Hunger Over Picture

Isn't it a trend now to take pictures of your food and post them in SNS? Nice food pictures do attract my attention to try out and find out the taste, some pictures are too blurry to even get an idea what kind of food are those, but anyway! Yes, I do that too LOL

I post food pictures when I feel like sharing a bit of my appetite or when the food taste really good or has really nice presentation that even if taste like mud you still want to eat it cause it just look THAT good.

A few times I ate out with friends and no matter how hungry there were, they took another minute or two to take pictures of their food and post them in their SNS accounts. I just CAN'T. When I'm hungry, I'd go straight for it and when I finished I was like: "I thought I was going to take the food's picture?"

Yeah, my hunger overcomes my picture-taking obsession ^^" 

Fail Case # 1 - Kinokawa, SCBD Sudirman

First thought: "Aw, I like the bowl! So cute, let's take its picture before it got dirty!"

Food came... Wiped out everything in less than 15 minutes and then "Darn! I forget the pictures and the food was great but now I can't show anyone!"

Fail Case # 2 - Itacho Sushi, Bugis - Singapore

First thought: "I'm starving, I missed lunch a few hours ago and what do I do while waiting for my order? Ah yes, taking picture of the drinks first..."

Food came... I think I just swallowed the sushi whole at that time, couldn't even think clearly because of starvation. At payment time: "Gaaaaahh! No pictures again!! I can't brag about the sushi!"

There were more fail cases but again, I must have stored the pictures somewhere I can't remember, pardon my aging brain ;)

Anyway, it's not like I take pictures anywhere, regardless... I don't take food pictures at formal dining definitely or while I'm with office people / the bosses. It just seem inappropriate but too bad some people just don't care.

Do you take pictures of your food too??

wiper

I know that my car is old. But I never felt that it's ANCIENT until last night. As we finished our weekly intercession at church last night, it was raining and a friend of mine didn't drive so I offered to take her home, I'd have to pass her house anyway. She brought her 5.5 year old son along with him. The little boy was curious about everything and while I was chatting with his mother he started asking question:

Sammy: "Tante Kristin, what is this?" (pointing at something)
Me: "Oh, this is to turn on the lamps."
Sammy: "And what is this?" (pointing at another thing)
Me: "Oh, that is to turn on the wiper... look here *click* it's on."
Sammy: "And how do you turn on the wiper in the back?"
Me: "Huh??? I don't think this car has it!"
Sammy: "But daddy's car has wiper in the back!! How come this one doesn't?"

My friend (Sammy's mom) and I laughed so hard and she told him: "Sammy, don't say something that will embarrass Tante Kristin! Daddy's car is a new car and this one is an old car, old car only has front wiper!" (their car is an Alphard). I could only say: "Yeah, sorry this old car doesn't have any wiper in the back!" But apparently that didn't stop him asking about things, which fortunately had nothing to do with the antiquity of my car.

When he hopped off the car he didn't forget to thank me for driving him home. While he was waving furiously at me as I drove away, I also didn't forget to tell him: "Hey Sammy, before you go to bed tonight please don't forget to pray to God to give me a car that has wiper in the back!" And he shout outloud: "OK!!"

After all, doesn't the Bible said that God listens to the prayer of a little kid. Who knows, maybe next year I'll be driving a car with wiper in the back. And if you read this and happens to have children, please ask them to pray for the same thing for me (^o^)

Someone Might Remember

A little over lunchtime, and I had to go to a meeting. But just when I was about to step out of the building, it rained. So I took a taxi for the 500m ride. The ride only took less than 2 minutes.

I was singing a part of the Tohoshinki's Stand By U, just the part that I remembered when the driver asked me: "Ma'am, do you live in XXX area?" Since he mentioned the place where I live, I honestly answered: "Yes. But how do you know? Did you ever take me there before?" To which he gave out a little laugh & told me: "Because you're singing a Japanese song! And from all the people that I've had driven before, you're the only one who sang Japanese so I'd remember!"

For most people this is only a slightly funny experience. You laugh about it and then you forget about it. But for me, this is such a gentle reminder that every little action that you do, every words that you say, SOMEONE MIGHT REMEMBER. Maybe you think that you're doing something only for fun, or maybe you said some words just to lighten up the party without any intention to hurt. But SOMEONE MIGHT REMEMBER.

Another example for me, I was getting out of the church after a service and passing a granny who was walking with a crane. She was about to take the 3 little steps up to the foyer. As I was walking casually by, I stopped & reflexly held her arm so that she could take the steps more steadily. She thanked me, I gave her a smile and walked back out again. And I didn't remember this until long time later one member of the congregation came up to me and told me: "Hey, my mom said that you're a nice girl and that you've been kind to her. Thank you." I was confused because I didn't even know her mom. So I asked her who's her mom & what did I do, and she repeated the story that I just told you earlier. The granny's her mom. I didn't remember my action as something serious, but she's grateful for that little action.

And that's just one good example. What about the bad one? Ooooh, believe me, people remember more & better about bad things than the good ones!! ^^" A group of friends and I were talking & joking. As time went by, the joke became bolder and bolder until I told a friend: "Yeah, and your laugh is like a devil's laugh! You should check it out or you won't get into heaven!" Everyone laughed including that friend. But later on when we're setting up a committee for a program I was informed that she didn't want to work with me because she felt hurt with my joke. The joke was said like months ago!! BUT SHE REMEMBERED.

So next time I should think before I take actions, I should consider my words before I let them out. Because many times my little actions & words can change people's life or way of thinking. In everything I do or say SOMEONE MIGHT REMEMBER. And GOD REMEMBERS. I hope from today onwards there will be more good memories of me when people think of & remember me.