Know or Don't Know

阿美: 还有500M才到你家, 为何现在就解开安全带?

阿芬: 不用担心, 交警从不在地段设路障的.
阿美: 哪你认为在机上系上安全带是为了避免"空警"开"Saman"咯?
阿芬: 我相信你会好好驾车的
阿美: 谢谢! 但其他驾驶者可没向你保证呀?
阿芬: 放心啦! 离家那么近, 没事的啦
阿美: 有道理, 以后你在何处解开安全带, 我就在那处放你下车, 如何?
阿芬: 别这样......
阿美: 放心啦! 离家那么近, 走路回家总没事的啦!
阿芬: .................. -_-'''
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My Words:

There must be a reason why an incident is happening; and the other way round, there must be at least a reason why we DO or DON'T do somethings.
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Please try to recall & analyse, if there any thing that you do it without any reason, or you don't know the reason? Or may be you know the reason, but the known reason seem not a reason?
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Ya, very often we do something without knowing the "why"? We DO because of other people DO, and we DON'T because of other people DON'T! In short we just simply and blindly follow other people "foot step", without knowing the real reason. When time past by, all practices will slowly become part of the custom and culture in our daily life. So here goes an interesting story:
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One day, a young guy is observing his mother cooking the fishes. Suddenly a "?" came into his mind, so he asked his mum curiously: " Why mum always chop off the fish's head & tail before cook it? " His mum answered: "I don't know why, but my mum, your grandmother practices this too." So the young guy go to approach his grandma and asked: " Why before cook the fish, we must chop off its head & tail?" Grandma said: " I have no idea, I just follow what my mum did." Luckily, the young guy's grand-grandmother still alive, so he still got the chance to ask his grand-grandmother on this matter. Grand-grandmother told him that:" Oh, this is because of last time, we were too poor to buy a pan which enough big to cook a fish, so we have to chop off the head & tail!"
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Or sometime we have the wrong perception on why we DO and why we DON'T! Just like in the dialog above, Fern though that fasten the seat belt in a running car is to prevent from getting compound by traffic police, while the real & main reason is for safely! Another good example is that when we ask someone to be smart in using the plan A4 paper, and to re-use the used A4 paper which has one page blank. They will answer us that no point to save the paper, they are afford to buy another ream...Well, our main objective is to go-green & recycle (environmental protection).
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Don't know what we knew & understood is actually a wrong perception is so un-worthwhile; Don't know what we have knew and don't know what we don't know are both awesome! To make sure we have a right perception & understanding on something, we must kine to learn & ask at anytime & anyplace.

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Who Know The Correct Answer?

My colleague, Beatrix asked me a weird question last 2 days. She told that her friend just went for an interview for the a teacher post not long ago. Those participants may need to sit for a table test too. There was an objective question sound like this:

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Question:
Lembu : Kerbau

Answers:
A. Ayam : Itik
B. Kambing : Seladang
C. Halimau : Singa
D. Biawak : Buaya
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In case you dont know what is Lembu (Cow), here the look...:p

And this is Kerbau (Buffalo)

WTH the question is? Testing for the participants' IQ? May be, since the childs or students (new generation) in the modern time tend to have high curiosity in all aspects compare to the older generation. New generation has different mindset & thinking too. Teachers need to be trained to handle certain unexpected conditions like students may ask some stupid or silly questions which can be so annoyance, awkwardness & nonsense! In should, teachers must possess a brain (IQ & EQ) which able to turn at 360 degree & process high capacity of data!

So what would be your best answer for the question above? A, B, C or D? Why?
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Things that Addictive to Me

High Speed

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When I just past my driving test, I only drove at the average speed of 50KM/hour, I don't dare to drive beyond this speed, as I afraid I will lost my control on the steering. Few months later, I drove at the average speed of 80KM/hour which is still considered as too fast for me; And now, the speed of 80KM/hour and above seem is too slow to me. I always wish to drive at at least 100KM/hour and above, but I can't; not because of I don't dare or I'm scared, it is because of the majority of the road conditions not allow me to do so! The fastest speed I ever drove in my Myvi is 140KM/hour, I make it on the free highway from Miri to Bintulu. I'm so excited over the high speed & the sound from the car's engine accelerates my heartbeats......Anyway, I try not to do so whenever more than one person in a car...or if drive alone, I will make sure I'm not only drive fast, but drive right and drive safely.

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Exercise

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Ya, is "exercise", not a typo error! This happen when I'm studied in USM, Health Campus, which located in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. We used to called this place "古板可怜", which is quite bore with no much entertainments. So the only thing I can do after lectures or during the free time is either sleeping or exercise. I went for jogging or play badminton every evening after 5:30P.M. I found that once I have jog for so regularly, I just can't skip it even for a single day; I felt so disappointed & started to complain whenever the raining day came. So I played badminton as a replacement, or will just wait the rain to stop. I jogged 5 to 7.5KM everyday along the run-way around the campus's golf court, which one round roughly equal to 2.5K.M. If you don't believe one can addicted to the exercise or sport, you can have a try, and worth to try! So why not?a

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Alcoholic Drinks

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Do you drink alcoholic drinks like beer, liquor, wine and etc? Or have you try one before? If you never try an alcoholic drink before, you will never know how it tastes alike. According to alcoholic drinkers, those who are new to the alcoholic drinks (e.g beers) will feel that it was a bit bitterness in its taste for the first few tries; but when time past & you keep drink the beers for a certain period, he or she will later found that the beers are actually sweet tasting. And this is the time you started or have totally addicted to the beers. Never try never know, but better you don't try, as alcoholic drinks can be harmful to our liver and kidney. I do drink socially but I try the best to not buy myself any alcoholic drink, so I only drink if it is FOC......:) So please don't tempt me......

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Gambling

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There are so many gambling or betting activities out there for your choice, like buying the digits either at Sports Toto, Magnum4D or Cash Sweep, or "under-ground bodies", or via online (e.g www.bs88.com), football betting, playing card, casino and etc. One may easily get addicted to the gambling habit if he or she has won the game in the first few tries. You should know that some events like playing cards or watching football matches alone are already interesting & exciting enough, what more if you can make some money from the games? What worst is human believed in luck and they are greedy, so once they won, they will keep on gambling by invest bigger amount of money with the only hope to win back more money. [ FYI, those who are new to gambling, normally they are more likely to win in the games, as they are still "pure" in the heart & thinking, they play for fun; later they are unlikely to win the games, as their heart & thinking is "polluted", they play for money! ] Luckily I'm a human, hence I believed in luck too, so I have finally choose to play those games for fun only............the reason is I never be good luck in gambling in the past...:pa
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Junk Foods

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Although I'm high health conscious, I'm in health care industry and knew that the junk foods may content some sort of colouring, chemical additives and etc which can be harmful to our healths or bodies, I just can't resist the temptation of eating those delicious junk foods like cutter fish slices, crispy potato chips, crackers & snacks, biscuits, wafer cakes and etc. It is so "syiok" with the junk foods accompany me all the times whenever I'm reading book or watching TV & DVD, it keep my mouth exercising. I'm gaining weight now-a-day, and so sad that most of the pants no longer fit to my waist. I hope I can stop eating these "rubbish" foods one day and I'm trying hard not to buy any junk foods now, but the mission seem failed, as I found that I have more excuses & reasons to buy & eat junk foods since I try to say "NO" to the junk foods! ~Sigh~

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White Bread vs Brown Bread

Lately, due to the increased in the price of the raw material (flour), follow is the price revision in to the flours manufactured products like noodles & breads or buns.

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However according to the newspaper, the noodle' hawkers in Miri didn't manage to increase the selling price of the dry noodle (mi kering) even though the price of the noodle has increased another RM0.40/KG; as they claimed 1KG of noodle roughly can produce 8 plates of "mi kering", which equivalent to RM0.05 increased in the cost price per plate of noodle, which still considered as a very little increment, not burden much.

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Anyway, most of the baker shops in miri have started to increase the selling price of the white bread (白面包), from the current rate of RM1.90 to RM2.50 without the acknowledge the Miri Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs Department (DTCA, 美里贸消部). The following day, DTCA has gave a comment & warning in the local press, that they have no doubt to take action (to be fined or jailed) on those baker shops who take it upon oneself to increase the price of the white bread.

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Do you know what is happening after the soft warning by DTCA in the local press? One of the baker shop in Mosjaya area, Miri has mixed some sort of colouring during the baking process, to produce a brown bread (黑面包), which has the same taste as the white bread. But they have more "value", as the selling price is at RM2.60 each.

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A package of Brown Bread

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Close look of a piece of brown bread

So all the white breads on the racks have been replaced by the new brown breads. The owner of the baker shop is honest, he told Fern's mum that he have no choice, since DTCA not allow to increase the price of the white bread, he will just has to change the look, turn it into a brown bread. Perhaps now can stop DTCA from making any noise. I don't know if this is the only baker shop which apply this strategy to protect their own profits? As I know, the price of the white bread has remain at RM1.90 each at most of the baker shops.

From the above case, we learn that those who are creative & innovative, and those who not blindly follow or obey to the fixed rules of the game normally are closer to the door of success, and they can survised longer compared to those who are stiff & conservative!

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I Shop, I Think, I Learn at PIKOM

The PIKOM PC fair was held in Miri Indoor Stadium on 18/4 - 23/4. My colleague, Beatrix said that there is a laptop sell at quite reasonable rate, she wants to buy one for her brother, Bryan. I never manage to have a visit though, anyway at last I were there too on the last day of PC fair, as her statement really make me tempted...~Sigh~

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Hmm...there was really "People Mountain People Sea" (crowded with people). I'm not interest in those people, so I & Fern just busy with our own business by seeking high & low, to search out the laptop mentioned by Beatrix earlier. Finally we found it, it was at the corners of Boulevard IT. By right, Beatrix & Bryan were there too, awaiting their new laptop to arrive from the warehouse.

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Okie, the laptop was ACER Aspire 4715Z, at the net price of RM1,999. As you can read on the label:

~ Intel Pentium dual-core processor T2370 (1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 Cache)

~ 14.1" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite LCD

~ Windows Vista Home Basic

~ Up to 252 MB Mobile Intel Graphic Media Accelerator X3100

~ 1 GB DDR2

~ 120 GB HDD

~ DVD-Super Multi DL

~ 802.11 b/g WLAN

Well, they had 2 promo-package A & B. Package A free one Lexmark Printer, sorry forgot which model, never mind, I'm not interest in it. So Package B been chosen ( ha~ha~ I bought one too mah), the cheap free gifts (the price label not been remove) that inclusive in the package are 2GB PenDrive, Optical Mouse, Cooler Pack, Screen Cleaner Pack, Software (which enable PC read your face as a password to log in), & DiGi RM50 Post-paid package (So shit! Been cheated, the promotion with free line registration which available at anytime & anywhere also count as free gift???)
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Just noticed that the Processor is only Pentium 1.73 GHz, would it be too out-dated? With the 1GB DDR2, can it help any in the speed? Between the laptop seem takes too much time on log-in and shut-down the windows. ~Sigh~ a I have to admit that I'm an IT idiot; I'm so -dated in those high & advance technology stuffs. I never can tell neither the latest HP model of Nokia, Sony-Ericson, Motorola nor Samsung. Be honest, the latest Nokia HP model I knew is just up to N95. a I don't know there is a thing called PDA, until my office boy bought one quite sometime ago; I Don't know there is a thing called GameBoy, until Fern's nephew (only primary school) bought one in Nov 07; I don't know there is a thing called mp3 modulator for car, until I bought one (RedFox branded) on 23 April 08... :p

Can you imagine, whenever the promoter tell that this is better and that is good, this is latest and that is newt, this is worth & that is cheap, this is more advance than that and blah~blah~blah~~~I can only react like an idiot, with limited response like "Oh", "Ya", "Ok", "Is It?", "I know", "I understand"......So at the last, I buy this and not buy that because of the promoter ask me to buy this not to buy that mah...lolz. I'm just like a piece, under other's control.

Or I just practice the "Monkey See Monkey Do" strategy, follow others tails (steps), I buy what they buy. The reason is pretty simple, as I believe that among those many people who buy, there must be at least one person who expert & familiar with that stuff, isn't it sound logic? And sometime I even have a stupid thinking: so what if I have made a wrong decision or mistake? I'm not alone, there are lots of people up there who make the same mistake too! So just learn from the mistake loh, isn't eldery said "吃一堑 , 长一智" ? [ Experience is The Mother of All Wisdom ]... :)

Now I'm thinking, why not I get an advise from those who are expert first, or just bring them along with me when go to buy something(s) which I'm not familiar of? So if you have this alternative, will you still willing to be like me? Think that the promoter will be nice & honest to me (they may be)? Think that the so called "Majority" is always right? Will you behave like me?

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We can never become smarter than before if we always pretend that we are smart (clever) at all times; we can never learn much things if we always pretend that we know everything; we can never be updated if we always affraid other people might sneer on us of being so out-dated. In short, we are not multi-talent, so we must dare to ask & kine to learn from other people!

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Beautiful vs Ugly

Let say you are in a hurry to find a love partner (whatever reason), and you are now in an appointment to meet up with 2 girls (guys) at a place at the same time. You stop walking, when you have reached a distance, which you still able to see the full figure of the 2 girls (guys) clearly. You have a short observation on them without their notice, so you can make a final decision to proceed with or to escape from date. Following are the possible results of the observation: ~

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1. Both of them are beautiful (handsome)

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2. One is beautifu(handsome) & one is ugly

3. Both of them are ugly

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From the 3 situations [ (1),(2),(3) ] above, in which situation you are more likely to proceed with the date or in which situation you are more likely to escape from the date? I guess most of us will never have a long hesitation to proceed with the date if we are in situation (1), or to escape from the date if we are in the situation (3). However, we may need a while of consideration if we are in situation (2). Is it right? Well, this may reflect that us human like the beautiful and dislike the ugly, love the good and hate the bad, happy to be rich and sad be poor...etc

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So how about you? What are the criteria or requirements will be in the consideration when you are looking for a "White Snow Princess" or "Mr Right"? She must be charming, beautiful, slim and sexy and etc? (Or he must be charming, handsome, athletic, macho and etc?) .

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I do believe now-a-day there been a big change in our thinking, perception & insight. We no longer only care on the external look when looking for a love partner, we take account on their internal gentility, attitude, behaviour, interest, family background & etc too. Hmm, does it meant we have even more choosy and picky on our love partner?

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Anyway, I'm sure that most time the external look still at the first place to be considered & evaluated, follows by other criteria & requirements. Why should physical look supersede the others? Isn't all human being are creations of the so called "GOD", then each individual must have its unique & special. But why those who with beautiful face or body shape tend to be more attractive?

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What is so different between the "beautiful" & "ugly"? I think they should be the same. Do you know why? Okie, I used to call "ugly" as "simple". You will know why if you ever tried to draw the portrait of a human face, isn't an ugly face is easier & simple to be drawn compare to a beautiful face? Between you must always heard people say that "Simple is Beautiful" (简单是美）? So what a conclusion you can make?

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Since, Ugly = Simple

And Simple = Beautiful

So, Ugly = Beautiful

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Well, you see? From the mathematics equation above, "Ugly is Beautiful"!

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Speechless & Wordless Communication

The ability in socialization has an influence either directly or indirect onto our personal life, career & future. You will found that we may hard to survive or may even suffering if we lack of advantage of socialization in the modern time, which everything is emphasis on the teamwork.

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It may be personally important, especially for those who are active in their daily life or those who trying hard to escape from the boredom. They need to socialize with the known person or strangers in order to bring them more fun, happiness, & excitement. Unless you are having autism, or you may no need to do this.

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It plays an important role too in term of career, especially for those who are in the professions of education, marketing, front-line services, mass media & etc. If you are self-employ, you are in a need to learn how to socialize with all kind of people too, with the purpose is to build up a social relationships & networking, in order to promote yourself, your product & your services to the public which may one day turn into your potential customers crowd.

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Anyway, we must at first equiped ourselve with a good & effective communition skill prior to build up a healthy social relationships & networking. But some time, no matter how well are we in the communication, we may still be in trouble & so frustrated especially when talking with a person who seem mindless & annoyance . I hate to communicate with the person who has the following characteristics:

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Type 1

A: Can you tell me Toyota is from which country?
B: Made in Japan.
A: Don't lie lah please! which country?
B: Believe me, is from Japan.
A: You think Im stupid)?!! Come on don't play play, which country?
B: Ok-ok, made in Korea.
A: Can you be serious? Don't lie lah, Im not stupid, k?
B: ............... [ saying in silent mode: Idiot! ]
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This kind of person keep asking us a question, but never want to accept & appreciate our answer(s). I just wonder, if they don't believe us or they still think that they are smarter, what the point they come to ask an advice from us? They tend to behave like an idiot!

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Type 2

A: Do you know what is BRIC stand for?

B: I don't know. A: You must know one, tell me please.

B: No, I don't know.

A: Come on, don't like this, tell me.

B: I really I don't know

A: Why you so selfish, tell me lah!

B: I swear I don't know

A: So shit, I know you know, tell me now!

B: Ok-ok, is British, Romania, Indonesia & Cuba.

A: Don't simply say, I know you lie.

B: ............... [ saying in silent mode: Kanasai! ]

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Type 2 qutie similiar to Type 1, as they seem not believe us, but still approach us to have an advice. But they think we are GOD, who know everything; or may be they think that we are selfish, never want to care or share?

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Type 3

A: How many sibling do you have?
B: 3 brothers 1 sister
A: What are they doing now?
B: Both of them still studying.
A: How about your dad & mum, do what har?
B: My dad is doctor, mum is housewife. How about you?
A: ......[ look here & there ]......Have you done your homeworks?
B: Yup. Can tell me a little bit about your family?
A: ............ [ look here & there, pretend not listen the query ]
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This kind of person seem so selfish & secret, they love to hear & get to know of others' personel stuffs or privacy, but never willing to reveal theirs one to other people. In short, you shouldn't hope that they will share you even a single shit, as they only wanna be a good listener.
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Type 4
A: Have you take your lunch?
B: Yes, eaten.
A: What you order?
B: Chicken rice & apple juice.
A: Nice ah?
B: Quite delicious, like it very much.
A: Where ah?
B: XXX cafe.
A: Where is the location?
B: Center Point, next to XXX supermarket.
A: Who is the owner ah?
B: Heard people called him Along.
A: Does he a local people?
B: Don't know.
A: Doest he married?
B: I think so.
A: How many child does he have?
B: Don't know.
A: Where did he stay har?
B: ............[ saying in the silent mode: busy only with your own business lah! ]
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I think they read too lots of detective novels, so they tend to "interrogate" someone as a person who involved in a criminal. Or they seem like wanna explore others' properties, in mandarin we call it "问家产"! They can have a series of non-stop questions which derived from the first question they asked or the first answers we gave. To avoid this happen is to not simply answer their question(s).

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"Thank You"

Do you know how to say "Thank You"?
In what kind of situation there is a need to say "Thank You"?
Do you just keep silent even though you know that you must say "Thank You"?

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Quite sometime ago, I went out for dinner with Fern & her friend, Hwei Chen. After dinner we hang up in Parkson Grand (Bintang Plaza, Miri). I wonder why, whenever they go to Parkson, Watson & Gardiant are the must visit place, even though they don't have any intention or mood to buy any thing. Let back to the main point...

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Of course most time they did buy some girlish stuffs, and of course I have toFern's bills are paid by me (sometime only lah...don't wanna spoiled her mah...:p ). As usual after paid the bill & get back the change from the cashier, I used to say "Thank You". Who know Hwei Chen look at me with her rounded eyes & asked me loudly & curiously: "Why you say TQ to her? You pay her the money hor...". Before Im in time to answer her question, Fern added: "Yaloh, why you say TQ?" Me: "............!" If you are in my situation, would you say "Thank You" to the cashier?
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Some people think that it is not logic for us customers to say "Thank You" to a casher, as we pay him/her the money, by right a casher should say "Thank You" to us customers, as he/she earn our money. Actually the reason why should we say "Thank You" to the casher is very simple, but us customers just tend to be so ignorent & innocent, never want to find it out "why"? May be just like what Buddha has said, the word "I" or "Me" (我) has makes us become so selfish, only thinking of our own good & neglect the feelings of others; or again the "Customer is Alway Right" or "The Customer is The King" has makes us spoiled? Or may be we tend to think & analyse thing(s) laterally instead of bilaterally? [ Don't forget, a coin always has 2 sides, the head & the tail ]

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An example, If I drop you a comment into your post entries / blog, most people will agree that you should thanks me; then, should I thanks you? Of course, but for what? ...... Nothing, just for giving me a chance to left a comment into your post / blog, thats all! So now, can you understand why should we say "Thank You" to the cashier? Just because of he/she provides us the product(s) or service(s)...! If you still think that not logic or proper for us to thanks the cashier, it is fine, say "Welcome" instead... : )
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