Wednesday evening.
I'm having dinner in the kitchen and reading some lecture notes when I decide that it's too quiet. So I turn on the radio and tune in to a random talk channel for some background noise when my very Strange housemate M comes in. Believe me when I say "Strange" with a capital "S". I never thought that there would be such a thing as an extremist Buddhist, but now I actually live with one. It's difficult to describe. Living with M is an experience all by itself. So, back to the kitchen...
At some point, he suddenly asks me this...
M: Does it help you with your English?
Me: (looking up from notes) Hmm? I'm sorry?
M: Does it help you with your English? (and mind you, he says this very kindly and innocently and every other similar adjective you can think of. There's no malice or condescendence whatsoever in his tone)
Me: (eyebrows twitch a bit) What does?
M: Having the radio on. Does it help you?
(By this time, another housemate has entered the kitchen and you can FEEL him listening in to the conversation in interest.. i.e. will I end up killing this Strange person)
Me: (After some awkward "uhm"-ing) No... uh.. Well...
M: (looks on confused)
Me: (Gives up) Well, we speak English in Singapore.
M: Oh! Do you?
Me: Er. Yes. I.. It's my first language actually.
M: Oh! I see. ... But you speak Chinese as well...? (why? why can NO ONE let this part go?? Just because I speak Chinese doesn't mean I have to be from China!!!)
Me: Erm... Yes, well... We have to.. Or I had to..
And so the usual explaination about the Singapore education being conducted in English, and the whole compulsary second language la-di-da-di-da... I actually had to explain to him that Mandarin was Standard Chinese... He really didn't know.
3.5 years in this refridgerator of a country and still, people (who are supposed to be acquainted with me) are confused as to where I come from. Do I leave that shallow an impression?? Or is it that people here are just that one-dimensional that someone from a slightly more diverse cultural background just make their tiny little neurons short-circuit?
Pah. I'm going to study.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Monday, November 24, 2008
In The First House On The Corner...
[D & Siew Mai are mucking about in the kitchen (read: procrastinating)]
Siewmai: I want to go to Japan...
D: ARGH! Don't say that!!!! *wails* I want to go back...!!! (note: D spent 1.5 months in summer in Japan... Lucky bastard)
Siewmai: Let's go together!!!
D: Yeah! Let's run away!! We'll...
Siewmai: Elope?
D: Yeah! ..Er.. Elope..?
Siewmai: You've heard that word before?
D: Is it where you run away with your lover?
Siewmai: Yup. Hehe!
D: Oohh! Yah! Oh well. Let's bring N along. Poor N, so lonely.
Siewmai: Ok. He can cook for us.
D: OH! You're right!! His one good point!!
Siewmai: D!! So mean!!!
D: Hee hee.. Well... You know...
D: And as we get older, he'll be better! When he'll take care of me...
Siewmai: Like mature cheese.
D:??
Siewmai: Old and stinky, but nice!!
D: MWAHAHA! Ok, so when we're 60, 70 and he's cooking for me, I'll tell him, "You're like mature cheese! Old, stinky, but nice!!!"
....
The secret to a long-lasting relationship. Mature chedder.
Notes:
1. D & N are attached. They are my new housemates. Have I mentioned that I moved?
2. There's a running joke in the house about D & me, if you haven't already guessed. Actually the joke is really only between us. Everyone else in the house just shake their heads when we mention it.
Siewmai: I want to go to Japan...
D: ARGH! Don't say that!!!! *wails* I want to go back...!!! (note: D spent 1.5 months in summer in Japan... Lucky bastard)
Siewmai: Let's go together!!!
D: Yeah! Let's run away!! We'll...
Siewmai: Elope?
D: Yeah! ..Er.. Elope..?
Siewmai: You've heard that word before?
D: Is it where you run away with your lover?
Siewmai: Yup. Hehe!
D: Oohh! Yah! Oh well. Let's bring N along. Poor N, so lonely.
Siewmai: Ok. He can cook for us.
D: OH! You're right!! His one good point!!
Siewmai: D!! So mean!!!
D: Hee hee.. Well... You know...
D: And as we get older, he'll be better! When he'll take care of me...
Siewmai: Like mature cheese.
D:??
Siewmai: Old and stinky, but nice!!
D: MWAHAHA! Ok, so when we're 60, 70 and he's cooking for me, I'll tell him, "You're like mature cheese! Old, stinky, but nice!!!"
....
The secret to a long-lasting relationship. Mature chedder.
Notes:
1. D & N are attached. They are my new housemates. Have I mentioned that I moved?
2. There's a running joke in the house about D & me, if you haven't already guessed. Actually the joke is really only between us. Everyone else in the house just shake their heads when we mention it.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Internet-less
I have been thrown into the spirals of the dark ages once again. D moved out you see, and with him went the TV and the internet.
Although it doesn't really bother me per se.. I have to admit that there are inconveniences. I cannot check my e-mails that regularly (read: every hour) and although I'm not too fussed about it, it does mean that there's a high chance of missing out on important e-mails that may have been sent last minute or something. Well, not that it's such a bad thing when you want to avoid people. Then not having the internet is a very valid excuse.
There is also the fact that I no longer have easy access into my WebCT page, which is something like a student folder. It's where the lecturers will dump stuff into relevant folders for the students to download, like lecture notes and things. NUS had a similar thing but I can't remember what it was called. So there went my brilliant idea of making a Singapore-relevant comparison. I have to find a computer inbetween classes to download them to be printed back home, because I have no money in my print budget at the moment.
And of course, probably the major part of my grief for the loss of internet (although it shouldn't be) is that I no longer have easy access to my Japanese language resources. I will have to go back to using the CDs that came with my textbook. Haiz. Reading the Daily Yomiuri and Sanspo Online and watching Kanajni8 was so much more fun though. Oh well.
Classes have started again. Immediately after exams. I still think it's cruel, not to give the students a mental break, especially after forcing us to study over Christmas. I'd really rather they start the term earlier, say at the end of August instead of the end of September and get the exams out of the way before the Christmas vacation.
How did the exams go? I don't know. I think I'll pass the first three... But I'm not too sure about the last one. It's a 50/50 chance. Well. I'm not going to find out until the end of February. So no point worrying about it now.
This term is going to be truly exciting... A real killer... (X_X)
Although it doesn't really bother me per se.. I have to admit that there are inconveniences. I cannot check my e-mails that regularly (read: every hour) and although I'm not too fussed about it, it does mean that there's a high chance of missing out on important e-mails that may have been sent last minute or something. Well, not that it's such a bad thing when you want to avoid people. Then not having the internet is a very valid excuse.
There is also the fact that I no longer have easy access into my WebCT page, which is something like a student folder. It's where the lecturers will dump stuff into relevant folders for the students to download, like lecture notes and things. NUS had a similar thing but I can't remember what it was called. So there went my brilliant idea of making a Singapore-relevant comparison. I have to find a computer inbetween classes to download them to be printed back home, because I have no money in my print budget at the moment.
And of course, probably the major part of my grief for the loss of internet (although it shouldn't be) is that I no longer have easy access to my Japanese language resources. I will have to go back to using the CDs that came with my textbook. Haiz. Reading the Daily Yomiuri and Sanspo Online and watching Kanajni8 was so much more fun though. Oh well.
Classes have started again. Immediately after exams. I still think it's cruel, not to give the students a mental break, especially after forcing us to study over Christmas. I'd really rather they start the term earlier, say at the end of August instead of the end of September and get the exams out of the way before the Christmas vacation.
How did the exams go? I don't know. I think I'll pass the first three... But I'm not too sure about the last one. It's a 50/50 chance. Well. I'm not going to find out until the end of February. So no point worrying about it now.
This term is going to be truly exciting... A real killer... (X_X)
Friday, December 21, 2007
Alone In My Flat
As the title says. My winter break started on Saturday. So that means that I'm 1 week into it.
......
OMG!! ONE WEEK OF MY BREAK IS ALREADY GONE!?!?!
Dammit.... Let me tell you how I've been passing my time... I set up this LiveJournal account right, so that I could use it for my translation practice (and also so I could join a certain fandom community... *ahem*). Then last Friday, I decided, "What the heck! I'll try translating an entire video instead of just short articles!"
So I started translating a 55-minute Japanese video into English.
I have been absolutely obsessed with it. Within 3 days, I had finished translating the first 3 sections of it (roughly the first 16 minutes). 1 section a day. Not that it's easy translating mind you, nor does it mean that my Japanese has somehow improved by leaps and bounds over the last year. Noooooooo.... I stayed up until unearthly hours (the 2nd day I stayed up until 4-something) doing each section, simply because I was.. well... Obsessed!!! I don't know why, but I had to prove something! That I could do it!! That I WILL do it!!
Of course, then my classmates called me on Monday and reminded me of the fact that exams are in January. I needed to start studying NOW. So we made plans to study. Which we have! But it hasn't curbed my translational-obsession... Its slowed it down, definitely, but more than anything, its fired my obsession up! Because, now I need to get this out of my system before I can concentrate 100% on revision! That's a LOUSY excuse, I know. But I need to do this!
So, the last 2 sections of the video took me about 2 days each to finish. There are 3 sections left... Can I get them done by this weekend I wonder? I must, if I want to give full attention to studying by Monday.
Oh, and... I'm now officially alone in my flat. Alone for Christmas... N went home last Thursday (T_T) and D flew off to France on Friday (not that it made a difference... it hardly feels like D's been a part of the flat this year, and he's moving out with his gf in January anyhow).. And today... R left for home as well. (T_T)
It was fun the last week though. R and I finally managed to have time to hang out together, something we both missed doing since the new school term started. At least, I know I missed it. We had our usual banter, in between serious discussions or seriously random discussions. We made dinner together for the first time in a long, long time. We lived off leftovers for a week, and hey! We actually managed to whip up some pretty good meals with those leftovers! ♡
Hahaha.... I make it sound like we're a couple or something. But we're not. We do make that a running joke though, simply because we're so similar, we get along the best in the flat (in my own opinion anyway) and we work well together (I chop, he cooks. I clean, he makes tea). If anything, we're like brother and sister here, despite the fact that he's a guy from Chorley and I'm from Singapore. Anyway, I doubt R's girlfriend would appreciate the joke... (^^''')
Well. There's just me now. And my classmates. And my translation project.
.......
I should go to bed.
......
OMG!! ONE WEEK OF MY BREAK IS ALREADY GONE!?!?!
Dammit.... Let me tell you how I've been passing my time... I set up this LiveJournal account right, so that I could use it for my translation practice (and also so I could join a certain fandom community... *ahem*). Then last Friday, I decided, "What the heck! I'll try translating an entire video instead of just short articles!"
So I started translating a 55-minute Japanese video into English.
I have been absolutely obsessed with it. Within 3 days, I had finished translating the first 3 sections of it (roughly the first 16 minutes). 1 section a day. Not that it's easy translating mind you, nor does it mean that my Japanese has somehow improved by leaps and bounds over the last year. Noooooooo.... I stayed up until unearthly hours (the 2nd day I stayed up until 4-something) doing each section, simply because I was.. well... Obsessed!!! I don't know why, but I had to prove something! That I could do it!! That I WILL do it!!
Of course, then my classmates called me on Monday and reminded me of the fact that exams are in January. I needed to start studying NOW. So we made plans to study. Which we have! But it hasn't curbed my translational-obsession... Its slowed it down, definitely, but more than anything, its fired my obsession up! Because, now I need to get this out of my system before I can concentrate 100% on revision! That's a LOUSY excuse, I know. But I need to do this!
So, the last 2 sections of the video took me about 2 days each to finish. There are 3 sections left... Can I get them done by this weekend I wonder? I must, if I want to give full attention to studying by Monday.
Oh, and... I'm now officially alone in my flat. Alone for Christmas... N went home last Thursday (T_T) and D flew off to France on Friday (not that it made a difference... it hardly feels like D's been a part of the flat this year, and he's moving out with his gf in January anyhow).. And today... R left for home as well. (T_T)
It was fun the last week though. R and I finally managed to have time to hang out together, something we both missed doing since the new school term started. At least, I know I missed it. We had our usual banter, in between serious discussions or seriously random discussions. We made dinner together for the first time in a long, long time. We lived off leftovers for a week, and hey! We actually managed to whip up some pretty good meals with those leftovers! ♡
Hahaha.... I make it sound like we're a couple or something. But we're not. We do make that a running joke though, simply because we're so similar, we get along the best in the flat (in my own opinion anyway) and we work well together (I chop, he cooks. I clean, he makes tea). If anything, we're like brother and sister here, despite the fact that he's a guy from Chorley and I'm from Singapore. Anyway, I doubt R's girlfriend would appreciate the joke... (^^''')
Well. There's just me now. And my classmates. And my translation project.
.......
I should go to bed.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Yes, I know. I'm a terrible blogger. I have all these blogs, and I just never update them. I never update my friendster, facebook or bebo either. And omg, let's not even mention my flickr.
But here I am in the engineering building, in one of the tutorial rooms. Supposed to be here doing my Matlab assignments but I just can't figure out how to properly define the trapezium rule for approximation in Matlab. The solution I'm getting is about 13 times more than the actual answer (supposed to be 1).
I do apologise for never updating my blog, or my photos. The thing is that I have now accumulated such a huge backlog of photos, that I just don't know where to start (read: I am too lazy to properly organize my files and folders. That is why my 30GB IBM is now only left with 4GB of space left).
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And now I am back in my flat. For the first time this year since I came back, I have the whole flat to myself. N decided on a whim to go home on Thursday, D is off to Liverpool for a sailing competition and R is somewhere climbing a mountain. So I have set up camp in the kitchen. Pulled out the sofa bed and have just been living in the kitchen since yesterday. Everything's here!! Food, the tv, radio/cd player; I'm even surrounded by 4 electrical sockets that allow me to plug in my laptop and a reading lamp! The kitchen's coffee table has just become my "bedside" table.
I love having the flat to myself. (^_^) It's such a cheap thrill.
But here I am in the engineering building, in one of the tutorial rooms. Supposed to be here doing my Matlab assignments but I just can't figure out how to properly define the trapezium rule for approximation in Matlab. The solution I'm getting is about 13 times more than the actual answer (supposed to be 1).
I do apologise for never updating my blog, or my photos. The thing is that I have now accumulated such a huge backlog of photos, that I just don't know where to start (read: I am too lazy to properly organize my files and folders. That is why my 30GB IBM is now only left with 4GB of space left).
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And now I am back in my flat. For the first time this year since I came back, I have the whole flat to myself. N decided on a whim to go home on Thursday, D is off to Liverpool for a sailing competition and R is somewhere climbing a mountain. So I have set up camp in the kitchen. Pulled out the sofa bed and have just been living in the kitchen since yesterday. Everything's here!! Food, the tv, radio/cd player; I'm even surrounded by 4 electrical sockets that allow me to plug in my laptop and a reading lamp! The kitchen's coffee table has just become my "bedside" table.
I love having the flat to myself. (^_^) It's such a cheap thrill.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Random Flat Conversation 7
Haven't done one of these in a while...
[Woke up late this morning. Open door while simultaneously deciding to look for something in my closet...]
Me: (sleepy grunt) Hrumph...
R: [who'sslightly hungover still slightly drunk but still puttering around at 9am in the morning] Ooh! Was that a Mei-sound?
Me: Yes. [Slight consciousness creeps in] What's "Mei-sound"??
R: A sound which is made by a Mei!
Me: ...Huh...
R: If there were more they would be Mei-soundS!
Me: ... ...
[Woke up late this morning. Open door while simultaneously deciding to look for something in my closet...]
Me: (sleepy grunt) Hrumph...
R: [who's
Me: Yes. [Slight consciousness creeps in] What's "Mei-sound"??
R: A sound which is made by a Mei!
Me: ...Huh...
R: If there were more they would be Mei-soundS!
Me: ... ...
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Walk This Way ~ Let Go Your Burdens, My Friends ~
According to a study commisioned by the British Council, Singapore currently has the fastest walkers in the world, about 30% faster compared to the 90s. It's insane. You can read about the findings here. And London's actually placed 12, much lower than Singapore! What? How?? Are we actually THAT much more competitive compared to other major economies in the world? Looks like the Singaporean "Kiasu-ness" is truly a force to be reckoned with.
And Copenhagen. 2nd! I used to have this general impression that the Danish were pretty relaxed about things. Guess I was wrong. And now look at this. Happiest people in the world, the Danes. I remember actually seeing the map some time last year, and all the rankings. Singapore was like some pathetic number down the listings. But back to the Danes. Happy, yet very much in a rush. Maybe they really like being stressed out?
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Had quite an indepth heart-to-heart with R last night. He was pretty upset about some things, which I'm not quite at liberty to repeat here. I always feel at such a loss when I find out that any of my friends are having problems that they're struggling to deal with. I'm not a very good advice-giver, nor am I one to dish out fantastic consolation lines. I'm seriously LOUSY at that. The most I can actually do for anyone is just to listen, open my arms and heart to them, and really just wish like hell that there was some way I could really share the pain and frustrations; that there was some real way I could actually stop the pain. But I know I can't. Listening is all I can do, the only thing I know how to do.
And Copenhagen. 2nd! I used to have this general impression that the Danish were pretty relaxed about things. Guess I was wrong. And now look at this. Happiest people in the world, the Danes. I remember actually seeing the map some time last year, and all the rankings. Singapore was like some pathetic number down the listings. But back to the Danes. Happy, yet very much in a rush. Maybe they really like being stressed out?
Had quite an indepth heart-to-heart with R last night. He was pretty upset about some things, which I'm not quite at liberty to repeat here. I always feel at such a loss when I find out that any of my friends are having problems that they're struggling to deal with. I'm not a very good advice-giver, nor am I one to dish out fantastic consolation lines. I'm seriously LOUSY at that. The most I can actually do for anyone is just to listen, open my arms and heart to them, and really just wish like hell that there was some way I could really share the pain and frustrations; that there was some real way I could actually stop the pain. But I know I can't. Listening is all I can do, the only thing I know how to do.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
2007 Random Flat Conversation 1
[D came back to pick up some stuff, and of course, being landlord and all, got made to fix various bits of the flat]
Me: Ah, D -- The fixer of things in this flat. That's why we keep you around the house.
D: Gee, thanks.
N: Yeah, Jim's great. I'm going to call you Jim now.
D: Wha..?!
Me: Why "Jim"?
N: Coz Jim fixes things!
Me: Why not "Bob"?
N: Coz Bob's already in there. *points to R's room* And he doesn't fix anything.
Me: No, no. As in "Bob the Builder".
N: Well, he builds things. He doesn't fix them. Jim fixes everything!
("Jim" is chuckling away at all this. After a bit he moves on to fixing the light in the hallway since "Bob" couldn't do it.)
D: (fiddling with some loose part) What did Bob do to it??
(as the light comes on, "Bob" comes out to go to the bathroom.)
N: Hiya Bob!
R: Hello, er... (pauses in the bathroom doorway)... I'm trying to think of some snappy come-back here. Er...
Me: Jim did what you couldn't do, Bob.
R: Who's Jim?
D: Hi. I'm Jim.
R: Why are you Jim?
Me: N named you.
N: No, I didn't.
Me: You named Jim.
N: Yeah, ok. I named Jim. But you named Bob.
Me: But I was referring to "Bob the Builder"!
R: ... (closes bathroom door. You can practically see the (-_-''') expression)
Me: Ah, D -- The fixer of things in this flat. That's why we keep you around the house.
D: Gee, thanks.
N: Yeah, Jim's great. I'm going to call you Jim now.
D: Wha..?!
Me: Why "Jim"?
N: Coz Jim fixes things!
Me: Why not "Bob"?
N: Coz Bob's already in there. *points to R's room* And he doesn't fix anything.
Me: No, no. As in "Bob the Builder".
N: Well, he builds things. He doesn't fix them. Jim fixes everything!
("Jim" is chuckling away at all this. After a bit he moves on to fixing the light in the hallway since "Bob" couldn't do it.)
D: (fiddling with some loose part) What did Bob do to it??
(as the light comes on, "Bob" comes out to go to the bathroom.)
N: Hiya Bob!
R: Hello, er... (pauses in the bathroom doorway)... I'm trying to think of some snappy come-back here. Er...
Me: Jim did what you couldn't do, Bob.
R: Who's Jim?
D: Hi. I'm Jim.
R: Why are you Jim?
Me: N named you.
N: No, I didn't.
Me: You named Jim.
N: Yeah, ok. I named Jim. But you named Bob.
Me: But I was referring to "Bob the Builder"!
R: ... (closes bathroom door. You can practically see the (-_-''') expression)
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Random Flat Conversations 5
Place: Oh, come on... You should know already.
[R is cooking up his tea]
R: This is going to be the BEST cheese sauce ever!
Me: Yeah? What's in it? [trundle over to have a look]
R: [extremely proud-of-himself-ly] Doesn't that look just FANTASTIC?? [stirs his... sauce]
Me: Ehm...
Sauce: "bloop"
Me: Yeeeah... Looks... great! ... Looks quite... chunky.
R: Ah, well that's they say about me. So this and me will get along nicely.
Me: What? Who's chunky?
R: Me!
Me: Well... Where are all the chunks? [R is SCRAWNY, ok? Not exactly Hugh Jackman... Ok, maybe I'm being mean. He's... Slim? ...Lanky.]
R: Heh?
Me: Chunks! [pokes his arm] Where are they?
R: [Beams] In ME!!! [Beam beam beam]
(-_-''')?
[couple minutes later]
R:... I've had better cheese sauces.
*snigger*
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Eh. Yeah. Sorry about the long break in updates. Last couple of weeks have been mad. Had a second round of class tests, more lab reports to hand in.. And well... Other things. Thanks to all the flatmates (new and old) though, and Nekoweenie back home for the tremendous amount of support. (^_^) Might have had yet another nervous breakdown if it weren't for you guys. *hugs* Thank you.
[R is cooking up his tea]
R: This is going to be the BEST cheese sauce ever!
Me: Yeah? What's in it? [trundle over to have a look]
R: [extremely proud-of-himself-ly] Doesn't that look just FANTASTIC?? [stirs his... sauce]
Me: Ehm...
Sauce: "bloop"
Me: Yeeeah... Looks... great! ... Looks quite... chunky.
R: Ah, well that's they say about me. So this and me will get along nicely.
Me: What? Who's chunky?
R: Me!
Me: Well... Where are all the chunks? [R is SCRAWNY, ok? Not exactly Hugh Jackman... Ok, maybe I'm being mean. He's... Slim? ...Lanky.]
R: Heh?
Me: Chunks! [pokes his arm] Where are they?
R: [Beams] In ME!!! [Beam beam beam]
(-_-''')?
[couple minutes later]
R:... I've had better cheese sauces.
*snigger*
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Eh. Yeah. Sorry about the long break in updates. Last couple of weeks have been mad. Had a second round of class tests, more lab reports to hand in.. And well... Other things. Thanks to all the flatmates (new and old) though, and Nekoweenie back home for the tremendous amount of support. (^_^) Might have had yet another nervous breakdown if it weren't for you guys. *hugs* Thank you.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Random Flat Conversation Part 4
[It's dinnertime, I am brandishing my one lone leek and moaning about my general lack of vegetables]
Me: What can I do with a leek?
D: You could feed it to a rabbit. (D doesn't like vegetables)
Me: Hey! Leeks are nice!
D: Yeah. For a rabbit.
Me: (gives up) Well, I'm not going to feed a rabbit.
D: Mm. You could feed a cow.
Me: Haha. First, I'd have to find a cow.
D: Oh, so you already have a rabbit?
Me: ........
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I could probably start a whole new blog dedicated to these random conversations...
Me: What can I do with a leek?
D: You could feed it to a rabbit. (D doesn't like vegetables)
Me: Hey! Leeks are nice!
D: Yeah. For a rabbit.
Me: (gives up) Well, I'm not going to feed a rabbit.
D: Mm. You could feed a cow.
Me: Haha. First, I'd have to find a cow.
D: Oh, so you already have a rabbit?
Me: ........
I could probably start a whole new blog dedicated to these random conversations...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Random Halloween Flat Conversations
Setting: Where else?
Time: After tea, N and I watching random tv sprawled all over the couch and R is getting ready to go out.
R: [walks into the kitchen in a Superman costume and socks (whatever for??) in hand] A-HA!
[N & I burst out laughing]
R: What??
Me: [choking on laughter] I have to take a picture of this!
R: Oh, but you have to do me up first!! [turns to present me with an open back]
Me: There's no zip. [N continues to giggle]
R: No, no. There's a bit of string up here..
[I tie him up securely and rush off to find my camera, as I leave I hear R asking N something that sounds like "Does my croc look big enough?" Wha...?? But I'm deaf and the tv's on so I probably heard it wrong. I come back and...The socks are gone.]
R: Here, does my crotch look big enough?
Me: [gawks in disbelief. After a shocked second of silence there is uncontrolled guffawing]
R: Well??
Me: [look at R to say something, but collapse in laughter yet again]
N:Heh heh heh... It looks like you're wearing a giant nappy. [I'm howling by now]
R: Ahh, it just needs some shaping. [Start patting and shaping his Superman undies, I am beyond redemption] How about now?[turns to his side]
Me: Bwahahaha... It looks like you're pregnant in the wrong place.
N: Maybe if you rolled up the socks...
R: Maybe... [Goes off to enhance his "Superman equipment"]
[In his absense P shows up and everyone's just waiting for Superman to get his groove on, then he returns...]
R: [His hand is rummaging inside his costume] How's this look now??
[N, P and I are just sniggering like there's no tomorrow]
N: It looks really... [R continues to "fondle" his costume]
Me: It's a little disproportionate... [*fondle, pat, fondle*]
P: It looks... .... [*pat, pat, shape, fondle*] Ok, Superman. Ready to go? [Steps out the kitchen, I swear her shoulders were shaking in attempts to suppress more laughter]
R: [as he follows, he begins to pull something out from Superman's crotch] Oh all right, maybe an extra t-shirt was just a little ambitious.
N & Me: ... ...
Time: After tea, N and I watching random tv sprawled all over the couch and R is getting ready to go out.
R: [walks into the kitchen in a Superman costume and socks (whatever for??) in hand] A-HA!
[N & I burst out laughing]
R: What??
Me: [choking on laughter] I have to take a picture of this!
R: Oh, but you have to do me up first!! [turns to present me with an open back]
Me: There's no zip. [N continues to giggle]
R: No, no. There's a bit of string up here..
[I tie him up securely and rush off to find my camera, as I leave I hear R asking N something that sounds like "Does my croc look big enough?" Wha...?? But I'm deaf and the tv's on so I probably heard it wrong. I come back and...The socks are gone.]
R: Here, does my crotch look big enough?
Me: [gawks in disbelief. After a shocked second of silence there is uncontrolled guffawing]
R: Well??
Me: [look at R to say something, but collapse in laughter yet again]
N:Heh heh heh... It looks like you're wearing a giant nappy. [I'm howling by now]
R: Ahh, it just needs some shaping. [Start patting and shaping his Superman undies, I am beyond redemption] How about now?[turns to his side]
Me: Bwahahaha... It looks like you're pregnant in the wrong place.
N: Maybe if you rolled up the socks...
R: Maybe... [Goes off to enhance his "Superman equipment"]
[In his absense P shows up and everyone's just waiting for Superman to get his groove on, then he returns...]
R: [His hand is rummaging inside his costume] How's this look now??
[N, P and I are just sniggering like there's no tomorrow]
N: It looks really... [R continues to "fondle" his costume]
Me: It's a little disproportionate... [*fondle, pat, fondle*]
P: It looks... .... [*pat, pat, shape, fondle*] Ok, Superman. Ready to go? [Steps out the kitchen, I swear her shoulders were shaking in attempts to suppress more laughter]
R: [as he follows, he begins to pull something out from Superman's crotch] Oh all right, maybe an extra t-shirt was just a little ambitious.
N & Me: ... ...
Thursday, October 26, 2006
More Random Flat Conversations
Setting: Flat kitchen
Time: Around 6.15pm
[R comes in whistling and singing "All You Need Is Love", I am not-so-desperately wolfing down my dinner since I have to go for an exercise briefing at 7pm]
{Note: Dinner is commonly referred to as "tea" in these parts. I'll never understand why}
R: Tea, tea, tea... [Sees overgrown leek] My leek is growing on its own!! Oh no!!
Me: *sniggers*
R: Hope my mushrooms are ok... [looks at mushrooms] Ohhh...
Me: Your fungi growing fungi?
R: My fungi have got fungi.
[A long process then begins where R rummages through the recesses of the fridge and the freezer compartment and throws out random things which have by now gone way off. "It's not the 13th of October anymore, is it?" "No." "Is this my meat??" Asks the fellow who one day, very kindly fed me with my own chicken. ('twas a case of mistaken chicken-tity) Then he almost blows up the microwave by leaving the freezerbag-tie (you know those little metal twisty things?) on the freezerbag (in the first place... isn't plastic NOT supposed to go into the microwave?) and then very nearly sets himself on fire by adding water into a pan of hot fat.]
Gotta love the kitchen. Everything happens in the kitchen. Like this morning.
[After getting up late at 8.30am, I'm eating b'fast and watching the news when D comes in]
D: Hiya, how're you.
Me: Not too bad. Where were you last night?
D: Aw, I stayed over at P's.
Me: You know, we could probably sublet your room to someone else. [D is my landlord btw. 20yrs old, a student, and he's my landlord...]
D: !!! I'm around!! Sometimes...
Me: Sometimes...
D: Besides, what would you do with all my clothes? [Eyebrows wiggling in defiance, challenging]
Me: [Thinks for a second] You could live in the closet.
D:... I don't like this plan.
Time: Around 6.15pm
[R comes in whistling and singing "All You Need Is Love", I am not-so-desperately wolfing down my dinner since I have to go for an exercise briefing at 7pm]
{Note: Dinner is commonly referred to as "tea" in these parts. I'll never understand why}
R: Tea, tea, tea... [Sees overgrown leek] My leek is growing on its own!! Oh no!!
Me: *sniggers*
R: Hope my mushrooms are ok... [looks at mushrooms] Ohhh...
Me: Your fungi growing fungi?
R: My fungi have got fungi.
[A long process then begins where R rummages through the recesses of the fridge and the freezer compartment and throws out random things which have by now gone way off. "It's not the 13th of October anymore, is it?" "No." "Is this my meat??" Asks the fellow who one day, very kindly fed me with my own chicken. ('twas a case of mistaken chicken-tity) Then he almost blows up the microwave by leaving the freezerbag-tie (you know those little metal twisty things?) on the freezerbag (in the first place... isn't plastic NOT supposed to go into the microwave?) and then very nearly sets himself on fire by adding water into a pan of hot fat.]
Gotta love the kitchen. Everything happens in the kitchen. Like this morning.
[After getting up late at 8.30am, I'm eating b'fast and watching the news when D comes in]
D: Hiya, how're you.
Me: Not too bad. Where were you last night?
D: Aw, I stayed over at P's.
Me: You know, we could probably sublet your room to someone else. [D is my landlord btw. 20yrs old, a student, and he's my landlord...]
D: !!! I'm around!! Sometimes...
Me: Sometimes...
D: Besides, what would you do with all my clothes? [Eyebrows wiggling in defiance, challenging]
Me: [Thinks for a second] You could live in the closet.
D:... I don't like this plan.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Random Flat Conversations
Setting: Flat Kitchen
Time: After a considerable amount of sugar and some dead silent time staring at textbooks
Me: We should have a flat party some time!
N: Yeah! That'd be cool. But I don't know if D would allow it though...
Me: Ahh, he will. I mean, he's young right...
N: Yeah, that's true.
Me: And he's got his whole life ahead of him.
N: ... ...
*uncontrollable laughter ensues*
Hence, it has been decided that at some point, there will be a party in celebration of D's youth. And that day shall then on be known as D's Day. I believe that a committee will be formed to petition for D's Day to be decreed a public holiday.
Time: After a considerable amount of sugar and some dead silent time staring at textbooks
Me: We should have a flat party some time!
N: Yeah! That'd be cool. But I don't know if D would allow it though...
Me: Ahh, he will. I mean, he's young right...
N: Yeah, that's true.
Me: And he's got his whole life ahead of him.
N: ... ...
*uncontrollable laughter ensues*
Hence, it has been decided that at some point, there will be a party in celebration of D's youth. And that day shall then on be known as D's Day. I believe that a committee will be formed to petition for D's Day to be decreed a public holiday.
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