hello kitty? who's kitty anyway?

Its ridiculous to find snakes of queues everywhere you go in such a small city. I simply cannot comprehend the appeal of the dumb looking cat (or kitten, whatever!?!)

1. which is too small to hug (or maybe I'm too 'big' to hug it)
2. S$4.50 for something so small!

Okay, I admit I am not a big fan of THE 'Cat' even though I adore cats and kittens. But what is it about these soft toys that make people queue from 6 pm the day before? Mind you... the fast-food restaurant only opens at 7 am!

What is more ridiculous (than the queues) is the fact that most of the people in the queue are only buying them to sell off in the 'black market' at exorbitant rates! Just imagine paying $120 for something that originally costs $20, if you include the price of the meals. Plus the fact that people are actually fighting about these soft toys...

Somehow, it all doesn't make sense to me. We are really far from the 'gracious and uncorrupted' society image that people have thought of us to be...