Doing a marketing project on the NEL can be kinda fun - especially when there's a real marketing executive seated beside you through the journey.

A little more off the usual look you would expect from a marketing veteran (he proclaimed that he has been on the job for 15 years), he was quick to brush off any doubts from his client with boisterous exclamations of marketing deals and company achievements that he had under his belt.

Well, I admit - I learnt a little about the GAP analysis from him, since he was explaining so loudly through his iPhone the different strategies he was going to propose to reduce the operational gap. But, interestingly, through that same mouth that gave me such golden information, came the sound of a familiar lingo from secondary school I soooo missed.

You know how people say 'It Sucks' right?
He went, 'It Saaaarrrrkkksss man.'
Or how people say 'He'll screw me bad'?
He went, 'Later he come and hooot me ah'
Or even how people usually say 'They'll think I'm some show off.'
He went, 'Later they think I act dua pai how?!'

Ok. To piece it up - his dialogue went something like this.

"You got see the other company's marketing proposal anot? I tell you, it saaaarrrrkkksss man. Not blowing my trumpet or what lah. You better don't spread or later he come and hooot me ah. You know lah, later they think I act dua pai how! I already in the business for 15 years plus cannot help."

Gosh. What's with me and eavesdropping.
So much for being civilized and educated though. Hah!
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Sylvia. Syl. And someone you'll never expect me to be.