apples of gold in settings of silver

So I was teased for being a mummy's girl

Had dinner on Mon night with Maryam and Steph. Steph has just moved into a flat at Toa Payoh with a friend so she doesn't have to travel so far to work. And Maryam has been pretty much staying on her own in Singapore since JC. Which led both of them to tease me for being a "mummy's girl" (isn't it usually daddy's girl??) cos I was the only one present who still stays at home. What to do, creature and relational comforts are good. Anyway, I'm open to new experiences and branching out and stuff.. can't stay sheltered forever! *inward shudder at the un-coolness of the statement*

But hey-hey, I'm the first to see Steph's new digs! We spent quite some time trying to lock her louver (louvre??) windows shut so that people passing by in the corridor won't be able to reach through and touch her hair while she's sleeping (a shuddersome possibility that just happened to come to mind, because they can't unlock anything or come into the flat since there's a grill on the window). So the two of us were at it, and Steph's roommate came home and helped, and finally Steph achieved lockedness! Very retro experience, brings back memories of my old house. Hee!

Anyway, it's just so great hanging out with them, so at least I can feel connected to the past. I get weird comments sometimes, like "You're so demure now!" (Nat, from Hwa Chong) or "You're the Elaine Phua?? But you're so quiet and sweet in class!" (NUS guy and erstwhile ACS GEP-er who seems to know about me and all my friends though I didn't know him from Adam. He's my friend now so he won't mind me saying this right?? Hahahhahahahha) So, er, yeah. Me, quiet and sweet????????? Like since when???? Sigh, the power of the situation. It's like, you do need a solid surrounding of friends who've known you for a while and won't speak behind your back before you can really let loose and be crazy. And I wasn't crazy in a psychotic, "What's wrong with you??" sense, but I like to think I was (am!) fun and never boring. I was whining to Andrew one day, "What if I grow up and become an adult and work everyday and I'm totally boring?" and he said, "You'll never be boring!" Wow, what an affirmation! So hmph to the guys-at-the-comic shop, who thought I was taking something boring and not cool like psychology, implying that I'm boring!

It's a bit scary to think that so many of my most outstanding and defining memories (and true, cool friends) come from the days I spent in RGS (like will I ever have such a awesome time in my life ever again?) but the important thing is that I did experience them! And I'm so much the better for it. Yeah!

posted by Puz @ 2:57 PM