Wednesday, June 09, 2004
The Singapore Journals
1. Funny
"Would you like to see a vet?" my mum asks casually over breakfast.
No thanks, I'm feeling perfectly... eh? (re-minisce gives mum funny look)
I say it aloud. "Eh?"
"Oh. She's pretty..." mum trails off.
Something about mothers wanting their kids to meet up, would I like her to fix me up.
Rolls eyeballs. One. (The First ever attempted blind date. And hopefully the last)
Let me see, what clever repartee can I come up with. munch munch.
"no." (eats on in silence)
*****
2. Interrogation
Everytime I go out, I face the dreaded ritual interrogation, which I'm actually beginning to think 100% of unmarried Singaporean para-people can relate to (regardless of race, language, religion or gender)
"Who are you going out with?"
"Mum, she's just a friend."
Funny though. The question isn't so much "who" as "what". Learnt through experience - answering the "who" only begs another question. (since my parents don't know my friends)
Heh. Unspoken :
A med student. Another med student. A doctor. An ex-model / college student. IT consultant. Yet another med student. Insurance Agent (oops. slipped through the back door there). Scientist. Another lawyer. (damn that faulty back door)
Oh if they only knew. laughs. The secret life of Walter Mitty.
"Would you like to see a vet?" my mum asks casually over breakfast.
No thanks, I'm feeling perfectly... eh? (re-minisce gives mum funny look)
I say it aloud. "Eh?"
"Oh. She's pretty..." mum trails off.
Something about mothers wanting their kids to meet up, would I like her to fix me up.
Rolls eyeballs. One. (The First ever attempted blind date. And hopefully the last)
Let me see, what clever repartee can I come up with. munch munch.
"no." (eats on in silence)
*****
2. Interrogation
Everytime I go out, I face the dreaded ritual interrogation, which I'm actually beginning to think 100% of unmarried Singaporean para-people can relate to (regardless of race, language, religion or gender)
"Who are you going out with?"
"Mum, she's just a friend."
Funny though. The question isn't so much "who" as "what". Learnt through experience - answering the "who" only begs another question. (since my parents don't know my friends)
Heh. Unspoken :
A med student. Another med student. A doctor. An ex-model / college student. IT consultant. Yet another med student. Insurance Agent (oops. slipped through the back door there). Scientist. Another lawyer. (damn that faulty back door)
Oh if they only knew. laughs. The secret life of Walter Mitty.
