breadtalk

i'll raise to attention something that has affected me in a big way.

something most of you don't know about me: i'm a big big big lover of bread. Even in camp, those around me knows i have a typical indulgence in fruits and bread. to least a few eg.

e.g. during my project serve, i will bring a tuckbox full of bread that i ration to last me throughout the day. In view of my generosity, i will offer it to my co-workers if i happen to be with them in the afternoon. So on average i will bring along 5-7 slices of bread with me.

e.g. everytime when i book into camp, i will happily do so with a big plastic bag of bread which will last me for 2 days.

e.g. yesterday morning before i met my students, i ate 4 slices of bread.

So the issue that has bothered me is the rise in price of bread. I've noticed this a few weeks back coz SweeHeng scraped its 3 for $2 sale combi. instead its 1 for $0.80. upon doing my maths, its an increase of $0.40 for 3 bread. Considering the amount of bread i buy(usually a trayload with a couple stacking atop one another- always threatening to fall off before it reaches the counter), it adds up to quite a hefty sum. Fourleaves more recently has also raised its price of Cheese Friend by 20cents. Thank God they've preserved the value of my favourite raisin bread. So i was telling my mum then, might be the rise in GST. fine. i'll swallow that.

Just now at 430pm, when i was hungry for some bread or some derivative of yeast & flour, i walked into SweeHeng as usual. To my horror, they've removed their 2 for $4 sale combi tagged on their assortment of cakes and swissrolls. To think that just a day ago it was still 2 for $4, now its 2 for $5. When i made my payment, i was thinking of how dreadful it is for my future - 'i have to cut down on my bread intake, which is so difficult', 'no i will never crumble under the price increase, i will not be defeated', 'the world must be dying soon, Jesus Christ must be coming, what Uncle Freddie said yesterday was true, its reported today in the newspapers that the price increase is due to drought in Canada & Australia, both wheat producing countries, and where we get our supplies from', 'to think that i was reading the article in the morning and hoping that the effects won't hit the heartlands that fast. And now almost instantly i've come to face with it'. Then an auntyy at the counter while paying for her kueh was also commenting aloud how come the price of her kuehs also increase le. I'm not surprised though, it seems that everything in a bakery shop appears more expensive now.

So in a brilliant act of self-control, i scraped my plan of getting an ice cream cone at Macdonalds, which'd saved me 60cents. However, i've got to make up for another 40cents for additional $1 incurred earlier at SweeHeng.

Geoklan is the least affected.
vin