don't take sour stuffs!

i was at the market yesterday. 

mum and i noted that the buah rambai is in season. asked mum if she wanted but she declined. like me, she didn't like this fruit. the maid, who was standing beside us was curious and asked if it tastes bad. i told her it tastes a little sour and hearing this, her eyes sparkled and she exclaimed sour?! good good! i could almost imagined her asking me to buy for her.

i didn't feel good about this and my immediate response was to tell her that sour food is not good if taken in excessive amounts. you see, in her attempts to reduce weight she had been constantly asking me to buy lime for her. she had started on this slimming down efforts since a couple of months back and apart from eating reduced amounts of food, she would also drink lime juice almost daily. well, i can see her size has reduced significantly and compared to her relatively fat frame when she first arrived, she is rather slim and shapely now. but if she goes on this way, the likelihood of getting stomach ulcer is very high!

anyway, back to yesterday. i told her quite abruptly sour good? what good? if you keep taking sour things, your stomach will tear and you will get sick. and if you continue, you might end up with stomach cancer! just look at all the lime you are taking all these while! and as i said it almost immediately after her response and she immediately retracted. her face changed and she quietly said ok ok. she maintained an awkward silence for a while after that. i knew i might have come across as harsh sounding, but i find it difficult to have a maid who is showing her vanity increasingly.

and today at the market, she did not ask me to buy lime for her.