you know the grasscutters decked out in orange?
i must be dillusional; they reminded of Ben Affleck & Co. in
armaggeddon.
it was only 8 in the morning.
but recall! ben and co were in orange suits when they were about to go to space ya.
anyways i decided upon a new route to work today.
that was to take a bus to somewhere in the East and then switching to the train and taking a short walk from where i get down to the bus stop across a few streets then hoppin on to any of the 3buses that reach my remote workplace.
(if u are reading this in the wee hours, i apologise for that being such a handful.)
this has proved to
good change, because i reached work earlier than i ever have in my entire worklife.
it took less than an hour(normally it does an hour and a half).
impressive.
but yesterday,
bad change was showing itself as well.
heres the scope, but u can omit this if u have better things to do!
i decied to go for night driving, to prepare myself better for it in the future.
i have never gone for the 08:50slot that ended at 10:30 and was quite lookin forward but i wished i never did go now.
heres why in more detail.
i was working til about 6 and was therefore, too early for my lesson.
so i decided to go to a certain library in the North.
there, i was browsing thru the racks and holding a book "
my once upon a time" (ha! the ironies!) when this guy appeared from nowhere.
okay, so far, so normal.
then i walked to the shelves behind and he, too.
(to give u a better visual, between shelves A-Z, i was somewhere around M.)
so i proceed to N and subsequently O and so on and so forth.
and he,
too.
i thought, "wow. hes about browsing the same pace as me. no bBIIIG deal."
wrongo.
this bookish nerd, which i shall now refer to as Berd, asked if he could have a look at "
my once upon time". (normal circumstances,
no one is allowed to look into my fairy tale especially weird characters.)
so ignore that last part and viola! u have me passing the book to him.
as i did so, his ifnger brushed aginst my arm.
i thought nothing of it cause sometimes this happens and what were the chances Berd did it on purpose?
wrong again.
Berd started TALKING to me and asked what sort of books i read and all that boring conversation u thought u only saw in movies.
of course, dont forget the name part.
very obviously i wasnt about to tell Berd mine own name.
soon enough, he was freakily following me around the library(i know because he wasnt even browsing, just looking!).
at one point he had a body spasm even!
and suddenly he touched me on my back and was like, "Nice top. Where did u get that?"
u can scream now. i know i would if i found my voice.
at this point of time i was sooooooo freaked out! i didnt know what to do and was quite offended by this gesture.
i wanted to give him a tight slap but thought that maybe i would be seen as overreacting. so i walked away in a huff, and he followed again!
as my pace fastened down the aisle, his too.
i was at one end of the shelf, and he, the other.
i could see him everytime i glanced over.
it was so freaky.
by the time i reached A, i knew he wasnt going to let me out of his sight.
his look was murderous.
like those geeks u know about who kill with guns when they break down in the States.
i was panicking and i just walked back towards Z and sat with this group of kids.
i told the girl there about my situation and one of the guys there, who told me later he had a crush on me(what? for like looking at me for 2mins?), very generously offered to let me stay around them for as long as i wanted.
they are only 16yr old kids.
by the time i had to leave, the guy insisted on sending me to the bus-stop cos even after 30mins, the guy told me that Berk was still hanging around the corner.
so yes, i was escorted by 3 16yr-old kids.
(i call them kids out of respect.)
and that was my experience with Berk and nicer Strangers.
but dont u not believe when Mommy said not to talk to strangers.
cos i did and would rather i did not.
but ill have u know i did it because i wanted to prove to myself i wasnt shallow.
that ild be nice and treat everyone equally.
looks like i was wrong.
people ocstracise nerds for a reason.
and i am very disappointed!
because when i was freaked out, i tried calling jac but as
usual, she didnt pick up the damn phone.
i could feel my shivers and i was alone.
but at that time, it so happened chuan called.
but now, hes only laughing at the entire thing.
x
oh yes!
girls who passed(in particular lynn and xx), did u guys wear jeans to ur driving test?
gabe is convincing me to wear a skirt cause he says thats the only way ill pass!
but my colleague said wear something im comfortable in.
and she got her license the first time round, wearing jeans.
