PERCEPTIONS

I watch tv serial "Made in Singapore" on ch 8 at 9pm weekdays. I enjoy watching it because there are so many scenes which struck a chord with our everyday's encounters.

Mrs Automatc is a typical chacacter which saves and scrimps as much as possible. When she went to Vietnam to find a bride for her son, she packed all the toiletries given in the hotel room. She even asked for more and she said this load could last her for quite some months.

When she held a buffet celebration for her son's wedding, instead of ordering buffet for her invited guests, she ordered only a few pizza. Her guests were utterly disappointed with her behaviour.

While everybody thinks that she is already at the extreme end, I tend to think otherwise. She is saving hard for her son and her old age. From our point ofview, she is really a nut. But from her's, what is wrong with her behaviour? The toiletries in the hotel room are already included in the room tariff. She didn't steal or rob. She invited her guests for her son's wedding celebration was mainly to recoup her expenses of about ten thousand dollars spent to get her son a wife. When we have spent a lot of money, didn't we think of working harder or other ways to recoup the money spent?

These are all about PERCEPTIONS.