Sunday, February 24, 2008

exactly one month ago, an unexpected news via sms caught me off guard and sent me screaming a shrill, sharp 'WHAT?!' in the staffroom, much to other teachers' annoyance (i suppose). there it was, as clear as clingwrap, a message from good-old jielin, jc friend for 10 years saying she's "in labour and she's damn bored". (and trust you me, that's her first reference to ever having carried a foetus inside her for 9 months.)
what a very jielin thing to say. your water broke, you're having contractions, you're supposed to be in pain, and you're bored. -_-
oh, and..... get this, she-does-not-take-epidural, people- having not felt any pain until its too late to administer any anesthetics. the doctor told her her tolerance level for pain was admirable, and even so- when i asked how painful it was, she casually mentioned that 'it was almost suicidal'. -_-"
and on the question of whether she cried when she held the baby for the first time, she promptly answered, "what for?", looking every bit quizzical and probably labelling me as a whiny neenee from then on -_-.
her house is a 3-storey landed property near upper bt timah, with ample space to play hide-and-seek in- to hide and never be found that is, and the only reason i'm telling you this is because i still cant get over how maniacally cheap she got the house for. get this: $800k.
any cheaper and it's as good as free, really.
it's such a steal considering condo prices were going for similar prices and the couple was originally looking for a condo.
family bbq after that at wcp, where i finished 2 plates full of prawns, chickens and ribs (after the 2 plates of briyani i had at mom's place) and then had im's granny and aunt mentioning how thin i was (am not!), how little i ate and how i don't have to diet cos i'd stay this size forever (man, how i hope they're right).
ghost-stories, upcoming-weddings and a-topic-so-unexpected it got me so nervous i was in all sweat in under one minute.
good God, anything but that.
please, need i remind you i still have remnants of henna on my fingernails!

r.z 9:36 AM  0 comments