#150
Shorty and I were going through a whole long list of baby names to see what we would name Fighter if it turned out to be a boy or a girl. So we were going through the names for boys.
Shorty: Tyler.
Me: Nah.
Shorty: Connor.
Me: Nah…
Shorty: How about Luke?
Me: Nah I already know a Luke.
Shorty: Colin.
Me: How about Megatron …. HAHAHA
Shorty: Don’t be stupid.
Me: Okok… but seriously now… how about Maximus.
Shorty: What kind of name is Maximus?!? What is he? A gladiator in Roman times?
Me: EXACTLY!!! Fighter mah… we can’t have “Fighter” somewhere in his name… so why not name him after a Gladiator.
Shorty: NO.
Me: Why not?
Shorty: He sure kena made fun of wan lah… people in school are going to call him Maxi pad. Even my brother Barry also they call him Straw-Barry.
Me: So what? Nobody would dare make fun of a Maximus. He would kick their ass.
Shorty: WE ARE NOT NAMING OUR SON MAXIMUS!!!
Me: Okay fine…
Shorty: Samuel…
Me: Nope…
Shorty: Caleb…
Me: Nope…
Shorty: How about Parker? Quite nice also Parker?
Me: Hmmm…
Shorty: On second thoughts… don’t want ah, people sure call him “Farker”.
Me: HAHAHAHAA!!!
#151
Shorty and me always fight about who gets to announce things on Instagram/Twitter/Blogs first. So on the day we announced the arrival of Fighter (which was last week)…
Shorty: As the person carrying Fighter in my stomach, I have the right to post first.
Me: Whatt??? But I contributed to the sex of the Fighter.
Shorty: SO!?!?! Big deal! I had to suffer nausea, morning sickness, heartburn…
Me: Why do you care anyway!!! You can post a picture on Instagram one year after I do it and it will still get more likes than me.
Shorty: HAHA so might as well let me post it first.
#152
Back in February while Shorty was in her first trimester, she had all sorts of morning sickness, nausea and all that. So one day while I was away in Singapore for work we had a video call:
Shorty: ARGGGHH!!! I feel like shit lahh… I have nausea and heart burn… I can’t take it anymore!
Me: There there Shorty… it’s all for Fighter ok?
Shorty: FUCKING FIGHTER!!!
Me: OI DON’T CURSE FIGHTER!!! He or she is just trying to grow.
The next morning was Valentine’s Day though so I messaged her to wish her (Note that since my phone got snatched I had to get the following screenshots from Shorty’s phone. And on her phone my name is “Fatty Tiah”.
#153
At the gynae doing our 8 weeks scan to see if Fighter is ok. The screen turns on and we for a brief few seconds we see Fighter’s little legs and hands moving around.
Me/Shorty: IT’S MOVING!!! WOW!
Doctor: Yes yes… it’s beginning to grow its hands and legs.
Shorty: HAHA SO CUTE!
Me: It’s a miracle.
Fighter is now 13 weeks and counting 🙂
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space