This is the continuation of the first part.
My friend Darth Apeshit went really apeshit after reading Alvin’s flippant email reply. He immediately made 2 email replies, first one with everyone in copy, the second only to me.
Email transcripts after the jump.
from: Darth Apeshit
to: Alvin
cc: Michael Ooi, friend#1, friend#2, friend#3, friend#4… friend#7
date: Wed, Jan 23, 2008
subject: Re: What “friends” are for?Alwin, [sic]
Maybe you never give a thought when you wrote the emails cos’ you are not in my shoes. Of course you don’t care, it not about you and you are not the one being making fun of all these years.How about I made up some stories which not entirely true and shame you for years? Tell me, you don’t you feel a thing. angry, betray, etc. Especially a “friend” you don’t expect to do this to you.
Let me know if you don’t feel anything. I want to see it for myself.
I rather not to elaborate details, you might think the situation is the same of you smoking and deal with it….. blah.blah..
Put it this way, you are smoking cigarette and everyone around you say you smoke heroin and are a crackhead. On top of that, this guy who you is your friend say that how great he is try to help and you are an idiot. How do that feel??
When I wrote the email, I would have know this the kind of things I would get. But you don’t get it cos’ you never put yourself in my shoes. There are things can be joke but there things which can’t.
I could have just keep quiet and walk away. I wrote the email cos’ I had enough and let you guys know cos’ I treat everyone of you as friends. I believe I touch on some sensitive issues before and being scolded by some of you guys. I stop cos’ I know I have reach the limit and I apologised. Did I say you guys are petty and cannot take joke, and did you guys told the person don’t be petty about it and continue to make it a joke?
I don’t expect much of this but just a fair treatment as a friend. Think about it…..
This is what we Penangites commonly refer in Hokkien as ‘oiiii o peee po‘ (like the sound of an ambulance) email - contents that are literally hard to understand but, is able to be deciphered through careful study of the cluttered words. Basically, he just wanted everyone to imagine to be in his situation and shut the fuck up.
Following is the second email he sent, only to me:
from: Darth Apeshit
to: Michael Ooi
date: Wed, Jan 23, 2008
subject: Re: What “friends” are for?If they are stupid things we do as kids, why is it makes me look like a fool than you?
i never though of and its never an issue of you holding any grudge against me. I wrote the email cos’ it very inconsiderate of you putting me in this crap.
I tell you guys cos’ I don’t feel right and I could have just walk away and treat you as an enemy but I don’t. Turn the situation around, you being treated the same way. Do you like? It must felt pretty bad after all those years and others who read about it using this to poke fun at you.
Are you sure that all that you have written is true? If I wanted to do it in an undiplomatic manners, I could have written down my side of stories and shaming each other.
Look at yourself, can you take such “dark humour” yourself???
From your email, it has been written clearly how you look at me. The words, the sentence tell you a lot.
No need to explain yourself. Your action tell me all very clearly.
So, he was actually mad because I didn’t make it sound like we’re both fools in the articles. That was just bizarre. But still, I have no idea what he wanted. Here’s my reply to him:
from: Michael Ooi
to: Darth Apeshit
date: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:01 AM
subject: Re: What “friends” are for?Darth Apeshit
You don’t get it, do you? I never meant to put you in the bad light and that is what really is important. If I want to make you look in a bad light, it would have been done like the rest of the entries I’ve dedicated to the people I hate. (check my Hate List, Elliot, Mojo, Rob my boss, the innumerable dedications to the assholes I’ve encountered, etc). You felt like an ass probably because you’re feeling insecure about your own personality and character. Don’t try to put the blame on me dude.
Maybe that’s probably why you’re still trying to ‘fit in’ after all these years. You made it sound like an effort. We all do not need to do that. That’s because we treasure our friendship and each other’s company NATURALLY. We do not need to boast our achievements to impress the shit out of each other. And we’re not so uptight like you. You take things way too seriously sometimes. You know, when we hang out with each other? We don’t brag about our work stuff, or how we’ve ass fucked somebody at work. We unwind and forget about everything, we tell distasteful jokes, play some horse racing drinking games and we ‘kombre mah sommm’ around (oh, you probably don’t know what that means because you’re still striving to FIT IN). The things you said about us (me) taking advantage of your sorry state? That’s just fucking sad man.
Look, you’re 30 already. Waistline is increasing, hairline is decreasing. Half the number of us here even already have kids. It’s time to grow up if you haven’t already. It’s rather immature of you to copy everyone over some minor misunderstanding between both of us. Frankly speaking, I still do not really know what you want. You haven’t been stating your intention and you haven’t been very articulate. The whole confrontation-mail thing that you wrote, was as if written to only castigate me, and everyone should fucking boycott me for morality’s sake (that’s your character). It only shows how far you’re willing to go to slander my reputation when you feel bad about something. You are such a hypocrite. You know, you can just send me a personal email anytime (or give me a phone call), and I’d be willing to apologize if any of my articles made you felt uncomfortable. But when tried to go all out with the ‘taking advantage’ and slander thing, it really makes this whole ‘blowing over your top’ business look so unnecessary. NON VALUE ADDED, like Alvin said.
Look, if you feel that an apology is all it takes to make you feel better, then I’m sorry. If you want me to buy you beer to feel better, come over to Penang. I’ll buy you beer. We’ll buy you beer. Anything to make you feel better (but don’t ask for a blowjob, please). Just, GET OVER IT already, and stop moping around.
This is all I’m gonna write. Somehow elaborate but, honest. I have explained and reasoned. It’s up to you to buck up your comprehension and try to understand. If you still don’t feel justified about it, then suit yourself dude. I cannot do anything more.
Cheers.
I walloped the whole mail in one take. But that wasn’t the end of it. More to come.
to be continued.