Had chance to get on a crowded commuter subway the other day. I saw a young woman in black suit, so called recruiting suit on the train. She looked like she was cramped in that outfit: her hair was very long and sort of wavy, rather grunge look, and her make up was, kind of gaudy. Obviously everything didn’t match. I wonder if she was going to work or going to interview judging from the suit. Did she think it would be OK as long as she was in the “recruiting suit” like everybody else looking for job? Or simply she didn’t know how to tone down her make up…? Or to take more matching suit…?
Overheard a conversation between two senior ladies on the bus way back to home from work. One lady said she was worried about her daughter not getting married. "I was worried about her going out when she was young, and was careful not to let her go on date with some boys, but now I regret what I did. If she had more chances of meeting, she would've been married by now." The other lady was telling her that she was embarrassed by her daughter married to a man not from the good family. "Children of my brothers and cousins all married to the people from the good family. My daughter is the only one not married to such a good family. Even my husband's end relatives also married to decent family. I'm so embarrassed." The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. One is not happy about her daughter being single. One is not happy that her daughter doesn't belong to decent family that she can claim to her relatives. Probably both of them were trying to ...
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