que pasa

Turns out I'm not the only one who's a fan of Mac's breakfasts.  In my past 3 visits to this particular Mac's near my place, I've noticed this bunch of 6 middle aged men who sit in the middle of the restaurant and have energetic discussions about various topics.  I say various topics because they're speaking Shanghainese, which I don't understand.

They're there every week, before I arrive and stay around after I leave.  They're having a great time.  Talking rather passionately, as if they're discussing on some very important matter.  Then again, they could just be bitching although they wouldn't looks so amiable if they were, bitching gives you a pretty mean facial expression while you're at it (take it from me, I know). 

I guess there comes a time when you can no longer do the Boys' Night Out or Girls' Night Out.  That time is probably when you're married with kids and should be spending nights at home so you can hang with the kids before they sleep.  Or when you're too old and just can't hack the late nights anymore.  So the workaround is Boys' (or Girl's) Morning Out, where 1 parent stays at home to hold the fort with the kids while the other goes out.  Or because you're finding it your body prefers earlier mornings to later nights (which seems to be the case as you get older). 

Trust me, these guys are having a good time.  They sit with their coffees or teas and they move one of the small tables to join together with the one they are gathered around to form a comfortable table size of 8, and then they just sit around and start debating/discussing.  It's just cool to see that they're comfortable in a place like Mac's, which usually comes across as a place for the young to youths to people below 35.

When I grow old, I wanna be like that too.  I wanna have a bunch of friends I can do Sunday breakfasts with in air-conditioned comfort.  Preferably Mac's so that I can have my Sausage McMuffin with Egg at the same time, and oh, that arabica-coffee-beans-brew too :)