Real People

Just wanted to share an interesting experience.

the other day, i was ordering wan ton noodles at a hawker centre in the east. the stall was run by two young guys, who looked very jappy with long-ish hair and slouchy pants. not your typical uncle or auntie in a sweat stained apron.

anyways... i must say kudos to those guys for their PR skills. i was feeling pretyt grumpy to begin with, because it was RAINING and i was WET... but they were like "xiao jie, you want to buy our noodles? very nice one!" so i decided, ok i will eat wan ton noodles. so i proceeded to order my noodles, but due to my poor mandarin, made a lot of mistakes in telling them i want no bean sprouts and less chilli and more vegetables... so they were quite amused at me.

anyway, so then they started to cook... then as they cooked, they continued talking to me. like "wah... in the rain also you come out to buy food ah... why never go out with your boyfriend... do you have boyfriend? ... do you have a lot of friends? eh, introduce to us leh!"

ok... reading that, it sounds very gross. but honestly, they way they talked was so ... for lack of a better word, charming.... so that i wasn't offended or scared off in the least, but rather disarmed and cheered. yes, they were obvious flirts, but there was this air about them that made it seem so friendly and warm.

anyway after i got my noodles (take-away) i left the place. end of story...

why am i sharing this? well, i guess it's nice to meet people like that once in a while. after a week of working in a Christian company, after a weekend in church, or out with friends who wear mango and zara... it's nice, it's refreshing to meet someone 'ordinary', someone real - someone who is so down-to-earth, without airs, genuine.

i'm not saying that flirting is good. but it definitely wouldn't hurt some of us - me included - to be like that once in a while. not to be so judgmental and uppity and 'politically correct', but to just let go and be really real.

it was definitely a refreshing experience for me, and I know it was no mistake =)

on another angle, it was nice to know that even though i am no Keira Knightly (my fav actress), even though i am very happily going to be married in a few months... even though i was wearing no make-up and wasn't trying to impress, i am still 'noticeable' and worthy of their attention. not something that i am necessarily looking for, but it's nice to be noticed. =)