Bounce

It disturbs me how much I still bounce these days. By bounce, I meat walking with jumping involved. It's rather hard to explain because I have never ever seen it before. And that's because, usually, I am the one bouncing. Women bouncing, sure that's all right. Men bouncing, uhh.. whatever floats your boat, dude. Skinny guy with a pink shirt and cap bouncing; Instant destruction to whatever reputation that he had been trying to build up for the last 1 and a half years.

I remembered the very first time someone told me about this…uhh…so called problem of mine. Sharon introduced me to Clarinda who was in AJC also, and asked her if she recognized me. Her answer was somewhat along the lines of "Yeah, I have seen him bouncing around in the canteen." I gave the classical WTF expression as she further went on to explain the different times she saw me bobbling up and down. Sharon dealt the killing blow, when she confirmed Clar's words. Yes, all these years and I still remember.

So I decided to bounce less. Fast forward to Army days, went out with Xiangfu and he commented on my bouncing habit. At least he was nice enough to assure me that is a sign that I am a healthy person, and people who bounce when they walk are likely to be faster runners. I didn't know why I believed that. But it did seem logical (at that time), so I didn't pursue the topic further.

Then SMU came along. And this mod call CAT requires a presentation. In true democratic fashion, I was elected to do the presentation largely due to the alleged "relationship" that I have with my professor. Come on, wearing pink on the same day? And making eyes at each other in the middle of class? Only group that didn't get bombarded with questions? And you people didn't suspect a single thing? Poof, and I didn't believe them when they said that a sucker is born every minute. Anyway, in the middle of presentation, PJ suddenly commented, "Stop jumping", and then and only then, I realized, "aww crap", my hyperactive genes must be working overtime again, making me bounce around like the Energizer Bunny on crack. Bounce and bounce and bounce somemore.

I uhh.. blame my shoes. Yea, that's it, must be the shoes.