Gossiping

Gossiping - idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.

Yesterday, after months of turning down, re-scheduling and postponing our catch up, Trish and I finally met up. We both decided to have dinner together. I met her at her new office after work, where she showed me her very own room(!!), new computer (!!) and uh...well...basically, that's it. Haha!! Her new office is nice; it's modern in design with black walls and it doesn't look like the typical office setting as the cubicals for the clerks are all of the modern design. But I digress.

We were to have dinner together and had initially decided to go to Gurney. However, being a Friday night, as expected the route to Gurney was jammed. So plans had to be changed and we ended up going to Ananda Bhawan in Tanjung Bungah (although I had banana leaf for lunch that day!!).

The Ananda Bhawan outlet in Tanjung Bungah has a very nice setting, which is basically to attract tourists; but it also serves as a good place to hang out and not to forget that the food is also good. So...while we waited for our order of Mutton Briyani, Tandoori Set, Cheese Tosai, Sirap Ice and Bru Ice Coffee to arrive, we did what we always do: GOSSIP.

We talked about so much of stuff and about so many people. After all, it's been nearly two months since we last met and in almost 60 days, a lot can happen. Even as our food arrived, the pace in which we were talking did not slow down. We talked and talked and talked, then ordered a second round of drinks, then continued talking and talking.

All in all...we talked for nearly 4 hours!! And the place was actually closing by the time we left (though there were still other customers there)!!. Half way through our conversation, we stopped and reflected on what we were doing i.e. gossiping. We wondered whether what we were doing was right. After all...we were talking about people we call friends (some of them anyway).

In my book (and Trish's) I think what we were doing (and will always be doing!!) is okay. Yes we're gossiping but we're not spreading rumours or lies. She updates me on what she's heard or talked about or experienced, and I do the same. If not for this 'gossiping', there's nothing to talk about, we realised!!

In the end, we decided that we will continue gossiping. If it doesn't hurt anyone, then what's the problem right?

On the way back, we still had not finished talking!! Even when we reached my house, I continued sitting in the car talking!!! Haha!!

I suppose she's right in saying that, between us, there will never be a silent moment. There will always be something to talk about. So...to many more hours of more gossiping!! :-)