Small Talk

I have been introducing myself over and over again to my new colleagues for the past few days over lunch. Here is the standard set of questions to ask someone you're meeting for the first time:

"So did you study here previously? Which faculty were you from?"

"So where did you work previously? Why did you leave?"

"So which part of Singapore do you stay?"

"What do you normally do in your free time?"

Which is why I think I have had an interesting conversation during lunch break today:

Her: Are you the eldest sibling?
Me: Err. Yah.. Why? *puzzled*
Her: Okay... Coz differently ranked siblings behave differently mah. You have a younger sister.
Me: Yup *is she psychic?*
Her: Hmm... Studying?
Me: Yup
Her: NUS?
Me: Nope, NTU
Her: Studying Mass Communication. (note it is a statement)
Me: ... Business
Her: Whats your chinese name?
Me: Em.. Guowei..
Her: Are you hokkien?
Me: Yup *lost*
Her: Are you a Christian?
Me: nope *feeling amused by already*
Me: You're an interesting character.. Most people make small chat by talking about the weather, haha
Her: the weather? It's Singapore... Always the same mah..

Now, thats what I call conversation! Now you're talking..