A Tribute to Beach Gals ... Part 2

I was surfing some other people's blog when I saw this. Must see! Erm... I dont know how to insert the video to my blog, so just click on the link ok.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_xcXAbarTA&eurl=

Apparently this little gal is only 7 years old! What was I doing at 7 years old? Even when I was 27, I couldnt dance like that! Amazing right? Erm... maybe not to everyone la... But to me being able to move your body like that at 7 is amazing enough. Ok, that inspires me to go sign up for Amore. Ahahaha... aerobics will make you more flexible and agile right? That is a start mah. Dont laugh at me!

I have always wanted to learn salsa, but... I hate sweaty palms touching my body, any part of my body even if it is only my hands! Ok, I admit, I have this thing about people touching me, especially strangers or people I dont know well. If someone bumps into me accidentally, I will be really irritated. Even if it is just a gentle touch on my arm, I will have that 'yucks-who-touched-me' look. Then I will start to see if there are any stains or dirty things left on me. Hahahaha. Crazy I know, but thats me. Once at Hans, I was happily eating my food when I heard a loud cough coming from behind me, and instantly, I felt a splash of food on my right arms. Yucks! Can you imagine how disgusted I was?! I quickly wiped away the 'food' on my arm and was about to start scolding when my friend told me an old man choked on his food. Okkkkkkkkkkkk. I should be understanding right? So I kept my mouth shut and tried to continue eating. At the same time, I was using wet tissue and trying to clean my arm again and again. There was no toilet in the restaurant, and the nearest one was far away, plus I was stuck on the seat (my friend was sitting on the outside so I didnt want to make her stand up and make way for me). When I went back to office, firt thing I did was to dash into the toilet and use soap and whatever I could find to scrub my arm clean! Ya, so thats what a clean-freak I sometimes am ;p.

Ok... Who should I blog about today? Hmmmmmm...... No Bubbles, not you yet. Hahahaha. Let's talk about Ms Travolta. Why do I call her that? Bcos I will always remember her finger dancing hahahahaha. When we partied (got such a word?) at China Jump, that was her signature move. She is a damn funny gal, full of adventures too. I will never expect her to turn out this way, with the impression of her in early secondary school days. She was, maybe still is, an avid reader. Always had a book with her everywhere she went. Back then, she had lots of white hair. Its hereditary. I always thought she must be a very hardworking gal to have white hair so young. Well... She IS hardworking, more than me at least hahaha.. And I realised that she always had this nonchalent look, and well, she IS nonchalent. Basically she is quite happy-go-lucky, and has quite a heck care attitude. She does what she thinks is right, even if the whole world objects to it. And she always had her own logics. I will always remember her saying this 'We accept friends as who they are, flaws and everything else included.' I cant remember exactly what happened when she said this, but it was something like we were discussing something on East Coast Beach after a BBQ, and there were some disagreements amongst us. And some of us started crying. Shit, such an important incident how can I forget what happened? Can anyone remember? Anyway, yes it was during then that Ms Travolta said that, and it got imprinted in my mind. I always remind myself that when I felt pissed with a friend.

Ms Travolta, in my impression, though nonchalent, is a very kind gal (woman? Afterall, she is a mum already hehe). I remember vividly that once she came to have lunch with me at Great World City when I was temping there, though we were not particularly close that time. Till now I wonder why. Maybe she was looking for a lunch partner? But It would never cross my mind that she would look for me, the quiet and boring gal (yes I admit that I am). Cos at that point of time, the whole gang were fresh out from Uni, having the best time in their lives then. Partying, socialising, building up contacts and career. I am still no where. Well, thats me, and its another topic altogether ;p.

Oh, I forgot to mention the transformation. The white hair were gone by sec3, slightly wavy hair became straight. And after graduation, make up came on. Ms Travolta has beautiful eyes. When she bats those innocent looking, big, round eyes, I believe no men can resist her hahahahaha.

Ms Travolta is someone who knows what she wants and plans her path to achieve the goal. She wanted to get out of Singapore. I remembered she sort of hated Singapore then, idolising the freedom of the States. She wanted to experience living there. To the States, to see the world. She quit her job at the magazines place and became a private tutor. This way she could save more for her trip. She started to look for internships in USA, and she got one! All of us were thrilled that she was able to fulfill her dream, but at the same time, sad that she was going away. She went to, was it Maryland first? She did an internship with a travel agency. The job did not pay very well, but she was happy. We could all tell. She was experiencing life that none of us would ever have the courage to, give up everything here to go to a strange place all alone. She wrote to us quite often (quite la huh), updating us whenever she could, sometimes shocking us with things like 'I tried the pill, and the feeling was quite good'. -_-" The then-innocent me was thinking 'Pill? What pill?' But not wanting to look stupid, I kept my questions to myself. Before realizing she was talking about Ecstasy!!! She had a supplier, apparently her then boyfriend (right?), and she went to rave parties, popped more pills, had whatever you can think of. But somehow, all of us were quite 'fang xin', maybe bcos we know that she was able to take all these in her stride. Before we knew it, she announced that she was married. Married?? Our Ms Travolta, who never believed in marriage, 'secretly' married? Of cos we were all happy for her, but just couldnt really believed it then. She came back to visit soon after and when we met up, she was still the same old Ms Travolta. But We could feel the change in her. She is more considerate now, not that she wasnt before, but can tell that she will take more factors into consideration now before she makes any major decisions. Maybe marriage life has changed her. And very funnily, she appears to like Singapore much more now. Hahahaha. What is better, her hubby prefers Singapore to the States (according to her la). So actually they come back quite often. And now with baby Chelsea, we look forward to seeing them more often hahahaha.

My whole new impression of Ms Travolta: Funny, caring, more selfless and considerate, mature, persevere/perseverance (what is the adjective for this word??) (Oh she has a bead business which is doing quite well).

Actually, I am not doing a good job talking about Beach Gals, but I shall try to do better as I go along. Please bear with my lor-sorness and broken english at times ;p