What's For Lunch?
Every single day, my colleagues and I play a game called "Where Shall We Eat Today". Although there is an abundance of eateries in a 2-mile radius of our current site, we seem to find it very difficult to decide where to eat. There's Chinese, Indian, Malay, Middle-Eastern, Western and Punjabi food in settings ranging from hawkers, fast food joints, food courts, coffeeshops to posh restaurants. And yet we ask the question- when we are at our desks, while waiting for the lift, at the building lobby and sometimes worse, when we actually walk out aimlessly in the merciless noon day sun. I look at you, you look at me. A pathetic game. So when somebody actually comes up with a suggestion, we take as a divine command and quickly head there for fear of objections, which can range from:
1) Yerr, too far la...
2) Aiyoh, so hot... go nearby la...
3) I ban that place ler... so salty.
4) Nothing to eat one there.
5) So late where got place to sit wor...
But there are certain rules as well. The person who vetoes the suggestion must provide an alternative. As simple as that. At times, it can be so annoying. So time consuming. So tiring. It's so tempting to just roll some dice. Throw a dart. Shake a magic lunch menu 8 ball. Just go ta pau at the office cafetria. But still, we continue to play this game, day in, day out. That's why sometimes I think that it's sometimes better not to have a choice. But that's just the fickle libran side of me talking. Hehe.
So, what's for lunch today?
And, is the waiter / waitress cute?
1) Yerr, too far la...
2) Aiyoh, so hot... go nearby la...
3) I ban that place ler... so salty.
4) Nothing to eat one there.
5) So late where got place to sit wor...
But there are certain rules as well. The person who vetoes the suggestion must provide an alternative. As simple as that. At times, it can be so annoying. So time consuming. So tiring. It's so tempting to just roll some dice. Throw a dart. Shake a magic lunch menu 8 ball. Just go ta pau at the office cafetria. But still, we continue to play this game, day in, day out. That's why sometimes I think that it's sometimes better not to have a choice. But that's just the fickle libran side of me talking. Hehe.
So, what's for lunch today?
And, is the waiter / waitress cute?
Comments
I have the same thing going on too... Getting bored of the food here...
the choice of menu of economy rice in my cafeteria is simple:
1 vege
1 fish
1 mutton/beef
1 chicken
1 sambal/crab/prawn
1 egg.
from 6 types of things, i just choose any 2 and pay RM2.15 for it. see? simple.. i dont have to think about what vege to take or wat meat to take.. lolx :)
It's so ironic that in a sea of choices, we would rather go for the familiar...
@Janvier:
It would be nice to try a new place every week.
@Savante:
Of course!
@Defiant:
Time to take the train down to Masjid Jamek!
@PluB:
You're rubbing it in again!
@Daniel:
Haha. For me, I talk of tomorrow's lunch. But still, we play the same game again come tomorrow.
@NyonyaP:
Har.... like so cham leh... I must leave the office!