The Opera Populaire

Went to see the doctor about my on-off stomach prob yesterday and she imposed a porridge or soft food only diet till the situation improves! An infection apparently. Hope the antibiotic cures it within a few days. But I miss forbidden food!!! I wanna eat A&W, Jap food, curry, pasta, pizza etc etc. Parents had to eat some of those nice local crackers in front of me during dinner *sob sob* How can they do this to their own daughter??

Do people really change? Am I too soft and accomodating? Perhaps I am naive, but I think I shall give friendship a chance as there seem to be some degree of sincerity, though I'll prepare contingency plans when I go about it. God indeed works in mysterious ways at times.

Had a nice surprise last week. どうもありがとうございました！

There are really a lot of things to be grateful about, if we bother to sit down and count our blessings. We are very blessed, especially when I look around and see how many people around me are struggling to cope after the fuel price hike.

Saw a student gang fight or tauran as they call it here today again. But it was not as serious as the other time. It was a pretty amazing phenomenon then. As it took place in the midst of a traffic jam, you suddenly see the cars disappearing from that stretch of street as they tried to avoid the hailstorm of stones and sticks that the kids used to throw at one another. Kinda reminded me of Moses parting the Red Sea :) My Dad oso tried to steer our car away frantically, but we were stuck in the middle of other cars oso desperate to escape. Thankfully the police arrived soon, their whistles shooing away the youths, who banged cars as they run away from the scene. Living in a developing country has its excitement.