Go Ahead, Take It
May 1st, 2006
there’s this one guy i used to know. he had this weird way of pronouncing ‘ramen’. ray-mund, he’d say, with an all-important drawl in his voice. and i’d correct him tightly, it’s rah-men. say it right, RAH-MEN.
that was how our whole relationship was. him doing seemingly small things that would irritate the hell out of me for no good reason, me correcting it, him shrugging spinelessly, everything swept under the carpet. until one day i thought, this is it, if he says ray-mund one more time, i’m so going to fucking slam the bowl of noodles into his face.
i actually looked forward to the prospect of that. cos if he asked, why did you slam the bowl of ray-mund into my face?, i’d say, because you pronounce ramen in the most fucking pompous way i’ve ever heard it pronounced in. at least i’d have justification, you know? i’d have a reason. my ‘because’ wouldnt be left hanging. i can channel all my pent-up frustration, all the frustration and anger and spite i’ve ever felt for him, i can channel all of it into that one single action of standing up and sweeping from the table the hot bowl of noodles onto his face and into his hair and onto the front of his shirt. it’d be so vicious that all observers would be able to see the subtext, and they’d gasp at the intensity of it. then with a final ‘fuck you’, i’d turn around and storm out, forever leaving, and in doing so, sealing the one-sided deal once and for all.
it didnt happen, though.
there were many opportunities but i just couldnt bring myself to do it. i’m weak like that, i think. and naive. and torn apart.
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15 Comments Add your own
1. cK | May 1st, 2006 at 6:31 am
i don’t think you’re weak. isn’t it normal that you didn’t do it?
Relax, eat some ray-mund! =)
2. ArtificiallyVerbose | May 1st, 2006 at 7:07 am
i’m gonna eat ur share of the ramen!!! :P
3. argee | May 1st, 2006 at 10:58 am
what a vicious petpeeve. lol
how bout other foods…any amusing mis-pronoucements? =P
4. Waifon | May 1st, 2006 at 1:49 pm
“…if he says ray-mund one more time, i’m so going to fucking slam the bowl of noodles into his face.”
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHA..I had a bad morning you know, that made my day:D
I used to fight with the egocentric ex abt the to-MAH-to or to-MAY-to pronunciation. oh oh! one more.. ba-nah-ne or ba-neh-ne [banana]. Another one..I insist it’s de-vi-ant..he said de-vy-iant.
WTF..that was the last straw man. Ah, screw it. I would like to see you slamming that bowl of ray-mund at him tho. I would have loved to smash one whole sikat of pisang into his mouth back then. hehe:pPpPpPp But adorable pinkpau will never do that right? right?!
5. reallybites | May 1st, 2006 at 2:16 pm
whoa if u’d really slammed it into his face,i would stay far farrrrrrrrr away from you.
ganasnnyaaaaaa.
p/s : if u really do it one day,please take pics okay? and video too if possible.keke.
6. paulo | May 1st, 2006 at 2:55 pm
a little bit of pent-up anger hmmm?
7. justakid | May 1st, 2006 at 3:34 pm
hahahahahhaa i’ve always wanted to do that. sum1 wud just piss me off sooo bad i’d feel like screamin at them and do sumthing utterly humiliatin to them, the kind that wud make their mouths hang open for about ten seconds at least.
but i never did. hmm.
8. Douglas | May 1st, 2006 at 3:37 pm
OMG, you are such a scary person in the inside
*hides*
9. ian | May 1st, 2006 at 3:56 pm
What a sight that would have been…
Wicked.
10. Ee Wah | May 1st, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Oh man that sounds so annoying. But slamming a bowl of hot hot boiling soup + ramen at him would’ve cured him. Betcha he wouldn’t say ray-mund after that. :P
11. pinkpau | May 1st, 2006 at 10:02 pm
cK : haha i cant believe u said that!!
artificially : dont u dare :(
argee : it sure as heck was not amusing!
waifon : heehee maybe our exes should meet. they can go annoy the shoes off each other!! (and um, if it matters .. both of you were wrong. hahaha it’s di-vi-ent!)
reallybites : why you run from me!? i slam it into his face only ma, not urs =(
paulo : more like a lot!
justakid : good thing :D
douglas : only to people who say ray-mund ..!
ian : i’ll give you front row seats if i ever plan to see it through .. :D
ee wah : that’s just the tip of the iceberg!!!!!! he does so much more annoying stuff. one day i have to blog it all out.
12. bulat | May 2nd, 2006 at 12:17 pm
Lolz..reminded me of this guy who always pronounced batu caves as Barhtoo Khave…i didnt know i should laugh myself to death or just give a never ending stare.
13. pinkpau | May 2nd, 2006 at 10:58 pm
barthoo khave?! mat salleh issit?
14. bulat | May 2nd, 2006 at 11:23 pm
….unfortunately no. a junior who was trying to impress my teacher in a very wrong way.
15. nas | May 14th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
wo!!!!!!!!! su ann cool do profile u!!!!! wa la we!!!!!!
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