The Remains of a Birthday

Went to the Grog Shoppe in Devon House for lunch. It's a restaurant converted from a stable of a colonial mansion. I like the big tree in the outside seating area that gives a very nice shade. I used to frequent the Internet cafe in Devon House for breakfast, but when I came back to Kingston this time, I was devastated to discover that it had been closed down... The Grog Shoppe is there, though, as always, offering lunch buffet every day and brunch buffet on Sundays. Supposedly, someone had her or his 50th birthday last Saturday, and there were still all these "50" signs hanging from the big tree, though it's already Tuesday today...

I had "Smoked Pork Chop" with mashed potato and steamed vegetable (carrots and green beans). I must say, they could have done something more edible without the sweet and sour red sauce.

Though the set-up of the restaurant is nice and pleasant, it is never very busy as far as I have seen. When I went there today, three tables were filled, with two persons at each table, while at least five people were there for service apart from the people who would have been in the kitchen. I always wonder how this place makes money, and perhaps it doesn't...

Glitches in paradise:

No water tonight again. One of the seven wonders of paradise is that we have no water when it rains. We are in the rainy season, and it rains every day, therefore we have limited access to water every day. One day I would like the National Water Commission to explain this paradox to me, though for residents of paradise, it seems to be taken for granted. My landlord simply says, "You know, we had a storm, so..."