Basically, most Singaporean women are high-maintenance creatures.* They are likened to always wanting the finer things in life, like say tiramisu.
My friend is looking for someone who can live with the humbler things in life, say "ang gu kueh"
So for him, his ideal situation, or "fantasy", is the following:
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Guy: Hey let's go out for tiramisu! 
Gal: Eh, dun wan la, too expensive. Lets go for "ang gu kueh" instead...
Guy:
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He repeated it on two separate situations, so it must be a consistent criterion bah.
Then somehow the conversation shifted focus on me. Cos I was telling my friends that I'm going for a dinner with some people whom my friends are trying to introduce me to new gers. Then my friend asked why don't I go for it? I was replying, "Seow ah? All so pretty, smarter than me, have more money than me, not possible one la"
Then my friend eyeball me and said, "Wa, lagi best. Your situation more ideal than me leh, Consider this:
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Guy: Hey let's go out for "ang gu kueh"! 
Gal: Eh, dun wan la. Lets go for "tiramisu" instead. My treat~
Guy:
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When i heard that, i did a ROFL... Only my friend can think of something like that la...
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* the imperative word being "MOST Singaporean women..." My friend did not say "ALL Singaporean women..."
who said tat har? who? ...act blur...
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ReplyDelete心知肚明， 心照不宣。。。
ai si loh..... post my criteria here......
ReplyDeletefree advert mah... good things must share. Sharing Is Caring (SIC)
ReplyDeleteWaHAHAHA...you two are so funny...well a penny's worth from the girls' pt of view...maybe when a girl really liked the guy, it probably doesn't matter whether it's tiramisu or ang gu kuek...but of course who wouldn't go for tiramisu if you can afford it... :P
ReplyDeleteAgain, the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart*. The matter is not whether you like "ang gu kueh" or tiramisu; or whether even if you can afford tiramisu. The point is whether the person you're taking out to have a meal with. :D
ReplyDelete*Sorry, Pastor Ed, using this out of context... :p
Agree... well just that i can't "forsake" tiramisu which happens to be my fav. dessert...ha ha... :P
ReplyDeletemy criteria has turned into a theological discussion..... haha
ReplyDeletedun argue dun argue..... give and take... ok lah, i go ask someone to make a 'tiramisu ang ku kueh'.... muahahaha
ReplyDeleteeven though i love tiramisu, u just reminded me i probably haven't had ang gu kueh in YEARS!!! sobs! when kevin & i go back to singapore next time, we'll take u out for ang gu keuh... maybe i can get some other ladies to come too.. to refute your "most singaporean girls are high-maintenance theory". :)
ReplyDeletehaha... so funny... just my personal opinion, think it's more important whether both the girl and guy share same taste. If one like ang ku kueh, the other like tiramisu, it won't work out also. Jack and Darej must be meeting all the wrong girls or interpreting things incorrectly... I know girls who aren't looking for guys who can give them the finer things in life. If they like something they just get it for themselves. They complain a lot of guys very shallow, no depth, talk a lot of rubbish. (Maybe ang ku kueh place too noisy, that's why ask for tiramisu??) Perhaps the question is whether jack got the confidence to "go for it" if the gal is pretty and earns more $. "Not possible one la" refers to what you think or what you imagine the girl thinks? Never try, how you know? This is coming from a low maintenance gal who happened to marry a guy who is more high maintenance than her!
ReplyDeletehaha this is getting a bit out of hand.... the original idea behind the ang ku kueh theory simply means to look for a partner tat has a taste for the simpler things in life... tat does not imply high or low maintenance... i go for green tea or the normal green bean paste ang ku kueh most of the time but tat does not mean i dun go for a nice tiramisu when i get the opportunity....
ReplyDeleteto ah-jack: see lah, dun fully grasp the concept then anyhow blog abt it.....
So sorryy, mutthhurr *drool*. Please ethpound more about itthh.... *eyebrow twitch in different directions*
ReplyDeleteyeaps, true that sister. I affirm your statement. I pray for a better self-estimate of myself. ok, writing this on the sly in the midst of our seminar. Will blog on this later. Tally Ho~
ReplyDeleteallo, "mmm si wa eh" theory "la"... I refer you to the "mutthhheerr". You can intro him the "ang ku kueh gu niangs"... ROFL
ReplyDeletefor heavens sake... Mr JACK LEE.... please get it straight that on both occasions when i spoke of this theory, i did not imply "girls are high maintenance" in it..... so stop incriminating me......
ReplyDeletei have verified with both third parties that were present at both times and have verified my stand that I DID NOT SAY "ALL OR MOST SINGAPOREAN GIRLS ARE HIGH MAINTENANCE"..... so stop slandering me......
hahahaha.... i'm just so tickled by all this! "ang ku kueh gu niangs" is priceless, I'm not sure any girl would want to be referred under that category though! 越描越黑....
ReplyDeleteSigh, you're getting angry. I know it, when people starts using your name in FULL CAPS, it means blood will flow... :P
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, I didn't say you say* ALL or SOME SINGAPOREAN GIRLS ARE HIGH MAINTENANCE. It's just my take on your analogy. In other words, it's my paraphrase of your AGK vs T. theory. It is not slandering la. If I got it wrong, so "pai say", 对不起！I shoulder all responsibility for any emotional hurt and trauma that you're going through now because of my thoughtless and insensitive behavior.
* haha, when you say stuff like "I didn't say you say..." means there's a mis-communication somewhere... My bad as usual.
yesh, it is priceless. But I'm not sure AKKGN ish worth the "blood-boiling" that I'm causing my friend. Maybe will take down the whole thread, if he's gonna sue me...
ReplyDeleteah, i see. This is the offending thread from me, cos i'm saying that our brudder's analogy is about "Singaporean ger = high-maintence"! "Pai say pai say", our brudder didn't mean that...
ReplyDeletein response to ur reply....
ReplyDeletethis is super incriminating loh :p
冤枉啊，大人！*lin teh lin teh lin LIN TEH! spin head with long long braid*
ReplyDelete冤枉啊...
In case you're wondering, this thread has garnered 57 time viewed by 17 people in the space of one day. So if I can get a dollar for each of the times viewed, I can make enough to afford to take a ger out for tiramisu... :P
ReplyDeleteNah, think better make the moolah go to missions or building funds. Must store up my treasures in heaven, yawr! :D
was reading your reply again, and wanted to say "True that!" again. In this modern time and age, women of our generation probably had it better than women of our mothers' times, in terms of choice and earning power etc. Then again, this is debatable on where are we basing our analysis. Women in other parts of the world still faces discrimination, if not outright oppression. So whether there is "real progress" is subjective.
ReplyDeleteAs for the guys talking a lot of rubbish, again, I can use your responses that your girlfriends "must be meeting all the wrong guys or interpreting thing incorrectly". And where would we be? back to square one. But I do think there is a fundamental difference in how men and women communicate. You just reminded me of another in-running jokes amongst my guys friends:
How women communicate:
Woman A: So how was your day?
Woman B: (Proceeds to give detailed breakdown of day significant moments, almost second by second)
... And you?
Woman A: (Proceeds to give detailed breakdown of day significant moments, almost second by second)
How Men Communicate:
Man A: (Point chin at Man B) *Grunts* ?
Man B: (Shrugs shoulder) *Grunts*
Man A: (Nods) *Grunts*
hahahaha.... you're so funnie... and stereotypical as it may be, it's true most of the time. Yeah, that's what my frens say, they never meet the right kind of guys... that's what you guys are also saying, never meet the right kind of gals... maybe all going in with totally different expectations, so end up totally mis-com. Haiz...
ReplyDeleteHahahaa....
ReplyDeleteOk, i thank God for my "Ang Gu Kueh" partner now... =P
I'm the Tiramisu fellow though, and now learning slowly to slow down my intake of Tiramisu.
Wang Jiao kopi peng ($1.70) vs Starbucks ($5.40)
Coffeeshop kopi peng ($1.10) vs Wang Jiao ($1.70)
Total savings from downgrading of Starbucks to lowest grade = $5.40 - $1.10 = $4.30 (makes it possible to stretch my dollar for the next 4 meals with kopi pengs to go).
Ok, accountant talking. =P
i think i got hungry seeing the pics and then lost the conversation and er, maybe appetite...
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