When I am in a weird mood, some things really stood out. Take for example, when I was paying for petrol at Rawang yesterday. Do you know why there are so many cutesy things at the counter? This is because when you are there to pay for your items, you have to wait.
So, when you wait, you will get bored.
So, when you get bored, your eyes will wander
So, when it did, the first this they would look at would be the nearest things at the counter. That is why, a lot of nice things are displayed at the counter, ranging from:
1) Sweets (so that Kids would have second chance to psycho you to buy them)
2) Condoms (Well, people do think twice, don't they?)
3) Cigarettes (Apart from theft, once you have done your stuff, why not have a smoke?)
4) Batteries (In case your walkman/stuff ran out of juice while waiting. Yeah, right)
5) Cigarette Lighters (I'm coming to that)
6) Other stuff
So, psychlogically, while waiting, you would take whatever stuff you eyes fancies and examinie them, and for all reasons unknown, you'd think they're cheap too. Buying stuff you would not normally buy. Its a Deathtrap, I tell you.
Anyway, I got suckered into looking at the cigarette lighters. Long ago, you would have this long rectangular disposable lighter selling for RM1.00. Those lighters which you use your thumb to roll the wheel (to generate the sparks) and then release the gas (for a nice fireball effect). And they come in transparent coulours. Throughout the years, its the same lighter but with different variations. Then the piezo version came out, which you just press the switch down, hear a click and instant fire!
OK, back to the story.
So, it was during the wait that I spied on this new design. Although the lighter is smaller in size (less gas) but they made up for it with, wait for it, a LED torchlight! Ha ha ha ha ha!
They have green, blue, red, and orange, each with their own coloured LED. But no white, which would be cool. Anyway, for RM2.00, I bought one.
So, when you wait, you will get bored.
So, when you get bored, your eyes will wander
So, when it did, the first this they would look at would be the nearest things at the counter. That is why, a lot of nice things are displayed at the counter, ranging from:
1) Sweets (so that Kids would have second chance to psycho you to buy them)
2) Condoms (Well, people do think twice, don't they?)
3) Cigarettes (Apart from theft, once you have done your stuff, why not have a smoke?)
4) Batteries (In case your walkman/stuff ran out of juice while waiting. Yeah, right)
5) Cigarette Lighters (I'm coming to that)
6) Other stuff
So, psychlogically, while waiting, you would take whatever stuff you eyes fancies and examinie them, and for all reasons unknown, you'd think they're cheap too. Buying stuff you would not normally buy. Its a Deathtrap, I tell you.
Anyway, I got suckered into looking at the cigarette lighters. Long ago, you would have this long rectangular disposable lighter selling for RM1.00. Those lighters which you use your thumb to roll the wheel (to generate the sparks) and then release the gas (for a nice fireball effect). And they come in transparent coulours. Throughout the years, its the same lighter but with different variations. Then the piezo version came out, which you just press the switch down, hear a click and instant fire!
OK, back to the story.
So, it was during the wait that I spied on this new design. Although the lighter is smaller in size (less gas) but they made up for it with, wait for it, a LED torchlight! Ha ha ha ha ha!
They have green, blue, red, and orange, each with their own coloured LED. But no white, which would be cool. Anyway, for RM2.00, I bought one.
This one is blue
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