Decision-making

There is an endless debate in one of my Whatsapp chat groups comparing the Perodua Ativa and the Proton X50 which brings to my mind an incident in Hongkong decades ago. I can't remember when exactly, could be in the early 1990s but it was a team chess event there and the Penang Chess Association had sent a team there. 

One of my team-mates was Ng Weng Kong and we were walking around in Kowloon's Nathan Road. Inevitably, we came across a Haagen Daas outlet. At that time, this particular brand of ice cream wasn't available in Penang yet. We had a debate for quite some time whether or not to buy the ice cream. We walked up and down the store front and finally, we decided, what the heck, let's enjoy ourselves. 

Later, we had a good laugh over our indecision and the time we took to finally make the decision. A wealthy man wouldn't think twice about going into the shop to buy his ice-cream. It's only the ordinary man-in-the-street, where every penny counts in his life, who would think and re-think carefully about spending good money needlessly. Weng Kong turned out to be one of my closest non-Old Free friends, chess or otherwise.