Imagine having loads of fun. No, make that double the fun. That's what it was like interviewing former MTV VJ twins, Teh May Wan and Teh Choy Wan, 29.

May's the one on the right. Oh, no, she's the one on the left. No, she's... Arrrgh! You, too, would likely not be able to tell one from the other.

Not only do their voices sound alike, even the way they speak and the pet phrases they use can confuse. Like, well, the word "like".

The New Paper on Sunday caught up with the twins to find out what it's like to grow up with a mirror image.

And, of course, find out what they have been doing since their breakout roles as the getai-singing Durian Sisters in the local movie 881 in 2007.

Some changes now help set the identical twins apart.

May is happily married and a mum to two girls, Leala Haryadi, 21 months, and Siena, 11/2 months old. And May, who's older by a minute, told TNPS: "We're still similar, but I think what's very different now about us is that I got married and I have a family.

"So that's how we're different - in terms of our thinking."

She married Indonesian businessman Audric Haryadi, 32, two years ago.

"Sometimes, Choy forgets that I'm a mum and she calls me, 'Eh what are you doing, ah?'

"I'm like, 'Girl, I'm in the middle of changing a diaper and the other is crying'. (And Choy goes) 'But I want to talk to you'."

Choy chimed in: "Sometimes, she forgets that I am single... (and asks) can you come and help me babysit and I'm like, no, I gotta go out somewhere or something like that.

"Not that it's a bad thing. It's just that sometimes she forgets I've got a single-person mentality and I forget she's got the mother mentality."

That, Choy declared, is "the big difference with us" and "we're trying to co-exist on that level". They are, it seems, making some headway.

Said May: "So, I tell Choy I can't gossip right now. Before, she's giving back like, why? Now she's like, okay, okay I'll call you back."

Choy has also been doubling up as "mummy" to nieces Leala and Siena.

"I do everything except breastfeed. I put them to bed, change their poopy diaper, bathe them, sing to them, feed them. I do everything.

"Put it this way, when I have my own kids one day, I'm going to be a lot more prepared than she was because I've had so much hands-on experience."

May agreed: "I went into it (motherhood) blind. I've never taken care of anyone's kids."

Growing up as twins was fun, fun, fun, both chorused.

They did everything together, pretty much till the day May got married.

May said: "Except for boyfriends and private activities, the rest we pretty much did together." Choy chipped in: "Study together, work together, play together."

May added: "Sleep in the same room."

And completing each other's sentence or thought.

Born to a Chinese mother and a Norwegian father, the girls left Brisbane, Australia, when they were 12.

Both have a degree in Asian studies from Griffith University, although Choy took an additional degree in communications.

Choy found it interesting that they, too, have experienced the "disputed memories of twins" phenomenon - a research finding which indicates that twins may dispute ownership of autobiographical experiences.

There were no pranks or swopping identities or pretending to be the other because "we are very guai (well-behaved in Mandarin)", said May.

The most prominent physical difference is the mole that Choy has on her left cheek. That, and the height. Choy was taller by half a head for about two years when they were in primary school. May caught up eventually and she's now just a wee bit shorter.

They were fine about dressing up in identical outfits until "one day we just decided that we wanted to dress differently and that was it", said May.

Their hairstyles were similar too, right up to about five years ago.

May said: "I got pregnant and I chopped my hair off."

Their taste in men differ too.

Said Choy: "I used to have a thing for musicians."

May added: "She likes the ones who play music or instruments, the creative type. I always dated guys in the corporate world."

Well, Choy is dating right now but don't expect elaborate details except that they have been together "just a couple of months" and he's "not in the industry".

She added, with a girlish giggle: "I can just say he's wonderful, that's it."

May teased: "You had to add that in, right?'

Said Choy: "Yes. Yes. Yes."

So, what's the best part of being twins?

May said: "I think I can sum it up - you have a best friend for life."

As Choy concluded: "It was always that support system although now life is different, and she's got different priorities.

"But it's like you know you have someone there for you for life.

"It's a guarantee. It's how it's been for us."

This article was first published in The New Paper.