Bottomless Pits

As the end of the year approaches, my term as Safety Officer is about to come to an end. I am RND (Research and Development) Department's representative to our company's HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) Committee for 2009. To show his appreciation, the Committee Chairman treated all of the representatives to a buffet lunch at Ellenborough Market Cafe in Swissotel Merchant Court.

The food was undoubtedly superb - Asian cuisines (mostly Chinese and Japanese) - but I'm not going to talk more about it and do a food review. I've been in Singapore for almost 20 months now but this is the first time I've eaten with a large group of locals at a buffet. All I can say is - these Singaporeans are voracious eaters! Not only the men but also the ladies! For me, two rounds to the buffet table is normal but three, four, or even five?! and that does not include the dessert! The third time we got up to get more food, I headed straight to the desserts. One of them said, "Are you sure? So fast lah." I had to eat my dessert very slowly for them to catch up. What amazes me more is that these people aren't fat. I wonder how they can consume this much food and still maintain fit. I don't believe all of them have time to go to the gym. Could it be stress?