My life
normally becomes abnormal between the Chinese New Year and Qingming (清明) period. Normally I only wake up at
10am but during this period I had to wake up at 6am because of my appointments.
Normally speaking, other masters drag their customers to the graves but my
customers drag me to the graves instead.
A few days
ago, I had to wake up at 6am and drove for 2 hours to Ipoh to meet a customer
at 8am. There I was in Ipoh town center half an hour earlier so I decided to have
my breakfast in a famous ‘dimsum’ (点心) restaurant with my friends while waiting for the person to come.
After
having some foods, the person I was waiting still not in sight but I saw Master
Lee’s Mercedes Benz passed by. I was hoping that he didn’t see me… but alas! My
luck was not my side as he somehow got a glimpse of me amidst nearly one
hundred of people.
As usual we
started the conversation:
Lee: “Ah!
It is a surprise to see you here at this hour, Master Liew. What blew you to
this place?”
Me: “Oh! It
is you, Master Lee…”
Lee: “May I
sit down?”
(Master Lee
didn’t wait until I responded and he pulled a chair and sat beside me.)
Me: “I am
waiting for someone but you are welcome.”
(So Master
Lee ordered some dishes and while waiting he started to open his mouth…)
Lee: “Do
you know what the ‘5’ in Feng Shui is?”
Me: “No idea!
Not in this wee hours.”
Lee: “How
come you don’t know… they are the dragon, water, arms, back and front!”
Me: “Oh…
you are talking about the ‘yin’ Feng Shui…”
Lee: “No
wonder you don’t know… you are studying the nonsense Flying Star system! The
Flying Star is a fake!”
Me: “Oh… I
just learnt what was taught by my master…”
Lee: “I
supposed you don’t know the 8 yellow spring sha (八路黄泉煞)?”
Me: “Beats
me my friend!”
(I could
only shake my head and took a sip of tea. At this point, Master Lee's food came and he start eating. At least I had a moment of quiet I thought... But after eating he stood up and making gesture to leave…)
Lee: “I got
to go!”
(At this
point, I pulled Master Lee’s sleeve.)
Me: “Hey!
Master Lee! Don’t you know that you need to pay after eating!?”
Lee: “…”
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