Primary resistance at a critical low
So about a few hours back, I was watching Incredible Tales because I like ghost stories and watching Utt "hosting" - appearing for a few minutes on tv to ask questions and attempt to create curiosity among home viewers so as to entice them to watch further - is very amusing. As far as I'm concerned, his job's rather redundant. The questions he asked as bait are totally what homeviewers would be thinking of anyway and people who are horror show fans would just continue watching it. It's only a half hour show after all, there's nothing to lose. So anyway, this week's episode was set in the Philippines and had 2 young couples, a weird woman and an equally strange old woman. I've been wondering about the reactions of the characters on the show.
Firstly, why would a woman live by herself all alone when she knows there's an evil spririt roaming her village? Alright, granted that the monster preys only on pregnant women and their unborn child but still! Any other normal woman would have upped and ran. Secondly, how could the people be so insensitive to the pleas of their friend's to just get out of there? If my friend was feeling uncomfortable and telling me we should scram, I will definitely scram. Partly because I'm cautious in that way, and partly to shut him/her up.
I would have added that thirdly, old women DO snoop around so they shouldn't be too alarmed if they find an unfamiliar old woman lurking around their area. They were probably being ageist on their part, getting all freaked out by an ugly old critter, which is a very wrong line of thought to pursue. But then when I think about it, I reckon I'd most definitely have done the same thing. Strange senior citizens ARE scary, to a certain extent.
Gawd I digress. I meant to say that the old woman in that episode reminded me of another old woman in my neighbourhood. She walks around lugging her shopping trolley which is usually empty and her make up is inappropriately placed on her countenance, to say the least. She seems to believe that lipstick should not only go on the lips, but also be smeared on her mouth. Other than that, she seems to be quite clean though. Her clothes aren't dirty or grey, and she doesn't smell.
So last week, the family went for a very quick trip to JB to grab dinner and just spend some quality time together. We all got into the car, my dad started the engine and off we went. Then my dad slowed down at the exit of the estate where the hump and shelter were and who should we see but that bizarre old woman there!
"Toll checkpoint! Ahaha!" the woman said excitedly in Malay and held out her hand.
As if on cue, my dad wound down the window and put a $2 note in her palm.
"Thank you... Hey I thought you wanted to give me $10! This is only $2!" the woman said in bewildered tones, and my mum couldn't help but laugh out loud. My dad simply smiled patiently, wound up the window again and made sure the woman was a few steps away from the car before he drove off again.
So yeah. Now I'm wondering if I'll grow old to be like that. It's not a very attractive sunset to look forward to, if you know what I mean. Heck, I wonder if I'll even grow to be the big 2-0. It seems like a big number now, I feel rather old already actually.
Firstly, why would a woman live by herself all alone when she knows there's an evil spririt roaming her village? Alright, granted that the monster preys only on pregnant women and their unborn child but still! Any other normal woman would have upped and ran. Secondly, how could the people be so insensitive to the pleas of their friend's to just get out of there? If my friend was feeling uncomfortable and telling me we should scram, I will definitely scram. Partly because I'm cautious in that way, and partly to shut him/her up.
I would have added that thirdly, old women DO snoop around so they shouldn't be too alarmed if they find an unfamiliar old woman lurking around their area. They were probably being ageist on their part, getting all freaked out by an ugly old critter, which is a very wrong line of thought to pursue. But then when I think about it, I reckon I'd most definitely have done the same thing. Strange senior citizens ARE scary, to a certain extent.
Gawd I digress. I meant to say that the old woman in that episode reminded me of another old woman in my neighbourhood. She walks around lugging her shopping trolley which is usually empty and her make up is inappropriately placed on her countenance, to say the least. She seems to believe that lipstick should not only go on the lips, but also be smeared on her mouth. Other than that, she seems to be quite clean though. Her clothes aren't dirty or grey, and she doesn't smell.
So last week, the family went for a very quick trip to JB to grab dinner and just spend some quality time together. We all got into the car, my dad started the engine and off we went. Then my dad slowed down at the exit of the estate where the hump and shelter were and who should we see but that bizarre old woman there!
"Toll checkpoint! Ahaha!" the woman said excitedly in Malay and held out her hand.
As if on cue, my dad wound down the window and put a $2 note in her palm.
"Thank you... Hey I thought you wanted to give me $10! This is only $2!" the woman said in bewildered tones, and my mum couldn't help but laugh out loud. My dad simply smiled patiently, wound up the window again and made sure the woman was a few steps away from the car before he drove off again.
So yeah. Now I'm wondering if I'll grow old to be like that. It's not a very attractive sunset to look forward to, if you know what I mean. Heck, I wonder if I'll even grow to be the big 2-0. It seems like a big number now, I feel rather old already actually.
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