man’s best invention, to be able to read and write.

London
The other day, Friday, 4th oct, I was in Leicester square. It was after I went to Trafalgar square to see the Malaysian festival there. It was advertised the day before in the evening standard, a free newspaper distributed in London, and it reminded me that it happens annually.

I was rather glad I went, because there was a grocery stall selling 3 hot chilli sauce for £2. Normally it would cost about £1.50 each.
And 5packs of mee goring for £1. I was thinking of buying some chili sauce from Chinatown, except they are expensive there and also they are not hot. Whereas I tasted a sample and it was real chilli hot , just the way I like it.

Anyway, after I went to Chinatown to buy sesame oil, 177ml for £1.55, and black soya sauce, I was sitting on the marble seats fringing the Leicester square, opposite the casino, and having my packed lunch.

A street cleaner came by and instead of avoiding the seated people, he began to push his broom with a load of leaves along the seated area and making people move their things aside. It was rather unusual behaviour. The guy sitting next to me have to move his backpack, and jacket.

I did not bother, so the cleaner swept round me. Haha. That is the difference between tourists and us locals.

Anyway, later I saw him (the cleaner) coming back with his cart, and suddenly I saw him dash forward, I look to my right and saw a £10 note on the floor next to that backpacker guy but as soon as I saw it, the cleaner had picked it up with his long handled pickup.

That was quick.
My thought was well I wonder whose it belong to, and also thinking well the cleaner’s soul obviously wants him to have it. And good luck to him.
Later I had time to think, and I think the money must have fallen out of that backpacker guys pocket.

Well, believing as I do, that soul calls forth things, I can see the cleaner’s soul has called forth that and the backpacker’s soul obliged.

I know all of you who are reading this must be thinking what a weird guy I must be to be thinking like this … but you know what, it makes me feel happy that the universe is like this.

The cleaner I am sure could well do with that £10, whilst the backpacker looks he can afford to lose it. Of course, it might not be the case, but whatever… their souls recognised each other and produce this.
Of course my soul could have let me notice the £10 note earlier but it did not, because I have no need of that £10.

I view life in this way… and so I don’t feel upset when I read in the papers of all kinds of deaths, or trouble or whatever is reported. And the news is full of such things… as we all know.

I think this attitude is known as being stoical, and from this u can guess I rather like that stoic philosophy.

Incidentally, I had tasted that mee goring, and it is not like the mee goring I know. Haha. The instant noodles are not really very filling, and don’t have much bite to them.

It did give me an idea though, that I can make my own and quite tasty too using spaghetti as noodles, and making a sauce out of black soya sauce, chilli sauce sesame oil, tomato sauce and it would combine all the tastes… spicy, sour, salty, sweet.

Today, I went back to the Clapham south branch of Tesco where I found the 16p spaghetti but there are none left, but I found them being sold for 20p at another Tesco store. So I guess that batch was an old one and now it has all sold out and the new price is operative. Still 20p for 500mg is v good value.

I find spaghetti make very good noodles for making stir fried dry noodles or in noodle soup. And are a good substitute for the Chinese vermicelli, or the flat Chinese noodles sold in Chinatown.

I have been reading rather a lot of books which I borrowed from the library. Life is wonderful that I can find so many books that I like to read.

And to be able to read is really one of the best things about being human. When u think about it, don’t you think it rather strange that we can look at the words and be able to speak them outloud, for others to hear and understand what we are saying , and the words can be read for others to know what the author wants to say… I tell you, it is a miracle. i think it may be the best invention man has discovered.