NT$280印度咖哩飯與NZ$5.50珍珠奶茶

週五跟同事去師大附近吃午餐，選到了一家店名有「印渡」兩字(店名是用這個「渡」)的一家印度咖哩店。We opened the menu and saw a list of Indian curries around the $280~$300 price range. However, we all chose the business lunch which was $150. That was good damage control.

It was a quite a shock to me because my experience had been that Indian curries are relatively inexpensive. Especially my last year in the university, Indian curries at the university food court was quite cheap.

When the plates were put on the table, it was another surprise. The amount of rice and curry was quite little. Some coworkers said it wasn’t spicy at all. Well, it wasn’t. Some Indian curries are quite mild, though. e.g. Butter Chicken. So this might be one of them. Nonetheless, the taste wasn’t exceptional. It definitely wasn't enough to justify the exceptional price.

By the time we walked out of the restaurant, someone immediately suggested that we go to eat something else. Obviously we weren’t satisfied. Even the petite girl wasn’t.

So the men then went to eat some 湯圓 nearby. I guess we won’t go to that Indian curry restaurant ever again. The only thing I liked about it was they played some Indian pop music MTVs on the television. That was something new and I found that funny.

話說物以稀為貴，印度咖哩在台北貴；在奧克蘭貴的是珍珠奶茶。在華人開的「市民小站」，珍珠奶茶要賣紐幣$5.50。我妹有聽過類似以下的對話。
客人：請問珍珠奶茶多少錢？
店員：四塊五。
客人：一杯珍珠奶茶。
店員：要加珍珠嗎？加珍珠要多加一元。

Huh? 什麼玩意？珍珠奶茶沒有珍珠？加珍珠加一元？

NZ$5.5，以現在匯率是超過台幣120，不管在奧克蘭或台北都比Starbucks還貴一點。

還好我沒對印度咖哩或是珍珠奶茶情有獨鍾。Although they’re nice.

公司裡臥虎藏龍

下班後跟同事去打羽毛球，老 K 一直說這個同事是校隊、那個同事是系隊，連我都是"西湖高中"的校隊。球場上果然大家都很厲害，打起來真是過癮。公司裡真是臥虎藏龍呀！

謝謝老 K 找大家來打球

Excessive thoughts turn to sabotage

I haven't written something here for a while. It's not that I don't have anything I want to say. In fact, I have something that I feel like writing down nearly every day. However, I guess my habit gets me again. I let excessive thoughts sabotage myself. Think too much. Then, eventually feel it's too much trouble and don't do it.

That has had its pros and cons. It avoids doing damaging things on impulse, while letting some opporunities slip away. I think it's time for a different "model". I begin to feel the opportunity cost might be more than I realized. I should believe in myself more and take my chances. I suspect I'll find that some "chances" are actually certainties if I cut my doubts.

Finally, two quotes pops up... not really related to previous words. but just thoughts.

We can expect great things from you. Could be terrible, but great.
(a modified quote from Harry Potter 1)

With great power comes great responsibility
(from Spider Man 2)