Identity Crisis

My friend, Eileen, thinks that I have an identity problem or rather a crush on another man who shared the first name as PaPa!

Certainly no crush here! I think it is just very ME! I am a Blur Queen.

The problem with me is that I was caught many times referring Chris Ng (an ex colleague of us - PaPa and I were from the same company) as my spouse instead of Chris Yeo, which is PaPa's name.

Well you probably ask, why the confusion?. For a start, I knew both Chris almost the same time as we were all involved in the same company's project. Many official emails were exchanged between me and the two men over the project. They were also from the same division and they sat pretty near each other. They were always referred with the first name plus last name to avoid all confusion.

The first "identity" challenge happened when I wrote a personal email (fortunately no uncensored stuff!) to Chris Ng instead of Chris Yeo. PaPa and I kept our dates low profile and there I was, the blur one, who addressed the email to another person. Chris Ng replied "Er..I don't wakeboard. I think this email is meant for Chris Yeo?" Chris Ng was the first person in SIA who knew we were dating He was nice not to CNN it. I found out from Chris Ng later on that it was common for him to receive many emails meant for Chris Yeo. He simply forward the email to Chris Yeo. Chris Ng indeed is a gentleman coz he did not forward my email to Chris Yeo. It would be too embarrassing!

The second incident happened at my in laws' place when we were newly married. I was busy cleaning the dishes and PaPa was standing next to me. So I went "Chris Ng, can you help to dry the dishes." There was this "horror" written all over PaPa's face and he went, "Why don't you ask Chris Ng to come and help?" Fortunately, PaPa's wasn't angry coz he knew I was as blur as a sotong.

The third incident was when I accidentally tagged PaPa's picture as Chris Ng in Facebook. For some strange reason I could not untag it. So I had to email Chris Ng and asked him to untag himself!

The next incident (and I hope it is the last!) was also the most embarrassing one. I was out with Eileen tonight and we met Mee Chee, an ex colleague of ours. Eileen told Mee Chee that my husband was Chris. As Eileen could not remember Chris' last name, she asked me, "What is your husband's surname?" and I went, "Chris Ng". Her immediate reaction was of shock and disbelief! I was so embarrassed that I wished I had a hole to hide. Next thing, I found myself defending my mistake to Mee Chee. At the background, were "reprimands" from Eileen. You see the blur queen just had dinner with Eileen and Chris Ng a week before this. Maybe I just not good with names!

I told PaPa about this. The cool man just laughed it off and gave me this Well-Am-I-Not-Surprised look.

Lessons learnt from these episodes:

a) Create a nickname for husband in the email system;

b) Buy a dish washer, is safer;

c) No husband pictures on facebook;

d) Remember your children's surname.