My whole life, people have been coming up to me saying one particular thing more than anything else: "You're damn tall!"
Actually, not exactly 'my whole life', cause I used to be nicknamed 'shortie' by my brother when I was young, like before 10. Now, I've made him regret calling me that. I mean, really really regret it.
I've been gaining height ever since, without stop until I was 21 or something cause I was still getting taller when I was in University.
I still get those comments when I meet someone new, and what really amuses me is I got a few messages lately in friendster commenting on my heights, both from people I know and I don't know. It boggles me, because some of these people have known me for years! You know who you are.
Just why? Why is it still suprising to you guys that I am tall? There are times when I've not seen a friend for some time and when we walk together, suddenly, I get that wierd look from them, like my nose is suddenly missing, or a tree just grew out of my head, and get that perplexing question: "Did you grow taller, or am I having optical illusion?", and then they'll normally walk a bit away from me cause they say I make them look short.
Reality check: Nothing can MAKE you look short, cause you ARE short.
Seriously. I've been through this numerous times. You won't belive it. It happens so often, it's almost funny. See me laughing? Ha. Ha.
I've got an announcement to make to everyone in the entire universe and beyond: I've not grown any taller since I left uni, which is like 7 years ago! It's either you've grown shorter or you're standing at that wierd angle which deflects lights and bend it in a way so it creates the illusion that I'm taller than usual. That's the only explaination I've got for you.
Another message to my friends: I am tall, LIVE WITH IT.
And if you're envious of how tall I am: NEH NEH NEH NEH NEH!!
Ahem.
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