Piggy & I bought a metal plate cuz Piggy said there was no metal plate at home and we could use it to steam stuff, like what his mom always does. Then when Apple saw it, she asked me why there was an additional metal plate in the house. So I explained to her what Piggy said, then she said "Why buy metal one? Can use the porcelain ones mah"...and snobbishly added on this "bu ke qi" statement:


(translated into english, it means something like this: "A person who dunno how to cook, still want to buy things!!!")

Wah lau, I was damn pissed when I heard that...she thinks dunno how to cook, cannot learn how to cook, is it? Anyway, Piggy himself is actually quite a good cook...so I told her that Piggy cooked often when he was in Australia and even his classmates said it was nice. Then, her tone was like "cannot believe it" kind of tone....but she kept quiet and had nothing to say after that...

Then now that she has come back, she will say things that implied that when she was away, we surely eat out everyday kind of statements, which really made me very fed up! You know, the truth is, she hardly even cooks even when she was around and NOW, she is saying that we were impacted just because she wasn't around!! What makes her think she is so indispensible??!!!

And after she knew that Piggy & I would cook for ourselves regularly, she still asked questions like "You dun go and buy vegetables, do you?" Wah lau, dun buy vegetables, cook what? Play with the cooking utensils, is it?

Then I also think that sometimes, she is very "fake". Like, she will tell Piggy that she bought 5 pairs of shoes from China and they were very cheap, costing not even S$100. But she never mentions the branded shoes and stuff she buys. She thinks we are stupid, is it? We can also see that all her clothes and things she carries are branded ones. Of course, I'm not saying she needs to tell us about everything she buys cuz it's her damn bloody business and we dun care, but what I cannot stand is this: "Why always make herself sound like such a "thrifty" and "housewifely" person' when in actual fact, she is not?!" Wah lau, I think the more I get to know her, the more I feel she is not what she seems...

Then Piggy once said to me, "He wonders if his brother will spend money the way Apple does?" Cuz he also feels that she is always very generous with her money when we go out, and we feel that that's because at the end of the day, she is not spending her own money but his brother's money...and we both cannot stand the way she talks to waitresses and other service staff...to put it bluntly, she is kinda rude sometimes...she always behaves, as tho she is a queen and they are her slaves..wah lah, I think those people also deserve some basic respect lor...

On a happier note....yesterday evening, Piggy & I went to this hairdresser within walking distance from the place we are staying in. He, to cut his hair and I, to do treatment for my hair. Cuz the maid told me that it is very cheap to cut and do treatment for hair in the local salons, infact according to her, it costs like S$3 to S$4 to do treatment for the hair, and I thought it was a good deal since when you go to a salon to do treatment, they basically just slap treatment cream on yr hair and steam it. I dun see how different it can get wherever you do it, since the quality is in the treatment cream and nothing else. Anyway, it really was cheap and they had a variety of hair treatment cream for me to choose from, including brands like "Paul Mitchell" and "L'oreal", which some salons in Spore also uses, although it was not as cheap as what the maid had told me. I wonder if they "raised" the price just cuz they knew we were foreigners. Anyway, it was still considered cheap cuz both of us only paid S$15 for his haircut and my treatment all together! In spore that would have cost a good S$70 in a neighbourhood salon..

Kimmie scribbles
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