HEY THEY CHEAT! I just realised they change the meaning everytime. Haha I got "Looks like a piece of banana peel the first time round!" (is that true?)
On popular demand, (well, ain't Sufen popular and who disagrees!) I shall resume blogging (do I hear applause?) Hee sorry for that. I just needed a little ego-booster.
Today's post is
not about Heng Siok Tian's play, The Lift, though it is also very funny!
( The Lift, an excerpt. )Hope you liked that. And no, that is not today's post! Today's post is:
"Are you from Nanyang?"
That was the second time the medium built, slightly balding Indian guy who lives in the 13th floor asked me that. The first time he asked me that was when we were in the lift. I turned slightly away from him, as I always do when there are other people in the lift, apart from my neighbours/family. My body language was clearly saying "Go away I don't want to talk to you." Or something to that extent. Most people heeded the clear sign of my reticence, but not him. I noticed he was looking at me, or rather, the obvious white of the Nanyang uniform. (I had just come home from school) I was feeling a little unnerved when he suddenly said, "Are you from Nanyang?"
I was like- stare-stop-stare. Politeness reigned though, so I merely nodded. He then said, "Nanyang life very stressful ah. Nowadays got Literature right?" I chuckled a little and agreed. Just then, the lift stopped at my floor. So I got out. And he said, "Bye-bye." -stare- So I replied in the same way.
Today was the second time. Same time, same place. Haha, it was even the SAME LIFT! We stepped in. He stared at me.
"Are you from Nanyang?"
"Yah."
"Nanyang life very stressful right?"
"Hahaha yah!"
"You study Literature in school?"
"Haha yah."
"What level are you?"
-stop-stare-
If I was feeling mean, I might've said Sec 1, if I was pissed I might've said Sec 2. If I was REALLY egotistical, I might've said Sec 4. But I was feeling none of those, so I said I was Sec 3!
Then, level 7.
"Bye-bye."
"Bye."
That was so freaking weird. And is the Nanyang school uniform THAT obvious? Sheesh! And what's with NY and Lit?
(HAHAHAHA MAYBE HE DIDN'T RECOGNISE ME 'COS I CUT MY HAIR SINCE THE LAST TIME HE SAW ME!)
(all hail haircuts!)