Monday, January 14

Blimey!

I'm quite sure that the boundaries of my vocabulary have expanded more in the last 2 weeks than it has for the past 17 years. And I have Chloe Sullivan, and Lex and Lionel Luthor to thank for that. Now, if I just could hone my writing skills to the level of perfection that Chloe has attained, I'll be the happiest kid in the world!




What else have I learnt? Clark Kent is an annoying himbo, that's what!

Yesterday, I went to visit my cousins from Australia again. The younger guy wanted to go to Digital Mall, and since I needed to buy a USB for my Laptop Cooler (which I bought off Wei Xiong) I said I would tag along. After about an hour, he finally picked out 5 games that he thought he would like. Since the offer enabled him to get one free game, he told me to pick out what I wanted.

Once he paid, I tossed him the money for my CD and he refused to take the cash! He grabbed my wallet and shoved the RM10 inside and took off. For the next 10 minutes, an elaborate game of cat and mouse took place, until I decided to give up.

Now, I wasn't pitying him, 'cause he's not exactly starved for cash. His dad owns one of the three major cleaning companies in Melbourne. All 4 kids go to private school, which costs AUS$13,000 a year, per child! So, why didn't I just let him pay?

He's 15! Younger than me! And eventhough he kept saying "It's only 3 Aussy dollars!", I still HAD to pay for it.

Finally, just as I was about to leave for dinner at around 9pm, I threw the note at him and fled. He gave me a cursory glare, and then gave the money to his sister. "=.=


Later, the game didn't work.


Great.

1 comment:

hashie said...

Hehe, this is actually very common behaviour in Chinese families. Adults tend to upstage one another, insisting that they'd pay the bill for dinner - while us young ones just enjoy the free dinnertime entertainment. =P They even made a tv ad about it once, where the argument was settled by the grandfather using his Mastercard or summat like that.

And yeah i do that often with my cousins too for mamak-ing, etc... =P

~hashie