MidAutumn(?) festival dinner

Just came back from my most expensive chinese dinner ever! Well, maybe I've eaten more expensive ones but this one I had to pay for myself.

Met up with a group of friends and headed off to Kum Den in Chinatown. Couldn't really decide what to eat on the menu so we ordered 2 sets of #6 banquet menu. I think we added abalone, so I guess that killed us. Anyways, the banquet included yummy lobsters (^.^), 2 fishes (no idea what type/species), abalone, chicken, some random large mushrooms (?), and deep fried prawns, plus shark fin(?) soup.

They were so slow in getting the dishes out that after the third item (the lobster) I lost my appetite and felt a bit sick... well, nausea for some reason. Don't know why... but felt better when the fish came out.

Anyways, the food was good, but slow - and all in all, it costs for 13 of us each $35.50; ouch. I expected at most $25... sigh... no point crying over spilt milk. I did have a good time eating since I am super bin-bo right now - been on a staple diet of jam and bread, supplemented by instant noodles this last two weeks. Well, ok with a bit of pizza and rice dishes here and there.

I'm starting to worry about money and about taking care of myself financially and also my future family. Will I be a responsible person, husband, father? Hmmm... don't really want to think about this 'cause I feel like asobo for a while and enjoy life - but what does enjoying life mean?

I think if we work really hard and struggle really hard when we are young, then when we get
old we can look back and say... 'hey! I enjoyed my life despite the hardships.' But this doesn't really make sense - let alone illogical. How can hardwork be enjoyable? But I think there's a reason in this madness - the truth of life.

I just haven't truly seen it yet.