Laws of Marginal Return

During the heydays of studying in school, economics was not one of my favourite subject. As a matter of fact, my mind tended to drift "sky high away" (haha, when I typed this, I don't know why Bette Midler's song - wind beneath my wings - resound through my head) whenever the teacher opened his mouth to begin class, and I sometimes barely scrapped through the periodic economic tests.

However, when I was of a mind to digest the stuff, sometimes the subject does make sense. And thinking back now, laws of marginal return is foremost in my mind. You see, the more you eat, the more "jelak" you can get from the taste, but of course, there is a peak of satisfaction before satisfaction diminishes.

And yep, cannot doubt that some of these concepts do still apply, barring the exceptions or assumptions made for the various theories. Ok, where was I?

Oh ya! Went to SOULed OUT ("SO") with my colleagues last week. It has been a long time (I think at least more than 7 years!) since I was last there to have a meal. I remembered the chicken vindaloo dish (as I totally adored this dish whilst studying abroad), and loved it to bits. So, when I saw the dish on the menu in SO so many years back, of course I had to try! I recall enjoying the dish and vowed to return for another sample.

Well, the vow took more than seven years to fulfil, but somehow, am not sure if the laws of marginal return kicked in (since it's only twice I tried it there), but it didn't meet my expectations anymore.

I hesistate to say whether I am more discerning in terms of taste (ya, ya, my resolution is to be more humble - must remember, must remember - humility is the path to tread now and forever more), but probably due to being "spoilt" eating other good Indian food elsewhere that it somehow became lacking. I did wonder if it was me, but one of my other colleague who also liked the dish (and having sampled it in SO before as well), said that it's not as good as she remembered it too.

Sigh! I want to test the laws of marginal return a bit more, so do tell me where I can find a good chicken vindaloo dish!

p/s In case you are wondering, yep, that's a dollop of Haagen-Dazs RUM and RAISIN with my "Air Batu Campur". SLURPPPPPPPP!