The deep fried finger food anomaly

There's a law in economics that go something like "Above a certain quantity, the utility gained from it starts to decrease" 2 more examples to back this theory. Mahjong and fried food platter (FFP).

And so the long awaited mahjong session was just after fyp presentation, the great presentation of May the 6th. The day where my 排泄物 was literally mixed vigourously with adreneline. Okie, that aside. The first round was mahjong was good. Had my fair share of wins and near wins. Second round I was warming up and beginning to be really bubbly (probably because I bathed and renewed my vigor).3rd round I was practically the noisiest player; singing, laughing, cheering, spouting nonsense, you name it. I was so high I celebrated as if i had scored a goal every time I get a flower (花), even if it's not mine.

Anyway, my point was; towards the end of round 3, the environmental effects slowly set in. Perhaps due to the tiredness from all the noise, or from one whole semester of exhaustion that just suddenly accumulating at that time, not to say it was already 3,4am at that time. I was starting to feel cold, hungry, tired and full of 屁, literally. Admist all these "comforts", we went into the 4th round. I was quite sure I said this after we ended the 4th round. "ANOTHER ROUND? Are you crazy? I feel like killing myself already"

That sums up the mahjong episode, when too much of something really cant be any good.

The fried finger food incidents were pretty much similar. Only had myself to blame really. On both occasions I suggested eating them. Again, lets go back to the afternoon of May the 6th after my fyp presentation. dorothy+ben+me met up in PS to eat. Ended in cafe cartel, since I'm the only one who really had a stand in what I wanted to eat. BAD CHOICE! >.<

And so the 3 of us, ordered a platter for 5 persons. Apparently some smart alec (yours truly) said "ay it's quite worth it leh! we split this platter into 3, only around $15. 5 people's share leh!"

Same theory of utility. Too much of something is disgusting.

You'd have thought we'd learnt our lesson by then. But no! The same smart alec (if you hadnt caught it already, it was me) suggested going to settler's cafe the next day following the mahjong session. It was an abrupt decision. Initial plan was vivocity but on the way there I thought, "Hey, we're reaching clarke quay, and settler's is at clarke quay; student's price, games."

So, I suggested. And as usual there were no objections. Wrong choice again! >.<

The 3-6pm plan was okie. The usual student's plan with a main course and games. We had too much fun, wanted to extend. Wednesday was the day for free flow of deep fried finger food from 6-10pm for $12.90. Sounded like a very gd deal and we jumped straight at it.

After 5 entrees of a mix of sotong balls, nuggets, fries and onion rings, we ordered 2 servings of each. Plus 5 chicken wings. I think it's due to them taking too long to cook or just lagging behind our continuous orders. Suddenly, a MOUNTAIN of finger foods was placed on our table! It was terrible! Most of us were quite full already!

I cant imagine eating fried food for at least the next few days. Oh, and the story's not over yet! In the middle of trying to clear this chunk of finger food, the staff there suddenly placed a basket of 25 chicken wings in front of us!!!!!! I bet if there was a camera to take down our pictures at that time, others would think that we saw ghosts!

We tried to explain ourselves out of that situation. Partially their fault and I gotta admit, a significant portion of the confrontation was from the desperate attempt to avoid eating anymore. The staff was like apologising from the misunderstanding. And when we thought all was over. He rushed over and told us excitedly, "I have good news! Your 5 chicken wings are done!"

OMG lor! We immediately said, "It's 10, we already want to go home. Can you cancel that order and give us the bill?" (oh by the way, there's a penalty of $5 for every 100g of wastage) I think maybe the staff was thinking we waited for a long time and we just dont want to eat it already. Anyways, to us it definitely wasnt good news.

The saga of the finger food had ended, but I think i'll be fearful of eating fried finger foods for sometime. We walked out of settler's with probably a large amount of oil already depositing in our hair follicles, face and internal organs.

Definitely a day to remember.