pants on fire

i was introduced to a friend's friend yesterday. when asked what he did, he said he washes aircrafts, for MAS. at first i was like, what? that's a job?! but being the naive person that i am, i believed him (i don't know any better the intricacies of airline operations, and he was rather convincing).

and being the friendly person that i am (ahem), i asked him questions throughout lunch as i was stuck with him next to me, and it was much, much later into the conversation that i found out that he was pulling a fast one on me.. when i caught him at something he said.

i was less than amused.

maybe he lacks joke delivery skill and didn't notice that the sell-by date on his joke has passed 2 minutes after pulling it, what more after half an hour. i'm all for pranks but please, don't cross the fine line between a bluff and an outward lie. i barely knew you. it's unnerving having to be conscious of the fact that i have to be careful of you, of what you say. first impression: fail.

maybe it was because my friend has told me earlier that this guy is somewhat "complicated", whatever that meant. and how she subsequently said that he was not in his elements today, and again, whatever that meant. there was something not very together in the way he carried himself -- but maybe it was in my head.

or, maybe it was his OTT reaction to show what a banana (basically, a chinese who doesn't speak chinese) he is - i don't know how to explain this but he practically raised his hand and exclaimed "oh i'm a banana too! :D" when my friend kinda poked fun me for not getting a joke that was going on around the table in chinese -- who does that??). that, plus his earlier exchange with the waiter which i wouldn't elaborate here, had this going on in my head: hello, what are you so proud of? you are not more superior because you don't speak chinese. you are actually LACKING. it means that you are not an effective communicator in another language other than you own tongue. annoyed, i tried to speak as much chinese as i could in subsequent conversation.

maybe i should be more forgiving, since i don't really know him.
i'll just eat my word later lah.