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On the train today, I had engaged myself inadvertently into another very prickly situation. Apparently, my comedian group mate and I were the last to be left standing awkwardly side by side in the cabin as we watched our friends alighting one station after the other. Suddenly he didn’t seem so entertaining anymore. I felt like that the comical front was blown away by my always solemn expression. There was nothing to laugh about without the others; we became strangers instantly (more like he did to me :P). We talked on universal topics like where we live and how our transportation goes about just to fill up the discomfited silence. Still, from the way I was asking him questions and the manner he replies in full and complete sentences (minus the previous informalities), we could almost be discussing politics.

Do we take on different personalities when we face someone unfamiliar and of a different genre? Or is it because we are of different sexes? Below is a simple illustration of my belief.

Elf Lady's Observational Chart

	Topics Available 1. Sex 2. Army Life 3. Ex-Girlfriends (aka Bitches :p) 4. Alcoholic concoctions
	Topics Available Boys vs. Girls
	Topics Available 1. Make Fun of only Girl 2. All About the only Girl
	Topics Available
	Familiar 1. I hate school 2. Give me a lift? 3. Real Life	Unfamilar 1. Hostel Rent 2. Bus or MRT? 3. Imaginery Life

I have been surveying for awhile, taking down all subjects believed to be appropriate in different company. In any case now I know what to expect, and I hope I will make my receiver less fidgety the next time we are trapped alone on the MRT, then we can really start talking (:p).