our auntie-nation

nono...the title of this post has nothing to do with my new status. =P
40 yrs old already mah, so sg qualifies as an auntie! actually my first instinct was to write "uncle-nation" but then realised that countries are all female! hehe

well well....so my father received this sms two days ago. wah!!! petrol at 40% discount!!!! on national day, 4pm-8pm!
our nissan sunny was starving, and the "no fuel" light was on, so we happily proceeded to get a (hopefully) super-discounted full-tank.
there were 3 petrol stations side by side, caltex, esso and shell. esso and caltex were almost empty, while there was a long queue of at least 15 cars at shell! hmm...is the discount only at shell? we were not abt to join the mad queue so we just went into caltex, our usual station. first thing my father asked the attendant was, "Eh, why shell got long queue? Got 40% discount is it?"

the elderly attendant laughed and shook his head in despair. "Don't have lah, bluff one! everybody ask!"
hehehhe..... aiyah. what a waste. it'd have been a nice national day present for the drivers. =P we still fed our sunny to the brim.

another car pulled into the station to re-fuel. i watched the driver mouth the words
"... 40% discount?"
attendant shakes head & hand.
driver drove away... HAHA

anyway later i heard via the radio teochew news that this was just a rumour, and nobody is giving such good discounts. =(
not even spc. hmpf!