Stuff I noted in Teck Whye.

There is this coffeeshop where all the people who sell drinks would wear neatly ironed shirts and long pants. It's a pretty rare sight for a coffee shop. The drinks seller are very courteous too. In the same coffee shop, there is this stall that sells dim sum. When you order dim sum, they will take out a small dish from the big metallic steamer (which ironically looks somewhat like a refrigerator) and place it in the bamboo zhen1 long2. I thought it was rather strange, since the zhen1 long2 are meant to hold the dim sum while they are being steamed, instead of being used as containers. However, it seems to me that it was a pretty good idea, since putting the dim sum in the zhen1 long2 allows people to see from a distance that there is a dim sum stall from afar.

But just to be sure, I'll ask the stall holder someday.

Then I went to the optician's, because my spectacles are loose. He looked at my specs and said, "Sigh. Bad habit."

"What bad habit?"

"You pull off your specs with your right hand. If you pull it off from the side, you will bend it outwards. I can fix it back for you, but after a few times your spectacles will break. You should pull it off with both hands, or from the bridge."

For a while I was impressed, I was thinking, "Woah, he can tell the way I take off my spectacles just by looking at my spectacles."

Then later as I thought about it, I realised that I had to take off my specs before I could pass it to him! So most probably he just saw the way I took off my specs.