When my husband and I drove to dinner today at 6:30 pm, the road was unusually jammed. I did not think much of it. After dinner we went to buy a few things from a local super market, it was rather empty. Perhaps because it was breaking fast time, everybody was home eating.
Then we went to pick up some dvd movies. The commercial district was choc-a-block with cars looking for parking lots. We managed to find one lot near a bank, it was closed by then. Lo and behold, we saw long queue of people of all ages, both sexes waiting to get free cones with one scoop of ice-cream each. Interesting! Those cars that are still coasting around are mostly imported cars: lots of Toyotas and some Hondas, there are not many Kancils and Protons. These folks are not poor! But why are they waiting in line for more than at least half an hour for something that probably costs around $3.00?
Is that the way to celebrate a silver medal in badminton? Or is it because the ice-cream is free, one must not lose out in not claiming it? We also saw a few teenagers who went to McDoanald to get a few cones first before joining their friends who were waiting in line.
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