A few hours ago, I and 2 others were doing some work in the office. We were cutting some papers when J handed us 6 bottles. "Ladies, these are for you. Thanks for helping. Really." He said.
I glanced at the bottles. A warm sensation of gratitude washed over me. I felt immensely touched, and was completely bowled over. Totally swept off my feet. How sweet and considerate! How kind! So gentlemanly! SO MAN! My heart gushed girlishly. Great timing! I'm getting thirsty!
Because we were busy, I decided to concentrate on the task on hand and satisfy the thirst later. We finished work a couple of hours later, and the 3 of us split the bottles among ourselves. 2 of the bottles are passionfruit, and the other 4 are grapefruit.
"I want a bottle of that passionfruit!" I chirped, "Passionfruit's nice! It's sweet. Grapefruit is too sour." Oh gosh, I can taste Passionfruit Bubble Tea in my mouth already! Ohohoh!!!
A friend, K, drove me down to Douby Ghaut MRT. Boarding the train and having found a seat, it was - clearly - THE perfect time to quench the thirst that's growing by the minute. I had a bottle of grapefruit and a bottle of passionfruit. Wonderful! I shall share this with the family. I'll drink the passionfruit, and save the grapefruit for them! How nice! Perfect!
I took out the bottle of passionfruit from my bag. Because it's a consumable product, I was a tad more mindful. Scanning the labels, I had the intention to confirm the place of manufacture. This bottle is made with 30% recycled plastic! IMPRESSIVE! I rotated the bottle more to the left. Make in UK, the label read. Sigh! I thought. This bottle has been to UK. ME? The furthest I've been to is KL! Oh, crap! I'm worse than a plastic bottle!
The viscosity of the contents happened to catch my eyes. Why does it look so thick? I thought. Maybe's it's syrup?
I opened the cap. Why does it look so weird? It's so unique! Do I suck from the opening? I brought it to my mouth. The aroma teased my nasal sensory receptors playfully. I was in cloud nine. It smells simply wonderful! It smells absolutely passionfruit! But do I really suck? Sure ah? So weird?! I thought. Maybe they just have it special in the UK lah, I decided, and firmly silenced the voice in my head. Different culture, you know? Don't play play!
The bottle opening was already resting on my lips. I was on the verge of tilting up my head and kicking my suckling reflex into gear. Maybe it's intuition; though I'd personally prefer to attribute it to the HS, but something just don't feel right. It wasn't a conscious decision, but before I knew it, my hand just somewhat automatically withdrew it from my mouth, and shifted the bottle to its front labeling.
!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
In that instant, I was truly - albeit momentarily - stunned. SHOWER GEL! AND ALL ALONG I was honestly under the strong impression that it's a beverage! I was caught nonplussed, and rendered speechless. My mind blanked out for a couple of seconds. For a moment, I don't know whether to crackle up in laughter, or to feel exasperated at the ingenuity in me.
Luckily I didn't drink right there and then back in the office. No doubt they'll either think it's a suicide attempt, or I'll be remembered fondly as the laughing sock of 2008. Oh! The disgrace!
I'm just so gong dai dai at times. Hope that this silly naivety and blur-ness will depart from me soon. If not, die liao also dunno why, I tell you!
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