A somewhat funny thing happened today. So my colleague joined some other staff for early dinner. While they were away at the cafe, he sent me a string of text messages. He said that one of the staff was talking $#it about me. Apparently, he thinks I'm a somewhat snobbish guy from the way I walk. He goes on quite a rant about me, how I'm a 'berlagak' and 'eksyen' guy, and that's only from my way of walking. And to further prove his point, he goes on to say that people with the same name as me are usually arrogant and cocky guys. This makes me a bit annoyed.
OK, to be fair, I do think I'm quite 'poyo' myself. I walk like I have a stick up my ass, like some people would say, with a straight posture and a constantly straight face, even when I say hi to people as I pass by. I do speak with a deep, monotonic voice, and often, use English to get my points across. I've gotten some ill talk from the other staff for the latter. They thought I should be Malay by speaking Malay only, which I think is bull (furthermore, I'm a proponent of adopting English as one of our official languages, like Singapore did but that's for another time). But it is unfair for him to accuse me of being cocky or arrogant because as far as I know, that guy never had a conversation with me, not a word but he already deduces that I'm a douche just from the way I walk AND my name.
Well guy, whatever rocks your boat. I'm not changing my ways to conform with your standards. I mean, you can't expect me to slouch and speak like a village idiot so that I can fit in with you guys, man. I am better than that.
Arrogant? Heh, maybe one day we'll sit in a meeting together, and I'll show you how arrogant and cocky I can be.
