8 March 2009

Our initial plan today was to visit CIMB's training centre (Pusatputra) in Bangi and enjoy a dip in their swimming pool. We got there around 3:00-ish in the afternoon and to our dismay the pool was closed because there's no life guard on duty today (Sunday). Hah, like I need any bloody life guards <-- wah so action this fella. The training centre is open to all CIMB staff and you just have to flash your staff tag at the entrance to enter. They've got badminton and tennis courts, football field, a gymnasium and of course a full size swimming pool. Maybe next week.
So there's no swimming and splashing in the pool today. We diverted to the McDonald's restaurant in Equine Park instead. Yeah we officially ended our boycott on McDonald's today. Somebody up there in the management is very smart to introduce those irresistible McValue Lunch meals. For a ridiculously low price of RM6.25 I can enjoy a medium sized lunch every day of the week. Like how cool is that?

Nevertheless I think we'll going to continue to avoid the rest of those expensive fast-food outlets, especially in times like these. I know KFC is not going to bring down their price, ever. Plus say what they like, every time you eat McDonald's or KFC or whatever, the owners will still have to pay royalty for using those American brand names. And ultimately, part of that will proceed to the 3 billion dollars that the U.S contribute to the Israeli state annually. And I don't want to have anything to do with that.