istana - a very good layout, just like a corner of new york central park. there's a 9-hole inside, there a small pond, a fountain and of course the istana.
his camera ran out of battery, and he wanted to take some more pictures. he saw an ang moh holding a camera like his, so he asked, "are you using a sony camera?"
"yes."
"let me take a look." he did.
"oh.... different model. i thot to borrow your battery for a couple pictures more. my battery just ran out."
"just not the same size."
"you see, even the same brand also using different size battery.... what those people's trying to do? profiteering! for digital camera, handphone, laptop, they make money on the battery, for printer, they make money on the cartridge, the airlines make money out of fuel charge, convenience charge, toilet charge, anyhow charge.... and for tv what do think they make money out of?"
"tv? hmm... i don't think they make a lot of money out of the so low prices they put up."
"no... they make money out of not selling it, but just putting up un-reasonably low prices, so people come.... and they sell other appliances."
- as they say, hanging up the head of the goat, but selling dog meat instead
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