if only i've got the knack for reverse psychology.
i heard Carrie Chong say,
"Many beautiful people are very ugly inside."
this i agree.
hmm,
we've all got flaws.
and one of mine happens to be gettin' pretty annoyed easily.
i think the both of us inherited low anger management from our father.
but we don't get that agitated,
and start smashing people with empty beer bottles.
the past few days had been irritating enough to make me wanna slap anyone.
from ugly waitresses with bloody attitudes,
to secondary school kids having their
long legs occupy seats on the bus,
and the list goes on FOREVER.
a few weeks back we were having dinner nearby
and a waitress came over to our table
voluntarily.
then she asked once, "What do you all want?" and placed one menu on our table.
oddly, the menu was facing her.
at that very moment, we were ordering drinks,
and she didn't get our response in a minute and,
"Slash!"
the menu scratched my arm.
infuriated i was, by such a pitable service.
i turned to my sister, and she saw the entire thing alright
and said, "Let's go slap her."
i didn't mind that brilliant idea.
i was totally in the mood for standing up, lifting my chair and throw it at her.
and when she comes towards me,
she'll be surprised to see my fist comin'.
TODAY,
i thought, was my lucky day,
to have the bus arrive the instant i reached the stop.
but what luck was there?
when the bus was jam-packed with children and senior citizens.
i was sure i hadn't board the wrong bus.
anyway, i walked towards the middle,
and there, was this upper secondary school boy from Whitley Secondary right there,
with his especially long body occupying a seat for two.
i couldn't help,
but to stare intently at the supposedly available seat,
and shifted my gaze to him gradually.
he eventually proper his posture and allowed me
half a seat.
some people are way too dim-witted and obstinate.
i deliberately tried to fit my entire body in half a seat and he relented, finally.
well, he was obviously unhappy about someone trying to pin point him on a lesson of consideration.
and so he did something childish enough to make me laugh to myself the entire journey to school.
after about 5 stops from where i boarded,
he had to alight,
and so he
tried very much to use his filthy bulging sling bag to push me aside,
forcing me out of the way.
god, a freak who's probably still workin' on his resentment.
just yesterday,
my dad wanted to slap this bloody woman who sells
hay mee (prawn noodles).
he told her he wanted a packet of prawn noodles (soup),
and he took a turn to another stall to get something else.
when he came back to ask if his prawn mee was ready,
the woman said, "I don't know, you ask the
lao ban over there".
i don't remember the details,
but it's a complicated situation that was obviously cause by the ridiculous woman.
we just remember people who offend us.
i never quite forgot an incident dated back almost a decade.
my friends and i were playing by the pool and we heard this middle aged guy murmured loud anough to let us hear what he's gotta say, "BRATS!"
he must have been thinking that primary school kids hadn't the ability to understand his challenging words like 'brats'.
he must have never had any happy childhood.
besides, he was probably a fugly old pretentious bachelor and is dead now.
and of course there was my first incident of carelessness,
in lower primary i left my purse unintentionally by a cabinet in a public toilet.
the only person in the ladies?
a pathetically dishonest senior citizen.
god i still remember her face.
i wonder if she's still alive.
5 steps out of the toilet, i remembered my purse and went back.
she claimed she saw no purse.
and my mom said to let the matter rest,
since there was only a lil' over ten bucks,
which meant alot to me back then.
damn.
if it were right now,
i would have called for the securities.
well, that was a lesson learnt.
and now i check my belongings every other hour,
but whenever i carry a huge bag,
i tend to get flustered when i cannot find my mobile or purse in it.
another problem yet to be solved.
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