like a lifeguard

was at the pool earlier on and as i was leaving, i saw a good friend of mine walking in. his eyes were locked onto the 2 bears, in swimming trunks and who were walking towards the bathroom, so much so that he totally missed me even though i was directly in front of him. i called out to him. he did not respond. in fact, his eyes were still so locked onto the 2 bears that everything around him seemed to have disappeared! ha! i used my finger to poke him (yes, i was that close to him)... and he startled and looked at me in a daze... oh, oh, hi... he said sheepishly... hi, i responded with an equally cheeky grin... he apologized. and almost instantly, he added, so sorry, so sorry... i thought you were the lifeguard...

hmmm... if our lifeguards were young, jock, and cute, i would have smiled... but considering our lifeguards were all uncles, and often ugly [ok, i am being mean here]... doh!!! heh heh. then again, i supposed the truth is always painful. but yes, quick, off-the-cuff remarks are usually the closest to the truth. thank goodness, i am so so over the fact that i am already uncle-fied. so in that sense, i didn't feel offended. i laughed it off. oh, oh... he quickly added, your tee-shirt colour, very much like the lifeguard tee-shirt... that's why... and the conversation tapered off... sometimes, the more one tries to justify things, the more off one gets!

hahaha! ya, right...

heh heh...

:-)

ps: the photo is obtained from the net and far as i know, is not copyrighted. it is meant to illustrate what the built of a typical singapore lifeguard is like and not to embarrass any specific individual.