my black thursday 6/7/06

Stuff are predestined, most of time.

It’s like you tell yourself you don’t feel like eating hokkien mee for dinner and your mum will come back with a packet of hokkien mee. You are destined to eat hokkien mee. No escape.

Woke up earlier than usual. Decided that rushing for work is bad for my health. The strong wind was messing my already messy hair with the stormy clouds looming above me, as if all determined to make my day start off on the wrong note. As I quickened my pace to beat the gloating clouds and rain, I got a call from my otosan asking me if I needed a ride to the MRT as it was already raining.

I told him I was already reaching the station, no need, I said. As if he sensed an omen, he asked again  if I was sure, yes, I replied.

During that span of 1 min, for no reason, I looked down at my sandals and tried to recall when I bought it. Aug last year. Wow. They’re so durable lor, I thought.

1 min after, my sandals broke. I looked at it disbelievingly recalling the offer my otosan offered. It’s so xie2.

Dragging the slipper clumsily to the bread shop which I was heading to (ya..against all odds, I still would like to have my satay chicken bread), I called my otosan and accepted his offer, disbelievingly. Urghz. Doshite. It’s so scary.

Couldn’t help feeling so unlucky and complained to the bakery shop lady about my stupid shoe. She knew me by now coz I patronize her almost everyday, always buying the same bread, one of her most boring customers she must have thought.

From afar, I spotted my otosan’s car. For that moment, I thought I saw my otosan in the bodysuit of Superman, to the rescue of daughter in distress. Not much difference from superman except for the pouch and minus the curl of fringe.

Changed and was driven to the MRT. Arigato watashi no ichiban otosan.

Everything can only get better from here surely.

Stepped into the train and found myself plonked right in front of a lady, in her 40s, and clutched under her armpit was a lime green bag. Looks familiar, ya. it was the exact bag I was carrying!!! How suayz.

Wasn’t possible to move away so I stood there, trying hard to pretend engrossed in the ad promoting a new kind of flu tablet.

******** I’m beautiful, I’m beautiful, it’s true…… james blunt********************