The Ooi family, circa early 1980s

The other night at PvD I was chatting with a woman and we got talking about what we do etc. She said she works and studys part-time. I said to her jokingly, “So you’re a mature-age student then?”

“Yes, mature and 31,” she replied.

I said, “You look young for your age. Guess how old I am.”

She looked at my face and thought about it for a while. “34.”

I said, “Good guess. I’m 33 soon. What made you guess that age?”

She said, “I was gonna say that you were in your 20s but I figured you don’t carry yourself like a guy in his 20s. You got that self-confidence, and also the things that you talked about.”

And that is how you puff up my ego.

Pity that it took me so long to feel comfortable about being myself. All those hot chicks in uni? I could have talked to them without stammering and stuttering. Bloody hell that I bloomed so late. :mrgreen: