Interesting days ahead!

I have had a couple of interesting days lately. I don’t know if they are fit to be on the pantheon of interesting moment’s hall of fame but they were interesting enough for me. I had a berbuka puasa with students and colleagues a couple days back. It was two separate occasions happening on the same day. I felt importantJ Anyway, the one with the students went well and the staff too. After that, I had an emotional romping session and I cried. So what’s new? After the crying, I had an engaging discussion about the future of the country. I know! Eclectic indeed! Before going home, I bumped into Chris and Zoey. They were cleaning Zoey’s office as they are relocating to the UK. We talked and I realized that I had no make up on and my tear-stricken face coupled with swollen eyes must not be very appealing at all. But I thought to myself, it was almost 11pm and who cares! On the way home, I had to stopped at the mamak stalls because Hannah called and said she’s hungry. I bought her, her favourite dish and rice, the cashier made small talk asking about Hannah and al. He’s nice to Hannah. Whenever we go there to eat, he never fails to give her sweets. That’s why all her teeth are falling off one by one now!Kidding!. When I arrived at the stalls, there were a lot of people there having supper and mostly men. It made me feel a bit uneasy because I felt bare. But I brace through it. As I was leaving the stalls, a guy stopped me on my tracks when he said “only takeaways?” . It sounded much better after translating it in English. It sounded corny in malay. I stopped and looked and I realized that I don’t know him. He was looking at me and smiling. I smiled and shrugged and left. It was weird encountering such moments especially after a long emotional day and in the wee hours nearing midnight. Maybe people are much more friendlier during ramadhan?Nah! Anyway, yesterday I went lingerie shopping with H. No..not for me. After seven years of marriage, we feel that there are more important things to spend a couple of hundred on. I have 2-3 nice lingerie that I have only worn 3-4 times in the duration of our seven years of marriage. Don’t really need to. H gets turn on by just looking at me- fully clothed! Hehe…time is always the challenge though. Ok! We went lingerie shopping last night for Annie. She got married recently and it was so sudden that none of us was able to attend the ceremony. So I thought lingerie would be a nice gift. As we were looking, I saw one and took it off the rack and showed it to H and asked “ Ok yang, would you be turned on if I wear this?” H blinked a couple of times and then looked left and right before whispering “are you serious?” (I caught a hint of excitement in his voice). Then I said” no…no… this is for Annie not for me but I need a guy’s opinion”. Then I laughed out loud. He paused for a few seconds before joining me. So we bought the lingerie and left.
My final interesting moment would be when we visited the newly opened Tesco at our new house. Yeah..we are moving soon! The anxiety is freaking me out! We were planning to buy something for our berbuka but then we couldn’t decide on what to eat. Finally we settled on a new restaurant that serves nyonya and thai food. The owner has displayed a menu at the entrance and he approached us as we were looking and said “ you can tapau for your berbuka puasa”. I was a little shocked! It has taken a Chinese to identify me as a malay.Or H for that matter because he looks like a Chinese taiko. Once during puasa month we were offered to sample some food the outlet was selling. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, H took us to watch Walle and I couldn’t fast that day. I ordered food at the movie counter and the malay girl didn’t even blink an eye at me. She was recommending me more food and they serve hot food that you can eat while watching the movie. All you need to do is pay and give them your seat number and they will deliver your food to you. Cool eh! Ok..back to the story. On many occasions, I can eat in public during fasting month and people won’t stop and stare. On all occasions, the Malays will always identify me as an Indian and for those who hardly speak English would try their level best to speak the language when talking to me. So when that Chinese uncle acknowledged that, we knew we have made the right decision. The food was good and reasonably priced.
Those moments were interesting and made me stopped for a few brief moments to think. Interesting to me, they were (Yoda’s leftovers). I know that my days ahead will be interesting too. Alright…back to work now. I have been using enough tax payers’ money unnecessarily already. Adios! And Selamat Hari Raya everyone! Be safe and enjoy your holidays!