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Have this story to tell about Gene, the new legal officer who has been with us for a month.


On Gene's 2nd day, we took the bus back together since his fiancee was staying in Hougang. We were chatting chatting, and I asked him how old he was.


"31."


"Wow... you don't look like 31."


"So how old are you?" He asked.


"Erm, 19." I said coyly.


"Oh, I feel old now. So you just finished your 'A' levels?"


I wanted to say I got my diploma, but, having never been to a polytechnic, I couldn't decide on the spot whether 19 is too young to have gotten a dip - if you go by the normal route of 'O's then Dip. So I chose the safe route and went,


"Erm... no. 'O's."


And that was how Gene got duped into thinking I was 19, and an admin girl in the office. I swear he thought I was 19 all the time, until I told him last Tuesday.


Wahahaha all the same, although that could mean that I don't behave like my age, which is bad.