when the chicken 'shrank'

After canvassing for a nice espresso machine, we were tired and hungry. We decided to eat at Max's. We were finally seated at a corner table. After a few minutes, Mom and I felt rally warm. We found out later on the the store's airconditioning was busted. It was terribly hot and I felt like fainting (No. I'm not exaggerating...I really couldn't take it even though I have high tolerance for heat, you get the picture). And so our story began...The tale of the Fan.

Why the Electric fan is facing the wall? It started with...

Me: talking to the waiter...Sir pwedeng igitna yung fan, kasi sobrang init talaga eh. Makikishare lang kami ng konting hangin...

Lady for the nearby table: Aba! Nauna kami rito ba't niyo kukunin yung bentilador?!?

Me: Hindi naman po kukunin makikishare lang, iuusod lang ng konti pati magcirculate naman ng konti ang hangin...

Lady: Pag ginalaw niyo yan, kahit nakaorder na kami tatayo talaga ako dito!!!!!! Blah Blah Blah...

The waiter couldn't do anything but coyly smile. Ey, I really couldn't take it anymore so...

Me: Pare-pareho lang naman tayo hong nagbabayad dito. Pare-pareho tayong customer. Ang sa akin lang, mahihimatay na talaga ako, mahirap ba intindihin yon?!?

At this time, Mommy definitely was taking my side. We were quite hoping Dad would enter already from the nearby shop so the lady will get what she's asking for, heheheh. Some people could get very insensitive about others. They feel they are superior than others. Being there ahead of time doesn't mean she's always right.

Finally, one of the lady's companions stood up and took the matters to her hands, literally. She hoped to make the fan rotate but it won't, she tried to to make the fan face the ceiling but it won't either. Her solution: make the air bounce but facing it to the wall. We all calmed down.

And what about the shrinkin' chicken?!?

The menu says, the Fiesta Plate consists of a cup of rice, lumpia, dessert, drinks and 1/4 of a chicken. I always always order this when we dine in. Their idea of 1/4 chicken though seems like a cut from a very malnourished bird. More like 1/8 to me. Sheesh. Times are indeed getting hard.