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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 , 9:12 PM

Actually I wanted to tell everyone about the wedding dinner and something else (I forgot o.o). I was hoping that I would remember those memories forever, but I guess I won't remember them especially since I already forgotten what they were about. But after typing this sentence I realised I just remembered. My trip to Malaysia. I'm so weird.

Anyway, yesterday was terrible.

After spending some time reading comics (Oh, haven't you heard? I'm reading again. Such a good time to read..) in the morning, I was preparing to go out and catch a movie with Huey Yan. My brother was telling me to be careful, especially at the cinema, because 'the cinema can be a dangerous place'. But then I was thinking : "Dangerous? Like how? I'm more dangerous here. I have an umbrella in my bag. And umbrellas are dangerous. If all else fails, I can bite." I was not thinking of Rihanna.

At such a great time, my dad called to tell me news. He wanted me to come with him later in the afternoon to 'trek' Bukit Timah Hill. Because if I came along, my brother would have less reason not to go. If my brother really didn't want to go, my coming along wouldn't do anything. He would just not COME. Especially since he knows why he is being forced to go 'trekking'. My brother was really angry anyway. Making such a last minute decision. Not like it's the first time.

I told him about the movie and he actually wanted me to cancel it. AGAIN? His last minute plans keep ruining my plans. And mine certainly are not planned last minute. If he bothered to pay attention, he would know. In any case, I was not going to cancel my plans. I told him I'll be back at 3 (He planned to bring us there at 3). I hung up and realised I was running late. And guess what? I lost my wallet.

And when I finally found it, it was already 5 past 11. I told Huey Yan I would be there by 10.55am and even assured her that reaching there only took 5 minutes. I even said that "I can see West Mall from my house"(I was trying to act like Sarah Palin but she didn't know anyway). It's true. And I received 2 missed calls and 1 message. WOW. I'm really late.

I ran to the bus-stop and called her telling her I would be there by 3 minutes. It wouldn't take a miracle, just a bus. I got there. I wasn't waiting for a specific bus, just any bus that would take me to somewhere near West Mall. Actually, almost every bus leads to the bus interchange at West Mall, or the bus-stop next to the interchange. ALMOST. I waited some time and finally saw 2 buses. Express 506 and 963. I was thinking that Express buses go to specific places, and probably won't pass by West Mall. So I took 963. Guess what? I realised my bus card wasn't in my wallet. And so I had to ask the bus driver how much was the fare. What was most embarrassing was that I actually don't know how to pay for it. Do I put it in this box? I wondered what the bus driver was thinking. Why is this girl hesitating? Is she an idiot?

The fare costs $1. I didn't have coins so I put a 2 dollar note into the box and wondered what will happen.

Modern technology. Causes simple things, like paying bus fares, to be even simpler, so simple such that people like me are actually unsure how to pay a bus fare. I wondered if I put the note in the wrong place. And whether the bus driver would start laughing because he met this girl who has no idea how to pay for her bus fare.

The driver suddenly pushed something, then I saw a ticket drop out from a machine. Wow. I haven't received one for a long time. A time when my parents paid for me. And I would just have to run around the bus waiting for them. And there was no change. The ticket wrote "Paid 100 cents" instead of my $2. What a waste.

I alighted at the next stop. You know what? The bus went the wrong direction! I mean, it was on the right track, but I was on the wrong bus. Hurray. I shall never take 963 again. It's my unlucky bus. The blur me, took 963 once and went all the way to HarbourFront. And tried to take an MRT home, but alighted at the wrong stop and had to take an MRT back again and another MRT to finally head home. I knew I was on the wrong way when I passed by River Valley but decided that I could take an MRT home. So much for my dad's advice. "Try taking 963 instead of taking 106 all the time." I told him I was afraid that I'll go the wrong way and get lost. And I did. And again today. With the same bus. So I decided to walk to West Mall. But I didn't walk back and take my usual route to West Mall. I thought that I probably can find my way around. THIS IS FAMILIAR TERRITORY. NOTHING TO FEAR.

And I got lost. No idea where to go. I just walked. I took routes I believed would lead me there. I wished I had an exact position of where the hell it was. But even if I know that it would be useless anyway. Because even if I had a GPS or a compass and map, I wouldn't know how to get there. I was walking diagonally all the time. Still holding the ticket. Actually I was running all the way, if not walking really quickly. I finally threw the ticket away when I passed by a dustbin. I was really pissed off with myself. I was more than 35 minutes late. I actually stood my friend up for so long. (Record broken.) Plus Huey Yan would really be angry. I don't want her to compare me to that "retarded betrayer"(Yes, I know I sound really childish here, but I don't have a better nickname for her). And I really don't want her to think that I'm a liar for telling her that I would be here in 3 minutes, that it only took 5 minutes to get there, that I could see West Mall from my house. To think I'll get lost in a place I'm supposed to be familiar with. To think I took such a long route to somewhere I don't know (and make Huey Yan wait) when I could have just walked back and get there in less than 10 minutes(if I ran).

I was smiling as I ran/walked. Laughing at myself for being so stupid. So dumb. So blur. And I couldn't help but keep screaming "FREAKING IDIOT" in my head. Of course, I was referring to myself.

When I was finally reaching West Mall, I was thinking, hey, if you see this sweaty little girl, with a huge black bag, and you notice that she has this long black face at West Mall today, that'll be me. I felt like I was carrying this sign that read "IDIOT". I called Huey Yan and kept apologising for being really late. I was surprised that she wasn't angry. She told me she thought I wasn't going to come. And that I would abandon her. I was expecting a scolding from her, or that she would look at me like I was MAYIYING. (That's a name, not a verb.) I summarised what happened to her, although I would prefer not to, and give her an excuse because I felt really ashamed. But she deserved the explanation. I didn't hear her laughing anyway. So I guess it's alright.

We went to buy tickets to New Moon. I couldn't get student discounts for the ticket because I didn't bring my student pass. Waste of money. :(

Then we took neoprints. I realised I do act cute at times. O.O Alot of act-cute poses. I kept trying to copy Huey Yan. She had to change her poses because she didn't want to us to have the same poses in the neoprints. (So unoriginal. Think NOVEL!) Out of all the photos, only 1 of my poses were 'original'. (I suddenly went 'high'.) There's one with my 'Ken Lim' pose, but that's just cause my spectacles slipped. I guess I'm not like those 'zi lian' and 'act cute' teens who have so many poses up their sleeves. Some of the photos look really 'unglam'. I've decided to hide them anyway somewhere.

I didn't know how to decorate them too. The decorations were all so fanciful, so colourful and SPARKLY. I don't like the glittery decorations they provided. But I guess it's okay at least as we had fun.

Then she accompanied me to buy Artemis Fowl. I didn't bring my Popular card either. How expensive... T_T But at least now ARTEMIS FOWL IS MINE. MUAHAHAHA.

We weren't hungry. It was 12 already. Huey Yan wanted to buy sushi and drinks. I brought her around. I wanted to eat at MosBurger. Not that I was hungry, but I thought that I should eat something. She didn't want to eat though. She didn't even want to buy drinks there because 'BreadTalk sells drinks cheaper'. In my head I was screaming, "BUT I WANT TO DRINK COKE. I WANT TO TRY COKE AGAIN. BREADTALK DOESN'T SELL COKE!". But nothing. She bought 2 packets of sushi and offered me two. I didn't eat anything else until 3.26pm on my watch.

In the cinema, when the advertisements started, I almost jumped. I forgot how loud the sound was. I didn't enjoy the movie that much. Firstly, I knew what was going to happen, thanks to parodies and trailers on YouTube, Wikipedia, and DeviantArt's Twilight fan arts. (No spoilers here.) Plus Huey Yan said she had already seen half of it. The most irritating part was that there were people sitting behind us and they made loud and stupid remarks and some unappreciated sounds. I complained to Huey Yan, she told me 'sound effects mah'.

Examples of disturbances :

- *BURP*

- She siao one la

- Break up? They weren't even ...

- After this part, end liao (repeat x 3)

- Eee..

Of course, I did make some 'sound effects' too. I laughed loudly. And I kept disturbing Huey Yan by complaining about the two fellas behind us. I'm not exactly the best movie companion. There was part of the movie, I wanted to cover my eyes and yet at the same time cover my ears. See no evil, hear no evil. But curiosity got the better of me anyway.I didn't watch everything though. I did yawn at some parts of the movie.

It was already 3 by the end of New Moon so I was rushing to get home. But Huey Yan wanted me to show her where to buy prepaid cards (she was running low on smses too). After visiting one of Singtel's shops (apparently they don't sell prepaid cards), and passing by one of M1's shops, she gave up because she didn't want to take up my time anymore. I felt bad for not being able to help her and still wanted to make up to her for being so late. But she had already gone.

I went to MosBurger to buy something to eat. I ordered a chicken burger and a coke. Even though there were very little people eating there, no even though I was the only customer they had to prepare food for (the others were already served), they took a really long time to serve me. Maybe it was because I was rushed for time. I finished my burger really quickly, grabbed my coke and returned my tray. (I'm still considerate even when I'm rushing home, unlike..)

I walked home. Really quickly. With a coke in hand. I wasn't going to waste another 2 dollar note to get home again. (I don't have any $1 coins.)

I guess I should end here. This is so boring.