The Story of Luke Callis and Carl Brent

There used to be a farmer and his seedling supplier leaving in one weird and small town in the east. They are asian who were adopted by angmohs hence their weird names.

Anyway, to simplify things, Luke Callis will be referred as LC and Carl Brent.... Well, if you haven't guessed, the answer is none other then CB. (Please... It's just a name.)

So LC is a farmer and for years he has bought beansprout from CB, a seedling distributor. Of course CB sells other seedling as well, but LC was heavily inspired by the tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk" as a kid. Besides, selling beanstalk is an obvious no-go since you can only cook beanstalk with balachan and pork and it doesn't appeal to all people! Whereas for beansprout, who can turn down a mean dish of beansprout with salted fish?

Also, because its cheap. It's the cheapest already. Anything cheaper will be grass.

So for years, LC kept buying beansprout seedlings from CB. It is something like a symbiotic relationship obviously. CB is something like a sole distibutor so he earns quite a lot (actually there's another guy out there selling seedlings lar. So it's something like duopoly.) , LC feels that beansprout is not cheap, but hey! He doesn't have a choice, he can only grow beansprout for reasons given above. Moreover, its a neo-duopoly isn't it?

One day, CB told LC that the price of each beansprout seedling will go up by 1 - 3 cents per seedling. A farmer can't earn much, so naturally LC was shocked. So CB said "Given the positive economic outlook, I assessed the situation and there were no extenuating circumstances to vary or reject the price hike. In fact, my so-called other competitor is doing the same."

LC was very unhappy about the increases in price. " You Bloody CB!~You are already making money all these years and now you tell me that you're increasing prices. In the past you tell me that because oil price has increased and you need to increase price to cover transportation price. Yet when the price of oil falter, you still charge me the same!~ You think I am some Blur LC for you to chop is it? Its an duopoly for godsake! I can't grow other things anyway, I am already growing beansprout! You can't expect me to grow apples or grass now!~ I got no money to afford apple seedlings or why would I grow beansprout? I can't grow grass either! Its a worse alternative lar! Who would eat grass?!! "

CB was smart, he had prepared his defence before hand, Afterall, he was dealing with mere farmers. How can farmers fight against the high, mighty CB who insist to play stink? Even he himself feels like a Stinky CB sometimes....

" I will contribute $1m worth of seedling growth vouchers for all the farmers involved. Anyway, like it or not, the price change will be effected from october onwards. However, rest assured that we will not raise the price again this year." CB was smiling deep within when he said this, afterall, one million is a small sum to pay for a life-time of price increase of beansprout seedlings. Also, the profit will come in sooner then he thinks since the money will be shared with about 1,000,000 farmers. So effectively, one person only gets about a dollar. That is if everybody applies for the voucher. So many farmer like LC don't even bother to do so.... Preferring to suffer in silence.

"YOU STINKY CB!~ It's already September now and you tell me that you won't increase price till the end of the year anymore. What if you decide to do so in January 08? That's just a short span of 3 months. You really think that I am a placcid LC is it?" LC roared with rage at CB's explanation at this point.

The smile on CB's face faltered a little. How did LC read his mind? The other arm of his company is running into some complications. He was a little gungho when he decided to go ahead with the Circle Market Returfing Technology (MRT) project. Now he wished that he hadn't done so as there were so many other new entrants to the industry. Those bastards that covers themselves in neon turquiose outfit and calls themselve SMART.

LC could take it no longer, he raised his cranium basher and began to swing it menacingly from hand to hand. He snarled viciously; "I am gonna OWN you!~"

And before CB knew it, blood was oozing from his head. The last thing that crossed his mind before he lost conciousness; "Now I am REALLY A BLOODY CB!....."





(My incoherent thoughts. No offence to all I hope. This is what I think about the recent price hike though.)




"Over and Out"

Someday We'll Know.

Ninety Miles outside Chicago
Can't stop driving
I don't know why
So many questions
Need an answer
Two years later
he's still on my mind

Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart?
Who holds the stars up in the sky?
Is true love just once in a lifetime?

Did the captain of the Titanic cry?
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain...
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue...
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...

Does anybody know the way to Atlantis?
Or what the wind says when she cries?
I'm speeding by the place that I met you
For the 97th time...tonight

Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain...
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue...
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...
Someday we'll know

Why Samson loved Delilah...
One day I'll go
Dancing on the moon...
Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you...
I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
And watched the stars crash in the sea,
If I could ask God just one question...
Why aren't you here with me?...tonight
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain...
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue...
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...
Someday we'll know
Why Samson loved Delilah...
One day I'll go
Dancing on the moon...
Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you...



I haven't watch the movie yet after so many years. Little wonder why I couldn't make head or tails out of the lyrics! But this song is one of my fav eversince I heard it on the radio. Its timeless!~


"Over and Out"

Anything! Anything Goes!

Once, there was a magic fridge that could store food. It can store an infinite amount of food without any spoilage for eons. You see, its MAGICAL!

Now that's a good fridge!

For years, Philip had this idea to store a little of all the good food he enjoyed into this fridge. Well, Phillip is a foodie and he quite relish the idea of one day opening his fridge to sample the fine food that he accumulated the years.

Philip thus had a goal in life. To open the fridge when he no longer feels like storing his food and consume what he had accumulated over the years.

One fine night during a thunderstorm, a bolt of lightning striked the fridge and suddenly the fridge gained sentient awareness!~ It could speak, think and read minds!~

The fridge realised that it was simply a fridge used to store food that would one day be consumed. The day that the food inside is depleted, the fridge would have outlived its usefulness. Be it insecureness or out of goodwill, the fridge decide to do something about this...

Years went by, Philip finally had enough of the idea of storing fine food for all this years. All the abalone, sharkfin and oysters... He wanted to sample just a little to satisfy his urge... The thought hunted him fervently for a few nights until he could take it no more.

Rushing to the fridge, he grabbed hold of the fridge handle and gave it a pull.......


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And nothing happened. The fridge door refused to budge. Phillip was ready to call in the repair man to pry it open when the fridge suddenly spoke; " I cannot open for you now. You're not hungry enough. Moreover, you still have enough dried food for yourself now."

Philip was frustated. But the fridge was right in saying that he had enough dried food for now. Philip was adamant about the food that he had stored in the fridge. The only way is to wait until he finished all his dried food and reached a severe state of hunger. Then the fridge would have no reason to deny him of what that was originally his. All the food would taste even better this way.

A few days later, Philip has finished all the reserve food that he had. He was severely dehydrated and fatigued with hunger. He went to the fridge and tried pulling the fridge door again...

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And nothing happened. The fridge door refused to budge. Phillip was driven to desperation already... He was about to give up when the fridge suddenly spoke; " I cannot open for you now. You're too hungry. If I open up, you might finish all the food at one go. Then you will have nothing for future bingeing session."

Philip was about to die from hunger and despite repeated pleas, the fridge refuse to open.

Philip then fainted promptly.

Moments later, he was revived by the fridge. Apparently the fridge wasn't heartless... it offered some fishballs from the freezer unit. (How the fridge managed to get the fishball into his mouth and make him digest it is up to your imagination.) The fridge then said; " I cannot open for you as and when you like. You're lucky that you had stored enough all these years for me to give you some fishballs. If you haven't been storing regularly, I would not have opened for you at all."

Philip was flabbergasted.

The fridge then said:

" I THINK you might not have enough food to binge regularly. Tell you what. Keep storing food first. Now that I can produce fishballs, I only need you to provide the fish and the flour. Fishballs are good for you. In the past, one fish and one packet of flour can only feed you for one day. But if you let me produce fishballs for you, you can feed yourself for more then one day!~"

Philip was crestfallen. He said: "I like my fish fresh and I hate fishballs!~"

The fridge then continued:

" Don't think that you have a choice really. The food you stored all this years is inside me!~ Muwahahahah!!! Unless you can fill me to the brim, otherwise I will make all the fishball I think you will need until the day you can no longer binge. I meant well really!~"

Philip then replied indignantly: " You're supposed to help store the food! Not decide what to do with it! You stupid piece of machine!"

Philip then reached over for the nearest weapon that he can lay his hands on. Which in this case, is a sledgehammer. (How he had a sledge hammer handy is up to your imagination again.)

But the fridge has gone all quiet again. The only sound that can be heard is the dull droning sound of the fridge.....................




( I kinda think that my circumstances is exactly like Philip. In retrospect, I guess a lot of people feels the same way too!~)


"Over and Out"