Massage or Tui Na?
The shopping centre that I always go for my massage was raided by the vice squad two days ago. I didn’t know until I went for a rub this evening. Not that I am counting but I find the concentration of massage parlour in this particular shopping centre is rather high. Except the food court and basement level there seems to be at least one massage centre at every floor and I am sure some are offering more than massage services.
The massage centres raided was on a higher storey than the one I usually patronize. From my personal experience the girls at the centres are rather aggressive. I remember after one session at my regular place, I went to collect my car at the carpark which is located at the same level of the raided massage centres. As I passed by the centres, the girls from the one of the centres approached me and started to grab my hand. Despite saying “NO” several times, the girl keeping asking me to give her shop a try. Feeling a bit embarrassed I quickly walked towards the multi-storey carpark entrance door. I was “chased” by the massage girl all the way from the front of the massage parlour right to the carpark entrance. She gave up after I slipped through the door….
When I related this story to my masseuse she laughed! She asked me why I didn’t try and give her a competitor report. Her shop and business was not affected by the raid, but thereafter, she receive some funny phone calls. As her shop serves mostly regulars like me & my wife, incoming phone calls are usually for booking. But yesterday she received a mysterious call asking specifically for massage services with emphasis on the phrase “massage services”.
She replied that they only do “TUI NA” and not massage. The caller asked what was the difference between “massage” and “tui na”. She replied, “…massage gives you pleasure and “tui na” gives you pain.”
“So MR, if pleasure you are seeking, you should call the shop upstair!”
The caller hanged up after that.
Transformers
Transformer, is one of my favourites cartoons during my growing up years. When the movie version sailed into town, it is like a wet dream comes true for a young-at-heart like me. The only spoiler in the movie are the humans. The action scenes are too few and far in-between. It is like having sex but not reaching orgasm *sigh*. Since this is a made for human movie, cant really expect the robots to be the main stars, right?
Pumped up after the movie, i MUST get my “OPTIMUS PRIME” the toy!! Sadly, the only OP i can afford is those made in China model, costing S$12.90. The OP made by Harbro (the license toy maker) costs S$99 and out of my range.
Welcome to my made-in-china TRANSFORMERS…..
When they are not fighting a war, they are six hardworking construction vehicles….
If provoked, these construction vehicles can transform into six tiny green robots…
The Ultimate Robot – can you still see the six tiny green robots?
As with all dreams, even the wet one, we wake up and go back to the real world. Now, this robot sits pretty in my store room and will only be come upon to entertain when the nephews and nieces visit…
