i still remember when bubble tea was first launched by quickly, it was so damn expensive. my favourite honey red tea with pearls used to set me back at $2.80. now i can get exactly the same thing at $1.00 from sweet talk. if they can sell at $1.00 and still make a profit, imagine the enormerous profits quickly had made them. 'ka' me sia! =P

just came back from meeting dap for lunch at chua chu kang lot 1. had to return her the textbooks she loaned to me for my relief teaching stint. "thanks a million, girl! and sorry to make you come all the way. i really appreciate it lots. didn't realise your literacy assignment deadline is tomorrow, or else maybe i can meet you at jurong point instead. and sorry for being late ok. hee..."

as i was making my way back, for some reason a conversation i had with cheryl surfaced in my mind. i had met her for lunch too some time back at bouna vista (near her workplace). we were at this coffee shop that is quite popular in that vicinity. i had ordered duck porridge because i wasn't really feeling well that day.

me : hey, the stall i ordered from is run by a young couple lei. like our age you know. their business not bad also because the foods they sell very yummy.
cheryl : is it? wait, i see. *peers over* ya lor.
me : ey, if your dar's family has a stall then ask your dar to take-over the stall, which he did and if you marry him, he ask you to help out, will you?
cheryl : *think think think* no, i won't lei.
me : why?
cheryl : its just not what i want to do in my career lor. then what for i so 'xin ku' work full-time and study part-time now?

i've pondered over the question myself. will i quit my banking job (working in a nice office, air-con, 9am to 5pm, 5 days) to work at the stall with my beloved? answer is, i think i most probably will, provided if the stall has a roaring business and he needs me to help out.

but of course, i think i wouldn't want to do it for the rest of my life. maybe try to help out as a start and then slowly help to develop it - from a stall owner to a business owner.

doing the business yourself can be very exhausting. you put in all your efforts, time and youth into the business. you hardly get to enjoy the fruits of your labour because you are so engrossed in it. but being a business owner is different. you have people do it for you. sure, you still spend your efforts, time and youth in it, but not as much. then you have time to enjoy life like going on holidays.

*'yu jian' music ringing* wait, answer a call... ok, backie. an old friend just called. she's got nothing to do and wanna pop by to visit me. ok, enough of my random thinking. gotta catch up a bit on my reading before she comes. =)