The Great Couple Meme (Chee Kiang and Jolene’s Version!)

I usually don’t do memes (procrastinate after getting tagged, and as the months become years, totally forgot about them..:p sorry!) but I couldn’t possibly resist this one even though I wasn’t tagged!

Su Ann came up with this ingenious idea of a couple meme last month and the questions are all so intriguing – things you can’t actually ask your boyfriend for fear of appearing too nosy or sounding like a broken tape recorder (“So what is it about me that you like?” “What did you think of me when we first met?). These questions are usually replied by a roll of the eyes and a sing-song reply. And if verbally also, I wouldn’t be able to remember the answers in years to come! But thanks to Su Ann’s meme, I now have it in a .DOC file, immortal in my computer and my blog FOREVER! 

I actually had some hesistations to stress him out with the task of endless questions with answers that needs to becarefully crafted, since my period is not over yet.

I know the 14 year old Chee Kiang had no qualms answering all those “personality questions” that I used to forward to all my friends back in form2. He would be one of the first ones to reply and join all those eGroups(anyone remember those!?) that I’ve set up for my schoolmates almost 10 years ago. I can remember his nicknames: AdBrennanLam! Hehe.

In one of the “personality questions” forwarded emails, it was a questionnaire that he had to fill up regarding me. I can only remember one thing from it, he said that when he first met me, he thought of me as that “Fair girl.” Fair enough. 😀
 

So would the 22 year old (going on 23!) Chee Kiang still layan as much? 
 

Surprisingly so! I daresay his answers are better than mine. 🙂 Read through it first thing this morning with the silliest of grins on my face. 

THIS MEME IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! 

 

Here’s mine first:

 

tell us about the first time you met and your first impression of him/her: 

I suppose he had his growth spurt early and was one of the tallest boys in form1. He was a librarian, just like me! I didn’t know him but just saw him around school for that entire year. It was only in early form2(Year 2000) when we were both seated at the computers at the library, keying in some information, that we met. I was on some SMKSU Students’ ICQ Number Collecting spree and said, “hey, can I have your ICQ number?”. So it sounds more like I picked him up, haih. He always says hi to me in a very friendly way whenever we bump into each other around school.

 

tell us something funny about him/her: 

I once said, “We must have a maid next time.” 

“Hah? But our children can do the chores. The first child can help to cook.” 

“The second child leh?” 

“The second child can help to boil water” 

“The Third child leh?” 

“The third child can walk the dog.” 

“The fourth child leh?” 

“The fourth child can bring in the newspaper,” 

“The fifth child leh?” 

“HAHH!!” 

 

what’s a weird habit or quirk that s/he has?: 

He can make clicking noises with his jaw for fun. It’s sort of like a ‘pop’. And his cute growls when he is annoyed. GroWr.

 

what makes him/her happy?:

Good American TV series, little animals, good music, fridge magnets from all over the world, finer things in life (good food, good furniture etc)

 

what makes him/her sad?:

Exam results below his expectations, my PMS (pre, during and post) days, the thought of loved ones leaving him.

 

what makes him/her angry?:

Rude and bitchy people. 

 

what excites him/her?:

An upcoming holiday destination/Foreign countries/foreigners/Getting more than 1000 photos of him tagged on Facebook

 

what’s s/he like at home?:

Adorably lame. He only has two sides to him: Tired Chee Kiang and Adorable Lame Chee Kiang. I guess the former is when he’s sleepy and the latter is when he’s happy.

 

what’s s/he like at work/school?:

He tells me he sits with Leong Hui, Eng Hooi and Adeline in class and sometimes sleep. But I know he is very active in extracurricular stuff and is quite in demand to fill up responsibility-laden jobs.

 

describe his/her room:

It changes almost every year! As of now he is very proud that his room is windy as it is facing the courtyard of his hall. A bar is at one side of the room to hang towels and clothes, and on the other side, a 2.5 meters long table connected to a two-level horizontal book shelf. A narrow floor to ceiling wooden wardrobe with a full length mirror inside is in one corner. His spray painted red laptop sits on the long table connected to speakers he bought at a PC fair in Singapore. A long corkboard is filled with assignment stuff, schedules, letters from his duties as a busy committee member of various societies, and some thank you notes from people he has helped out for projects and events. His bed has a pillow, a bigger square cushion, a Tigger puppet who is wearing a Romanian virgin boy hat, a kangaroo and some books plus our Pixart photo album. 

 

what’s his/her best friend like?:

Back in Subang, he has three great guy friends = Daryl, Justin and JonOoi. Daryl and Justin are his kakis from the good ol’ Leo days, they tried Shisha together, bought beer cans together for the first time, gone on awesome PD trips and so much more. His two other best friends are Nadine and Gaya, whom he enjoys hanging out with for their free spirited ways.  

In Singapore, his best friends are Chun Leen, JonSiow, Tiang Lim, Karthik, Eng Hooi and Leong Hui to name a few. Those are also the ones I see more when I go to Singapore. I like them all because they are very down to earth and can talk cock. He also enjoys hanging out with Wen Jia and Wei Ming, two of which I hardly know. He also has Razia, Winnie etc from his Radiopulze gang who are super funny.  

 

Actually almost all the people he enjoys hanging out with can talk awesome cock. I love people who talk cock!

 

do you know who s/he hates the most?:

Yeeeap

 

have you met his/her exes?:

I’m very lucky that he has no exes. Do ex-crushes count?

 

do his/her parents like you?:

I certainly hope so!! 😀

 

what’s the first thing s/he would do or say if s/he fell down and scraped their knee:

*softly*AAAAAAaahhhhhhhhh……*grabs knee*

 

what would s/he do in an emergency situation with other people involved?:

Take charge.  <3 This is why I’m with him.

 

which shop would s/he spend the most time at in a shopping mall?:

CD store!

 

what would s/he have for a typical breakfast?:

A Pau from the Sheares Hall cafeteria!

 

where would s/he want to go for dinner?:

Anywhere that he has not been to before!

 

what kind of movie would s/he choose at the cinema?:

Movies with good reviews!

 

describe his/her taste in music:

I don’t know exactly what genre they fall into but it isn’t mainstream. Is it called House? Lounge music and sometimes some zen kind of music. And I’m not sure if those other songs fall under R’n’B. I clearly don’t know my music. Sometimes I’m all “Wtf why got buddhist chant one!”

 

if s/he wasnt going out with you, who would s/he be going out with?: 

Someone independent, open minded, wild, strong and can kick ass! I don’t know how many of those criterias I can fill. This is based on the kind of girls he has liked before me. And also girls that he has been close to over the years.

 

what item in his/her wardrobe would you like to burn:

His NS belt which he wears as a normal belt all the time. I already stole it from him when my one and only belt broke in Singapore. Then I lost it. 😡

 

what is s/he good at?:

Creating scenarios that go on and on to make me laugh. He claims he can only do it with me.  His story telling abilities are amazing! He must so do the kids’ bedtime stories next time.

 

what is s/he totally horrible at?:

Reading my mind – I know, I’m asking for the impossible. 😛

 

what’s something about him/her that is annoying/infuriating?:

He won’t let me do manly things before he does it. Eg. Driving up to Genting Highlands. But I find it cute. Haha.

 

what’s something that you two fundamentally disagree on?:

Nothing comes to mind..I would say we’ve hardly had more than 10-20 arguments. And they are all because of me and my moodiness and sensitiveness. Nothing too serious.

 

what’s something that you two agree whole-heartedly on?:

Twisted slapstick cartoons – Family Guy, Drawn Together.

 

is s/he possessive?:

nope, not at all. He does mock me though when I chat too happily with vendors. I don’t know why, it’s only vendors. Tau foo fah man, Ramlee Burger Abang, DVD lou etc..

 

why would s/he succeed in life?:

He is hardworking, clever, humble and responsible.

 

what is the coolest gift that s/he has ever given you?:

The obvious and materialistic answer would be the white gold heart pendant with diamonds he gave me for our 4th anniversary. (I didn’t even know we were exchanging gifts. L ), but what I treasure the most is his snail mail letter to me when I wrote a lengthy email to him asking if he still had feelings for me. His snail mail letter back to me made our relationship official. I also really like this blue Acoustic Love Songs cd he got me two years back. Beautiful, beautiful songs that made me miss him a lot. 

 

what is s/he obsessed with?:

studies, radiopulze stuff. He also warned me that he might grow up to be a workaholic.

 

why would s/he be dangerous?:

He isn’t! He’s a pussycat! Very tame one.

 

what does s/he avoid at all costs?:

Make-up on his face (clearly my doing.), more responsibilities from his extracurricular activities and as I have recently learned –  Pasar Malams.

 

what does s/he spend the most money on?:

food and gadgets! Ooh, Oooh! and Cds occasionally. He is old school like that.

 

describe his/her typical sunday:

If at uni, sleep in, go for lunch with someone from hall, come back to his room and go online or watch his tv series. Meet up with friends at night. Come home. Go online/Study(if exams are near).

 

tell us about a time s/he looked absolutely gorgeous:

This was in form4, when he was the president for the Leo Club, running up and down doing manly responsible things during the IU day. Him in his blazer and looking all serious and in-charge. Sigh Sigh. Also, when he does the Chee Kiang smile. It’s not a normal smile but more like an act-cute one. About six new lines will appear on his face and two existing lines will deepen.

 

what’s something about him/her that would surprise all of his/her friends?: 

I’m not sure if all his friends have seen it, but my boy can DANCE! 😀 I’ve never seen him on the dance floor (ya strange right..after four years of dating) till a few weeks ago, but I’m proud to say he can!

 

what do you love most about him/her?:

The way he treats my mood like a floating balloon – always trying to keep it up and not let it touch the ground. I also love the fact that he is a simple man, someone who has no in between lines for me to read, and someone whom I know that I will want to have a family with and not feel scared of him wandering away.

 

the biggest lesson you have learnt from loving your partner:

that everybody has their own special love story. You can’t compare other people’s relationships with your own and with that, expectations cease. Without expectations, your relationship becomes the experience of a lifetime.
 

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Now read his!

 

tell us about the first time you met and your first impression of him/her:

 

She was one of the few people whom I see around in school quite often, perhaps attributed to her good social networking skills, or rather skills in the making. We chanced upon at a local country-club(Jo: Holiday Villa!) like venue during Secondary 2, where I was just about to depart from my weekend squash practice, while she was signing in for her swimming session. We exchanged glances and smiled at each other, knowing that we have seen each other before. Within the next few days, our paths collided again as we were sitting next to each other at the school library being coerced to help the school in a failed attempt to go “e-library”. There was where I had my first pick-up line “Can I have your ICQ number?”

 

On a side note, I only had two contacts on my ICQ then. That was how confused and conflicting my life was in the heydays of secondary school. For your information, the two contacts are my brother, and Guan Lim (Jo don’t forget to link GL’s blog on his name!) 

(Jo: Guan Lim was one of his good friends from Lick Hung. :))

 

tell us something funny about him/her: 

I once said, “We must have a maid next time.” 

“Hah? But our children can do the chores. The first child can help to cook.” 

“The second child leh?” 

“The second child can help to boil water” 

“The Third child leh?” 

“The third child can walk the dog.” 

“The fourth child leh?” 

“The fourth child can bring in the newspaper,” 

“The fifth child leh?” 

“HAHH!!” 

 (Jo: Either he thought this was funny as well or he totally forgot to do this question! Nevermind, the rest of his answers trump such a minor oversight!)

 

what’s a weird habit or quirk that s/he has?: 

She likes to turn on the viper really fast even though there’s only a slight drizzle! Sometimes, the viper is still on even though the rain has stopped!

(Jo: yaya.. Lie Yuen gets annoyed with this habit of mine too. Then I get annoyed back at her when she switches it off for me. LOL. My second husband is Lie Yuen.) 

 

what makes him/her happy?:

Keeping in touch with all her close friends i.e. knowing the latest happenings/gossips about each other and third parties related to them; being involved in the blogging community (although her happiness here is diminishing); her dog (although the response from Angel is rather insignificant); Hollywood TV series with a sort of dark humor e.g. desperate housewives, arrested development, family guy; TVB Drama; and like most females, chick-flick/happy-ending/warranted love plots kind of movies.

(Jo: Ya 🙁 Angel super like to act-cute with him. But to me she’s just so damn aloof!) 

 

what makes him/her sad?:  

Thoughts of friends and family (including dog) passing, getting bad grades (also diminishing), that time of the month, when we don’t get to see each other despite being in the same country. 

 

what makes him/her angry?:

Pushy christians who try to “save” her from the “dark side”; customers who are either late in payment, or are flip-flop minded with their orders; people who stood her up at the last minute (she doesn’t tell you but oh she will bitch about it!); people who are half past six and with no backbone;  

 

what excites him/her?:

At one time it was Douglam Lim, the local actor who starred in Kopitiam; anything that has glitter attached to it; getting tagged on Facebook; meeting up with close friends and family; dental-practice knowledge; traveling to Hong Kong;

(Jo: hahaha NOooo He is the one who gets happy when people tag him on Fb! and Dear, you forgot about my endless desire to go to Bangkok!) 

 

what’s s/he like at home?:

She is bubbly and can carry out a conversation with her family members without hesitation. The conversations include Asian-sensitive topics like sex, sex and more sex! (Jo: :X ooops! Hamsap jokes lah!) Her personality changes when that time of the month comes, and also when triggered by third parties e.g. being flamed online, and stalked by Pushy Christians. Other than that, she is most of the time cheerful and always ready for a conversation.

 

what’s s/he like at work/school?:

She hangs out with her dental darlings e.g. housemates Lie Yuen and Sze Yin, Poh Yee, Nien, Brenda, and Susan. The class is rather gender divided, but both sexes can socialize real well when brought together during social events such as birthdays, gala dinners, and the great Penang night out!

In terms of her studies, she is a very nocturnal person. She likes to study with her laptop on, and rarely hits the library as she prefers studying at home.

For her class, she acquires lecture slides from the lecturers by taking photos of the lecture slides, and posting them on the facebook group! She is also the Secretary for the Dental Society/Dental Council of her university. 

 

describe his/her room:

The Sungai Petani one is a master bedroom! Equipped with an air-conditioner, there is a bed situated in the middle of the room, with the study/working table next to the bed. She sleeps on two layers of mattresses, the thicker and more comfortable one on top. There are some soft toys scattered on or around the bed, with Priya the Pink Tofu getting quite the attention. 

On the study/work table you will find her laptop, a table lamp, printer-cum-scanner, an extension wire, phone charger, a weighing machine for her sticker business, an electric kettle, a water bottle, documents and notes related to her work and studies!

On the other side of the bed, there are a few containers storing items she accumulated throughout her years in dentistry. Her containers have cute cartoon characters on the surface, one has some tofu like characters attempting to eat each other or something. A full bodied wall-mirror stands next to the containers.

There are a few shelves behind her study/work table. These shelves store her books and notes from dentistry, some cleo/female magazines. On one of the shelves, there is a ferris-wheel picture stand with no photos, but there is also a picture stand with her and Lie Yuen in it! On the wall next to this photo is a collage I made for her during our 3rd year anniversary! (Jo: there’s also a photo of you and me!)

There is an attached bathroom of course. She is the proud owner of a heater in the house, and has the highest water pressure for bathing among her housemates! Outside the bathroom, there is a considerably small wardrobe, which I have not explored yet =p (Jo: doors to the wardrobes are closed at all times as the clothes will spill out one!)

Behind the door is some clothes hanger, with a pin board hanging on it. Next to the door is also a laundry basket and a place to hang her clothes.

Oh who can forget her hamsters running around in the cage? The cage changes position, sometimes next to the shelves, sometimes near the bathroom, sometimes in the bathroom itself!

(Jo: When they are noisy I put them in the bathroom! But the echo-ed squeaks are kind of creepy.)

what’s his/her best friend like?:

In Subang, she is a member of the “Dahlings” – they are Esther, Mun Teng, Melody, Su-Chien, Su-Hsien, She Dee, Min Dee, Melissa, Abby, Amanda etc. She never fails to meet up with them whenever possible. They have been together since secondary school, but departed their separate ways for university and work. However, their closeness and bond are so strong that sometimes it impresses me! I guess a bundle of bamboo is stronger than a single one by itself (this analogy is not appropriately used here, but you get the idea). Of course there are the guys as well e.g. Kwo Kuang, E Guy, Yi Jin, Nigel, Marcus, Ji Yang, Kevin, Adrian etc. 

In Dentistry, her pals are definitely Lie Yuen, Cze Yin, Brenda, Nien, Poh Yee and Susan. As mentioned too, there are other guys in the social network as well.

Let’s not forget her vast social network from her Interact Club days to her current Blogging scene. I would like to name a few but I shall stop in case some bloggers get offended from not being in the list.

(Jo: There’s Dennis, Josh, Vern and Calvin whom he hardly sees too!) 

 

do you know who s/he hates the most?:

Same as the things that make her angry!

 

have you met his/her exes?:

No ex-es, but crushes yes

 

do his/her parents like you?:

From what I hear from her, I am in their good shoes!

 

what’s the first thing s/he would do or say if s/he fell down and scraped their knee:

AAAAH loudly, and would give that sad and in-pain face until you have to manja her 🙂

(Jo: *blush*)

what would s/he do in an emergency situation with other people involved?:

Try to help out whenever she can, definitely not a backbencher.

 

which shop would s/he spend the most time at in a shopping mall?:

How about all! Haha. 

 

what would s/he have for a typical breakfast?:

Lo Ma Kai and Char Siew Pao
 

 

where would s/he want to go for dinner?:

Anything that is not spicy!

 

what kind of movie would s/he choose at the cinema?:

Mentioned in the “what excites her” part!

 

describe his/her taste in music:

Lovey-dovey kind of music, musical soundtracks such as Mamma Mia! And Hairspray. And of course, DISNEY SOUNDTRACK!

(Jo: *hides face in hands*) 

 

if s/he wasnt going out with you, who would s/he be going out with?: 

Douglas Lim, Haha

(Jo: Hahaha wtf..if i can first get past the restraining order that is) 

 

what item in his/her wardrobe would you like to burn:

Nothing, she is perfect! Ok maybe can cut down on the glitter part cause it gets all over my clothes Haha.

(Jo: true story!) 

 

what is s/he good at?:

Her socializing skills! When she wants it, she gets it! Talking to people that is. She is also good at digging out information from people (in a good way that is!), even though they just met. Somehow, people who read her blog, or even knew her for one day can get really personal with her. Perhaps it is her down-to-earth-ready-to-listen personality! 

(Jo: !! You let the whole world know my secret power. I’m ruined!! 😛 I love you dear for knowing me so well!!)

what is s/he totally horrible at?:

Saying no, but who isn’t!

(Jo: you also lah!)

 

what’s something about him/her that is annoying/infuriating?:

When that time of the month comes!

(Jo: yeah, like I picked fights with him on the 1st of Jan, 2nd of Jan, rehat on 3rd Jan, one more on 4th Jan. :D) 

what’s something that you two fundamentally disagree on?:

Fundamentally? Maybe accepting our son/daughter for being gay/lesbian. Haha. I have not decided on my response yet dear.

(Jo: I’m proud to be a fag hag!(My favourite gayboy, you  know who you are! <3)
Just not a gay boy’s mum for I want granchildren too! We were having this conversation the other day.) 

 

what’s something that you two agree whole-heartedly on?:

We both love Lim Guan Eng =)

(Jo: Mine is of the inappropriate love kind. Hot UNCLE! PSssst.)
is s/he possessive?:

Nope. We trust each other despite the long distance.

 

why would s/he succeed in life?:

Because Jolene Lai will become a household name in the future.

(Jo: wah pai seh pai seh) 

 

what is the coolest gift that s/he has ever given you?:

All the cards and self-made presents which she gave me since the Leo/Interact days. I keep most of them, although they may be falling apart as compacting all the 3D figures will dislocate them severely. The coolest though would be this jar full of love messages! Of course, glitter inside. There is also the photo album where she unveils her diary to me, that is pretty awesome!

(Jo: yeaaah.. some of you might remember this post on my old blog.) 

 

what is s/he obsessed with?:

taking pictures (diminishing too), stickers, eye-lashes, blog, bazaars, clothes and accessories!

 

why would s/he be dangerous?:

Because she can ruin your reputation through her blog. There was one time where she blogged about the bad service we experienced in a Mexican restaurant while in Langkawi, and apparently the person that we argued with at the restaurant left a comment on her blog! Upon checking, by just blogging about it, the entry was one of the first few link when you google the restaurant name!

(Jo: Buahahahha.. I just googled for “Little Mexican Langkawi”. Now first result in google! Woots!) 

 

what does s/he avoid at all costs?:

Pushy Christians.

 

what does s/he spend the most money on?:

Stickers, clothes, tofus, bazaars, DVD, occasionally gadgets!

 

describe his/her typical sunday:

 

University: Sleep in till late morning; lunch at Old Town or Pop Star; go home and do some online business e.g. stickers, facebook, msn and blog; watch some TVB drama or latest desperate housewives episode with Lie Yuen; nap a little; get ready for dinner; study and more online business before going to bed at 2/3 am.

 

tell us about a time s/he looked absolutely gorgeous:

When she dresses up for an event like high school prom and dental dinners.

 

what’s something about him/her that would surprise all of his/her friends?: 

That she is actually improving on her Mandarin fluency, ahead of her Subang darlings. You can exclude Melissa out since she went to China JUST to learn mandarin.

(Jo: Dui ah dui ah.. wo hui yi tian tian..dou ke yi jiao fan, jiao chai ah, wo hen kai xing liao!) 

 

what do you love most about him/her?:

Her bubbly, be yourself, independent personality. You don’t need longer lashes to be beautiful baby.

(Jo: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.. *melts* But i just placed orders for new eyelashes from an online boutique!) 

 

the biggest lesson you have learnt from loving your partner:

That the female species are of a higher order one than the male counterparts! Proper communication is very important and any miscommunication or misunderstanding have to be rectified from the start. 

 

 

🙂 I don’t need chocolate to feel happy today! 

Do this meme too and link back to Su Ann’s post!