A Mooncake’s Destiny.

October 13th, 2005 by lynnylchan under Uncategorized

A mooncake was made in a Tai Thong factory. Its name was Snowskin Coffee and Cheese. (CC). It was shipped off to Kuala Lumpur and bought by a middle-aged woman, for her daughter.

Said daughter brought CC into Singapore via the Causeway. She packaged CC carefully in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator. Because CC was so special, she was saving it for the end. Since there were 7 mooncakes to eat and only one of her, it was over a month before it was CC’s turn to meet its destiny and be eaten.

Unfortunately, on the day that CC was to have been cut into 8 pieces and savoured, it was thrown out of its chilly fridge home, along with its friend the Chocolate Cake. Their owner was preoccupied at the library reading “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories”, and when she came back and saw the denuded fridge, it was too late to save them. Along with Strawberry Yoghurt Chocolate Bar, they were consigned to the rubbish bin.

In her great grief, the owner considered digging through the rubbish pile, but was dissuaded by The BF. She shed tears for the aborted mooncake, because it had never met its destiny. At least the Chocolate Cake was nearly finished.

The owner progressed through the 5 stages of grief. Denial (trying to salvage them from the bin) was followed by Anger (bastards! throwing out perfectly good food!), Bargaining (even a cheesecake slice will do, a slice of coffee cheesecake), Depression (shedding of tears) and finally, Acceptance (it’s gone. Next year lar).

Now spare a thought for the mooncake and the rest of the food in the bin, never to fulfil their destinies. Think of the cleaners who have to carry the food down to the giant rubbish bin. Think of the garbagemen who have to endure the stink from the now rotting food.

And agree with me that a wholesale genocide of eatables, without fear or favour, is not the best way.