f8 show thy force

those who have known me for a while know that i have improved in the friendliness department by leaps and bounds; i can even talk to strangers now fancy that. unfortunately, this friendliness doesn't extend to acquaintances or friends that i've not talked in about 10 years which is why i find it slightly unnerving that all these primary school friends are adding me on fb.

before i metamorphose into the social butterfly that i am destined to be, i need to put in some work on managing my expressions. this little revelation came to me during my jap food tutorial where i was watching this bleeding heart group argue against whaling. this is the rough order of the statements from one of the members and it's meant to justify my expressions.

girl: whaling is inhumane because it takes them 14 minutes to die after they've had a grenade stuck in them.

proposition: but there are animals that are reared purely for consumption and the way they are slaughtered, wouldn't you say that that's inhumane too?

girl: no, i mean there's so much research going into that area. they probably researched on the most humane way to kill them so the animals won't feel so much pain.

me: *gentle frown* (wah this girl so optimistic, animals are killed based on how humane it is and not how efficient the slaughter can be. anw, the conditions which these animals live in are probably more inhumane)

. . .

pro: don't you think that it is a form of western imperialism when it's mostly the western countries e.g. australia, new zealand who are putting pressure on japan to stop whaling?

girl: no, i don't think it's a form of western imperialism. i mean, it's the international whaling council so it's international and it represents the international opinion.

me: *raised eyebrow*


. . .

girl: you are arguing for commercial whaling to be more strictly regulated but right now regulation is already failing. and it's commercial whaling so it involves money, and when money is involved there will be greater corruption.

me: (i couldn't see my face at this point but i think i had an expression of disbelief and sheer amusement. and the whole opposition team could see my face.)


i highly suspect that because the whole opposition team saw my face, they decided that my team drew with another team for a debate which was most unfair. i dislike losing but if it's to a worthy opponent then i am fine with it. losing to that team was like singapore losing to mongolia in terms of population density.

we apparently drew because while we had interesting points, we also had '3-4 seconds of icy silence' as we flipped through our notes. well, we can't beat the other team who paused for 5-10 seconds frequently as they racked their brains for english words to repeat the same few points. some may feel that i am judging this girl a little prematurely, but this girl was wearing her shades on top of her head which acted as a hairband for her bouffant for the two hour tutorial which was indoors. oh was that thump the sound of the last nail going into the coffin?

i should really manage my expressions better, i still have some pretensions to upward mobility in my career. off to make more macarons now.