First things first


This is for all three of you who nodded against me in the typical Singaporean way when all you know is typical Singaporean slang.

For you, having a rope attached to your waist and being lowered from somewhere is pronounced as repelling (pronounced as re-pel). For the rest of the world, however,

rap*pel [ra-pel, ruh-] verb, -pelled, -pel*ling. -noun
1.
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent. -verb (used without object)
2.
to descend by means of a rappel.

I hate it when people don't believe what I say. Even more so when the other person from across the table agrees with the first, and yet another person whom I don't know well nods in agreement.

Don't believe whatever I say then. Continue wallowing in your own ignorance.