Eating Alone

Are you comfortable eating alone in public places? Ladies? I know most ladies would rather 'tapau' and eat in the office rather than eating alone at the mamak's or any warung. I used to be very conscious about eating alone. You know if something unexpected happen while you're eating in a group, you can laugh it off together and won't feel so embarrassed. If you're alone and the chicken fly off from your plate or the gravy poured onto your tudung or clothes, aiyyooohhh... how? Try to dig a hole from where you're sitting and pray no one else notices? Chances are, they won't notice for busy stuffing themselves with food but you don't dare raise your face that you'll think everyone is looking at you having that misfortune.

Since my colleagues are Chinese, sometime they want to go sek fan at non halal Chinese restaurant. When I work at a bigger company with a lot more staff, we have many groups that when one go for non-halal food, other groups may decide to go for halal ones. I've moved to smaller company with very little staff now that I prefer eating alone. Some, I don't like their company, some would 'tapau' food from home and some would go to Chinese restaurants that I don't bother to ask anymore. Just go out and eat alone. They are the ones who'll ask if they can join me when they decide to go for mamak's or Malay restaurant.

Eating in a group may be more fun but I'm OK with eating alone. I can choose the place I want to eat rather than wasting precious minutes getting a consensus of where everyone else would like to eat. Not to mention the time cut down from not chit-chatting, which can be used to write blog or read other people's blogs :) OK maybe I'm becoming more and more attached to the virtual world but I'm going to move to a bigger company soon so we'll see how I fare socializing with the real world on a more constant basis.