Frugal Dee

I have just proven one of my mother’s commandments true. "Thou shalt not put hands on/near door hinges." I vividly remember my childhood with my mother always shouting "Don’t PUT your hands there!What if it gets kiapped?(teochew for getting squished)" And I as I grew up the fear and paranoia of getting kiapped was instilled in me.

But on one unfateful night, I was kiapped by a car door and it bloody hurt. Maddie parked her car and we all got out. I closed her door by holding the window frame and I conveniently forgot my hand…Yizhen at the back slammed her door close and I had my fourth and pinkie squished right in between the small gap of the front door and back door.haha. I could still say calmly "Yizhen open your door" and for a second we looked at each other and she opened the door carefully. It was all very slow mo. And Maddie was wondering why I was holding her car. hahaha. Well my fourth finger got better at the end of the night but my pinke was so bruised and there was a blood clot. It’s better now but it was a really painful experience. Now I fully understand the term learning the hard way.

So remember,"DON’T PUT YOUR HANDS THERE!"