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Monday, June 21, 2010; 5:34 AM
What is in a plate of rice?
Economical rice-- for young working adults, it's what's for dinner, sometimes breakfast, and the next best thing to a free lunch. At least it used to be. But inflation, and an economy that's still in recovery, seems to be hitting young diners in the stomachs, leaving a group that is sensitive to price charges wanting more.
For starters, novice office workers might be hard pressed to find the quality nutrition that their $3.20 typically used to buy because that packet of rice with two meats and one vegetable is not it once was. Where once I received a generous helping of at least eight pieces of sweet and sour pork at an economy rice stall, I most recently got five measly pieces.
A $3.20 price tag for two meats and one vegetable now applies to only general dishes. If you pick a snow fish or herbal chicken, an economical lunch could set you back $8. While economic oracles are proclaiming the end of hard times, those among the lower-earning ranks are still facing everyday reality. I pay a whole lot more for something I once regarded as a nominal daily expense. Worse still, I am barely full afterwards.I think hawkers are serving more vegetables in meat dishes, to save money and to make their helpings look bigger.
Is this a good thing (because we should eat more vegetables) or a bad thing (because we get less of the meat we are paying more)? What do you think? I think it is a bad thing. We are getting lesser of what we are paying for. I prefer having more meat as I am puny so I need more meat to grow.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010; 6:17 AM
Help! It's a flood.
June 16, Wednesday. The torrential rain started at about 8 o'clock in the morning. Colourful umbrellas could be seen everywhere along the pavement. I was walking to the bus interchange to meet my classmates at school.
The downpour had caused not only our school to flood but also the prime Orchard Road area. Shoppers have to wade to safety through swirling brown water the colour of milk tea. One of the worst-hit places was Liat Towers. I sympathized the Wendy's burger restaurant which had opened just three days before. The restaurant had to close as $500 000 worth of furnishings and equipment was damaged by waist-high flood waters.
It was the worst flooding since 1984. Fortunately, no one was injured. But there were reports of a body floating in the water. Phew! It turned out to be a shop-window dummy.
How can such floods be prevented? I guess the only prevention is 'Do Not Litter'. People, if you are one of those litterbugs, please kick off this habit instantaneously. Imagine you were with a friend from overseas, shopping at Orchard Road that day, how embarrassing to have experienced such a flood in one of our shopping hot spots.
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Economical rice-- for young working adults, it's what's for dinner, sometimes breakfast, and the next best thing to a free lunch. At least it used to be. But inflation, and an economy that's still in recovery, seems to be hitting young diners in the stomachs, leaving a group that is sensitive to price charges wanting more. 
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Javier
January 2010