morgueville,heartland living.

My good friend Edward thanked me today for introducing him © The Art of Eye-Rolling.

According to him, it was yours truly who nailed this skill with such cynical energy and ultimately, perfection. "I've never roll my eyes for anything until I met Shu-Ming," gushed Edward. And I am extremely touched that my big part in contributing to his life has been recognised. It's like I invented Botox.
(Just to side track, my mother just announced that The Ming Zhu Jie Mei gave a rousing performance during a ge-tai (equivalent to a cheena woodstock) finale at hougang, the way a teen-'i-read-lime'-ager groupie would say when avril-i-am-an-angry-punk-bitch-lavigne had performed rousing-ly at, what, youth park, or something.)

I would say it's like, a gift. Not that I am extremely proud of such a feat I had actually achieved in my miserable life but I would say it is a necessary conversation skill. It is what I would say, a universal sign to indifference. It is a silent reaction to a stupid conversation that you know time would have been better spent at talking to your toe nails. It is a silent 'whatever?', or 'I don't give a damn.', or 'er, oh kay(!)'. It is like that Golden Moment where you looked up at the top of your visual frame and consulted the Divine, "What the hell am I doing here?". Lately I discovered a Deluxe Version™ to © The Art of Eye-Rolling. Instead of rolling your eyes, you stare into Nothingness for 0.5-1.2 seconds as your eyes move to a corner, like Nothingness was something bloody interesting. And even so, Nothingness was probably more interesting. It requires subtle movement. Normally a chesire grin or a Heh-Eh Laugh complements it. But never both at the same time. It's easy, But takes skills. Try it!

Person X: "(Insert something lame, uninteresting or stupid.)"

You: (Eyes stares at Nothingness on the left for 0.59 seconds, and look back) "Heh-eh."

It dawned upon me that I have never roll my eyes so much in my entire 19 years than in recent months. And you are welcome, Edward.