I Am So Sleepy

You know it's funny how when you were cast into a regime, you swear, you roar, you rebel, you squirm, you try your best-est to get out of it and when you finally attained your heart desires, you start reminiscing days of the past and now it finally appeals to you after all these years, like the wearing of the uniform.

The almost-impromptu gathering involving 6 women who were ex-schoolmates took place at Takashimaya's Coffee Club. To revive your memory, there was Miss Exotic Specie (ES), the one who now has a toddler Pipa Quek to her credit. There was Miss Long-Legged (LL), the one due to get engaged on Christmas Day this year. There is Miss Lawyer (LW), the one who left Singapore 5 years ago and has never managed to stay in Singapore for more than a month. Then there is Miss Kawaii (K) who is also getting married within half a year from now and finally there is Miss Shu Nu (SN) and myself (OLT).

Below is the conversation between these six women who are not so young anymore and bordering on the point of 'auntie-ness':

ES: Eh, i want to wait for someone to get pregnant together with me leh! It is no fun getting pregnant alone. The queue at the gynae is always very long and lonely.
OLT: LL, where are you holding your engagement? Are you going to wear pretty pretty?
LL: I am booking Aloha. The theme is retro!
OLT: Retro? I love retro!!! I am retro!!
LL: Yeah, might need to borrow your disco ball.
OLT: Alright man.
ES: Eh, there is this alumni dinner thing sent out from St. John. I received the email.
OLT: Wah, how did you get on that mailing list?
ES: I don't know, they just sent it to our emails.
K: Yeah, i got it too.
LW: I think what OLT was trying to say was that why you all never change your email addresses at all for a long time.
OLT: Yeah!
ES: So are we going to the Alumni dinner?
K: It sounds fun leh.
OLT: It sounds like Romy and Michele's High School Reunion kind of thing.
ES: So are we going?
LL: If you all want to go, then i'll go lor.
OLT: I don't believe it. It has been 8 years since we left Dunman and now we are going back as lao cha bor.
ES: Okay what! So are we going? Is the place air-conditioned by the way?
LL: There are only two places they can hold it which is the hall or the basketball court. I don't think it will be air-conditioned.
SN: And they won't hold in on the carpet grass either. The grass is too expensive!

At this point in time, OLT gave a disgrunted look as all the rest of the ladies started twittering about how to get uniforms and words spun into a haze around her. By the time she woke up from her daydreams ...

SN: So we must dress like delinquents.
OLT: Huh?
ES: We are going to wear school uniforms to LL's engagement party! I want to wear the TKGS uniform!
OLT: Because it is green right?
ES: *thought for a while* Yeah!!
OLT: Are we going to wear elephant socks and the laciest bras we could find?


Lacy bra


Striped Elephant Socks

SN: And more! We are going to wear the watches with the biggest watch face we can find and wear and carry Eastpak!


I used to carry a dark blue Eastpak.

OLT: I am afraid that i might not be able to button up my uniform since i ...
ES: The point is not to button up! Show the bra!
OLT: ...


I've been eating fishball noodles for the past 3 days at Millenia Foodcourt. I am becoming a fishball. I am a fishball.