Archive for March, 2006

Ouch, My Head

And gravity wins again!

I fainted in a mall the other day – first time it’s happened to me in public. What my boyfriend wants me to mention though is that while collapsing, the only words I managed to utter were, “Where… is… my shoe?” (which I had lost while stumbling). So apparently when in distress, my mind turns to shoes. Go me.

Thankfully a nice passerby who was trained in first aid stopped to help (Willie was all freaked out). He also called an ambulance, but they just gave me a check-up on the spot since I didn’t really want/need to go to hospital.

As they were taking my blood pressure and all that, one of the paramedics asked me if I was having my period. I didn’t hear him properly at first, and asked “Pardon?” He repeated himself, and before I could answer Willie leaned over and whispered to me in an all-knowing voice, “Mmennstruuation”. Honey, I’m not that stupid.

I’m fine now though. Here’s us a few hours later, and me reverting back to my annoying self:

Willie and I

How (Not) To Pick Up Girls

My lovely friend Vicki visited Hong Kong in January. She and I were sitting outside Starbucks one day and I noticed one of the workers kept looking over. Soon enough he came over for a chat. First he said something in Cantonese, and I replied that I don’t actually know Chinese. He then made small talk about if we’re from Hong Kong, are we staying nearby, etc. Then, he leaned down, and whispered in my ear…

1. What did the worker whisper in Becca’s ear?
a) Can I have your phone number?
b) Do you have a boyfriend?
c) Are you a lesbian?

If you guessed C, you got it! I skillfully resisted the urge to burst out laughing and replied that no, I am in fact not a lesbian. He went off with a small smile on his face. I told Vicki what he had asked and then the laughter was had. Later he came out again still wearing a stupid smile and with free coffee for both of us. We drank the coffee and ran away before his shift finished and he tried ‘talking’ with us again.

So yes. That now ranks as the worst pick-up line I have ever heard. Some guys had a different take on it though – apparently if you’re going to give a girl free coffee it’s worth making sure she’s not a lesbian first.

Back From Outer Space

I’m sorry, I’ve been bad. I’m still alive and kicking, it’s just that sort of kicking you do when you’re stressed.

My love for WordPress is still going strong and I swear I will be releasing some new themes soon. Speaking of themes, I also promise that sometime I’ll get back to sitting on my butt and make this new design what I originally wanted it to be – it’s kind of half finished right now. Oh, and I know you’re bound to run into bugs if you poke around, so please don’t poke around.

(I also love Elea.)