A CLIQUSIVE Interview!
the journey back to 1988.
JuMP: How long have you guys known each other?
Matthew: We know each other since two years old? (looks at serene) One or two years old?
Serene: Yah. We were neighbors since young.
Matthew: So we are real childhood friends. (laughs)
Serene: Seventeen years.
JuMP: Both of you lost contact. How did you find each other again?
Matthew: Well apparently, she found me on Friendster.
Serene: Two years ago. I happened to type Matthew and this Matthew Chia just popped out on the first page, the first one. So I just clicked. Then I was looking at his profile and I saw his brother and sister. I remember his sister’s name is Iris and brother’s name is James so I confirmed it’s him.
JuMP: Tell us some brief childhood memories?
Matthew: She always bullied me! (serene pinches matthew) Ouch! (laughs)
Serene: Nooo…
Matthew: Haha, I remember there is this one incident when I was at her place and I wanted to go home and she didn’t allow me, so I called home to tell my mom. Serene actually hung up the phone. I was so angry with her. (laughs)
Serene: Oh yeah, I always cycle then he will run behind me. (laughs)
Matthew: We used to play on the swings. And the morning glory flowers. Do you remember? The purple ones (looks at serene)
Serene: What happened?
Matthew: Nothing. (laughs) I just say about the flowers.
Serene: Oh his sister’s skates right, I remember I will wear on my left leg and he will wear on his right. Then we just skate together. (matthew laughing) Like one, two, three then we race.
Matthew: Haha, there was once we got lost at parkway.
Serene: Oh yah, then we cried!
Matthew: Coz I was following a balloon is it?
Serene: I was following the balloon, then you followed me coz I was following the balloon. Then we got lost. And then we cried and cried. Coz my mom just continued shopping and she forgot about us. (both laughing)
Serene: I remember we were holding hands at parkway last time.
Matthew: Unfortunately.. (serene glares at matthew playfully)
Serene: We ate this fruit from the tree, then I let Matthew eat first. I waited then he never die, so I ate it too.
Matthew: Oh yeah, we bathed together.
Serene: Yeah.. (laughs) We bathe together. Oh my god, it sounds so wrong. (laughs)
JuMP: When did you take up tennis?
Matthew: I started playing tennis in Sec Four when my friend introduced the sport to me. So the interest started from there but never really had proper training so it’s just the interest there and the training isn’t.
Serene: I tried tennis very long ago when I was very young. My secondary and college friends influenced me a lot so slowly I begun to pick up the sport.
Matthew: So we started playing tennis together. She’s like my tennis khaki.
JuMP: Alright thanks a lot Matthew and Serene.
Matthew: Thank you.
Serene: Thank you…
Edison
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