When I was very young, and my dad was still very tall( first of May - Bee Gees), I bounced beside him, with my -very-cute- hands-then in his very gigantic ones, telling him how life would be for my parents when I am as tall as he is, in my very -cute-sweet-voice-then.
But I learned how, in primary school that they are many things which is out of our control. ( like how did my parents find out I lied to them about having tuition classes and then roamed the whole of Boon Lay for spiders, or like how I stole five bucks from my dad’s wallet and it turned out to be fifty bucks. I took two pieces. Hardly good examples.) Like how my parents cannot stay together and why Helen failed her maths(sorry helen) or why my aunt passed away at 60 or why I have curly hair and WHY MY TEETH DIDNT GROW STRG AND NEAT AND WHITE AND PEARLY AND BEAUTIFUL and WHY CANT I BE PRETTY!!!!! why cant I be pretty?
Yesterday, a friend called, crying and because I have not hear her cry for many years, I decide to break the rules for once and meet her for a late night drink( not exactly very tough to break the rules)
We talked for a very long time, with me, puking the night away( it is not that I consumed many amny glasses) and she tearing and then laughing and then tearing again and then silence. At this point, I don know what I am tryin to say because all I really wanted is to pen down all these thoughts and now it just resemble a plate of scrambled eggs. I sound like a blabbling eedioot.
I don feel sad or resentful. If anything, if it is an emotion at all, I felt passive. When she teared, I kept on repeating ai zai( she always say this to me when I am crying , which is almost too often and I don know what the word means) I didnt hug her. I didnt even pat her on her back and tell her the things she needed to hear. Like if he is yours , he will be yours no matter what, he is just busy. give him more time. like bah bah black sheep, have u any wool?
Instead, I told her to stop crying. take it like a man. concentrate on other responsibilities she has and do more of those that she can control. And to face this puddle of mess lyin at her feet and that she fought and the other party did not. And that is all is to say. There should be no blame or angerI said alot of things. I don know which is appropriate to write.
At this moment, words are failing me again. or the other way round when my cell buzzed-
Ai Zai