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One weekday morning, at the dining table.
Me: I’ve changed my mind, I don’t want a son anymore. Looking at the way you and your brother behave at home scares me.
Hubby: But I’m so good.
Me: So… what? I’m going to fall off my chair.
Hubby: I’m so good. You know why? Because if [...]
He says: Which magazine do you think has the best writing?
I say: I think Time magazine is one of the best.
He says: Okay, so every morning when you wake up, you have to think, ‘Today I’m going to write as well as Time magazine does.’
I say: If I can do that, I [...]
Him: You always destroy everything of mine that you use.
Me: That’s not fair! Name one thing I’ve destroyed.
Him: …
Me: Go on! Name one thing.
Him: If you had driven my car and gotten into an accident, you would have destroyed my car.
Me: ??!!
This would be even funnier if I hadn’t [...]
E: I see that you guys are more in love than when you were here. And you’re so blessed, with beautiful friends, home, career… life!
Me: We’re so incredibly blessed. I keep telling Y that. And I think it’s a mixture of us both understanding each other more, compromising more and being more comfortable about [...]
The following email exchange takes place between 6.01pm and 6.33pm on 8 January 2009. R has just received a list of interview times for a bunch of up and coming Mandopop artistes and because I’m the only one who can conduct an interview in semi-decent Mandarin, I’m getting the assignment(s) – all three of them!
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I knew he was trouble the minute I laid eyes on him. He talked too much, he seemed too sure of himself, he was… well, annoying. And that was just in the first 60 seconds.
A couple of hours later, I was standing at the doorway when he looked up from a conversation he was [...]
My brother-in-law is discovering the joys of teenage infatuations, not that he would ever admit it. One morning over breakfast while we were in London…
Me: Hey, did you want to get the necklace I bought the other day for your girlfriend?
Bro: [Careful pause] Mummy likes the necklace. It’s for… her friend. I don’t [...]
The boys and I are having supper at McDonald’s one night.
A: Watching Friday Night Lights makes me want to play American football.
B: Ya, I know what you mean. Watching 30 Rock makes me want to work on a TV show too.
Me: Watching Lipstick Jungle makes me want to go shopping!
Silence.
B: [...]
I think it’s really sweet when someone special calls just to say hello, but that habit never caught on for Y and myself. Back when we were in a long-distance relationship, talking once or twice a week was all we were getting in, so never mind calling once or twice a day just to hear [...]
Someone rang me on my mobile today. When I said ‘Hello’, he said ‘Siapa ini? (Who are you?)’
Now why would you call someone if you didn’t know who they were?
I answered, ‘Siapa ini?’ And he hung up.
Thirty seconds later, my phone rang again. When I said ‘Hello’, he said again ‘Siapa ini?’
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