Awesome Massage Skillz0rz
March 11, 2009 | Filed under Asian-ness, Body
Among my many other talents (hah!), I have the ability to give the world’s most awesome massage. I’m good enough to charge for my massage services, despite my lack of an actual qualification or recognised training. This talent was nurtured throughout my childhood years, as all kids of my generation were recruited to be neck and shoulder masseuses for the adults as they sat around the mahjong table for anywhere up to five hours at a stretch.
My cousins and I would dread any family get-together, as our parents were bound to set up a mahjong table, and we would be pulled away from whatever game we were playing in order to massage shoulders, refill cups of tea, and fetch snacks. We hated it then, but there are obvious benefits now: nimble and strong fingers, and arms trained to withstand hours of constant activity for example. There are also some negatives: for example, I’m unable to give erotic massages because my fingers are conditioned for strong therapeutic massages.
My talent is well known by friends, and I trade hour-long massages for other benefits (e.g. friends treating me to lunch). Today, I was generous enough to give an awesome massage for free to a mate for well over an hour when we were at the beach, as he’d been feeling tense from all his Thai boxing training. Strangely enough, this was a mate I’d not seen for twelve years. We’d gone to primary school together, then lost touch over high school and university. He then found me on Facebook, and we’d spent hours chatting on MSN before meeting up again…and it was like no time had passed at all.
Maybe that’s the best indication of a good friendship: timelessness.
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I definitely agree with the last line.
I have a friend who, in our childhood, we were inseparable. Now, we’re lucky to see each other once or twice a year, but whenever we do, we carry on right from where we left off. There’s no “why haven’t you contacted me in so long?” because we understand we have our own lives now.
Macca on March 11, 2009 #
The last line is perfect. I have a friend like that who I’ve known practically since birth and it’s always been that way with us. You just pick up where you left off.
Erin on March 12, 2009 #
Give me a massage… pleeeease! I really need it. I’ll buy you lunch.
I was a neck and shoulder masseuse as a kid too. Heck, I should have been certified when I was 5.
Felisa on March 12, 2009 #
“arms trained to withstand hours of constant activity for example”
You just explained my arms. Except they didn’t get that way because of ‘massaging’…
M on March 12, 2009 #
This reminds me. I need a massage. My poor shoulders hurt. Or I need a friend that’s a masseuse. I’ll totally buy someone lunch for a massage.
Stephanie on March 12, 2009 #
Aw man, I was always really terrible at giving my parents massages. :D Good to hear you’ve put your skills to good use, though.
Kycoo on March 12, 2009 #
I have no idea how one is supposed to give a massage, and whoever I’m trying to massage usually tells me to stop after a few minutes :P
I know exactly what you mean about timeless friendships, though :)
Kaylee on March 12, 2009 #
Ahahha~ You made me want a massage all of a sudden. I don’t usually like them because I’m ticklish. D:
I love and agree with the last line~ I guess that’s how you know who your true friends are. 8D
Mimee on March 12, 2009 #
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