Arun: Eh Mei Ling… my left eye has been twitching since morning. Confirm something bad going to happen.
Mei Ling: Again ah? Last month your right eye twitched and you said you’d strike Toto. Did you?
Arun: Aiyah, that one different. Maybe I never buy ticket at the right timing.
Mei Ling: So when good thing doesn’t happen, it’s timing. When bad thing happens, it’s eye twitch. Very convenient hor?
Arun: Don’t joke. My grandmother always said, left eye twitch means trouble. Right eye twitch means good news. Last year before my project got rejected, my left eye twitched the whole day.
Mei Ling: And how many times has your eye twitched when absolutely nothing happened?
Arun: …I never keep count.
Mei Ling: Exactly. That’s called selective memory. You remember the “hit,” forget the “miss.” Very human.
Arun: But why so coincidental? Today left eye twitch, and my boss suddenly scheduled a 4 p.m. meeting. Confirm something.
Mei Ling: Or maybe your boss schedules meetings every week? Twitching is usually stress, lack of sleep, or too much kopi. How many cups today?
Arun: Three lah. But that’s normal.
Mei Ling: Three is not normal. It’s Singapore survival mode. Your eye muscle is just tired. There’s even a medical term—myokymia. Small muscle spasms. Nothing mystical.
Arun: But why left eye bad, right eye good? So specific leh.
Mei Ling: Different cultures say different things. Some say opposite. If it were truly universal, everyone would agree which eye means what.
Arun: Still… last time before I fought with my ex, left eye also twitching.
Mei Ling: You were stressed about the relationship, right?
Arun: Ya…
Mei Ling: Stress causes twitching. Then argument happens. Not prophecy—just cause and effect.
Arun: Wah, you explain until no romance in life already.
Mei Ling: Not no romance. Just no unnecessary anxiety. Imagine every time your eye twitch you panic. Your stress increases, twitch gets worse. Self-fulfilling prophecy.
Arun: So you’re saying if something bad happens later, it’s not because of my eye?
Mei Ling: If something bad happens later, it’s because life happens. Meetings, deadlines, ERP charges—none of them controlled by your eyelid.
Arun: Don’t bring ERP into this. That one really bad luck.
Mei Ling: That one government policy, not supernatural.
Arun: Okay lah, but beliefs also give comfort what. Like warning signal.
Mei Ling: I get that. Traditions connect us to family. But maybe treat it as a reminder to check yourself. Eye twitch? Ask: “Am I tired? Stressed?” That’s useful.
Arun: Hmm. So instead of “bad omen,” think “body notification”?
Mei Ling: Exactly. Your body’s WhatsApp message.
Arun: Wah, then my body very naggy today.
Mei Ling: Because you slept at 2 a.m. watching Netflix.
Arun: Okay okay. Tonight I sleep early. If tomorrow right eye twitch, maybe good thing?
Mei Ling: If tomorrow right eye twitch, maybe still too much kopi.
Arun: You really no give chance to superstition one.
Mei Ling: I give chance—to culture, not to fear. Believe if it makes you smile. But don’t let it scare you.
Arun: Fair enough. If 4 p.m. meeting goes well, I’ll say right eye secretly helping.
Mei Ling: And if it goes badly?
Arun: I’ll say… I need more sleep.
Mei Ling: Finally, scientific breakthrough achieved.
Arun: Eh, my eye stopped twitching.
Mei Ling: See? Power of logic.
Arun: Or maybe because I finished my kopi.
Mei Ling: That one, I can accept.
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