TPA commemoration part II

continued. Part 2/3

(xi) - Concentration Camp

LAST DAY OF THE MOST WONDERFUL OVERNIGHT EXPERIENCE OF MY SCHOOL LIFE:

We arrived in safra, and it was here where i played the few of my best rounds of pool ever, no competition, just as friends, i mean, we just went through 3 days, and i felt very close to them, very refreshing and clean, although i haven't bathed. I played great pool with yuan hong, thrashing him, but we were laughing throughout, and i was recalling the bumblebee song, and i decided to record it on teck's handphone the following week. When kenneth challenged me race to 3 racks, that was were my mood sank a little, we were like a real competition. Kenneth really wants to beat me, i can tell, i know he isn't too happy that i'm ranked higher than him, he's been in the business much longer than me, and i don't think he ever thought that i would outrank him, i would think that way if i were him. But thankfully, i beat him 3-2. And for the rest of the night, we were laughing as i watched teck siang play.

(xii) - The Dragon awakens

Much to my dismay, i will not be going for the snooker tournament anymore. I was at the church camp when mr yeo, at the eleventh hour, told the tpa about the tournament, and they failed to sign me up for they could not contact me. But when i returned, although there was much confusion, and the forms were already sent, darren kindly gave me his place for he told me he didn't want to go. When wei zhou called wiraka, they didn't answer. I was elated at first, but i knew, how could it be so perfect? Something will hinder me from going to this tournament. Facing my mid-life pool crisis, i was at the pinnacle, where my skills shone, but pool was fading, i don't need pool, to live. I wanted to quit after the pool tournament, only to find out that it had been changed to snooker and my friends didn't sign me up for they thought i wouldn't like a snooker tournament. It wasn't meant for me to go, i knew it, firstly, mr yeo had to inform them so late, just perfectly while i was away, and when wei zhou called wiraka for the change, they didn't pick up, and they only did after 10 days before the tournament, where a change was allowed, and so, the change was disallowed. It was never meant for me to go, i do not regret going to the church camp, thank you, wei zhou for putting so much faith onto me, but, i quit.

(xiii) - Tournament Snooker

I wasn't supposed to play, i wasn't there when they signed up, i went to school feeling very down on monday. I could see the excitement that was waiting to explode within the eyes of teck and yuan hong and the rest, they pitied me, but i was unconsolable, i didn't show it though, i just wished them good luck. During reccess, wei zhou was busy trying to cheer me up. Towards the end of the reccess, wei zhou realised his great folly, he realised that a team could have 4 reserves instead of two, he then wrote my name on the excuse form and since they already told mr yeo i was playing, it wasn't much of a problem. So i was really excited but a little doubtful that i can go. But i did, and in the end, we met mr yeo and took a cab here, me, teck, wei zhou, kenneth, yuan hong, darren and aaron. When we got there, most of the teams were already warming up, and we were late, we looked at the other teams, ACS(barker), presbyterian high, montfort, and several others, they were all so professionally dressed, outram sec even wore long sleeved shirts and black leather shoes, they had coaches and many teachers surrounding them, while we, rushed over with our bags, with mr yeo and our cues, and we looked nooby and unprofessional.

Our match started soon after, with teck siang playing first, against montfort secondary, and since i wasn't in the starting lineup, i was told to be a ref for the other teams...... how nice, looking and keeping score of 4 games of snooooker.... i was standing alone there, refing outram sec and presbyterian sec's match and their's was the slowest everrr match, they were all so dry, potting at first but spending the next hundreds and million minutes just hitting balls that don't go in.. so i watched teck's first match, he was freaked, the first in the tournament, against a small cute, cuddly, chubby, adorable sec 1-2 montfort kid. When they started, teck attempted to smash his confidence by potting a red and a blue, a total of 6 points, but the boy wasn't impressed, and instead, smashed teck's confidence, he was a powerhouse, he pocket balls with great accuracy and was a master of snooking, making teck unable to hit several balls, when i saw the boy's ball hitting streak, and teck's off form face, i knew for sure, the first match was gonna be there, teck looked like some idiot standing there, getting thrashed by a pro, and teck was playing unprofessionally, at that point, we thought we had underestimated the the level of play of the competition, i mouth to teck, "wake up!" and he managed a weak smile. Then, teck returned at the turn of the tide, he started making several good shots, and surprisingly, the young boy's confidence was shattered, the young boy seemed to turn to what teck was, he missed many shots and didn't play well, at first, when we saw the boy score point after point, i thought he must have got at least forty points. But when i saw teck running the table for a really long while, with the boy missing a trillion shots, without looking at the score, you'd surely have the gut feeling that teck's score must have leveled with the chap's score. And when i saw teck pot the colored balls, i thought that he must have far overtaken the lad, i was so engrossed with their match, i didn't even notice all the fouls that occured in my match, till my montfort helper told me. finally teck pocketed the black ball, then i saw him smiling happily and walking back , seized him and asked him if he won, he told me they drew, when he returned the others, wei zhou was hugging him and the others were just congratulating him, but afterwards, he was recalled to pot the black once more, to decide the winner, this was worrying for me, i was afraid he'd lost, he started and he missed, now it was the lad's turn, can he do what he did before? I mean, he's the super lad! how could he not? i thought to myself, he's gonna pot it, dude, he's superlad, but maybe because all that was left of his thin glass of confidence were tiny shards on the floor, he missed the middle pocket narrowly, our reaction were all, "whawaaaaaaa, heng ah...." And teck, being inconsistent today, worried us a little, but with ease, he potted the black, and we all clapped, what can we say? Nothing much but pure brilliance

A remarkable comeback, From a miserable thrashing, teck turned the tide and made an unbelievable comeback, who could have thought of that? I congratulate and commend teck on his brillance but i want to beat his buttocks for his inconsistency, but still, we had won amazing game in hand, next was Master Tian.

Master Tian was up against, who we believed was the best among them, we rejoiced, for we knew, we had the game in hand, for which best was good enough to beat that bloody veteran? In fact, wei zhou's matches are boring, no excitement, because we know for sure, that the opponent might as well walkover rather than play, cause wei zhou's gonna do what he does, to look like an old man and thrash the opponent. So ya, he lived up to his expectations, and he beat their best player not by alot, but well, still do what he went to do----with easeeee.

Next was kenneth, now this was pretty unsure, i wasn't sure about kenneth, i had an instinctive feeling that he would lose, because i just know kenneth's not meant to play snooker, so i told my instincts to shut up and i had to slap myself a few times before they did. I love my instincts! it was right again, kenneth played very badly, he even jumped a ball while trying to screw, if i'm not wrong... And he was thrashed 70 plus to 30 plus. When he got back, he received a big scolding from that tian kid, lots of criticism, tian kid was utterly disappointed.

Then next was another worry, it was aaron up, i say worry for i haven't really seen him play and according to wei zhou, he says he isn't very good, but having seen him play pool, i predicted that he'll be ok, but still lose, when he walked past me, i told him, "Win this aaron!" and he gave me that sly smile. We were all on tenterhooks, because we were unsure of his ability and with his first shot, he cannoned the cue ball and all the balls jumped about, with that kindof shot, ......, when i looked at wei zhou, he immediately covered his face in grieve. Luckily he was playing against their lousiest player, and although aaron played anyhow, he lost by one point. We went home punching our faces, knowing that we could've won.

Then Second day of the tournament was even more exciting, i told myself that i wouldn't go this time, but when i met wei zhou he told me i had to go, or we wouldn't make a team of 6, since kenneth doesn't want to go anymore, and wei zhou told me either me or yuan hong would play. We had many discussions and wei zhou told me to challenge yuan hong and that the winner shall play, at this time, i was afraid, i could thrash yuan hong easily in pool, but i have had many problems breaking through my psychological barrier he set up for me when i play snooker against him, he's a psychological bomb, you'll see later why in the upcoming exciting events that follow, and i, am a foolish brat who cannot control his emotions and his impatient. Throughout the chem lesson, i was nervous, nervous that i would not be able to play, and nervous about the match against outram if them play, because i've seen them play when i refed their match, they all had ear piercings and all looked intimidating, and they were pretty good. Wei zhou worked it all out, he said that if we lost the match against outram, as long as we win the match against presbyterian, we could progress into the semis, but if we won this match, and lost to pres, we might not, because outram beat pres and have 3 points, montfort have 1 point, we have 1 point, and pres have 0. If we lose, we keep our 1 point and will have 4 if we beat pres, and if pres beat montfort, they'll only have 3, and mont would also have 4, so we might still get in.

When it was time to go, i was really very fidgety. But with our wonderful 3e2 classmates cheering and supporting us, we grabbed hold of that little bit of confidence. When we reached there, we met a guy called jason whom mr yeo hired for a while to teach us. He told us to snook or play safe whenever we feel that we didn't have the confidence to pocket any shots, so me and yuan hong tried a few shots to see who'll get the place. I did, but i imagined myself for a moment, there, with the outram fella, i suddenly wanted to puke, i told wei zhou to let him play, i couldn't undertake the pressure and had totally no confidence of my skills, call me a coward, but i really wasn't ready that day. Lee Hexun is ranked at 3, the shark, the highest in TPA, notice the P in TPA stands for pool, and i excel in pool, not snooker, i was unsure of my snooker skills, and even if yuan hong goes down, let him drag his opponent down too! With Yuan hong there, his opponent might feel the need to see a psychiatrist or even call my mom for psychological help. This time, yuan hong was to start the ball rolling.

Yuan hong started and the match slowly progressed, we highly doubt yuan hong's pocketing skills, but we do not, for a single moment, doubt his psychological skills. Of course, yuan hong is the master of luck and suprise. From the start, just by looking at yuan hong's small and skinny frame, with that happy happy haha face and that never unsmiling smile, i'll say every snooker/pool player will surely think that they're gonna win, with a possibility of 98%. I was always that snooker/pool player, i've been tricked, and i'm happy that this time, i'm gonna see them get tricked, hahahahahha. Even teck commented, " I think the guy see yuan hong also no mood to play already.." We agreed, yuan hong was always laughing and smiling at his mistakes, and he played the game very slow, and snooked and played safe many many trillion times, we were all proud and unimpressed of him, because we know him. His pure personality plays the game, not him, before long, his opponent was frustrated, he kept missing and missing, and he was totally pissed, while yuan hong was missing and smiling, playing safe and grinning, now, who wouldn't be frustrated now? Looks like this guy is unable to beat yuan hong's psychological barrier, he was totally disheartened, and missed even the simplest of shots. And scratched (meaning, pocketing the cueball, which is a foul of 4 points, depending on the situation) 5-6 times, can you believe it? Yuan Hong dropped his never ceasing psychological bomb on that fella, beat and killed 6899 x 10^49 of his brain cells and stole like, forty points! We never gave up hope on yuan hong, when he made mistakes, i was at the seats to give him a thumbs up and we were all laughing at the game, with that happy happy haha yuan hong face and that totally flustered opponent's face. Yuan Hong committed a grave mistake, and lost 4 crucial points, the opponent, having been psyched, potted the green and the cueball too. Yuan Hong didn't know they respotted the green, so he proceeded to aim for the brown, at that moment, we were all like: lskdghjsngnwqngwkrng;knwergnqn~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!! OY!!!!!!!!!!! Until i couldn't stand it i shouted Yuan Hong! Yuan Hong looked over with that question mark look, and i couldn't tell him, if not it wouldn't be fair, but yuan hong wasn't aware of his impending doom, and all we could do was, .....oh no! And he did it, when Yuan Hong realised his mistake, he laughed, hahah. Another crucial mistake was when the opponent, being too psychologically disturbed, scratched again, yuan hong had a clear and easy shot, and he missed, in the end, yuan hong lost by a margin, but we were all eager to congratulate him, for losing, haha, but no, we were proud of him for almost killing his opponent, his opponent was on the verge of going totally crazy, he was already 80% psyched. And we were all laughing with yuan hong, we called him the feeder, he pocketed less than 5 balls but went head to head with that guy and fed on his flaws and mistakes, and he managed to suck out 40 over points! THATS STUNNING! TO GAIN 40++ POINTS BY BEING HIMSELF??!!@!@ I was very happy with his performance and i stole him away to have a snack with him, there, i was busy telling him how unbelieveable he was and that i couldn't have got that far if i played (i'm unsure). I was really glad that day.

Then was teck, and he played against an indian, who was said by a few of us to be the best, teck, influenced by jason's word of advice to play safe when you've no confidence, totally wrecked his own game, teck, was an aggresive player, and for the whole game, he daren't pocket many balls for he wanted to play safe. It was a really tough match, and he lost 40-48. He was totally psyched by them, their whole team was there cheering that fella and disturbing teck, and their coach was really really irritating, all teck had was me, wei zhou, and yuan hong quietly standing behind him. But i congratulate Teck, nerves of steel, to play against their best is one mean mean feat. Teck Siang went back to the seats cursing nonstop, he wasn't happy about losing, and said that that guy wasn't even their best, he wasn't happy, and he cursed jason for disrupting his style of play. But he really put up a good fight.

Next was that boring guy tian, we didn't even bother to be excited, it'll just be another boring win, i shan't elaborate, all i can say is, he gave that guy alot of chance, but what else more can i say?


Last of all was Aaron, against another rumoured best, by then, we were the only team playing, and everyone was watching us. They started, and we were all curious at that chap's style of play, he seemed very good, but either he was frustrated at missing some shots and having his frustration influence him, or he really was a lousy player. But aaron played very well, much better then he did yesterday, he was serious, but cold, he even borrowed a sweater from another player from presbyterian. Aaron received several applauses from the spectators and surprised us, we were pretty amazed, and throughout the end, we were convinced that that fella was a noob, cause he kept missing. But during the last few shots, while we were clinging on to hope of winning, that guy just potted the pink and the black so easily, then we realised, he's good, haha, we lost, again, but we came here expecting to lose, we have to beat presbyterian tomorrow or teck would have to go to detention on thurs, hhaha. And we were kindof worried as pres beat montfort today, although that adorable boy was a steamroller against one of the pres guys and totally flattened him, maybe yesterday he was err, unlucky? Judging by yuan hong's superb play today, i declined to play tomorrow for i believe, to play yuan hong would be a much better effect. We'll see if teck goes to detention on thurs by tomorrow morning, goodbye.

(xiv) - My Promotion

I'm a pool player, any teens now playing hot games under the sun, repent now! Before its too late. Realise that you all are getting tanner under the scorching sun, be like me, boys! Being fair is in! Girls don't like tan guys, and even if they do, i'm still gonna love being fair, i'll teach you pool! Its fun! But don't get addicted like teck. If you'd like to repent and convert, i'll pour my whitening lotion on you and bring you to have fun at Safra some time.

(xv) - I return to you at the turn of the tide

So finally the busy week has passed, today i was exceptionally happy for i reason i shall not share with you guys, but yeah, after sch i gave robelle her gift and she was really glad, she hugged darren, not me =='( Then i went to safra... Now i know why Teck was promoted to CHAMPION, he really was one, i thought i had finally surpassed him, but he proved once again that pool is unpredictable, he beat me so many times!!! Yeah, then some guys from beatty came over. Then kenneth went over to their table to talk to them, it was Max, Daniel and Yap Yap i think, and kenneth asked them whether they wanted to play, then daniel said that he wanted to play with hexun! Lol, when kenneth came over to tell me, i was really surprised, hahaha, he specially chose me to play with! WOOHOO! yeah, kenneth said maybe cause he hadn't really seen my play in school. So when he walked over, i was finishing with teck, and i pretended that i was a total noob, that was like so embarrassing. Yeah, then i asked daniel how many matches he wanted to play, he said one. Then i set up the balls and i started to break, i miscued, hahaha, then i asked him again, i said race to 3 la! Then he said ok. Then i set up again, then i started to break, then i missed again, hahahah. Then the 3rd time i broke the pack really hard. Then when i started running the table did daniel realise his great folly, i was really having a great time there, i was clearing and clearing. Then teck came over and said, let him win one round la! Then i told him that if i did that i'd be wasting his money since i'd most probably win. And i did of course, i cleared him again and again, then out of the corner of my eyes, i saw two guys and they were looking at me, kenneth told me if we invited them, they'd surely play with us. So daniel payed for the table, and then kenneth asked the guys whether they wanted to play. They agreed a tag team match, race to 3, as usual, being friendly, i asked them what school were they from, they said they were from balastier hill, then we started, yeah, we didn't have much of a problem. In fact, i felt bad making them pay, when they paid, one of them patted my back and said, thanks, i said good game and bade them farewell, haiyaaa, they were such nice guys, maybe cause i first made a friendly approach. Then wei zhou arrived with darren and a new TPA member, borath, so i left for church.

(xvi) - Personal Achievements

So anyway, me, darren, teck and kenenth made our way to safra, of course, joined by our new member, borath and his friends. I started out playing snooker with wei zhou, starting a day in safra by playing snooker helps a lot, it helps calms the heart for real playing, because snooker requires enourmous amounts of patience and accuracy, a single twitch might result in a loss of points. And yeah, wei zhou was playing like a darn pro as usual, but i did make a marked improvement. Then after that, i proceeded to the pool table, where i played with wei zhou too. Then i borrowed darren's borrowed ipod and listend to quando like one million times while playing, and yeah, yohanus challenged me, i didn't play properly, i didn't intend to, i was singing away instead, and yohanus kept asking me to play seriously, but i insisted on singing, and kenneth was telling me about table 7's interest in playing pool, and he asked if i wanted to challenge them, as i was listening to music, i kinda spoke really loudly and kenneth immediately pulled away my ear phones and told me not to say loudly, ahha. Then after that, borath must have sensed my lousy playing and yeah, he challenged me. Yeah, and before that, teck siang ran over with that ecstatic face of his to inform us he cleared the table!!! Oh my goodness, teck siang cleared the table! To those who do not understand the meaning, it simply means, his opponent broke the pack of 15 balls, it was a dry break, and teck siang cleared all seven of his balls while his opponent pocketed non in one turn. I was so happy for him, every pool player has his first time! haha, I congratulate Lee Teck Siang on his clearing. Yeah then i kinda expected a normal match with borath. Then i broke, and potted the yellow. Then i started pocketting and pocketting, and darren said, ''clear table! Wah!'' Only then i realised i was really clearing the table! woohoo! then i positioned for everything really well, then when i was in perfect postition for my last solid ball and the black, i was already in joy!! And i did it! I cleared the table for the first time in my entire life!! haha, wahoo!!!! Then rattitya or something, (whom teck cleared) walked over to our table, and i heard borath telling him, he clear table leh! I haven't even hit a ball then he cleared. Then i found it really funny, haha, rattitya got cleared and when he walked over, his pal was cleared too, haha, what a coincidence, its really like they lost a big war, both of their flanks got heavily hit. That'll show them the prowess of TPA, although borath is already in TPA

Then later that evening, kenneth proceeded to challenge a lone ranger at table 11, his friends were playing snooker, and kenneth challenged him. Kenneth later told me he lost, and he wasn't happy, cause he wasn't really good. Then teck went over to challenge him, and won an impressive 2-0 match. Then, of course, my heart itched, then i walked over to ask him too, his expression was really funny, he was like " Huh? again ah?'' haha, he has been attacked repetetively. He looked pretty old, probably in his late thirties. I won my first match, and all his friends were helping him and stuff, but i didn't mind much. He won the 2nd. I was really nervous when i played the 3rd, but i found, i didn't play seriously, i didn't even aim properly as i would for serious matches against strangers but i found myself missing. I has a 5 and the 8 left, and he had one 8 left. When i saw that his 8 was at the jaw of the mid pocket, i thought he must have won, so i left the table to pay for the table, when i heard ''hexun!'' not after 5 steps and realise he missed, haha. Then the TPA were like, "good psyching skills hexun!" haha, i did not intend to bring mind trickery into my game, i won that game. Then when he paid for that table, wei zhou challenged him again, i described this guy as a near death insect, and we were all flies, sucking the juice out of him, one by one, and now, the insect's gonna die. Lol, that was what we thought would happen but wei zhou started by giving that guy a lot of chance, then it was too late and wei zhou lost, haha. Yeah, but anyway, the insect was kinda sucked dry, ahha.

I think TPA should have an achievements list, like who we beat, how old was that person we beat, and what remarkable thing we did. And yeah, we're pretty impressed with ourselves, we've beaten people from every age group, from young teens, to mature adults aged like 40-50, and i had a match with a 70 pluser where i almost won, and of course, how could i forget that chubby relief teacher from sch, i wanna know his name, i'm so proud to have won him, he's a really good player.. And so ends another chapter of my trips to safra and my experience with the game.

(xvii) - Pool and Man and the other

Anyway, i've been flipping thru some of my father's club magazines cause i'd really like to participate in any pool tournament available. I think i'm quite ok and although my goal is not to win, at least i can see where i stand. And of course, pool gains respect, especially from the much older men. One example is that fat relief teacher that amanda and her friends seem to hate, as written on her blog. lol, we didn't know much about him either, but one day he just strolled to the pool table, asking for a game. He's a really really good pool player, in fact, he's a snoooker player. He only played against our best there, which meant, he played against TPA only, and out of Me, teck, wei zhou and kenneth, only kenneth lost. And i really loved my match, cause i cleared him, haha, anyway, winning him gains respect from him. I mean, you can hate him and speak bad of him, but to us, whenever we see him, we feel good, cause we know, he's under me, i owned him, haha, its a good way to get back at people you don't like other that speaking behind his back and hating him that much, cause when he sees you, however bad he might treat you, he would respect you and wouldn't talk so much cause he got owned, hahaha. Have a nice day everyone!

(xviii) - My death nears

And then there's the pool tournament, me and kenneth have discussed with mrs , forgot her name, the school counsellor and nothing seems to be coming out of it. I mean, i want a level champion, and then an overall champion, but we only have 1 week to carry out the tournament and having all levels is a headache. So kenneth suggested to leave out the sec 4s, and he was unsure whether to leave out the sec 1s, but the students the pool committee are teaching now are sec 1s anyway. Its such a headache, nothing'll come out of it, we might still have to meet all the class monitors to look at the interest level, its really difficult, not everyone wants to play pool you know. Then mrs counsellor wants to fight for 1 per class, to shorten the time, but i told her there might be conflicts. Like for example, for our class, there's me, kenneth and teck siang.. who to send? The winner will bring back glory, while the left out will feel jealous. And there isn't any team sprit, nor any of class sprit, a one man show isn't spritual at all is it? So no matter how much mrs counsellor proposed for a 1 man team, i made clear my stand of having 3 in a class, so its a real headache, we don't have much time, manpower and authority to do much, we're not even discussing as a committee, mr yeo, he won't do much of what he promises, haiya, but i really want a pool tournament..

(xix) - Shores of the Sea

After that, took a train back to toa payoh and sat 238 to get to safra, and i got down and saw weng fung and his friend at the bus stop, they asked me where i was going, i said safra, then they said i was really stupid cause 238 would go one big round and end up in front of safra, i felt like a fool, but nvm, it'll take a long time, but it was raining, they told me they wanted to board 238 too, they wanted to get to safra too, haiya, safra was just across the road and they can't take out their umbrellas, they wanted to hire a cab but instead got out their umbrellas. So when i got there, i immediately sensed new blood when i saw wei zhi there, so i challenged him, i've deproved a lot, since the last time i went was like close to 1 month ago, but luckily i beat him, so i played with daniel 2 whole rounds of snooker, chalked up a total of more than 100 points for both games, although it was really really really slow, but it felt good to be back in safra playing snooker again, and when you make a good shot, sometimes when people from the neighbouring table see it, he'd tap his own table and say good shot, and one ex-beattyian did just that, he looked really old. Satisfaction....our school has produced a new breed of nerd snooker/pool players, we're gonna stage a revolution, a nerd revolution, to let the first though that come into people's minds when they hear pool or snooker to be: ''Yeee, nerd's game''

(xx) - I'm the next Pianist

Yesterday, after the excruciating 4-5? hours of physics extra lessons, we could finally relax, so me and yh got to lorong 8 to eat a very fufilling meal, nothing much, just a plate of chicken rice and one plate of carrot cake, then wei zhou and they guys came along, they just came from wei zhou's dad's confectionary store and brought much more goodies, so i gobbled them up too, so it was quite a filling lunch. Then after that we headed to safra. Yeah, so i was in the snooker mood as usual, i've kinda lost my love for pool, i'm more interested in snooker, but i cant seem to exceed my 50 points mark, but i was pretty on form for the first game, then after that decided to change to pool for a moment cause the pool table was free, then after like 4 game i told yuan hong i wanted to play snooker, so we switched again, but this time i was playing lousily, i even ordered a plate of mee, lol, i guess i was quite hungry yesterday. Speaking about mee, i would like to tell the whole world how the safra snookerium cheats our money. One plate with special maggie mee, 3 dollars! Its just a small amount of mee, with chilli, and dark sauce, an egg, 2 luncheon meats, and that costs 3 dollars! Although it really is addictive, i hate it! Cause they cheat our money!!!! Its like, the whole thing doesn't even cost them like 1 dollar and they charge us 3 dollars! But then again, no one complains and everyone still continues eating it.