Sorry guys, this post will be more of me being egocentric, I have so much to complain for the day...

The whole plan sounded nice, doesn't it?

It was meant to be a great family dinner, and I didn't expect my mom to take initiative in raising up such a suggestion. Don't ask me why I'm so taken aback by my mom's suggestion, I'm just simply, astonished. Or maybe I would use the word surprised...

However, my dad and sis weren't cooperative at all. ABSOLUTELY NOT AT ALL. I got no idea what got into them. My sis always make herself purposely late no matter what timing we told her. She just wants to be late and is not those 15 min grace we have in TP, but is terribly late - at least half an hour late. Mind you, at least half and hour...

Take today for an example, my mum and I purposely emphasised to leave at 5.30pm. And you know what, at 5.30pm, she was still surfing her laptop in her pyjamas! Yes, her pyjamas! Then, only at 5.40pm, she started making her way to the toilet to brush her teeth and get herself changed. And, the whole family had to wait for her! WTF, who is she to make us wait? To wait so long somemore!

That's not all! During the dinner, she was even more attitude! It was only 10min after the dinner, she stopped eating and give the whole family the black face. Seriously, what the?! Again, she's just a nobody! I mean, can she for jolly well let the whole family have a nice dinner since we are only together for like 5 times a year??!! We definitely do not deserve to be treated like that! She's simply spoilt by my dad! The reason she chose not to continue eating was even more ridiculous - the dishes were not to her liking.

I am even more pissed off with that reason. Hello, we ordered those dishes together and everyone agreed to it. And then, when the waitress double confirmed with us, I already heard some changes made here and there. As in, we made some special requests to our dishes. So, the waitress kept on double-confirming with us to get our orders right. YET, they blamed the waitress for giving us all the wrong food!

Oh my, poor restaurant. They were totally being maligned. It was our fault but they were blamed. What nonsense is this? Worst still, my family still thought that we were right and the fault lies with the waitress who got our orders wrongly. WTF? Weren't they even listening? They were the ones who told the waitress they want this and that and they agreed with the changes made. End up, they blamed the waitress. My sis particularly, she got the veggies' name wrongly and obviously the dishes served weren't what she expected. It was like duh. How would the chefs know what kind of veg she wanted when she ordered the wrong type from the start. In the end, even more absurd, I finished the whole plate of veg BY MYSELF! She didn't touch the veg at all after a few mouthfuls.

Come on, how often is my mum able to treat the family given her financial ability. Thanks to my dad who always thinks that my mum is spending more than what she is supposed to (or perhaps he couldn't afford to give my mum more money), my mum has been filling in the financial gaps on groceries with her savings. She is just a typical housewife with no income! Her savings would be dried up soon if this continues to happen. Not only does my dad unappreciative of the meals my mum cooks, he blames her cooking when dishes are not to his liking (meaning there's no meat. Or the meat dishes he doesn't like. He's pretty much a carnivore) How is my mum able to cook all the expensive dishes when there is barely enough money for groceries? Inflation has been happening in Singapore and living cost in Singapore is no longer as cheap as before...

So, as a result, everyone was unhappy with the dinner..EPIC. I think the saddest was my mum. She was so looking forward to the dinner! But what she got back from the family is this kind of response. She tried to hide it during the dinner, but after that, when I was with her alone walking around the shophouses, she was really down. Depressed was written all over her face. Boy, I was at lost on what I should do to cheer her up. Hanged around with her till the "Chingay parade started" (which I will talk about in the next post) before leaving for the Interchange... :(