lessons over chinese new year
chinese new year has been a rather different one from most, for many reasons. definitely had many memorable experiences which i've never had to encounter before, but just to name a few, the top few would include, running around on the very last day before cny to shop for clothes, including running from heeren to ps just to buy a shirt, only to find the shop had closed; waking up to no bak kwa/bak kua on the morning of cny; playing on a wii and having my arms ache after that, and the list goes on. anyway i have realised some very important lessons over the cny period, some of which apply to me. but i shall write them down so i do not forget.
1) never criticise a male's driving
this is completely a male-dominated sector. it's also related to how guy's take failing a driving test much much harder than girls do, i remember talking to some guys who were recounting their utter sorrow when they failed on the first time. driving is totally a male-ego thing. feed it and he's happy, destroy it and he's angry. incidentally, my dad classifies bad drivers into "old person", "idiot" and "woman". evidently they're not mutually exclusive, so it's not a very good categorisation. males stick up for each other.
2) never fall in love with an attached person
even though it goes without saying, just remember this all the time. because things happen, and you'll never know what hit you. this is also related to, never fall in love with someone overseas, and never fall in love with someone who's way too good for you. i know, sometimes miracles do happen, by God's grace and the like. but i'm too much of a cynic to believe that you can get someone far better than you deserve (although even that is debatable), or that someone will keep thinking of you till they get back, or that someone will break up with their current other half and feel the same way about you. it really really is nice to hope though. but i just don't believe in it. so don't do it.
3) always shop with a girl
oh yes, and of course, shopping with a girl is wonderful. because girls are great shoppers. they know where to get what and offer erm interesting perspectives on fashion haha. i must say it was quite an experience, and i figure that in general, girls make for better shopping buddies than guys. guys just grunt and say, that looks okay. or, that's too expensive. but of course you need a little bit of thriftiness in your shopping partner too. nevertheless, i ended up being EFFICIENT so i'm happy =))
