Text conversation between The Other Half and I this morning He There’s a dude working at the restaurant Mel’s Place who is named Simon. I feel so twilight zone. Me Hahahah! Where is Mel’s Place? He East Coast Road. What if he is married to Mel and we got teleported to an alternate dimension from [...]
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email from an alternate universe
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, mela v. world, relationships on 18 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
the bane of being hainanese
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, relationships on 16 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Text conversation between The Other Half and I this morning He Seems that is also a Gabonese thing. Me I take it you mean Hainanese. He Yes. Stupid autocorrect. What would I know about the Gabonese? Why is Gabon in my dictionary and not hainan? Their GDP is probably less than the wealth of Hainan [...]
in trial again
Posted in conversations, encounters, tagged food, mela v. world, relationships on 14 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Text conversation between The Other Half and I this afternoon Me The dessert at the F-Hotel buffet: Grass Jelly with Attache I looked at the bowl of jelly. Then I looked under the table for its attache. He Don’t be silly. Everyone knows the sago do all the heavy lifting. No self respecting grass jelly [...]
peanuts
Posted in conversations, encounters, tagged mela v. world, running on 10 May, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Text conversation between Rebecca and I on Monday night Me: I just got hit on by a drunk ah pek on a bicycle while on my run… She: Haha! I have ceased to be surprised by these strange things that happen to you. Me: He was sitting at a rest shelter with a bottle of [...]
draw something fail
Posted in conversations, tagged mela v. world on 20 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Text conversation between niece and I She: Is the drawing a spotsperson? Me: Oh no! I can’t remember what I drew! Can describe? She: The person wears a purple band on her head. And right hand hold a long stick…or is it a racket…then left hand hold something like a scale Me: It’s unfortunately the [...]
going to bed
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, motherhood, Peanut on 11 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bedtime conversation between Peanut and I She: [chatter chatter chatter] Me: Let’s play a game, Ally. She: A game? Me: That’s right. Let’s lie down and pretend to be rocks. She: Rocks? [The Other Half sniggers in the background.] Me: Like 弟弟. He’s fallen asleep so he’s all quiet and still like a rock. She: [...]
answers on holiday
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, motherhood, Peanut on 9 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dinnertime conversation between Peanut and I She: Why did you say ice cream later, mummy? Why not now? Me: Ally, we are on holiday. Stop asking why, okay? Just go with the flow. She: Okay. But I want to ask only one question. Me: One question? What is it? She: Why?
empty threat
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, lion, motherhood, Peanut on 27 March, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Conversation between Peanut and me She: If 弟弟 is naughty, I ask my dinosaur to eat him up! Om-nom-nom-nom!! Hahahaha!! Me: Ally, do you really want your dinosaur to eat 弟弟 up? If your dinosaur eats 弟弟 up, then there’s no more 弟弟. She: Om-nom-nom-nom!! My dinosaur eat up 弟弟! It’s funny, right, Mummy? It’s [...]
men, malteses and open carparks
Posted in conversations, encounters, tagged mela v. world on 23 March, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An abridged text conversation between Rebecca and I sometime today Me There’s a man in a suit walking a Maltese on a grass path in the open carpark outside the Sub Courts. I am slightly scared. She Hahaha!!!!! I’ll be more scared if it’s a chihuahua! I hope u quickened ur pace….. Me And he [...]
rainy days and luck
Posted in conversations, tagged mela v. world, relationships, shoes, work on 19 December, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
He: When are you coming to Court? Me: I can’t come to Court yet. My “driver” aka The Buddha hasn’t come to work yet. He: That’s the most bourgeois excuse I’ve ever heard from anyone! But that’s okay. Let’s meet later on in the morning then. * He: [angrily] I waited for you till 11am!! [...]
