Watch What You Say
It's always too late to regret saying or doing something.I had just returned from a friend's 21st birthday party which she held at holland village. The general manager was serving us and due to some unfortunate "bending and standing", the back of her panties peeked out from under her pants and was super visible. And it was not the cotton type, but pink lacy type. My girl friends saw it and were totally laughing behind her back, calling her names (silently) and saying that those were granny parties. At that time, I did think it was pretty mean, but because they were making such a joke about it, to say otherwise would risk being called a wet blanket. So due to my lack of courage to stand up for what I really believe in, I just joined in the laughter.
As we were about to leave the place, the girl suddenly looked at me and said, "Serena!". I was shocked, and stared at her for a while. Slowly her face became more familiar to me as I recognised her to be my netball junior back in secondary school. So I talked to her for a while, asked her what she has been doing and stuff, although inside me I felt a whirl of emotions. I felt so guilty for having join the gang in making fun of her, especially since back in those days I was actually pretty close to her, having taken the same bus back and remembering all the conversations we had on the journey home.
As I left, I truly felt ashamed. I wished I hadn't said such things. I wished I had the courage to not participate in the things I know to be hurting. And even though the person may not have turned out to be someone I know, it's still wrong. I know that now, and it had to take such an incident to leave an impact on me. Sigh.
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