Shameless Charmer

The cell members. We were the loudest and merriest table of the lot

My bezzie and I

We teased Ju for living up to the nickname I gave him 'shameless charmer' during his bro Jouvarn's 21st birthday lunch celebration today. And really, he was.

Rina warned him not to turn on his charms indiscriminately to everyone, be they young or old. Who knows if the older ladies would fall for him and pursue him hotly, leh?

"Ju, can turn charms on and off wan," I said. "Here's how to turn it off." My face turned stony and poker-ish. "And here's how to turn it back on again." Out comes a fake flirtatious smile complete with batting eyelids.

He pooh-poohed our cautions to the wind. And almost immediately after that, a 40-ish year old waitress came to our table bearing a huge plate of curry fish.

"Heeeey... Ju, how come didn't say hi to me wan? You are distracted by all the leng luis on this table ar?" she said in a very flirtatious manner and threw deadly looks at the girls on our table.

Ju smiled sheepishly, "Errrr... sorry. Was talking to them mar. Anyway, hi..."

After the waitress bounced away, all of us burst out in laughter. Ju had nothing left to say in his defence.

And thus, we rest our case.