"You are slimmer!"
Tell this to a girl and you see her grinning from ear to ear, before replying you in a seemingly-surprised tone, "Really? No la...". To which you are supposed to re-assure her by saying,"Really. It's true..." And trust me, dinner is on the girl.. ok ok.. that's a bit exaggerating... dinner will still be on you... but you know what I mean...
I was paid with this compliment from different people I met for the past few weeks. Frens whom I have not met for a couple of months or weeks... Yes yes, I was nonetheless the girl who grinned from ear to ear... but no... I did not fake the surprised tone. Instead, I graciously accepted the compliment with a "Thank you."
Previously, whenever people paid me any compliments, I blushed and tried to brush it off with a "No la... " Not that I was trying to be fake or gain re-assurance, but I never really knew how to react to spontaneous compliments, and the only intuitive reaction was to quickly close the conversation by saying "No la...". As I grow older, I have learnt to accept sincere compliments from my frens or strangers graciously with a smile and "Thank you."
There was one occasion when there was this guy standing right behind me on the escalator. Just when I was about to step off the escalator, he surprised me by saying, "You smell very nice."
I freaked out.
You do not tell a stranger he/she smells nice even if you think so, do you? Anyway, I turned my head, intending to give him my killer, indignant stare. But when I looked at him, well, somehow, he appeared sincere with his compliments, with no other hidden meaning... so in the end, I just gave a him feeble smile and said "thank you", before scurrying off.
Many of my frens (cousins, acquaintances, business associates, close frens, frens' frens) commented I am now much slimmer. Even my hairdresser who I have not visited for six months said so... But I hated it when he scrutinised me from head to toe before commenting in a a disbelieving tone, "You are slimmer now, aren't you? Even your arms are smaller now..."
Anyway, all these compliments made me just want to work harder to be slimmer... haha.. ok... at least for now (I just can't resist good food...) ... One fren said to me.. "It will be good if you can go back to you slim figure when we were schooling..." and I went.. "wah.. that's difficult...."
so now I am thinking of picking up my dance lessons again... But no.. I do not think I can do Chinese or ballet or modern dance again... apart from these... what other classes can I take... Any recommendations to get my fat ass moving?
Disclaimer: No no... if you are thinking along the line of a super slim me, you are wrong... I am still of average size... not super slim, and I dun think it's even in the slim category yet. My frens all made THE comment because I grew fatter since the beginning of this year or was that last year? ... so now, comparatively, I am slimmer...
