On the up: The good workings of karma
On the down: People who never learn from it
I have this uncle who is the most kiam siap person in the world. Two examples:
1) He took my grandmother out for lunch one day a while ago. This being in Klang, lunch for two only cost RM20 so he paid, very magnanimously, out of his own pocket... and then kept the receipt and claimed it back from the family company.
2) A few days ago, there were prayers for grandmother's 100-day death anniversary and our favourite nun came to preside over the ceremony. Afterwards, as is the custom, the family would give her an angpow. Uncle KiamSiap asked my dad for the cash, RM100, which he stuffed into a red packet and handed over to the lovely nun in a big flourish of mock humility, full of smiles. The next day, he claimed RM100 from the family company, which went straight back into his own pocket.
Anyway, his house got robbed recently while he was away on holiday and nobody is feeling particularly sorry for him. I love the workings of karma.
On the down: People who never learn from it
I have this uncle who is the most kiam siap person in the world. Two examples:
1) He took my grandmother out for lunch one day a while ago. This being in Klang, lunch for two only cost RM20 so he paid, very magnanimously, out of his own pocket... and then kept the receipt and claimed it back from the family company.
2) A few days ago, there were prayers for grandmother's 100-day death anniversary and our favourite nun came to preside over the ceremony. Afterwards, as is the custom, the family would give her an angpow. Uncle KiamSiap asked my dad for the cash, RM100, which he stuffed into a red packet and handed over to the lovely nun in a big flourish of mock humility, full of smiles. The next day, he claimed RM100 from the family company, which went straight back into his own pocket.
Anyway, his house got robbed recently while he was away on holiday and nobody is feeling particularly sorry for him. I love the workings of karma.
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