I installed Skype recently (yes, yes, very laggard i know) though i haven’t really used it for any overseas calls. Did a couple of test calls with Iceman but that’s about it. MSN is still my preferred mode of communication with friends who are overseas…
About 2 weeks after i installed Skype (i got my photo and real name there), i suddenly started getting messages and calls from weirdos who claimed they know me/ kept bugging me for more info of myself/ wanted to know me. I really scolded the guy who had the guts to call me… but the scolding was over Skype messaging lah.. ‘cos… heh… i don’t have a microphone plugged into my laptop most of the time. Haha. Wouldn’t want to answer the call anyway… too creepy to talk to a weirdo who is allegedly from Dalian, China.
After a couple of such incidents, my personal message on Skype now says, “Weirdos whom i don’t know, stop messaging me”. That worked. No more harassing phone calls or messages from stranger-weirdos.
But my weirdo luck has obviously not run out. Ok… maybe “weirdo” is too harsh a word to use… but i just met 2 strange people over Friendster. A couple of days ago, i received an email that said, “Someone has sent you a smile on Friendster”. So i logged in this afternoon to see who this person was. It was an unfamiliar name… i was about to delete the message without replying when i decided to view the person’s profile.
The person turned out to be 1 of Partner’s “brothers” at his wedding… and the only reason i know that is ‘cos there was a pic of all the “brothers”. I couldn’t tell which of the bro he was though… i only know 4 of the brothers by name and he wasn’t one of them. Partner happened to be on MSN when i was viewing the profile so i asked Partner who it was… but doesn’t really matter lah. I’m still not going to respond. I find it weird when people just “send a smile” to me on Friendster. I mean, what am i supposed to do? “Smile” back? Then we just keep smiling back and forth is it? Duh! Say something intelligent if you want a response from me!! Don’t just give me some stupid virtual “smile” right?
After i got home from dinner just now, i saw another Friendster alert email. Some chick wanted to add me as a friend on Friendster. I was puzzled ‘cos i’m very sure i don’t have any friend by that name. So i logged into Friendster again to view that gal’s photo. SHEESH! Once again, it was someone i didn’t know… but she had a pic of Partner’s wedding photo there too!
I’m like DUH!!! Just ‘cos you attend the same wedding dinner with someone doesn’t mean you go around adding that person as a friend on Friendster right? DUH!?! I didn’t even TALK or SEE this char bor at the wedding lor! Wah lau! Ya lah… maybe she saw me ‘cos i was the emcee but STILL!
Sigh. Partner wasn’t online this time… but i did send him a message over MSN asking him why his friends so friendly one. Hmm… maybe i’m the rude one here. Hahaha. Whatever. I’m not adding anyone i don’t know. Heh.
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