Me talk funny one day

Thank you for taking part in the "Do you actually know Frou" poll.

I must say, the results are quite shocking because all along, I thought only a handful of my alibaba friends are reading this blog, plus a few usual readers like imp and shin who leaves me comments :)

However, it looks like I only have (4+2+3) 9 friends who reads this. How do I get 9? They include:

The 4 persons who answered "Yes, unfortunately" . They are probably unfortunate friends of mine such as Dailytoe, Tetanus, Empress Bao and Silly French Man.

The 2 persons who answered "Yes, and meeting her is the best thing that happened to me" who are most likely The Queen (because I am her minion and I do her biddings) and Secretary Pig (because she is my minion and I give her directions in life).

And lastly, out of the 4 persons who answered "No, and I don't want to because she is scary", I suspect 3 of them are my idiot friends who are trying to be funny (i.e. Phillip, Toi and Maro) and the 4th person is someone who probably really hates me. Or I may be wrong and all 4 are strangers who hates me. It happens, you know.

Still, the good news is, there are 38 others who don’t know me, don’t hate me and would even want to meet me. Woot! Woot! * Frou does Miss Universe wave and air kisses*

I do know that some of the 38 folks include friends and colleagues of the 9 friends mentioned above *waves to friends and colleagues*. The Man also told me that his friends reads this *waves* although he himself don’t because he is scared to find out what I say about him here but his friends would go and tell him anyway (Thanks guys!). It’s hilarious when he gets him all panicky when they texted him about it. Hahaha!

So anyhow, I got thinking last night; for those folks who doesn't know me and reads all the nonsense I wrote, do you guys ever wonder what I am like in real life? Do you think I'm as loud, obnoxious and rude - possibly, foaming at the mouth half the time - just like the way I sound in this blog?

Apart from the 9 friends mentioned above who will tell you otherwise (so you should ignore them if they comment on this), I will state for the record that Frou is actually a very nice, mild-mannered and mousey girl in real person. Shy and quietly reserved - doing what other shy people do, i.e. blogging loudly to express what I couldn’t possibly say or do in real life. *stifled giggles*

Another thing which might surprise you is, according to Phillip, I am 'supposedly' not funny in real life either.

Frou: So one of the lines I wanted to say is, “As you all know, the most important asset of this company, apart from its beautiful human resources *point to oneself and smiling smugly* is its intellectual property rights.” How’s that? Funny right? But I just couldn’t say it in the end!
Phillip: Oh my gawd. I'm so glad you didn’t say that. That was AWFUL.
Frou: Huh? Awful meh?
Phillip: Seriously you should try not to tell jokes in person.
Frou: Why not??!
Phillip: Because you are not funny
Frou: WHAT DO U MEAN? But I am!! People say I am!! Lotsa people say so.
Phillip: You are only funny when you write. You are not funny in real life.
Frou: I am not??!
Phillip: No. You don't talk funny.
Frou: But you laugh at my stories!
Phillip: I’m just giving you face.

I still don't quite believe this is true. I have asked a few people. The Man changed subject straightaway. Maro (after much persuasion) said I am "funni-er in my blog'. Secretary Pig couldn’t stop laughing when I asked her (which means I’m funny right??) Dailytoe was the only one who assures me that I am 'funny as hell' either way.

Well, the thing about trying to be funny (either LIVE or in writing) is you have to get the comic timing right. I find that hard in person. You really have to be spontaneous and quick to act. Being funny in writing is so much easier because I can manipulate, or rather manage, the comic timing and choice of words.

There are a couple of people I know who are spontaneously funny ALL the time – like Phillip, Toi and Lydia. You can just throw them a line and they will shoot back an unexpected and hilarious comeback. I can’t do that. I am slow and I need time to think of a comeback. If I have to give an immediate comeback, sometimes, I get it so horribly wrong, and I am left looking like an idiot.

I also suspect that I don’t look funny in person because I am not good at making animated expressions since. I don’t have a rubber face like Phillip. He can scrunch up his face and look like a monkey. I also don’t have gangly limbs like Dailytoe who can sway or fold them around her to look like a retarded giraffe. That’s quite funny.

Anyhoo, I think I will work on it. So what if I am not as funny real life, but I am still entertaining, no? Hello?

*sounds of owls hooting*

Here’s a peek of what Frou looks like. As you can see, I can be quite animated also what….