Pantang

Inefficient people never fails to amaze me further with their inefficiency.

I for one, do not go for free meals or things on offer. Happens that i took a free service and have to pay the price of it.

I engaged the free service of my brother in-law as my housing agent. The experience was hair-pulling.

First sourcing for potential flats was at snail pace.

Then the seller's agent began asking for money.

Then we realised we could have paid lesser cash at it was 'no cash' in the first place. But our agent chose not to reveal vital information like this and let us pay the highest payable amount.

And just yesterday, even after a promise that they will hand us a set of house keys, the seller changed their minds and only decided to give us later. And my agent's response,"Not every sale of flat will be smooth." (Which means : dun ask too much. Just accept it)

Where is the customer's rights?

And from today onwards, i will never believe what my mother in-law says. Never take her word for it. Cos she can either say she dunnno, remember something else later or say nothing and say alot later.

Right from the beginning (A year ago to be precise), i asked her of the people she wants to invite for our wedding dinner. She says she needs 1 table for her workers who wont give ang bao. And one table for friends.

She say she is 'chin cai' but when we planned to have the dinner at a yacth club, she appeared ok. But got a fellow auntie to pass message to my husband that she does not like it and prefer something like restaurant.

Then after my ROM, i told her we should arrange a time for her to sit down with my dad to talk about all that needs to be done. She says no need. Her family is very modern. They dont practise any supertitious beliefs. But later she says i did not tell her to meet with my dad. And that we said we were very clever and will handle everything on our own. What?!!!

Then just yesterday, it just happened that she had insisted that our tea ceremony must start at 9am and ends by 11am. And insist that my sister in-law cannot be my jie mei. And also because she is born in the year of the cow. And therefore will crash my wedding.

She also says that we must give respect to the ancestors as it is the ancestors who give us offsprings. And she gave example of couple who are barren because they did not pay respects to the ancestors. ( I was ferociously binding all these nonsense in my head)

Is it a blessing or a curse?

I detest all these supertitious beliefs. Hate it!

Firstly i see no link to all these to real life. ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!