before i start on this post i would just like to take some time to tell you of this particular friend of mine, who was pretty convinced there is a USS seminar this week entitled "10 proposals for ORCHARD 2006" when it should have been "10 proposals for BUDGET 2006". wah she damn confident of herself can? wanna bet dinner with me somemore lehh, then after she realised her mistake, can still launch one last line of defence leh, saying:


"i tot he was gonna tok abt orchard 2006, cos orchard's gonna b revamped wat, so i tot it was some tourism talk"


errr R.I.G.H.T. hahaha i'm refraining from naming who the poor unfortunate and mistaken gal is because according to her, "u better dun put my name man, if i see my name there u die ah" lol. okie okie. *can't resist one last snigger*


but anyway i was with my uncle yesterday when we went into one of those makeshift orchards selling those seasonal chinese new year plants like kumquats. because the plant selling fella knew my uncle, the moment he met us he went on complaining about bad business. . . the following is the conversation that followed:


Plant-selling fella: *complaining about bad business*


Uncle: *attempt to divert the subject* "err ok so actually ah, what are these plants supposed to be for?"


Plant-selling fella: "bring good luck and prosperity one"


Me: "so if they bring good luck and prosperity, and you have so many of them, how come your business still so bad?"


All: *silence*


ahh. . . all the little ironic traditions of chinese new year, and don't you people find it just a tinge RIDICULOUS that PEOPLE "dress up" as LIONS and go around eating CABBAGES and ORANGES just so they can "peel" and SPIT it out on the floor, and everyone gets EXCITED thinking that the numbers are some magical combination for 4D NUMBERS. funny culture we chinese have eh? and oh, we didn't buy any plants in the end. so much for "good luck and prosperity" eh?