I was looking forward to my morning bowl of chee cheong fun the other day when Auntie Chai, the sour-faced stall owner, mumbled under her breath: “Got increase one ringgit, ahhh...”
My chin must have dropped to the floor while my mind was racing with thoughts of “One whole buck?! That’s daylight robbery!”.
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