That's Life

During GP today, I asked Michelle if she thought I was a jerk. Fortunately (for me and for her), she said no. Instead, she called me an ungentlemanly Ah Beng. After doing some self-reflection, I realised that she had indeed hit the nail on the head.

How many times have I irritated the fairer sex in class? How many times have I made their blood boil with my insensitive and often scathing comments? How many times have I made life difficult for them? Many times. In fact, so many times that some of them persuaded me to go for the "Aries and Aphrodite" Civics Elective Module, which sad to say, has yet to inculcate some useful values in me as of now.

I peppered my vocabulary with colourful language when talking to Lim Min, told Daphne to go on a diet, teased Javin about her uber-fitness, I made fun of Ann Tay's big Umbro backpack, threw insults at Cheryl by the dozen, blatantly rejected Candera's request for a Haribou sweet with a loud "No!", pissed Sherlyn and Ming Rue off so much they now ignore me and basically pissed off half the girls in class. In fact, according to Crunch's calculations, at the rate I am going, I will succeed in pissing off all the girls in class by June.

Today, the truth dawned on me. There was really nothing wrong with the girls at all. Lim Min has been exceptionally tolerant of my swearing, Daphne is not fat but actually blessed with ample mass that accounts for her hour-glass figure, Javin is just strong and healthy and will probably beat me hands down in terms of fitness, Ann Tay really looked darn cute and intellectual with her now-defunct Umbro bag, Cheryl has a friendly and forgiving disposition and is slightly amnesiac regarding rude comments, Candera just has a sweet tooth and cannot be faulted for that and Sherlyn and Ming Rue are really rational beings who can control their temperament really well when it comes to insensitive people like me.

I feel compelled to say sorry to all the girls in class, all 17 of you lovely beings who keep the male ego in check and restore sanity to an otherwise crazy bunch of savage boys.

I guess I really am an ungentlemanly Ah Beng after all.

But I like.