A Typical Dinner Out ….
The other night, I went out for a light dinner with Neny so we went to Shah Alam area since we were tired and hungry. We seldom go out at night to places like these but we were very tired. We decided to go to one of those Mamak Restaurants ( Neny hates them ). Anyway we were trying to decided what to order so I looked around to see if i could find something good enough for me to order but it was all the same food as always , Neny order her favourite Nasi Goreng Ayam Tak Nak pedas , I asked for white rice add some Rasom ( I think that is how it is spell not sure) and Vegetable Curry. I also took a piece of chicken. We ordered our drinks and sit next to the TV screen. As we sat down I noticed this couple in front of us , the husband had ordered fried noodles. He was busy with his phone. He took like half an hour to sms someone. He kept so busy with the phone and paid no attention to his poor wife and Little kids or even his very hot noodles in front of him . He didn’t care his food was getting cold. I wonder who he was busy with (ha ha ha ha ). On the other side of the table, looking very pale, skinny and tired was this woman. I think his wife. She was wearing glasses and tudung .Very neatly dress not so beautiful but she looked clean and tidy. On her lap was a cute a little baby fair and fast asleep .Tiny but in nice baby clothes and wearing a topi. Next to her there was a girl maybe two or three years old for she was small, skinny and very shy. She stayed next her mother all the time ,standing next to her , not sitting ; just standing and waiting for her to feed her. Her hair was long and very messy not combed at all .She was wearing pink . When I saw her I thought she looked like one of those Combodian kids that seldom have something to eat . To my surprise I noticed the two were eating out the same plate which had only this giant (as in tall only) Roti Canai . It looked like a volcano or a tall hill. It was dried and it looked like bread crumbs . Both of them ate very slowly cutting piece by piece carefully so that the big volcano would not suddenly collapsed . I was watching them and i kept wondering if that could taste good ? If it would in fact make someone be satisfy ( to fill u hungry tummy) . Both ate so carefully without making a mess. No droppings , No mess at all . Chewing slowly piece by piece as though they were so grateful to have it. At that moment I could tell she probably was a very religious woman. At the far corner of the table was this skinny boy maybe seven . He was playing with a bottle lid. He was making all kinds of noises like jets, cars , horses u name it he was in a world of his own . Having fun with his most treasure toy " a bottle lid " Probably he had found it on the floor at the restaurant . He was all over the place. Dreaming of something only him and God knew about. He didn’t eat at all. He didn’t even at once looked at his parents’ food or faces. The mother and the girl ate all the volcano bread in a very quiet way. They didn’t speak just ate slowly. The father put his phone down , ate his noodles in less then 2 minutes and he went back to the phone .There were no words. The only sounds were those the little boy was making . I felt so sorry for him. In the world he was living , he was bored and he had to scape to his fantasy world to live and to be content. I didn’t even like my food but i ate it for I too was grateful for having it and Neny with me and she was actually enjoying her meal. We talked as we ate and i told her to look at the couple and i said "I will write about them in my blog " She asked me to eat and stop looking ha ha ha ha . She is so NOt like me . Neny is kind at heart , not mean like me. I started to laugh for I have also noticed other person doing the samething to the two of us . This was the cashier of the restaurant. She had her eyes fixed on us since we got there and she kept looking at Neny eating. I wonder if she too was actually thinking about the way we were. Some people’s worlds are others fantasies or nightmares. Ha ha ha ha The point is dinner at this places r all the same PEOPLE and their way of life………………
