Crying out loud in the middle of the dark place down there

Just in case you didn’t know, I went for a talk today, one which includes dinner in it. It was in g Hotel, a new hotel and I’ve never been there before. I have to say, the lobby was impressive. Since I couldn’t find any signs which could show me to the room where the talk will be held (the lobby was impressive but dark) I went up to the front desk and asked the man, “Do you know how I can get to the dinner talk by XXX?” He disappears into the back and I saw the automatic wall close behind him. Cool. Just like some secret passage. A moment later he came back and he asked me, “Are you sure it’s held in g Hotel and not Gurney Hotel? We do not have any dinner talks tonight.” Ok, right now I’m not so sure. If the front desk says they don’t have one, surely they can’t be wrong. I mean, they’re the front desk! I called my friend to confirm and to hell with the front desk, I found my own way to the room.

While the talk was going on, I was thinking about the food. No, no, I’m not saying the talk was boring. I was just hungry. And one of the three things I learned in the second half of 2007 besides being able to belch whether I like it or not and to sleep sitting up in class, was that my stomach could not resist not making noises when I was hungry. Surely I don’t want my stomach to greet everyone in the room right? So I had to think of when I can have the food. The talk? It wasn’t bad at all actually. However, what was bad was the food. It was still tolerable but I’m not going to talk about it. The broccoli was nice though.

Now, one thing that I can be sure is bad is the service. It’s by far the worse by a hotel. Not like I’ve been to that many hotels. The worse that I know of, at least. Sometimes the waiter didn’t even ask if you still wanted the food and would just grab your plate away and replace it with a new one. It didn’t happen to me, because I was only busy eating and I finished my food relatively quick, but it happened to my friend who was talking away. And they would refill your drink after every sip you take. It’s like the level of the water must not be 95.978% or less. It’s annoying! You’re like talking and he’ll come up and say, “Excuse me” and start pouring away, with his fat hands blocking you from the person you were talking to. You get the idea.

I won’t say how his sleeves were brushing against my glass when he was pouring water for the person next to me. Okay so I just said it. It’s just that I’ve been rather particular about customer services after reading the book Secret Service by John R. DiJulius. It’s an interesting read. Now I know I’ve NEVER experienced excellent customer service. Nor have I seen it. Maybe I would if I pay a thousand bucks for a dinner. But customer service shouldn’t just extend to the super rich.

Anyway have you been experiencing déjà vu lately? I don’t know why but it happened like a dozen times this week. When the waiter took the plate off the table, boom! Déjà vu. When I was driving home and I saw a man in blue riding a bike in front of my car, boom! Déjà vu. Oh and you know, the drive home was freaking long. Those dumb people decided it would be a great idea to tar the road on a Friday night and made the weekend traffic pile 4 km long. And with a bladder full of urine exceeding its limit didn’t help. To add salt to the injury, the engine vibration created resonance and the whole car was vibrating, at least I think it did, with the focal point just right below my bladder. Hallelujah.

There's no space for you on Noah's Ark

It rained heavily this morning as I was about to leave the house. Because I was going to be late if I don’t leave soon, I took out and umbrella and started running to the car which was only about 10 feet away. I still got wet all over. I should really get one of those inverted umbrellas for car drivers.

While at the traffic lights, not only did I get free acid rain car wash, I also got high pressure sideways puddle water splashed all over my car by the speeding cars from the opposite road. Yay! Free car wash! And the acid can even bite off the dirt coating my car. Ideal for lazy people like me.

We’re considered lucky because the rain wasn’t that bad here. Not that I hate rains. I love them actually. But not the ones Europe is having now. I find it funny, really, that almost every continent is experiencing floods. China, US, perhaps my own country (I stopped caring) and worse of all Europe. I hear their historical sites are being drowned in rainwater. Ouch for the historical sites. But that’s okay. It’s only adding another page into its history.

On another unrelated – but soon to be related – account, I saw a video of Charley the cat in Carnifex’s blog. He made it sound like he was going to show us a video of animal cruelty but no, it wasn’t. In fact, I found it cute. However, that made me think of a video I watched years ago – I think it was Shocking Asia – about exotic foods. I remember seeing a Thai man pulling a dog out of a really huge cage by the neck and hanging him on the tree. He then beat the crap out of the dog using a stick. I’m not joking bout the crap part. That made me want to look for the video over in Youtube and show it to you guys. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it.

But I found this.

That man threw the dog into boiling water alive!

If you think that was horrible, look at this. I cried. Imagine how the people who lost their loved ones did in the 911 tragedy. That’s how I cried. Yes, it’s that bad. I suggest you lock yourself in the room while watching this. If you didn’t have the slightest emotion towards this, then get ready for a boycott.

They were skinned alive!

Here’s another one along with a song to mock it.

So how is this related to floods all around the world? – Payback time. Humans are by far the cruelest species ever. And I don’t fucking care if your house is submerged 20 feet under water.

I may sympathize with humans; those abused, in famine, extremely poor, etc, but if I had the money for charity, they won’t be the first to get it. Not when I was a kid, not now, not in the future. They’ll always come in second. [Sentence deleted as it may be bad for the writer’s reputation, if she has one, that is]

So don’t you find it funny that almost every continent is experiencing storms and floods? And they’re complaining. Well, you have you yourself to blame.

What did you feel when a few years ago the giant tsunami striked? I was sad and angry. It was the first time any natural disaster ever hit our little country. Yea, I was sad alright. I felt sad I missed the chance to catch a glimpse of the big wave. In fact, deep inside I wished it would happen again. Selfish of me, but like I care. Yea, another fact to reinforce my twisted-ness.

I remember at that time, I was always sitting close to the door with my wallet and camera ready and every time there was a siren, I would jump. I was prepared to run to the beach. I live close to the beach then. But despite all the rumours of a second hit, it never did happen. Oh, well.

Of course, many who did not deserve to die died, but it can’t be helped. Take it as a message. The world is coming to an end. But do people care? You deserve it. It’s also funny that some – and many of them happen to be sinful – believe they’ll be sucked up into heaven while all the non-believers die on Earth and go to hell. It’s sad, I know. Let’s all laugh at them while they wait for the sky to open up moments before we all die. A free deathbed joke. No money charged. Truly a gift from God.

Oh and before you ask me if I’m not human myself, yes, I am human, I’m no exception, and I still hate humans. Do you see me complaining bout the disasters? Get what I mean? Vague? Go to sleep.