A TEMPORARY SENSE OF LOSS

Once a week I head over to a restaurant where in addition to pretty darn decent set lunches, chachanteng style, they also do a good kongsi saam man ji. They know me there. And they are still inexpensive. Which means that a lot of geezerinos like the place.

It's surprising how young some of us geezerinos are.

Some are mid twenties and thirties, even.

Geezertude strikes at any age.

It is quite likely that the regulars at many of my favourite places are somewhat neurotic. Routine rather suggests that. Besides the fond sense of "going down to the club" that I suspect comes into play for many of us.

A nearby business is going on vacation for an entire month.
This will discomfit numerous people.

Including a little girl who loves paper wrapped cupcakes (紙包蛋糕 'ji baau daan gou'), than which, in her exuberant young mind, there is nothing finer to be had.
I feel for her, and wonder how she will cope.



The applecart of routine will be out of whack for a while.




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