Small Talk

So, when do you remember the last time someone started small talk with you? Well, actually small talk happens so often sometimes that I don't even realise it IS small talk. But today, I'm gonna be talking about the LAME Small Talk.


Ever sat at the canteen, quietly eating lunch with a couple of friends, and have a classmate or coursemate walk past and say "Hey there, having lunch?"..... "No? I'm examining the food?!?" .... Gosh... I don't know what it's like in other countries... but I get these questions ever so often that sometimes when I come to think of it, I realise how stupid they sound.

Okay, maybe that example wasn't as bad as it sounded. But there were actually times when I had someone I know come up to me while I'm having my meal in a restaurant... and going like "Hi! What are you doing here?" And of course... I'll politely answer him the obvious... "Ehehe, nothing much, just grabbin a meal~". Or, I actually at least once... or maybe more than a few times... while coming out of class from uni, bumped into a couple of friends... and they go "Hey~ Just finished class?" =.=" .... .... ....

Well, I appreciate it if they're trying to start up a conversation... or... if they ask something more 'informative' like... "How was class?" or... "What are you eating?" or... "So how did you do in your exam?"... But stuff like "Shopping?", "Going to the movies?".... c'mon, gimme a break... you know the answer already.

As for myself, I really only do ask such question when I REALLY don't know what you're doing... or mostly I'd ask them just to confirm. Most of the time I don't say anything at all. Usually just a "Hey there" or "Ui~" is more like me.


The Award winning small talk so far though.... was something I heard a couple of days ago when I was jogging around Tun Fuad Stephens park as training for our upcoming Mt. Kinabalu trip.

"Hey Bert~ What brings you here? Jogging?"

(Duh~ I live here?~)