Little Cozy Corner

Ok, so Pelf did me. Now tis my turn to do her lor…as promised. Heh. A deal’s a deal! *evil grin* I’m about to do a Bloggy Tag - this is suppose to be the new ‘in’ thing that is going to replace your age old traditional memes. There isn’t much difference as you still have to answer the question posed to you by the previously meme-r or tagger but you just add on a cute button which links back to the person who started the tag in the first place. I’m not sure how I’m going to link that button back to Pelf but try, I shall. Sorry la, tak jadi!

In short, these are the ‘rules’ :

• Do a written task or answer a question. Then tag 1-5 others to do as you did.
• Tag your post with the cute little glowing “Bloggy tag” button to alert readers that you’re playing.
• Link the button to the post of the person who tagged you, if you didn’t start the game.
• Tell your readers to click the button to find out who came before you. It’s a surprise for them.

And now, her question : Tell us about the nicknames you were called when you were younger.

Frankly speaking, I hardly ever had nicknames when I was younger. But I guess it all started when I was around 13 or 14 [FOrm 1] when my classmates started calling me ‘Joey’ as I spotting a rather cropped hair style and what with my bushy/frizzy hair, I did look very much like Joey or I had Joey’s hairstyle. Back then NKOTB [New Kids On The Block] was hot stuff so to be said that I looked like one of em’ was THE best thing that ever happened to me, then.

After that, somewhere along the way, while at a church camp, someone wrote me a testamonial and said that hair ‘rocks’ just like Slash of GNR [Guns 'N' Roses] of which I was also a fan and I was like, ‘O wow….I must be in heaven. Pinch me!!!’. Thinking back it took so little to lift me off the ground but I never had any negative nicks until I made enemies with my bestfriend. It’s really funny how things turn around when your bestfriend becomes your bitter enemy.

Up till now I don’t know what triggered such an outrage from her that she made my life in highschool a living hell and thanks to her, I got my next nickname, ‘Pizza Face’. Yup, you can bet that I was no fan of Pizza Hut back then. All thanks to my acne prone teenage skin and the constant outbreak of acne, things were always going from bad to worst until the problem escalated to the discipline teacher. You could say that I had reached the breaking point of me not wanting to go to school anymore because of the taunting that I got everyday from her and her kuncu-kuncu [gang]. Although it was sorted out at the discipline teachers room, the friction was always there. Life was a peach the moment she moved away. It’s never ceases to amaze me how my bestfriend turned out to be such a horrible person.

But on to a happier and boosted-self esteem note, I was also nicknamed ‘Cindy Crawford’ by a close friend whom I nicknamed ‘Tom Cruise’. It was our little thing that we had for each other. We still call each other that but for what reason, I have no idea. *scratches head* I called him ‘Tom Cruise’ because his surname is Cruz but why he calls me ‘Cindy Crawford’ still baffles me. Not that I’m complaining of course. Perhaps at one point, I did have an hourglass figure but that was ages ago! But other than that, I dont even have her signature mole on my face….so I don’t know why I got called that but heck, it made and still does make me feel good. Heh. And that was what I used to be called back in the day. I don’t think I’ll tag anyone but if you’d like to share your story, consider yourself tagged plus, if you have nothing to blog about this long coming up public holiday, do this tag lar!

O by the way, happy holidays for those on leave today & tomorrow - Happy Wesak Day to those who celebrate it. As for me, Mum and Sis, we were at Padang Besar and Gua Kelam for a picnic with the Eurasian Club members. It was a fun day and I had a go at haggling. More info & pix tomorrow!