Paint

Have you tried painting your room? Well, don’t! It’s d*%m tiring, time-consuming, not to mention...frustrating! I got stuck in a pointless conversation with a friend which went like this: “Hey bud, I’m trying to paint my room but the colour gets uneven if I do it too fast and”, Mr. Bud interrupts: “What colour?”, to which I replied: “Blue. And if I do it too slow it...”, Mr. Bud interrupts again: “What shade?”, I said: “Blue la, and it’s very tiring if I do it too slow so I think...”, Mr. rude Bud, once again, not at all sensing the urgency, said: “Which shade of blue?”, I ended the call immediately. Does it matter which shade of blue I painted my room in? Ok, just for your information, the tin read “Blue Lagoon” and I know you still don’t have a idea what shade that is! I mean, how blue is “Navy Blue” and how “Navy” is “Navy Blue” actually? Whose navy by the way? Singapore’s or USA’s? We probably perceive “Navy Blue” differently then.

The paint which I bought was the cheapest of all and do you know what that means? It means that I’m not protected from, algae, fungus, fading, chalking, bacterials, water, my “matt finish” is not contemporary enough, does not cover hairline cracks well, is not Ammonia-free, is not heavy metal free, has odour etc! Haha, like I care?! $36 per tin VS $65 per tin, it’s a no-brainer! Duh.

There used to be this trick question(tricky for me coz I was stupid!) in Mathematics: “If one painter takes 10hours to paint a room, how many hours will it take for 2 painters to paint a room?”, I used to gave the answer as 5 hours and no wonder I always got 99marks for my test papers, because it was WRONG! It took 2 painters 12hours to paint the room and why is that so? The other painter was sitting in the middle of the room fidgeting with her phone and blocking the more competent painter’s way. In conclusion, I would have been better off had I done it on my own. Hence, 2 competent painters = 5hours/room whereas 2 incompetent painters = very long and 1 competent painter + 1 phone meddler in a painter’s suit and hat = infinity.

The name of the above-mentioned has been changed to protect Priscilla Huang Lijuan’s identity. :p