'Study?' 'Study.'
I was at my mum's office on Saturday when her male angmoh colleague made his appearance. It was quite imposing and all because angmohs are hairier than Chinese men and I shaved and had no facial hair to protect my dignity. I swear, his sideburns were flaming.So anyway, because of my 4AM stint the night before, I was knocked out and started sleeping/drooling on a table near my mum. When we left the office, I had this sudden urge to pee. So I did, and the angmoh followed me.
We had an interesting conversation mid-stream. I've always been slightly uncomfortable talking when pissing, because it's weird. Have you seen snipers in war films? They don't talk when they are killing people. Screw that, they don't even breathe when shooting. I like to think of myself as a warrior who is trying to destroy the enemy (urinal) through slow erosion. That's where the adage '滴水穿石‘ came from (it means dripping water penetrates stone, a clear indication that small dicks win).
So I was appalled when he rumbled 'Are you Teng's son?'
The conversation went like this:
Him: Are you Teng's son?
Me: Yea.
Him: So what do you come here to do?
Me: Normally I come here to study.
Him: Study. <--with a hint of sarcasm...
...because he saw me sleeping when he came over to my mum's table to talk to my mum.
'Study.'
What an angmoh asshole, I am xenophobic let's drive them out!!!111!!!
...just joking. He's hot <3
So after we left, my mum brought me to eat buffet at Holiday Inn. Here's an artistic picture I took:
I like to stare out of windows. It's kinda..soothing to see other people busying about for a change. I am a laidback person, I know, but I do like the thrill of being busy at times. I like watching cars speeding by and the increasing length of shadows cast by the building I'm in. I like seeing, but not feeling, the effects of the sun (air-conditioners).
On a completely different note, I was reminded of the dinner I had recently. I was caught in this situation in which 3 guys were spamming real information and having a mini-debate about world affairs. I was caught in the crossfire and with not enough information to create/defend my stand, I obediently withdrew from the conversation and went back to playing Bomberman on my phone.
The fervour with which they spoke with was frightening. I never bothered with things that don't directly affect me--I'd only make noise when the price of my favourite button mushrooms rise. And I already made noise. It was 60cents 8 years back, it's around 1dollar now :c
I like to think, but I like to think alone. I realized that I enjoy solitude. No, I don't find it particularly cool, I do crave for company at times and exhibit this want from time to time, but I still prefer being slightly withdrawn. It makes things easier, I don't have to accommodate the thoughts of others, their views, their needs. I can have a very bigoted view of things and not have to substantiate my view.
I don't like the idea of being tied down by people. There is always safety in numbers, but also peer pressure (encouragement, discouragement) and an invasion of privacy.
Oh well. I'm going to blog about Lantern Festival@RIV in my next post when I get the pictures I want to use.
Oh and I was offline earlier on when I realized that I needed to check a word out lest I appear stupid in my SMS. It was quite a weird feeling flipping open the yellowed pages of the dinosaur otherwise known as a dictionary. I've only had this need for dictionary online, so this was quite a novel experience. I can't understand why some people are so lazy they won't even check out words online =.=
-- 9/20/2010 02:21:00 AM