“I need to be really honest with you,” said a friend to me seriously one night over dinner.
I’m keeping him anonymous obviously.
“What…” i slowly said back.
Omg. What could it be?
Can’t be that bad right
I haven’t been fucking up in any way.
I think.
0_o
“People have been bitching about you…”
“Oh… that. Cheh, that’s normal, i just learn how to ignore it.”
“Yeah i know, it’s all nonsense, but i just think you need to know.”
“What is it.”
So. Apparently (actually i’ve heard this before, but this is the first time i’m addressing it) I’m super sombong cos i don’t remember people’s names and their faces.
It’s not that i MEAN to.
Why would i want to intentionally forget someone’s identity knowing it’s detrimental to my job?
Jeez, i used to *get into trouble* with my previous job because of my bad memory!
“Aiyo… it’s not like i want to piss people off… what the fuck…” i said, without much remorse, because i have tried, “I even tried Serena’s tactic, where she takes pictures with people and writes their names down after, but i couldn’t even remember and i forgot to write names down before i forgot after that!”
I told my predicament to RowdyRudy and he agreed with me.
“Come off it, we meet so many people all the time! How are we supposed to remember all these names!?”
“I know… damn fail la, some more every time we meet them we’re partying (read: tipsy and not held responsible for any person we meet), tired or met them for two seconds.”
“Yeah, man! But you know what’s really screwed up, it’s when you meet the person and you have all these different reactions.”
“I know what you mean!”
“Yeah, but even then, you have the same face cos you’re trying to keep it up.”
“Dude. I kena caught out damn a lot of times okay. Cos my acting damn fail.”
“Come, i show you.”
So he showed me the different expressions to go with the lines EVERYONE in media/entertainment/production/any industry that requires one to meet many ppl; give
“Hey! How are you!” (read: I have no idea who the fuck you are.)
“So how’ve you been!” (read: Please give me a clue to what is involved in your life.)
“How’s work?” (read: Oh God, Please state where you work to make my life easier)
“How’s your family?” (read: Oh that’s right, has it been so long! SHIT. You’re RELATED to me. FUCK.)
*give person time to talk about themselves while you kancheong sendiri and grin like a motherfucker*
Example:
“How long has it been since the last time we saw each other!?” (read: Shit. I’m so pretending, but i don’t remember who the fuck you are, so i’m reaching for anything i can hold on to right now.)
*pray and hope for the best*
Fail.
Everything fail.
Memory fail.
Person trying to keep from social-bitching fail.
In the end, we end up going, “Shit man, I’m sorry… i really can’t remember. It’s not like i don’t want to, i just meet so many people every day…”
Then…. smile:
thats funny! + why is Rudy’s photos keep posting again and again?! hahaha! (always with his colgate smiles! =D)
haha.. so this is funny π
I resorted to few of those options, at times. *ahem*
I’m really bad with remembering name and faces too, and I’m sure there’s alot of people out there who are alike. You’re just getting picked on cos you’re popular. I wouldn’t sweat it if I were you π
Dammit that is exactly the look Rudy gave me when I met him last time!
even tho i dont know u that well, i can tell that you’re not babe. how can someone so chirpy and always seems to be in delirium be SOMBONG? lol nonsense!
lol. I have the exact same problem… what i do is instead of trying to fight, it, i just tell the person up front that i have short term memory issues and i’m likely to to forget their name.
That way i can ask them again in a few minutes and if they still layan me after that we can have a laugh about it and I usually can remember them from then on coz I’ve made a friend and have memories to associate them with. π
confession:
i’ve actually seen u around a number of times and walked straight into your line of vision. but since, there didn’t seem to be any sign of recognition, i figured i’d save u (and me) the embarassment of approaching you.
don’t worry. i never thought u were sombong. very understandable when someone meets new people all the time. i’ve got an equally bad memory and i don’t even meet that many people. -_-
haha just felt I should back you up
I read your blog BEFORE I met you and we have met twice.
and NO, Joyce is not stuck up
In fact, I expected her to be yet she wasn’t
Maybe genuinely distracted by everything around her but not bitchy
and kbf: you’re right. No one in this line can remember everyone they meet, especially those two seconds one
hey, haha.. it happens to me also… but met you few times and you’re definately not sombong π
LOL. OMG babe…I’ve used those lines so many times and for the exact same reasons, even for non-alcohol induced memory lapses. You just let the secret out and now I’ll have to come up with new cover up lines π
LOL, this post damn funny. Very KennySia
I don’t think it’s impolite forgetting someone’s name, especially someone whom is just an acquintance. Quite the opposite, it’s rude to expect someone you’ve just met for once/twice to remember yours. It’s as good as showing “I’m more important than you”.
ack… i can vouch for you being NOT stuck up.
you’re friendly! and animated!
hoho π
HAHAHAHA.. rudy is win.
haha reading this i cracked up. so true!
my problem is the inverse of yours. no one can ever remember me!
Haha. I forget people’s names but remember their faces. Damn teruk coz I tend to walk away after saying bye still trying to figure out the name.
I have another trick I used before (provided if you can probe the person to know if they’re employed). Just ask them for their name card with the excuse that you lost them. That way, not only would you “remember” their names but also know in which line of job they’re in.
one way to make those ppl say their name out themselves is to pretend to ask for their number, and say things like , “i’m sorry, how do u spell ur name again??”
I dunno if it works, but one of my fren taught me this way.. But if that fella’s name so happened to be something like Alex, it’s quite malu not to know how to spell Alex rite?? hehe
HHAHA that’s damn cute and sohai.
What if some stranger wants to chat you up and purposely dupe you into thinking that you’ve met before?
hor hor ta ta yo….
Ahhh. I inspired. Hehe.
you were so NOT sombong when I saw you @ Urbanscapes. In fact, i like you. You are so bubbly [think: Lil girl with pigtails wearing a dress, with a neon helium balloon at one hand, a huge colorful lollipop on the other hand… skipping around, dancing..] you know, that sorta impression *grins*
Rudy rocked the shots!
yo rudy, when we taking over the world?
kenny: Kenny Sia, who the hell are you again? π
alcoj: first we shall meet. than we shall drink. THAN THE WORLD.
sarchan: you is rock.
hahahaha! its true tho…many of us meet alot of people EVERYDAY and even most times if we’re out we’re most definitely not in a state to even remember anyones names. dont worry joyce u ain’t alone! i’ve gotta 30second memory =D
Damnit! This so reminds me of me! I even have that sheepish smile Rudy has on his mug! Good post.
LOL! Rudy’s expression exactly reminds me of my own sheepish smile in those situations. I am so pulling out this post and telling everyone I’m not sombong when I can’t remember your name. Good one.
Oh no sweat babe. I only knew you when I started to work in 8TV back in 2006. You were okay what π We just said Hi and I never really talk to you aft that. But you were friendly and chirpy with your friends π That’s when I know from Tania that you were actually a cool blogger ^^
exactly, it’s not we want to forget names. After meeting so many ppl it’s just hard to remember.Sometimes ppl whom i can’t remember came up to me and expected me to known them and later called me sombong for forgetting their names *sigh*
well
i kinda understand the situation ur guys facing
i even never tot u gonna remember my name last time when i meet u again
thx for spit out my name right π
coz i really tot u gonna forget it since u meeting random ppl everyday
aha
so just chill
at least for me i kinda understand if u forget ppls name π
Maybe they’re just malu that someone as popular as you are (which you are) doesn’t remember them, and that churned to frustration. Ah, when people think that they are important…
Btw, saw you with your spinner prancing around during Urbanscapes when lapsap was spinning. Very cute sight. π
I had to do this today..
This person walks past me, he looked at me.. I thought I remember him from somewhere.
HE SAID “hi”!!!
OMG, and i told him “I think i saw you somewhere but I can’t remember where, Danny (he was wearing a tag. thk god!).
We met through a friend.. -___-
HAHA RUDY’S FACE(S) HAHA.
HAHAHA
just call everyone babe