Met up with taekwando kid and pigsticker for a game of pool in Ang Mo Kio yesterday. Time has wasted the long nights of practice when i was in on-campus hostel in Gippy. Though i could easily blame it on the balls, the balls were kind of bigger, heavier.

Anyway, i spotted this girl in red at one of the smaller pool tables. She had ear phones plugged in and was placing the balls all around with her hand to make practice shots. And she was alone >:) Muhahahaha

No, nothing evil came of it. I thought i might have gone over to ask her to give it a game though. Speaking of giving games, i think "give it a game" is kind of a peculiar phrase, which i've only ever heard one guy in Gippy say. I can imagine back here in beloved sing.ah.pore, we'll say something like :

"Want to play a game?"
"Want to play together?"
"Want to give me a game?"
"Want me to give u a game?"

Well, that last one-liner does sound very arrogant. But overall, i think i still prefer "want to give it a game?". Reason being it sounds more objective. Its kind of like, we've got the equipment all set and ready here, let's fully utilise it less the balls, cue, table feel lonely, and that we, as human beings playing the game, is only instrumental to a game being played.

That, in my opinion, would have been more play game, less "kao lui" (canto: flirt). But then, for a girl to get such a line, she would believe it to be anything but just a game.

I guess for the less bold, waltzing up to a girl and asking her to "give it a game" would surmount to leaping off the cliff, because of the fear that the girl might in fact be waiting for her boyfriend. So instead of asking for a game, you could ask, "are you waiting for a friend?" Then you could ask for a game if she says no.

Do note that it is only appropriate that you already have a table for yourself. That is your table is empty and unplayed, but you're still paying for it while you're trying to "kao lui"! This is to help allay any suspicion that you have no money and wanna play pool by joing games.

Since most of us are not rich, it is only prudent to ask the girl to close her table and to join you at your table, assuming that the girl agreed to give it a game that is. Unless you really just want to just "give it a game", then play at her table and return to your own table at the end of the game. Kind of stylo macho, pui.

Just another thought. If the girl said yes, she was waiting for a friend. You could still ask for a game if you do the stylo macho thing. But don't come looking for me if the boyfriend hum tum (beat) you. Unless of course, if the friend is another girl, then i'll grant you my phrase, "What a beautiful day!"