When I came back to work in the office from my travel, I was confronted by Kim (one of my office’s lady clerk), who happened to be at Jude’s place, the cubicle next to mine,
Kim : “Hey michael, welcome back! Bought anything for us?”
I didn’t.
Me : “Yes but, I lost all of them. Didn’t make it through the baggage service” [I lied]
Kim : “Oh you actually think I’m gonna believe that ? Please lah…”
Me : “Well, why ask if you already knew the answer? heheh… Eh, can you get me a stack of A4 paper? I need it urgently”
Jude suddenly jumped up from her seat and interrupted,
Jude : “No Kim. Don’t give him the papers. He’s evil.”
I didn’t what warrants for me to be labeled as such but, I took the opportunity to throw some insults,
Me : “Hey, funny hair! Mind your own business…”
Jude : “He did not buy us gifts, so you should ignore him…”
Me : “Eh, what happened to your hair? Why is it orange in color?”
One of my colleagues Ted overheard our conversation and joined in…
Ted : “Yeah… your head looks like a goldfish…”
Me : “Goldfish? Naww… more like a saiseng”
Not sure what a ‘saiseng‘ is called in English but, it’s a type of catfish that eats excrement. You’ll know it when you see her.
Ted : “Hahahahhhh ! Yeah… now that you mentioned it… uncanny resemblance”
Kim : [speechless.... laughing very hard]
Jude : “You can call me names… but still… no paper for you…”
Me : “Saiseng crossbred with puffer fish….”
Ted : “Man … that’s scary … wooooooo”
Jude : [face starting to blush red...]
Me : “Smells like a fish, squeaks like a sewer rat.”
Jude : “Ok ok… stop… Kim, give him the papers… quick!”
It was another day of triumph of good versus evil….