For some reason, the popiah store in teck whye has always been a good source of random inspiration.

My mother asked me to da bao 2 popiahs for her, but she said that she wouldn't be able to finish it, so I'll need to eat half of it for her (which is simple, considering that this popiah store cuts its popiah into 6 parts, remember?). However, I'm having a sore throat, so I decided to buy one with chilli and one without chilli. Then, I had this idea. I recalled that in RJ Philo circle some teacher told us that "According to chinese philosophy, with yin there must be yang, and in music the yin and yang are silence and sound."

In Dao De Jing, this corresponds to a verse that says something like "Where beauty is defined, ugliness is implied."

So, if non-spiciness is defined, would spiciness be implied? I decided to try it out.

"Auntie, I want two popiahs, one not-spicy. Packet."
"Ok. One spicy, one not-spicy issit?"

Result: Positive.