Fiery Red

Ah po: You don wan sambal ah? Chilli?
Me : No.
Ah po: Why ah? Scared hot ah? You a Singaporean ah?
Me : =.=''' Just don't feel like eating it.

It has been said that if you don't take spicy food, you're a Singaporean. Bulls**t! Not all Malaysians love spicy food and nor do all Singaporeans hate spicy food. It's a matter of individual preference. I love my food to be as authentic as possible without sambal or really hot chilli belacan ruining it. I love sambal and belacan too, just at times. You know I've heard of how Malaysian love chilli sauce so much that they actually bring bottles of chilli sauce overseas just so that they can eat their food =P

Speaking of chilli, I suddenly remembered the time when I was a kid. We were staying in a flat, and our lot was the most corner one. My mom helped some of the bachelors do their laundry because they're too lazy to do it themselves (I suppose). So one night when my mom was at the back doing something, someone at the door rang the bell. I peeked outside and saw one of the bachelors. I yelled asking my mom to come quick to open the door. As I was watching tv at that time, I yelled really loud and frequent so that she would come and open the door (I was taught not to simply open doors to strangers >.<). When my mom finally showed up with her grumpiness, that damn bachelor disappeared. She thought I bluffed her and she got furious. She went to the back and came back with a chilli in her hand. She rubbed the chilli on my lips saying that I lied. Oh yuen wang eh... That how she got the idea on how to punish us whenever we lied.

*Eating chilli doesn't make me a hot chick*