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Weird

I received an belated greeting email from an “old” guy friend today….so why is the old word in inverted commas?
Well, this is because he really is old, and we hadn’t talked for a looooong time.

I got to know this friend during my studies in Australia. We belong to a bunch of Singaporeans who happen to be in the same class, so we hung around a lot.I was actually quite close to this friend for awhile because I hadn’t had a lot of friends there, and being at a new place and all made me fear unfamiliarity.

Anyway, I guess somehow this guy became kinda interested in me. The reason why I used the word kinda is because, he isn’t the kind of guy I would describe as a nice guy. He’s more of a typical ah-beng style kind of guy. He smokes, dyes hair, speaks hokkien, totally ungentlemanly I suppose? And the fact that he’s interested in me is so he could copy my homework and I guess I was just so conveniently there for him to fancy!

Well, anyway I’m glad nothing came out of this who admiration thing….perhaps he was just lonely. So when he felt that he was going no where with me, he moved on to a next target really quick. There’s more to this story but I guess I’m not in the right mind to be nostalgic….esp about him!

So anyway, we sorta lost contact ever since he got attached and came back to Singapore. But one fine day…I think it was my last year’s birthday, he popped out of nowhere with a birthday greeting email. It’s funny because I thot we weren’t friends anymore. He was quite an asshole for awhile and we hadn’t talked since.

I was totally taken aback by his email. At first I thot “Hey, I’d give this man my benefit of the doubt, maybe he’s matured and thought how childish he was back then and wanted to rekindle the friendship.”

So I replied his email, thank him for remembering etc etc…but I was in for a surprise. Well, not really a surprise, more of an “enlightenment”. Because he started flaunting about his job at a big organisation and that he’s getting married blar blar and wanted to invite me blar blar. Not so much of a shocker there really…like I said..he ain’t so much of a gentleman. I still wonder what his wife sees in him. His family is quite well to do? Hmm...then again maybe I’m just biased? I didn’t attend his wedding at all. Couldn’t be bothered really, he probably eyed my “ang bao” more. I just gave him such stupid excuse and shrugged the whole thing off!

So…back to this email he sent me. This time, he sent me a belated birthday, citing “better late then never”. Being gracious, I replied and thank him…didn’t wanna be rude.

So he started revealing that he’s shifting to the neighbourhood near me…in fact after exchanging emails, he’s divulged he’s staying in the condo next to mine. Goodness! Then he went on to talk about his wife being pregnant and blar blar blar…
I smiled reading his email….wondering why is he telling me all these when we weren’t even talking for the longest time. I mean…I don’t even have his mobile number! We never had dinner together, never talked about work or family like long-time friends. It’s like…so weird having him telling me all these things! If u had come to me as a friend who is genuinely concerned about my well-being and not going non-stop about how u’re living your life right now, I just may believe your sincerity. Unfortunately, it’s all about him…as usual…

Ha! I just had to laugh…perhaps I’m biased, but I think the only reason he’s doing this is to brag to me about how happy and rich he is now. Sheesh…grow up man! I’ve never regretted the fact that I hadn’t chosen u. I’m very happy with OML right now. Thank you!

Blabbered by KaiRiNu at 4:44 PM