I’m glad you’re not letting it get to you. Coz it only reflects badly on them – and not you :)

I’m also in the “ngeh ngeh” category – super stubborn lah, me. And I don’t care if folks think I’m “trying too hard’ because I HAPPY CAN ALREADY!!

Fish: Yeah, yeah. I know. Your favourite phrase! :P

JayWalk: Yeah, I know what you saying and the distinction between the two. But I think I didn’t write my post well enough because I was rushing it and didn’t explain clearly what I was trying to say. I belong to the “ngeh ngeh” category so sometimes people say I “try too hard” with good cause. And all I’m saying is that people are mean to say that because they don’t know the whole story behind why people “try too hard” and it hurts our feelings. :P

Ruok: lol… ok I can empathise. *pat pat*

However, as different as they are, they too have a common denominator which you have already mentioned.

i.e. a person not being him/herself.

The latter is ngeh ngeh do something that is beyond the person’s capability e.g. puffing up and acting rich in order to impress some girl when in actual fact he is not.

Hence, he is not being himself.

An example of the prior is like you have a project that you are not taking seriously and as expected, the results turned out less than satisfactory.

This is also a case of not being oneself. Had you put in a bit more effort and do the project to what you are truly capable of, you would have gotten a better result.

Know what I am trying to say?

;)