GET A LIFE!

Have u ever met a lady, married to her fellow country man, follow her hubby works overseas for a year or so then when people ask where are you from..and without hesitate she answered I'm from Australia or I'm from England or wherever the last country her husband 'work' brought her for even a short 6 months? And another Phillipina married to a Swedish guy for barely 3 months and told everybody I'm from Europe... I have met these 2 ladies. No offense but its irked me a little.

Because I have a Pakistani friend who was born and raised in England, married to a fellow Pakistani moved back to Pakistan for a short while..then follow her husband travel around the world, I met her in Jakarta she introduce herself "Hi.I'm so and so from Pakistan. And another friend a daughter of a tycoon in Taiwan, raised in The States married to also a tycoon live Jakarta, still says she's from Taiwan and speaks Mandarin to her kids. Cute!

And another scenarios... in my teenage years, people are so secretive about their 'recipes' ... Its something personal I believe... I think I can digest that, in the late 80's where woman back in my country mostly are only housewives, the only thing they can proud of ..maybe ...just their cooking skill. Usually its goes like.." Well i dont know, i just throw these and thats in...that's just about it, no proper recipes" which read "I'm not gonna share the recipe with you,that's my masterpiece, stop asking"

Okay I can accept that.... Its happened in my family too..to be honest! It was like what, in mid 80's. But in these world of internet..food and recipes blogging and such...there are still people who just turn you off by saying 'I dont give out recipes" funny when its happened in this new millenium world. Trust me its just happened to my friend a few weeks back!

What is it all about with these 2 scenarios???

Well, 2 weeks ago, I found salted butter in supermarket here, 15 months living in Cairo it was my first encounter with salted butter, excited, I told my dear friend here, its time for us to stock up the butter since Eid is coming, then she has another idea .. telling me that she'll order some cookies from me instead... thinking that she's in her early pregnancy and hectic working schedule... i think i can make some extra batch of cookies for her. But what if she dont like my cookies?? So i whipped up a couple cookies dough, bake ém, send some for her to sample it and give extra pieces for another 2 friends to try, still thinking ... i can manage a few batches for 4 of us if the other 2 interested.

Okay, my dear friends took it seriously she asked the other 2 friends to pass around my cookies and suddenly I got a call for cookies order, 500pcs to be sent in 3 days. Hmmm... One thing here in Cairo u cant easily get thing as they way you want it to be...Once certain flour off the shelves, its months before its re-appeared! I've ordered some transparent container to fill my cookies in , you cant just simply get it from supermarket like back home. By knowing Egypt, from 2 days, become 3 days from 3 days to a week, my container not even near, so I ask around and my dear friend said what my dont you ask so and so lets call her Miss B, last year Miss B was selling some cookies here in Cairo and using that transparent container, and Miss B usually take cake orders too in Cairo, I've order some from her a week back too, I dont really know her so I'm kinda hesitate.

So for this order i just bought a freezer container and send it out in that. What a very bad day i had (lets not talk about it now)...every bad things happened on the same day at the same time.... as i pull it thru, I bring my self to send the cookies to my friend house and what a coincidence Miss B was there too, as she introduce her self, well back to the first scenarios as i heard from my dear friend, her nationality is something else and married someone from neighboring country... told us she's from her hubby country instead...and you know..she dont speaks her bahasa anymore okay, no problem lah no matter how bad my english is, i still can communicate with her! And we can understand each other well I believe! But by knowing her country she's from, people has to speak only bahasa, no other ethnic names or ethnics celebrations allowed, only the one whatever the goverments allowed, only after lady president was in charge a few years back she allowed those thingy in their country and I was living in their country for 2 years, I'm kinda stunned with her..how to say, first impression?

Okay after a few minutes chat, my so 'ítchy' mouth suddenly asking "I heard from my dear friend, last year you were selling cookies, did u get the transparent container from here?" She promptly answered "Yes from here" So I ask "May I know where u get it from" .... after a short pause she answered "I dont know" With a blanked face I asked "I thought u said you got it from here?" Then she goes "I'm not the one who got it" and i was like "Huh" and she "?My driver got it for me" and me "okay, so u dont know" but in head : "okay okay i got the picture"... I wanted to ask "u dont know where your driver got it from" Or "can u ask your driver where he got it from" But honestly, i hate this Miss B already! And I couldnt be bothered to prolonged anymore conversation with that #*@%& whatever bad names you wanted to fill in the blank i agree with it.

So I just turn to my friend and talk to her and a few minutes later I excuse myself and leave ... and Miss B as soon as i turn to my friend to talk, she quickly make her way to the kitchen, without saying goodbye or excuse herself. Thanks Miss B I cant stand anymore of you too! For God sake get a life! I wonder how deep s**h it'll be if I ask her, her cake recipes! Well Miss B your fondant cupcakes sucks! My fellow friends back home can make far far far far more better and nicer than yours and dont even mind to share the recipes and even how they make their fondant toppers and such with step by step instructions .... I can be like you but, no I dont want to... i wanna put my self higher at least higher than you,higher than your pathetic life!

So, why dont u visit http://bakingproject.com and http://cookingismypassion.blogspot.com and get some good idea from there....they share everything in there, it'll make u wiser not a loser like u! i tell ya... your product sucks! Since people have no choices in this poor Cairo, they go to you!

Well you see, Miss B, first you ireked me then she put yourself..I dont know where...kurun ke 18? I lost in translation! Kesian kan... lupa asal usul pastu.. lorat la pulak... that stupid bekas plastik tu pun tak nak cakap beli kat mana..hey aku bukan nak buat bussines macam hang..laki aku cukup duit nak bagi aku makan and shopping apa yg aku nak...sorry bukan nak barlagak! Aku just tolong kawan aku buat kuih raya ja la! (Tak pe dia Indon yang dah lupa cakap bahasa dia so dia tak paham punya, tapi kalau dia faham i'm so glad!)

Respect me, i'll respect u even more.... iritate me i'll irritate you a thousand times more!

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