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About the GrumpyQueen

A.K.A Gatekeeper

I love food, don't deprive me of it.

I'm not Princess, I'm Queen

I can be quite grumpy and when I am, I hide here, my dungeon for reflections, ramblings and ranting.

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The lady at the hawker center

The lady at the hawker centre pissed me off and destroyed my dinner. She obviously doesn't know me. It all started because we forgot to bring our wallets down for dinner. Minutes before the food arrived, we realised that. My sister ran all the way upstairs to get money. When the lady came, I wanted to tell her to add on to my order and explain the situation nicely to her. She kept going "$6" in Mandarin. I told her, "ok, I want to add on to my order." She said, "ok, then like that will be $6.50" I said ok and wanted to explain the situation to her. She kept telling me it's $6.50 and refused to budge to go get my extra order. Irritated, I told her, "ok, my sister has the money and she's not here yet." Only then did she move.

I caught her standing at her stall with my order and looking in my direction. Anyway, I didn't start eating. I just sat there waiting for her to come with the food. She just kept looking and looking and refusing to budge. She didn't even care that I was staring back at her. I was already cursing under my breath and fuming with anger. What the hell is wrong with her? She think I cannot pay or what? It's only when my sister appeared that she delivered my food. Even the way she collected my money just shows how kiasu she is. She practically grabbed the note from me after muttering "$6.50!"

I was sitting right in front of the shop. If I don't intend to pay, would I sit right in front of the shop for you to watch me run away? I'm quite a regular customer there, obviously she must be a small fry, which is why she doesn't know me. Go ask her boss if he knows me.

The bottom line is, my dad was there. I suppose if it had been my mom she wouldn't stare too hard. Yea ok, maybe if my dad had dyed his hair like I asked him too and worn a coat and tie with 20 bodyguards surrounding us she wouldn't stare so hard. Just because he's of a different colour doesn't mean he can't pay.

And before you criticise me, just remember that half of me is Chinese. Try being me and you'll know what it's like, being ostracised by your own kind. Try facing your relatives and hear them criticise half of you. Try not fitting in anywhere. I think you shouldn't criticise another race/culture if you don't know what it's like being someone from that race/culture. You like your own race? Good for you. I like mine too, even if it's complicated. So to all those who love judging others based on race, you really should consider stopping. It's not a nice feeling, esp since SG is a multi-racial country and the people you criticise might understand your language.

9.12.06 3:00 PM

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