Yau Char Kwai

"Carpe Diem". Something I find hard to live by. I am a person of near infinite patience. And this is not necessarily a good thing.

Just yesterday I was waiting to take-away some fried rice. It was a popular store so the wait was for about 5-10 minutes. In that span of time, I saw a little stall by the road side selling Yau Char Kwai (oil-fried devil). I was thinking that it has been awhile since I had some of the delicious crispy stick of flour, so I walked over the little stall but there was no one manning it.

I looked around but I see no indication of its owner nearby. I should ask the other store owners nearby where the YCK dude was but I was shy, so I decided to walk back to the fried rice store, without my fried delicacy. As I waited for my fried rice to be cooked, I was contemplating with myself if I should ask nearby owners if they could pack the YCK for me. (Yeah i really wanted some YCK!)

Then this fat dude walks over to the stall, and hollers at the stall next to the YCK stall pointing to it. The guy manning the stall walks over and decides to sell the YCK on behalf of the stall's owner. The owner then decides to show up (seemingly from nowhere) to take over the transaction, and gave the fat dude ALL the YCK. Then he packed up his stall into a van and prepared to leave. Apparently it was closing time and he just gave all the leftover YCK to the lucky fat dude.

I had a sense of jealousy and regret for about 5 seconds, but I have no one else to blame, except myself. I am a person of infinite patience. I am a person of infinite regrets.