Smile. Grin. Laugh.

Oh yes... you've read it right.

I was visiting my maternal grandparents last Saturday (more about that in a post real soon), and my grandpa had to remind me about it once again.

Please allow me to recount to you a telephone conversation that happened a month ago :-)

Characters: My grandfather - Ah Gong, Me - also refered to as Ah Kang here, and Mum is just...Mum

(Conversation translated from Teochew)
(Phone rings)

Grandpa: HAAALO!

Me: Harlow...Ah Gong ah?

Grandpa: Uh..... Ah Kang issit?

Me: Yes Ah Gong. What is it?

Grandpa: Orrh....nothing much lah. Just want to ask you...are there 'za bor' (women) at your workplace?

Me: *scratches head* Huh? Umm.... yeah I guess... there's lots of za bor at my workplace.

Grandpa: *Sounding a little irritated* No no...I mean... do you have a girlfriend at work?

Me: Orrrrrh................. girlfriend ah? Don't have, don't have. Why leh?

Grandpa: Hehe...nothing lah... anyway, you want Ah Gong to recommend a girl to you or not?

Me: *Getting a little suspicious* Huh?? Why so sudden? Who's this girl?

Grandpa: This girl.... daughter of our family friends. Their family just visited us not too long ago. About your age...just nice you know...

Me: Hahahah... why did you think of that all of a sudden? But by the way, she pretty or not???

Grandpa: WAHH LAU EH! Ah Gong recommend to you sure pretty one!!!!

Me: *Sceptical but still curious* Really ah? Ah Gong....your taste can trust or not??

Grandpa: You trust your Ah Gong's taste! Ah Gong say pretty, confirm pretty one ah!!! Tall and pretty somemore!!!

Me: *at this time, i'm still in disbelief at what my Ah Gong is trying to do*

(Enter Mum....)
Mum on hearing my side of the conversation so far, gets curious, and takes the phone away from me while I was still recollecting my thoughts...

Mum: Ah Pa....what's this? You want to introduce a girl to Ah Kang? Who is she? Where is she from? Why you so kay-poh? Aiyoooh...Ah Kang can find a girlfriend himself...Don't interfere lah...ok...that's all....

Click.

And that was the end of my conversation with Ah Gong that night. It was strange because I didn't know if I should thank my mum for rescuing me that night....coz now I'll never get to know how 'good' my Ah Gong's taste is! LOL... Not that I'd even agree to be match-made in the first place...but gee...sometimes you just wonder.... *chuckles chuckles*

And I thought starting this blog was difficult, keeping it updated is even tougher. My sincere thanks and appreciation to all who by some compelling curiosity decided to drop by my inaugural post (and strangely enough are here again reading my second post). I just want to thank all those who have given me their valuable feedback and comments....please keep 'em coming... I feel duty-bound to entertain you all as best as I can... in exchange for wasting 10 minutes of your time every week.

Although it's been 2 weeks since I last blogged, I don't think there was ever a day that went by that I didn't think of updating this blog... hahahah... is that a big sign of my procrastination or what? No wait... I was busy... it's been a 'shiong' start to the new year work-wise. Furthermore, I've been doing background preparation for future posts. Keep your fingers crossed for a couple of updates this weekend!