Friday, March 24, 2006
love-struck!
Do you know..
That Singaporeans are generally NOT comfortable with EXCESSIVE eye contact.
THIS IS BECAUSE....
Asians are traditionally brought up to not look at the other person in the eye as a sign of respect. Especially in the presence of someone older or an authority, they are expected to look down.
So DESPITE whatever they tell you in interview courses about eye contact, YES, maintain it, but not ALL THE TIME. And BE SURE to not look as if you're STARING the other person DOWN. It's intimidating to some people. When speaking to someone of a higher position or social role, it may be interpreted as challenging him or her.
I should keep this in mind. I HATE it when people look at me like they want to eat me up like that, YET, I find SO MUCH pleasure in doing the same to people. Haha.. of course most of the time I don't mean to intimidate, but I guess sometimes, just
sometimes, I'd like to see if the other person gets affected by the drones of attention I'm directing his/her way. Yes yes.. that's the weird sadistic streak in me acting up again..
ANW... So what's the best way to do it?
Apparently, what you should do is to occasionally look away. Some suggest looking at his eye brows instead of directly at his pupils. I think, looking, interspersed appropriately with nodding and looking down, should be comfortable enough. Don't stare, don't look down all the time (except when u kena scolded by your parents) and don't gaze off into space.
Yup.
Now I shall gush abt the new love of my life!
He's this
super super cute 6-year-old boy with flawless white skin and rosy rosy cheeks and smiley, sparkly eyes with eyelashes the length of Nile whom I met at the Meet-the-People session. And he has
2 moles on his nose! How peculiar and
totally endearing... Haha..
You know what's the best thing?
He spoke to me 1st!!!
He was there with his mum, and while the mum was talking to the interviewer he was just cutely minding his own business when at one point he banged his leg against the table leg or what. Then when he took out his leg and seeing me looking (with much concern) at this cut on his knee, he smiled and said "this one just now one." And from there ensued a conversation I would NOT forget (for the next few weeks).
He went on to explain that he got it at school that day. I asked "pain or not?" and he said "not pain." So I threatened, with a very evil face, to poke it and he was like "pain pain." But after that he himself touched it and clarified "touch soft soft, not pain. Touch hard hard pain."
Omigod I swear I wanted to just kidnap him at that point in time his face was blardee cute lar!!! After that we played the game of "threaten to poke-pull away" but our flirting session was rudely cut short when the mum's business with the interviewer was done. *sulks*
I wished I had just taken a pic of him using my handphone. Not like I needed to.
I thk his face has forever been engraved in my heart... *hearts in eyes*
Hah!
iFLEW @ 2:20:00 pm
to the now
