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[aulait]

Today, I had a hearty (if very overpriced) Arabic meal, passive-smoked mint shisha, and revelled in the comfortable inertia only a dim room with ceiling fans and swaying lampshades can offer.

Also, in Borders, somebody apparently readied himself to hit on me, but steered clear after assuming I was gay.

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[razorlove]

he wasn't that cute. i totally saved your ass.

[aulait]

I hope to return the favour someday, although I maintain we should've put on more of a show.

[tajmall]

being gay dissuades people from hitting on one?

actually, since i've been asked if i was gay twice this year by people who i thought knew me well (back in the day), maybe that's the cause for no-hits. probably not, eh... but i have to find an excuse that doesn't involve denistry

[aulait]

Yes, especially if they fear rejection. Or those contagious homo-germs.

[maerienne]

hmm, were you at haji lane? i'd gone there for shisha yesterday too. and how do you know he steered clear because he thought you were gay? he could possibly be dim, and got distracted by a muffin, although that would not do justice to how you look.

[aulait]

Yes I was! It's like those films where emotional acoustic music plays while two people walk around thoughtfully within metres of each other, but never meet. Anyway, everything there is so pretty but useless and overpriced.

Well, I was accompanied by a rather stunning female friend who happened to be wearing a necktie. According to her, the guy in question was audibly dissuaded by his wingman: "Eh, lesbian lah, don't bother."

[maerienne]

i know! except this is singapore, so it's not really THAT unusual, except that being bred on literary and screen romanticism makes the symbolism hard to miss.

omg yes, i keep wanting to buy myself totally useless things, like really nice luggage that you can't really bring around cause it'll break, or really nice ornamental cats. HAHAHA well, you don't want him anyway, cause lesbian or not, well, he has no imagination.

[carnival_esque]

Bastard. I'll kill anyone who lays a hand on my woman.

[aulait]

Oh! Oh! Your jealousy stirs me!