Whilst I was online recently, someone that I knew, drop in over MSN to say ‘Hi’. Although we used to work together I am not even sure if I would consider her as a ‘friend’. Not trying to be rude, I returned her greetings. Then we began our usual ‘bullshit’ chat about life in London and her life in Asia.
After a 5 minute ‘how is your life – bullshit’, she asked “So have you been drinking a lot in London”.
To dispel the myth about my alcoholism in London, I answered “Actually, I haven’t been drinking lately. Only unless when a project is completed, I would go out with my colleagues for a beer”
Then she answered “Beer is good. I love beer. You owe me beer!”
“Don’t remember owing you anything?” I answered.
“Yes you do! And you did not inviting me to your wedding and your farewell party!” she pushed on.
What the f*ck? Don’t remember owing her anything in life! Her statement then struck me and reminded me of her and her friends’ ‘punanism’ behaviour. You see, this woman, let’s called her ‘Lembik’ had a history of being a party crasher. Like pirates, she and her bunch of punani friends would usually attend other people’s party without being invited, consume all the alcohol and food, then leave without even contributing a single penny. And I had my fair share of experience with her barbaric behaviour!
Once, Vulture (good friend of mine) and myself held a dinner party with some of our close friends to celebrate our promotion. Unfortunately, our private party became a nuisance when Lembik arrive uninvited with her friend Mr. Pussy Face (the name is self-explanatory - a guy with spiky hair and an imaginary crack on his face). Pussy Face, as we understood, is some rich kid in town who runs his own business. Despite his wealth status, he and Lembik are infamously known to eat, drink and party at other people’s expenses.
Lembik and Pussy Face walked to our table on the pretext of saying ‘Hi’. Then they sat down and started drinking our beer. Next thing you know, Pussy Face ordered food. Biggie, being a gentleman cracked a joke with Pussy Face “Brother! Remember to leave money on the table for your food and drinks!” It was a nice stark reminder that he is welcome but do pay for his own meals.
Alas, Lembik and Pussy Face’s skin is much thicker than a crocodile’s skin. Either they’ve got no brain or played dumb, they continued on the night drinking our alcohol and eating our food. And when the night end, we took the bill and Biggie ask for their share of money. Unfortunately, they walked out pretending to be drunk and pretend not hearing Biggie. They didn’t even have the courtesy to leave any money for their share. I was made to understand this is not their first time. I guess maybe Pussy Face may be having trouble with his business and need to beg for food and drinks by crashing people’s party.
Anyway, what is loss is loss. We didn’t want to make a scene. But what annoyed me was Lembik had the cheek make a statement about not inviting her to my wedding and farewell.
Well, here is a message to you Lembik if you are not crashing other people party and happen to read this blog: My wedding and farewell party is a private function. It is for my family and close friends. It is for people I respect. It is for people with integrity and represents the best of social behaviour! People like you and Pussy Face are not the best kind of people I had in mind to give my respect. I would however suggest that you and Pussy Face sign-up for ‘How not to be a Punani’ classes to improve your ill-behaviour. Maybe then, I may change my perception of you.
And here is my last famous last word for you Lembik:
1 comment:
i know who u r talking about! haha... :P
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