Think Tank

What's with the English language in Singapore? Have people become so used to using Singlish that when I type in proper English, they start to misinterpret me? Maybe it's my fat fingers that did the walking. Or that I am just grouchy, I have almost wasted my whole off day on sleep, less off the time I brought my mum to the doc, packing my wardrobe, partitioning my PC and having a not-so pleasant dinner with friends.

Why do girls expect so much out of their friendship with me? Why do they scream their heads off at me when I am late? Why do they mind if I were to be a lil insensitive towards them? Does it mean that I am different therefore I should be more sensitive and make up for what their boyfriends or to-be boyfriends are not? I honestly don't see what the big fuss is about. Almost a decade ago, I lost a friend who claimed that I wasn't acting like how a friend should act. I retorted, asking why she was acting like a jealous girlfriend. Big mistake. She released a string of expletives at me before slamming the phone down on me. Since then, I have never heard from her. A decade later, in the month of Dec, I ran into her at an escalator. She's now a proud and practicing lawyer (now, that explains the expletives). Anyhow, we kissed (figuratively, not literally) and made up. In fact, we did not even mention anything unpleasant that happened in our yesteryears. We simply caught up like long-lost old friends. Somehow, underlying things have changed. What has? Well, we certainly have lost our innocence to time. She practicises law, cynicism, and patronism. =P I guess the lure of the great greenbacks in the legal world has caused her to slog like a cow. Not exactly a money-grubber, but definitely proud of the fact that she's in a league of her own. We exchanged contacts, and as usual, promised to catch up.

I do not wish to perform expletives-exchange sessions with my lady friends anymore. The best that I can give to them is to be a good friend, i.e. a friend in need. Do not ask for more, coz I love myself too much. No more "acting like jealous girlfriends" please. We are no longer sweet 16. And we may not have a decade to wait to patch up again.