If you say please you can get anything

Alright so just now i went to buy a cup of coffee to make myself not so sleepy
I was lining up behind an Asian girl while she was paying for her stuff
Okay, after she finished paying she ask for water i think
so... the cashier...

Cashier/Barista: *pass her the mineral water and smiles politely
Asian girl: *take the mineral water

After a second or two when I thought the girl is leaving
Asian girl: *point at the coffee with saucer underneath that is already up to serve and says can I get a set of that?
Cashier?Barista: *stop smiling, get an empty coffee cup and saucer for her and says if you say please you can get anything...
Asian girl: *just take it and then walk off...


I was just wondering why she needs a coffee cup when she already holding a bottle of mineral water
I mean can't she just open the cap and drink it???
Yet, it also remind me of how people here says thank you all the time and says please when they want to get something. It seems like international students like us who hardly say please and thank you back in our home country become such a rude person even before we realize it

so when I order my coffee I act smart and says can I please get a latte with 1 sugar (yes with the word please) and also says thank you when I take my coffee in hope of the barista does not feel that every Asian is rude.

After I says thank you the barista replied and says thanks mate, see ya before I walk off.......

我想我心里面其实住着一位老人和一位小孩。

说不定

说不定你喜欢上的只不过是你想象的我。

2.0

Dato Ambiga giving lecture entitled 'Public Lecture Electoral reforms and the quest for democracy in Malaysia' at ANU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPyRqP3oWjc

不知你有没有想过我们这一代将主宰国家未来的命运呢？突然间有种好深的感触觉得先进国和发展中国家相隔着着不只是几十年的距离。回头一看恍然发现自己的国家在过去二三十年并没有太大的突破或发展，反而有着不进则退的隐忧。我国大部份的高楼大厦都是在早期80年代所建设的，而历史古迹则没好好给予保管，真不知我国有些什么样的理由能够吸引外国游客前来。

只能说啊国家未来的命运还真是掌握在我们的手中。还在抱怨我国种种不好的年轻人啊，我们该好好努力了呀。

Brain drain问题一日没解决，对于国家的未来就不会乐观。

一份美好的爱情是容不下一点点的欺骗和虚伪的，但更容不下的是暧昧。

蕭敬騰 只能想念你

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEYVQmgWsIg