A tale of the plastic bag…
Once upon a time, a girl went to Singapore for the first time in her life and had pineapple juice that was served in a plastic bag that is secured with plastic strings as a handle on top of the bag. The idea of having drinks in a plastic bag was such a novel idea to her and she had been fascinated by the fact that you can drink out of a bag since then. And the experience of drinking out of a bag has burnt to her brain that every time she is in Singapore, she would look for plastic bag drinks.
In February 2009, she arrived Singapore for the fourth time. It has been such a long time ever since her last visit that a lot has changed in Singapore. However, she still remember one thing about Singapore – plastic bag drinks – therefore she was determined that she would have to have to drink out of plastic bag for at least once before she left the country again. Unfortunately, Singapore as a country has progressed so much that plastic cups have managed to take over the country. Plastic bag drinks have virtually disappeared in every single beverage stalls. She was in Singapore for only 5 days therefore she was very desperate to make her dream come true that everyday, she would remind her local Singapore friends and companion that she was looking for plastic bag drinks: on the first day, they were very amused by the fact. And on the second day, they were still quite keen in trying to fulfil her wish. And then the next day, they actually saw plastic bag drinks in Maxwell food centre when they were having chicken rice there however they were too full to buy the beverage. On the fourth day, they could not find any beverage stall that serves drinks in plastic bag every where they went and started to find the request irritating and even promised to send her plastic bags for her future birthday. *HINT HINT*
On the fifth day was when the girl and her travelling companion were going to leave Singapore. She almost gave up on the idea of having plastic bag drinks because in no less than 5 hours, she was going to have to be in the airport and there is no way there would be room for drinks without class in a world-class airport. However, after her local Singaporean friend took them to Killiney Kopitiam for their last Kopi and Kaya toast. They went to the tiny food centre next door to have roast chicken rice. The girl originally did not have her mind on the plastic bag at all, however, a guy from the beverage stall approached them and asked if they wanted anything to drink. She therefore accompanied her local friend to the beverage stall to order drinks and something caught her eye – a pile of plastic bag!!!!!!!!!! She was so happy and ordered an iced tea and specifically requested that it be served in a plastic bag even though they were meant to be for takeaway.
At last, their local friends were so relieved that she finally found her plastic bag drink and the girl left Singapore with no regrets.
La fin.
HAHA “drinks with no class”. janice you are awful funny.