Ex-schoolmates

Alright, time to listen to my stakeholders, who are mostly more inclined towards the English language. So much for Asian languages and my verbal diarrhoea in Mandarin. FG even had to literally read out my posts in Mandarin, word-by-word, as if it was some oral exam. Tsk.

Yes, I know, it is the age of globalisation (one good thing about Blogspot - no auto spellcheck to AmercaniZe oneself!) and English is the ONLY language you can type for a URL address anyway.

Having read today's newspapers (Well, having no true economic worth currently, I have all the time to read the papers - from main section to Home; Life!; and even the classifieds. And even the complimentary copy of 我報 - Sorry, can't escape typing that unless you want to mistake "wo bao" for Ho Kee's new sub-brand of Pau; whatever), I was flabbergasted with my discovery amidst sipping my instant hot ginger tea. To my horror, I saw my ex-schoolmate fronting the cover of Home section - having been prosecuted in court for being a chronic kleptomaniac (Ironically, it was dear old Mr Chan KY back at primary school who gave us a veritable laundry list of "-mania" words to learn - and I can recall till now - it does include Kleptomania).

My recollection of her was someone who was sweet in nature; one who was meek and demure. We stayed close by during then and commuted together in the same school bus back home. When there was time to chat - if I was not playing childhood games or busy rushing through the latest SVH title - she always had something nice and amiable to chat about. She sometimes morph into a little spitfire though - Anyone who crossed her path would sure to get a good scolding from the girl with big eyes.

It's really sad to know that someone who had such good education (erm, let's just say that she went to a better secondary school than I did. Well, her sec sch just had better brand equity, that's all. Whitley rocks!!) will have such a day. But the root of the (her) problem, it seems, was psychiatric reasons. After all, kleptomonia is classified under OCD-category in IMH (key stakeholder, please verify the preceding statement). It must be some extenuating factors that have caused her to engage in such acts. I empathise with her and hope they will do away with the 1 day jail sentence.

Anyway what is it with ex-schoolmates??
Providence has a way with all of us - You just can't hide when Lady Luck is smiling right at you, brilliantly.
Or if the equivalent of Casper (something more dreadful, I would have thought) is just hampering your every next step. *Choy...*

Ex-schoolmates become singers; almost at an overnight rate.
Ex-schoolmates become brand ambassadors.
Ex-schoolmates and ex-es give you the shock of your life when they turn up right in your face during job interviews (gasp!)

We shall not name-drop here and just move on with our mundane lives.
And to continue seeking GDP-producing activities rather than blogging *Scoff*