Hm..

If you love trance or mild techno, that song's a must listen. It's nice except for the last 5-10 seconds which bothers me abit. Other than that, the song's awesome.

Anyway, I went to GP this morning and then went home and then went to church for some event. I think that's all I did. Not much details cause there's nothing to post about and nothing much happened.

I've been thinking of some stuff that crossed my mind. It's kinda old but recently it got back to me somehow. Read on.

Content list to help you understand:

-Background

-The issue

-The explaination

-Application (Why this problem does not affect us - Stupid issue. No one cares.)

Background

Recently, I've been drinking alot of bubble tea and other stuff from bubble tea stalls. And as you know, they usually give you pearls by default. Like they give them to you even when you don't ask for it. You have to tell them you don't want pearls or they'll give it to you. Sometimes, however, they do ask if you want them. Normal pearls are given at no extra cost.

Sometimes, I prefer the drink without pearls cause after all, they're just starch, much like those you get in rice. It can get pretty annoying too if you're thirsty and getting a drink and you suck up a pearl and you have to chew it all the way and you can't think of drinking without thinking of having to adjust the straw first. Personally, I only get pearls when I'm having the milk tea. Otherwise, I just find them a bother to have.

Issue

Now here's what I've been thinking about. (I know, long background intro but that's just me. So deal with it.) Pearls are usually given at no extra cost right? And assuming that you really love pearls.. are the pearls really free or is it just more worth getting them?

Sounds weird? Don't understand?

Explaination

Pearls take up volume too and by eliminating the pearls from your drink, you could (theoretically) put more volume of drink inside but the amount of drink equavalent to the volume of space the pearls take up is very small and can be drunk in like.. a few seconds. Since pearls are given at no extra cost, you substitute this small amount of drink for your pearls. And they're therefore free.

BUT, you love the pearls and you're willing to pay more for them to be added in and you don't mind substituting this small amount of drink just for some pearls. And since they're given without charging you extra, it's therefore worth your money to get them with pearls.

Application - Stupid issue. No one cares.. really..

OK by now you must be thinking: Who would think of such a thing? Will such an issue affect us? Why would anyone care?

My answers:
-I thought up the problem.
-No not really. I'll come to that later.
-I don't think anyone would really.

I've asked many people and they've all given me a variety of answers. Some say that the pearls are free while others say it's better to buy with the pearls. Of course, it may sound stupid and almost the same but when you bother to think very hard, they aren't. Answers will vary probably because of the different logical perceptions people have and by reading this far, I think you too, would have an opinion and a backing argument.

Moving on:

Ok why should such an issue affect us? I mean, are they cheating our money? Are pearls worth nothing? No. From what I've seen, the people who make these bubble tea do not fill the cup to the brim. Thus, you already have less drink even before they put the pearls in. If they put the pearls in, the drink isn't going to overflow so no drink is lost and you've already been shortchanged.. but by an amount so small, you'll barely notice the difference. Secondly, the volume the pearl takes up is kinda small too so I doubt it makes much of a difference really.

And why should anyone care about this reason? They shouldn't. since it doesn't affect them much. It's just a thought that I had.. and if you don't know by now, I think differently from most people.