Forgiving Mother

I came down from my flat and saw the following:

A grandmother was walking with her grandson. The boy was walking in front of her. Then, she saw a bike rider was coming towards them. You know right, in Singapore, it's quite common bike rider ride on common corridor pavement. As the boy was busy with his toy on his hands, the grandmom alerted him in mandarin/cantonese about the incoming bicycle. Right after that, the bike rider stopped his bicycle, and they walked pass him.

No incident/accident, but after passing the bicycle, instead of reminding the bike rider, the grandmom with higher tone "scolded" her grandson for not being careful.

Chased out from Yee Shun Coffee Shop - Toa Payoh

This wasn't a good experience when I came back to Singapore.

On 15-Jan at around 9am, three of us having done the network upgrade job, we patronized Yee Shun Coffee Shop at Toa Payoh, just beside the Toa Payoh Public Library. Having ordered our drinks and breakfast, we had a fruitfull chat until we finished our breakfast.

The cleaner cleaned up our table, but we still sat there chit-chatting. There was NOT crowd at all at that coffee show at that hour. Then, the coffee show lady owner approached us and chased us out for sitting and chatting only. She said something in Chinese, which according to my friend, she meant that the renting price is expensive, so if we no longer order any food/drinks, we should get out from the coffee shop.

Never in my life, I was chased out from a coffee shop in Singapore. This incident shows how stress the coffee shop owner is.

One thing for sure, I'll never ever visit that coffee shop again and thank you for that bad experience.