It’s Musim Cuti Sekolah!! All the kids are about, and the pengakap also.. So here I was taking the thrash out and pops up 2 pengakap at the front gate. They were talking in Hokkien (after all my hard work at exposing myself to skin cancer, ppl still think I’m Chinese!!). So I politely say, non complende (no understand), “cakap Malay or English can?” and the first word they said was.. “AUNTIE!”
I saw ringing bells.. What a wake-up call! I mean Hello, I won’t b 24 til August!!! And here I was trying to avoid make-up, those work clothes so I don’t look too “grown up,” trying to dress up in “teenage” clothes with showy butt cleavage pants/jeans, baby t-shirt and slippers.
Recently, a catching-up-phone-call to a friend conversation turned from what we’ve been up to to the on-goings of Malaysian’s politics. Who knew that this girl who once was so negligent in reading the news and even hated moments when her parents vetoed the TV to watch the 8 o’clock news would be talking of such stuff!
Then there was also this one incident when someone asked me if I was my older sister’s older sister. Ahahha, that sentence alone is confusing! How could I have worked on looking older than my sister (I’m the youngest of 4 btw)? Should I take that as a compliment or is it a blow to my self-esteem? To take it that I look matured and “wiser” does have some advantages, but to be said to have a baby face or “not look your age” sounds nicer, does it not?
I guess I just have to learn to accept that I am getting & looking older by the day.. Who knows, someday someone will even address me as Nenek!! Hopefully it won’t b till another 30 years at least..
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