The XO Fish Head Bee Hoon Man (Aka the Curly Hair Bxstard)

Mr Goh had a craving for the famous "Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hoon" today and duly patronised the stall.

Goh: "Err, Uncle, 2 bowls of fish head bee hoon and a plate of prawn paste fried chicken please"

Curly Hair Bxstard: "Seventeen dollars! Where you sit!?"

Goh: "Err.. Wait, I go take a look... It's table 21"

Curly Hair Bxstard: "Pay money! (pause) Eighteen dollars"

Goh: "Err.. Is it seventeen or eighteen dollars?"

Curly Hair Bxstard: "I WASN"T TALKING TO YOU!!" (hence implying the bill was seventeen dollars)

At this juncture, a very indignant Mr Goh was feeling damn pissed..

Goh: "Nah! Seventeen dollars!" deliberately ignoring the outstretched hand awaiting payment and throwing the dollar notes onto the table insultingly

Curly Hair Baxtard: "Dun throw the money at me hor! I dun need your business!" Throwing the money back at Mr Goh
~End of Encounter~

Epilogue

In all fairness, the XO fish head bee hoon is indeed excellent and savoury. The boss, however, will forever remain an axxhole with curly hair as far as I am concerned. Not too long ago, this curly bastard was in very deep shit and only managed to get out of the mess by begging certain people for favors. His luck changed for the better and he struck lottery of some sort, winding up with a fortune. Now Mr Curly feels he can afford to be snobbish.. WTF...

Conclusion: The XO Fish Head Bee Hoon tastes so good because all the $5 you paid is for the food, there is simply no service provided at all. After this encounter, I know I would rather take a bowl of plain congee than to receive such fxxxed up service.. I hope your scrxxtum gets sliced and txxticles fall off, you curly haired bxstxrd..

Related feedback I found:

Hall of Shame - XO Fish Head Noodles With regards to XO Fish Head Noodles at Holland Drive posted on Hall of Shame, I've somemore to add on. I've visited the shop in around June 2004 with at least 15 of my CCA friends. We requested to add 2 more tables as 1 table of diameter approximately 1m is definitely not enough for 15 people. The boss then asked us if we're all eating his stall's food and continued, "If 15 of you here and only 10 are eating my stall's food and the rest of the 5 eat Wan Ton noodle or Chicken rice, what business do I have?" Mind you, he said that in a very rude manner. He only allowed us to add 1 more table and we even had to move the tables and chairs ourselves, talk about service! We decided to leave the stall and he didn't even stop us. I think that the shop owner thinks that his XO Fish Head Noodles are of big deal. - Meng Yen

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Fun at Penang

Here's a checklist of what I achieved at Penang:

Indulged myself in food and lots of teh-peng? Check!

Lost my way while sightseeing? Check!

Visited a toy museum with lots of retro toys? Check!

Chanced upon a car with integrity and proven track record? Check!

And the one accomplishment to rule them all...

Falling into the koi pond located on the top floor of a very tall pagoda, dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy! (Yup, thats me making hell of a splash! Notice the contrasting looks on Riping's face and mine...)

Signs

Someone get me a baseball bat! There are crop circles at the soccer field next to my block! I knew there were aliens hiding in the construction sites around the neighbourhood! I need the MIB or ICA!

You only live once

It dawned upon me that time seems to pass darn fast these days - its already July and we'll be seeing those damn x'mas lights at Orchard before you know it..

Everything seems to be so routine.. You go to work, try to get as much work done (by work, I mean credit, haha) as possible without offending too many people. You try to laze on the job as much as possible, without getting caught.. You then try to get off work as soon as possible, without appearing too bo-chup.

You are relieved to be off work, but are usually too tired to do anything fun.. (save one or twice each week) Dinner becomes the highlight of your evening, after which you turn to your companions for the rest of the night - the computer or television set..

The weekend arrives and you suddenly turn alive - engaging in sports, chilling out with friends or keeping your partner company. But what is there to do? Spend your hard-earned money on movies? Expensive dinners? Or scrimp, invest and save up to buy a car? (and spend even more $$) Get married? (and sabo your friends to pay more money to evil hotel chains/resturant bosses for a 8-course dinner?) Get your own apartment? Upgrade yourself in hope of career advancement? (which will eventually lead to even more work and less time for yourself?)

Whilst some allegedly poor farmer in some backward rural part of the world is enjoying the sunrise? Climbing trees to pick coconuts? Fishing for tonight's dinner? Flying kites with his family? Getting swindled by evil businessmen?

When you reflect on your life's journey during your final days in this wretched world, would you be happily thinking about the huge amount of savings in your bank? How your pay increased from $2000 to $8000? How many computer games you managed to complete? How much muscles you built while you were young? The number of women you slept with? The parts of the world you've visited? Having spent your entire life with your loved ones?

Or would you be lamenting over how you would never get another opportunity to do the things that are truly meaningful to you? Tick tock tick tock, my friends..

This is how the Japanese do it!

Superman Returns











You will travel far, my little dragon
but we will never leave you - even in the face of our deaths
You will make my party your own
You will see my life through your eyes,
as your life be seen through mine
The son becomes the father
And the father, the son.