"Are you excited about school?" asked the ADULT who peered down to look at Swee.
The ADULT held a steady gaze on her, willing her to go on and get all diddly doodly happy about the impending school terms so that he could smile at her eager anticipation.
However, what the ADULT didn't know (not surprising, since they don't know anything in the first place) was that he was talking to a young lady who felt neutral towards most things, unless talk included "Nirvana", "Muse", "Dino", food, running.
Resenting the nice goodwill of the question silently, she said, "Ok la."
You couldn't really blame her. ADULTS like to ask questions which they don't really care about. For example in Swee's case, the guy wanted to know if she's excited. But whether she said "yes" or "no", it wouldn't have made a difference in his life.
Ah! Epiphany! Maybe that's why I don't like to ask small stupid polite questions.
*politically correct smile* :)
posted at [8:22 AM]
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