So Torin, the dude mart helped me make friends with on rsvp said "hi" to me last night and we started chatting.

So i asked Torin what he did for a living to which he replied "i'm a free lance journalist... i can help you with your english if you like =P"

I guffawed...

It's been a long running joke amongst some of us here. Being Asian, non-australian and living in Australia, it's often that the aussies/white people are impressed by Singaporeans' command of English.

"oh you speak really good English" they say whilst smiling ever so sweetly at you. Thinking they've paid you the compliment of a lifetime without realising how idiotic they've just made themselves out to be.

to digress a little,

i found it really funny once when mart complained about how an ignorant american remarked on his good english. It was funny hearing the indignation in his voice. See the parallel here??

and now, back to the point...

so now, whenever mart tries to take the piss, he tells people that i speak good english. And then we both snigger knowingly

anyway, when torin said he could help me out with my english, mart was there to. It was so hilarious. how we laughed.

and i continued my conversation with torin, making the extra effort to be grammatically incorrect.

"wow thanks you very much... my english needs most improvement" says me

" so is your boyfriend from sydney or singapore?"

"mine boyfriend is from sydney"

Meanwhile, Mart accuses me of being mean and asks me to stop

I get annoyed and insist Mart's cramping my style...

"or soon to be ex" i type spitefully in front of Mart... *hah*

this gets torin really excited...

"oohhhh soon to be ex... you're breaking up with him?"

I imagine him salivating

"hah he cramping me style" --> Mart thought this sounded more cavewomanish than bad english

"ooh yeah... that's nto good" says Torin...

"what's NTO" i ask *innocently*

NTO?? who needs help with english now huh??

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So the saga continues today...

Torin sees me online and says hi again.

He asks me what et puis means...

"it means and then in french my dear ignorant one" i replied

I guess i'm in a cheeky mood...

he asks me for inspiration to write travel pieces as his portfolio for a travel magazine interview...

Still feeling cheeky, i suggest writing a piece about travelling in time. A holiday in France in the 1700s... quite clever i thought... i mean if you could sell a holiday in France in the 1700s to me then you could probably sell ice to eskimos... and it was funny

then he asks me if the girl in my msn picture Amanda is my friend...

to which i replied... yeah or maybe she's a random stranger or maybe i'm lesbian and she's my girlfriend

he was deaf to my sarcasm and eagerly asked if Amanda was single.

"you'd hope so" i type *boy is this guy desperate*

"so do you think she and & me could be couple?"

*oh my gawd*

Someone bring in the restrainers

"are you white? doesn't look like it... fraid not then... maybe you could colour your hair blonde"

"what about you... are you still with your bf? or u single now?"

*ARRRGHHH!!!*

Rabid dog on the loose.

Hello!!! i just told you i have a bf like less than 24 hours ago...

"my my... you're quite keen aren't you? unfortunately, i'm still happily attached to my boyfriend."

"but we can still be friends right?"

"i have my doubts... you freak me out with the things you say"

I go for my shower.... after which, i found he left me this message on my com

"so you don't want to chat anymore? that ok :) (--> note the smiley before the rant)
to be honest, i think you're the strange one... last night ur telling me how you wanna break up with your bf, 2nite you say the opposite & when i ask you about travel story you tell me write a story from the year 1781!!! ur a freak dont msg me anymore ok"

I laugh somemore

and my boyfriend reprimands me for getting off on upsetting strangers

:'(

can't a girl have some fun? doesn't anyone have a sense of humour anymore??

*grumble*