My tummy did not show much in both pregnancies. It was quite compact thanks to the good gene from my mom. Even then, pregnancy still changes one's status from "miss-hood" to "aunty-hood". Here is a vain and silly post from years back. I am resigned to the fact that I am an aunty now. Age is the sign of wisdom, so they say.
Strangers call me “ah moi” (ie younger sister). “cik” or “xiao jie” (ie miss in Chinese) when I go out. Ohhh, do I really look so young? My vanity cup flows over. So what if every stall owner at Petaling Street, in fact in the whole of KL, call ladies from 10-80 yrs old “leng lui” (ie beautiful girl in Cantonese)? I mean, they must trully meant it when they called me, right?
Taking after my mother, my tummy still has not shown much. Some people didn’t even notice that I was pregnant. “Xiao jie, you want to buy some fruits?” Of course I can use some fruits… fruits are good to ease constipation, y’know? “Xiao jie, what about some mooncakes?” So I have 12 pcs of mooncakes at home, so what? Give me a box.
No, not really the mooncake part but I think you get the idea.
Unfortunately, my rosy world is cruelly shattered when some inconsiderate punks do the inconsiderate:
- my husband actually laughed when people called me “cik” or “xiao jie”
- my friends’ children (one is a teenager only 18 years my juniour) call me AUNTY Re Gal. What happen to Jie Jie?
To top it all, the 60 year-old pak guard called me “kakak” when I park my car at the office car park. Grrr.
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