Life in Singapore really gets too fast paced sometimes, it gets quite hard to have the discipline to slow yourself down and think, meditate and pray sometimes.
Very often, i really forgot what i actually eat because i snack more than having proper sit down meals. I simply have no time!
But there are some food items that ill WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER.
For example, look at this GIANT FRUIT. Its a PEAR. Amazing isn't? I wanna thank Nat for giving it to me! hahaha i swear, this innocent looking fruit made me very happy.
#1 it was my first time seeing such a giant pear (ITS LIKE LIZ AND THE GIANT PEAR, no longer james and the giant peach)
#2 i had such an adventure looking at people's reaction to the pear and later on asking the fruit juice auntie to help me cut it (obviously, very unwillingly because i didnt buy any fruit juice from her)
#3 i was so excited the whole day, anticipating the time where i can open up to eat this tasty looking pear
Nat told me that her Dad's client gave 10kg worth of these pears to him as a gift. She also mentioned how it was south korean pears. (And of course, i went: "ooooo, so exotic") One more reason to eat this pear right???
But the cool thing about this incident is really how in business, people choose fruits as a form of gifts. And very typically, in business, a gift is representative of the giver. It is rare then businessmen stinge on their gifts no? i emphasize: RARE.
It reminded me of how when i was in Thailand for a month, that lychees were often given as forms of gifts because they were expensive fruits.
To bring in another analogy, my mum sometimes has gift hampers sent to her from her clients, consisting of food products such as birds' nest, ginseng, etc.
All food! food! food!
So evidently, this says so much about food and other possible connotations. How food is highly valued and what kind of culture value what kind of food.
But then i thought about this harder, do only Asian countries practice this? Its weird because when i trying putting this into context in America (for example). You mean they give hampers of cheese and bacons? Doesn't sound too realistic here.
They might give wine, but wine is mostly internationally of high value anyway.
Haha, it is very interesting to think about whether the Westerners practice this form of corporately and professionally giving food as presents.
Or why do Asian even give food when you can replace it with something else that is as expensive, as valuable and not perishable?
I tell you, food can be such a magician sometimes, charms you in such weird ways no?
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