Funny Cousin Day

It's really weird when you meet a cousin that you rarely see (once a year mind you...) And then comes the awkwardness of thinking, 'should I go and say hi?'... And then you do, and then it gets even more awkward when your distant cousin sits there and waits for a few very long seconds before he thinks and says, "oh you're my cousin!"...

Haha, that's the gyst of my afternoon story.. It happened when I was walking through the extremely overcrowded Canteen A (in school). Anthea and I were buying McDonalds for lunch when I saw my distant cousin sitting at one end facing me. I think he saw me.. But anyways, I hesitated thinking if I should go say hi, ya know.. be polite or something. So I walked up to his table (he sat with 2 girl friends) and I stood there infront of his table and waved my stupid hands infront of his face. Weird thing was, I think he didn't see me coming yet, but his friends must've thought I was some crazy girl.

Anyway, he finally sees me and pauses. I was thinking to myself, what if he doesn't even recognize me, or what if I went up to the wrong person just cuz he looked like someone I see only once a year!!!!?? So after 10 seconds, he remembers and exclaims, "you're my cousin!"

His friends who sat with him laughed and one of the girls said, "she's your cousin and you take so long to figure that out??!?!" I bet he must have been really embarrassed... But at least I was consoled by the fact that he said that he saw me but couldn't place where I was from. Weird part again, we both forgot each other's name... I vaguely remembered his, but he tells me that he's 'Meng Meng', and I told him that my friends call me Erica...

What a weird day...