Am perpetually in shock lately.
Most of you would have watched the recent news, headlined first by the cyclone in Myammar, following shortly by the massive earthquake in China. It deeply impacted me somehow, the crying faces, the lifeless bodies, the honourable rescue workers/police/medics/volunteers, the strong fight the affected victims put up, etc.
As I laid in the pool on Sunday, observing the crowd around me, I concur yet again to how 生命是如此不堪一击, or in fact, “人”是如此不堪一击. Not just human lives, but how mankind is THAT easy to hurt or destroy. It’s almost effortless.
We can do more, more than just aiding through donating money and food supplies. We can do more, but what can we do? Pray harder? Perhaps. Pray for the death toll to stop increasing; pray for minimized aftershocks; pray for the arrival of sunshine after the terrible nightmare. Pray for the rainbow, colours of hope. Pray for a new lease of life. Pray for mankind. Pray for strength.
China announced flags to be raised haf-mast, I guess not just the flags, everyone everywhere else are raising their emotions half-mast too.
いじきりょく. Willpower. Hang on to this, it is vital in believing you can tide through this.
Be safe.
Categories: life · retrospection
I was coaxed conned into visiting JCO Donuts at Raffles City Shopping Centre last week. It was the first, and most likely, the last too. All thanks to smart aleck Jim who suggested we give JCO a shot seeing how it’s new and pretty crowded. Typical Singaporean Mindset. New & Crowded = Good. WRONG!
“You should give it a chance, maybe it’s better than Donut Factory?”
MY FOOT!!
To begin with, there weren’t even enough standing space when we stepped into the very teeny weeny place. When we finally found seats for two, it was so cramped we couldn’t get our feets in properly (whatever. maybe i have dinosaur feet.) And to think the sofas were supposed to be comfy, so you can “make yourselves at home”! No they were absolutely not, since I was so uncomfortable cramped up like that. I kinda understood how sardines felt when they were stuffed into cans.
To make it worse, I felt I was being gawked like monkeys in the zoo or clowns at the circus by the people queueing.
On the other hand, I had my fair share of “observing” too. It was very fascinating watching the counter staff from my seat. They were so disorganised it was actually quite a sight. The flow was so messy, Jim had to repeat his orders numerous times to a few staffs. And we merely ordered three donuts and two drinks.
Did I mention their staple product, i.e D-O-N-U-T, SUCKS BIG TIME?
It was horrid! It’s definitely not worth the fat piling! Definitely not worth my swimming 20 laps under the hot sun! Definitely not worth cracking my brain cells thinking how else to work off the calories! Definitely not worth wasting time regretting how I shouldn’t have eaten the eeky carbs!
The yucky cream filling was OMGsoffreakingdisgusting and the drink so schwweeet I think I’ll contract diabetes if I did finish it!
SAY NO TO JCO DONUTS! EVER!
@#$%&$!!*!#$^
Categories: rantings
