#200
Me: Ahhh I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I put on one more KG. That has never happened to me before.
Shorty: Sure lah you eat ice-cream every day!
Me: No matter how much I eat and all I always end up with the same weight.
Shorty: Fine let me check your BMI. *opens BMI calculator on phone* What’s your weight?
Me: 71 KG.
Shorty: And your height?
Me: About 170CM I think.
Shorty: Ok your BMI is… 24.57. You are considered normal weight…..
Me: WOOHOOO SO I’M NOT FAT AFTER ALL….. BRING ON THE ICE-CREAM! And stop calling me Fatty.
Shorty: But you are at the border of overweight. 25 onwards is overweight.
Me: Let me see that… *grabs phone*
Shorty: ….
Me: Hmm ok if I gain another 2 KG I’m going to be overweight.
Shorty: Fuuuuccckkk…. my husband is going to be overweight.
Me: No I can lose weight. I’ll just stop taking sugar drinks from now on.
Shorty: And cut your dessert.
Me: NO! Come on! You gotta give me something. Don’t take all the enjoyment out of my life. Already I don’t drink, gamble, smoke….
Shorty: You play golf.
Me: That doesn’t count! That’s a sport!
Shorty: Fine just don’t get from borderline overweight to overweight.
Me: Hmm…. or… maybe instead of cutting back on my sugar drinks I can think about how I can grow taller.
Shorty: HOW CAN!!!
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space