Singaporean Tai-tais

Dear ladies… we all know, under that demur exterior in the standard issue black suit and editorial glasses exists a “Tai-Tai” who is just waiting to break out. Here are some tips for you to unleash that inner “tigress” who is expected to be treated like a “goddess” that she is, who won’t take no for an answer, and who will walk her pointy boots all over those “unfortunate souls who dare to oppose her will.”

5) Buy a designer bag for all your essentials and more. Bigger the better, because, girlfriends, size does matter.

4) Put on Chanel or Sisley makeup, because we all just feel better when we look better

3) Switch out the skirt for your little black suit with one with an above the knee funky cut because we know that we can be powerful and be sexy at the same time

2) 3 hour head to toe, massage therapy/spa treatment because there’s nothing more satisfying than telling someone to press “harder”

1) Buy an a pair of killer heels preferably 3 inches or higher and has a “Blahnik” or “Louboutin” inscribed in the inner soles. Because ladies, we speak with force when we can look them in the eye or, preferably, down on them.

Here are mine. So what are some of yours?

Apparently, for the Japanese photographer who was here taking pictures of our family for the weekend, it’s not. I’ve always thought the Japanese to be a lot more refined but when my sister went to speak to the photographer about a possible angle, she shoved her hand into my sister’s face and said, “wait.”

We were all taken aback by the gesture. As the photographer spoke very limited Japanese, we didn’t know how to tell her that that was simply the height of rudeness in our book. She also moved us not by asking us to step aside or point to where she wants us to go, she simply “picked” us up by our arms and moved us. I guess that was easier for her but amazingly uncomfortable and unnerving for us.

Suffice it to say we won’t be using her again anytime soon.

Who is responsible for this piece of marketing crap?! Does Dodo even realize the double entendre behind their ads? “I love my Dodo!!!!!!” What is wrong with them? And then “Shiok, Shiok”? (For non-Singaporeans, you can add in your own version of sounds you would make when feeling pleasure.)

And please don’t tell me to get my mind out of the gutter. This ad is utterly ridiculous! Somebody, please help them get their trucks repainted with something decent.