they also say that there are 2 groups of people you can't choose in life. 1. your family - you get what you have the moment you are born. 2. your colleagues - well, you can still choose the company and the department but you can't choose the working environment and people to work with. so the 1st group is the bitch...

they also also say (they talk too much) that it is easier to say yes than no. classic examples: bullying, peer pressure, smoking, drinking, wadeva silly things. it is also nicer to say yes. but what if taking the easy way out and saying yes means so much more harm to the other party and so much more displeasure to myself?

what a pickle...

on a lighter note, there has been a recent trend of many small eateries removing the 10% service charge from the total bill, i.e. customers can tip wadeva they wish to give (not save the money!). i think it's a brilliant move! over in the USA and Europe, there's no such thing as a 10% service charge, but they have a strong tipping culture. so the employees end up getting paid pretty well, even with a low basic pay. when they expand their businesses into asia, the basic pay has to remain but the employees end up getting a low take home pay because there's hardly any tipping culture here with the 10% service charge! The restaurants association of Singapore is still taking their own sweet time to "study the tipping culture in the western countries" blah blah... enuff with the talk and just try it out! it may just change the perception of working in this industry and it is wad singapore needs to sustain the growing manpower demand for this sector. so... please tip your friendly waiter/waitress when there's no 10% service charge on the bill! If they have done their parts well, no reason why you shouldn't do yours :)