Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Coffee, tea, or insurance?
Tomorrow, I'm meeting up with a very old secondary schoolmate. We've not seen each other for, I think, six years now. We used to be fairly close, us being 2 of the most evil and feared madams in Girl Guides. Our juniors used to shake in their pathetic shoes whenever we two strolled out to the basketball court and announced to them that hey, we were going to be their Physical Training instructors for the day.
Hey, don't laugh... I used to be able to do 50 male-style push-ups in the time it took for them to do 20 female-styled 'knees on ground' push-ups.
One of the things I loved doing to my juniors was to say "Woah! Girls, look at that tree there! So beautiful, right? I want you to run to it, touch it, and shout 'Tree, you're better than any guy in school!' and then run back. Understood?!?!"
And the poor girls would have to run in their super short shorts, right past the NCC boys doing their push-ups, scream to the tree (I'll make them do it again if they weren't loud enough), and run red-faced back.
That never failed to distract the NCC boys - it was one of the favors I did for my fellow NCC seniors - those little NCC boys would screw up whatever they were doing and present my friends with the opportunity to punish their boys.
This is what happens when the Girl Guides Company Leader and the NCC Staff Sergents are close friends... we help each other, entertain each other.
And don't raise your eyebrow at me... nothing wrong with me being good friends with NCC and NPCC boys... as scandelous as it may sound, "Wah! Girl Guide CL,so havoc ah!"
:P we just all happened to share the same friends... hell, that made it a lot easier for us when we had to organize the Speech Day parade march-past...
Those were the days...
And I've rambled on.
As I was saying... I'm meeting an old friend tomorrow. We weren't like sworn sisters or something, but we were pretty close, especially when we went to Nepal together... we'll always be trekking together those 15 days in the mountains, our eyes on Everest base camp...
I haven't seen her in ages... somehow she got hold of my email address - I think it was through Friendster. She added me to her MSN Msger and we happened to catch each other online sometime last week. When I realised who it was, I was totally surprised, like, woah, after so long!
When we got to talking a bit, updating each other on what we've been doing and all that. She mentions she's a financial consultant now. And if you're a real idiot, you wouldn't know that that term is actually code for 'insurance agent'. And I was like, ok cool, I'm now doing blah blah blah.
Then she suggests we meet up... you know, coffee, dinner, whatever.
And for a moment there, I paused; I hesitated.
Now normally I'll be overjoyed at the prospects of meeting an old friend. But...
Ok, we've not been in touch in ages... like, totally not in touch at all. And now you suddenly want to meet up? And you're an insurance agent!!!!!
Wait a minute... are you going to trying to sell me a policy or something?
Ok, so perhaps she just, well, lost touch. I mean, it's not like I myself put in effort to maintain contact with her so I've to shoulder the blame too. And maybe she did happen to stumble upon me in friendster and suddenly she felt guilty for not keeping in touch, and she really wants to know how I've been and so hence she makes contact and suggests a meet.
I mean, that's totally logical, right?
But... but... she's an insurance agent now!!!
What if she's just contacting me now coz she wants to sell me a policy???
It's one of those things where... you can't exactly not agree to meet her coz she's an old friend, and hey, you're also eager to meet up with someone you've not seen in ages. Yet, you're worried that she's not meeting you for the same reasons you're eager to see her... and yes, I admit, I would be a teeny weeny bit upset if I discover she only msged me coz she wants my money... like, so much for friendship, humph!
So you can understand why I'm dreading tomorrow evening... I'm even toying with the idea of calling her and going, 'hey sorry! last minute got work! we meet another day ok? bye!' But I'll have to meet her sooner or later, right?
I mean, I have been thinking about buying a policy, so it all kinda works together... but I do hope she geniunely wants to meet me for me.
Ya I know.. I've an ego.
It can be a little difficult to manuveour your way through when your friends are insurance agents.
Hey, don't laugh... I used to be able to do 50 male-style push-ups in the time it took for them to do 20 female-styled 'knees on ground' push-ups.
One of the things I loved doing to my juniors was to say "Woah! Girls, look at that tree there! So beautiful, right? I want you to run to it, touch it, and shout 'Tree, you're better than any guy in school!' and then run back. Understood?!?!"
And the poor girls would have to run in their super short shorts, right past the NCC boys doing their push-ups, scream to the tree (I'll make them do it again if they weren't loud enough), and run red-faced back.
That never failed to distract the NCC boys - it was one of the favors I did for my fellow NCC seniors - those little NCC boys would screw up whatever they were doing and present my friends with the opportunity to punish their boys.
This is what happens when the Girl Guides Company Leader and the NCC Staff Sergents are close friends... we help each other, entertain each other.
And don't raise your eyebrow at me... nothing wrong with me being good friends with NCC and NPCC boys... as scandelous as it may sound, "Wah! Girl Guide CL,so havoc ah!"
:P we just all happened to share the same friends... hell, that made it a lot easier for us when we had to organize the Speech Day parade march-past...
Those were the days...
And I've rambled on.
As I was saying... I'm meeting an old friend tomorrow. We weren't like sworn sisters or something, but we were pretty close, especially when we went to Nepal together... we'll always be trekking together those 15 days in the mountains, our eyes on Everest base camp...
I haven't seen her in ages... somehow she got hold of my email address - I think it was through Friendster. She added me to her MSN Msger and we happened to catch each other online sometime last week. When I realised who it was, I was totally surprised, like, woah, after so long!
When we got to talking a bit, updating each other on what we've been doing and all that. She mentions she's a financial consultant now. And if you're a real idiot, you wouldn't know that that term is actually code for 'insurance agent'. And I was like, ok cool, I'm now doing blah blah blah.
Then she suggests we meet up... you know, coffee, dinner, whatever.
And for a moment there, I paused; I hesitated.
Now normally I'll be overjoyed at the prospects of meeting an old friend. But...
Ok, we've not been in touch in ages... like, totally not in touch at all. And now you suddenly want to meet up? And you're an insurance agent!!!!!
Wait a minute... are you going to trying to sell me a policy or something?
Ok, so perhaps she just, well, lost touch. I mean, it's not like I myself put in effort to maintain contact with her so I've to shoulder the blame too. And maybe she did happen to stumble upon me in friendster and suddenly she felt guilty for not keeping in touch, and she really wants to know how I've been and so hence she makes contact and suggests a meet.
I mean, that's totally logical, right?
But... but... she's an insurance agent now!!!
What if she's just contacting me now coz she wants to sell me a policy???
It's one of those things where... you can't exactly not agree to meet her coz she's an old friend, and hey, you're also eager to meet up with someone you've not seen in ages. Yet, you're worried that she's not meeting you for the same reasons you're eager to see her... and yes, I admit, I would be a teeny weeny bit upset if I discover she only msged me coz she wants my money... like, so much for friendship, humph!
So you can understand why I'm dreading tomorrow evening... I'm even toying with the idea of calling her and going, 'hey sorry! last minute got work! we meet another day ok? bye!' But I'll have to meet her sooner or later, right?
I mean, I have been thinking about buying a policy, so it all kinda works together... but I do hope she geniunely wants to meet me for me.
Ya I know.. I've an ego.
It can be a little difficult to manuveour your way through when your friends are insurance agents.
