L: ey the peach one so nice! quick put some! so nice rite?!!!
me: okay… (proceeds to rub some ‘fuzzy peach’ hand lotion on the dorsum of my hand, sniffs… WAAA really strong peachy smell! -_-)
L: okay, now try this dewberry one! it’s not bad too! my mother bought one of each… which one do you think i should get?
me: okay… (proceeds to rub some ‘dewberry’ lotion on the other dorsum, sniffs… hmm smells better than the fuzzy peach)
L: eh so nice rite? waaa so nice!
meanwhile me sniffs the ginger one. which, I LIKE! so nice!
L: so which one?
me: i like the ginger one.
L: ewww…
me: okay, dewberry then.
L: but i like the peach one!
me: okay, but i think dewberry better… but i know you like peach better… so okay, i think peach is nicer! (puts on fake smile and prepares to kena hit on the shoulder by L)
L: (hits me on the shoulder/arm or sth, i don’t remember, i think she’s always hitting me… luckily not hitting on me)
me: let’s try the perfume instead (points to the round little bottles with enticing names such as ‘cinnamon spice’, ‘vanilla’, ‘joba’, ’spirit of moonflower’ blah blah blah)

Btw, these tiny bottles may look like they’re not worth 24.90, but i tell ya, one single drop will keep you smelling nice for at least half the day, more if you’re not running around and perspiring!

me: ooooh, i like this one! (points to tea rose, indian gardenia, pink pepper and spice)
L: let’s try the peach one (and she puts a dot on my wrist)
me: eh, i think this is very nice, maybe i should hint for pple to get for my birthday!!!
L: eh, this peach like not very nice, moonflower nicer…
me: EH, WOMAN, i’m hinting here… okay…
L: orh okay okay, one ear in one ear out. what did you say arh?
me: i want! for my birthday!
L: okay okay, which one u want, u think liao tell me k… can please help me smell the peach again? should i buy?
me: okay…

By the time we came out of The Body Shop, i was smelling like a FRUIT! a FREAKING FRUIT i tell you! i know why bodyshop always has this noxious fruity-soury-sweet smell wafting out from it… it’s cuz of the mixture of all these individual fragrances!!! and i tell ya, i was a walking peach all the way HOME! even my mother said, eh how come you smell like a fruit?

I felt so self-conscious all the way home in the bus! like some illegal runaway product from the body shop! walaooo… at one point, i had this ‘ideas of reference’ thingy, i had this sneaking suspicion that the ladies sitting behind me were gossiping abt the horrid, strong, fruit-like smell i carried! *freak*