Tactless

Youth and idealism certainly comes hand in hand. Just fresh out of school, we're usually full of rose-tinted dreams and towering ambitions, filled with righteous fire and zeal all ready to make our mark and conquer the world. And yet even with the most hardened, cynical teenager, there's always this certain innocence and naivete that lends itself to the most surprising ( and ultimately refreshing ) comments.

Surprisingly even with the patent charms of his disreputable shack, Handsome Hui has somehow managed to lure two unsuspecting tenants into his shadowy lair - no doubt enticed by the alluring sight of his barely clad lean physique ( oh wait, that's me! ). Like the bewitched, bothered and bewildered victims of horror flicks, the two innocents marched blindly to their doom as they unwittingly set up camp in Handsome Hui's House of Horrors.

As I tried my best to save the stumbling duo, I managed to whisk the younger partner away for lunch... hereby called Junior Jesse. The surprisingly charming, youthful barista certainly didn't find anything amiss in the House of Horrors despite the eeriely swinging porch, the flickering neon lights and the dangling cobwebs. Obviously the ubiquitous Amityville Mansion interior design style seems to have found an ardent fan in him. All my attempts to draw him away from certain doom turned out a sad failure as Jesse seemed patently oblivious to it all. Hui just watched me balefully over his lunch, possibly promising painful tortures with whips, leather and hot oils... ( wait, that's me again! )

Still the lunch didn't turn out to be a waste of my effort since Jesse's foot-in-the-mouth disease turned out to be quite painfully hilarious.

Jesse : So that's how you got to know Hui. You work with him?
Paul : Yeah, I do. See him quite often at work actually.
Jesse : Do you guys eat each other often?

As you can believe, I practically choked on a wantan. Word for word, that's what he said. And since Handsome Hui has actually found his way to my humble blog, he can certainly confirm what was said. Thankfully, what Junior Jesse actually meant was did we take lunch together - and not some purported attempt at cannibalism. Innocent mistake, I'm sure, and I was quick to point out that I have never actually had the chance to eat, lick or bite on any portion of Handsome Hui.

Still, it did give me some deliciously wicked ideas. :)