Today's just weird- in a good way. Look, I even bothered to change the font to arial.
For a start, I woke up early not early as in waking up to check the time and dozing off again, but seriously early like 20mins before the set time... ok ok, nobody wants the details...
Then I managed to have breakfast and a shower, pick my clothes AND use the computer! like a miracle la... I used the com to transfer CRS and IDEA stuff from the com to my thumbdrive...
Anyway, CRS was amazing today. Our group did very well, even though I was supposed to be a "free-rider" in some people's eyes. (Unbelievable right? but thats an unrelated incident) Everybody contributed greatly and we all worked well together. I'm not even gonna shortchange her the credit...
Although the topic we chose was very challenging ("Terrorism can be justified"), and we probably spent the most time coming to a consensus on the 3 main points (Historical Factor, Religion and Beliefs, and Ends justify Means), we amazingly managed to pull it off! Arnold Wee commented on our scope of research too! I'm just glad we coped well with the rebuttal from the class... anyway, Nai Kiang (surprise, surprise) was the most vocal whilst we heard nothing from Mary ann (surprise, surprise) hehehehe...
Now to the funny part!!! Limin's group (mary ann, winnie and xue mei) touched on homosexuality and how S'pore should be open and accepting towards it. Their stand was that we should not discriminate against homosexuality.
However, when their presentation ended, Nai Kiang started a "perception war" with them! It was HILARIOUS. And I did something unimaginable man... I copied down his rebuttals and Limin's group's counters with him. Crack yourselves up:
Nai Kiang's main emphasis in all his rebuttalssss: "we don't discriminate them wad, it's they think we discriminate against them" OR "Why do you keep saying we're discriminating them? We don't, it's just you assuming we discriminate against them" OR "They feel bad about themselves first, so every small thing we do, they say we're discriminating them."
(not in sequence)
MaryAnn: Did you know when you sign up for the army, you've to declare if you're homo or not... If U are, then you'll be given clerical work (etc....)
Raymond: What you expect, later they hold the gun like gu-niang...
Nai Kiang: ya lar, what if they go to war, then they see an officer and think, "aiyer, I can't bare to kill him." Then the whole platoon gone...*
*this is way I (and everyone else) roared with laughter.
Mary Ann: can you say you've never went "Eeee, he's a gay?"
Nai Kiang: WE're not discriminating the, it's just an expression. It's like when a pretty girl walks pass, you go (nudges Raymond's arm), "Wah, pretty girl! pretty girl!" Then when he see a gay, you'll go "eeee, gay!" wad...
Mary ann: ah, u see, when you say "eeee", it shows you're discriminating!
.... silence....
Wenbing: Then what you expect us to say? "WAH, gay!" arh?
After group's counter argument on one of Nai Kiang's it's-them-being-too-sensitive points again,
Kailin (from NK & ray's group): It's True, it's true! I know alot of gays -I have a few gay friends, they're really like that! I have their number! You want, I give you!
winnie: how many gays friends do you have?
Kailin: Quite a few, about TEN lar..... two here. (pointing to Raymond and Nai Kiang)
So the class laughed like siao again and drowns out the futile protests of the both of them...
Abit of background on the two gays OOPS... guys in my class. They're inseparable. That's why some girls say they're "gay". they noe it lar- it's kind of an open secret. But can't blame them coz they've only got each other against us... Personally (and rather obviously) Raymond is the more normal one. HahahahahahaHAHA.
Not bad hor this class... Bottomline: never miss CRS lessons.
Previously the lesson before the SB day week also damn HILARiOUS. More so than this one. that time the impact of any joke was magnified becoz our classroom shrank and we sat in close proximtiy of each other... the GAY memories: Toot-cher amidst the students, Silver buttons on Flowery Tee, Dodging Arrows, Standard Size 12 , American vs British vs Singlish spellings, Vietnam war and Na-pom guns (or something) and Anti-PAPism and it's opposition rallies- we will HAMMER PAP!
All fer me to know and you to (never) find out!
