flawed work of art.
Sunday, July 17, 2005 @ 9:49 am
which psycho wakes up at an unearthly hour of 6.30 a.m. to go to a bookstore in time to collect the 6th installment of the harry potter series???
the one who's words you're reading at the mo.
I can't believe I actually did that. check my temperature, quick! oh wells, what's done is done. by the way, my heartfelt thanks to mama xin yu for picking me up! :D
let's derail here for a while.. since.. I can't remember when, I've always wanted to bring a camera to leisure mall one morning to take pictures of the people exercising. when we arrived outside leisure mall, I actually saw 3 middle aged-looking people meditating with their eyes closed... hmm.
upon arrival at mph, I was kinda surprised to see a snake-line already formed, leading to the cashier. as xin & I sauntered in (none of us were awake yet), we passed by gleeful faces coming out with a nice purple paper bag with the words 'harry potter' emblazoned in gold. I retrieved my receipt dated January (yes I pre-ordered the book THAT early.. got a problem with that?) & joined the queue. first thing I noticed was the premises looked incredibly.. well, organised! I pointed the very very neat way all the stationery was arranged to xin, who also nodded in agreement. I almost forgot that I had pre-ordered the children's version 6 months back. ish. I like the adult cover more.. but oh well, I've got the full children set anyway. hmm, so yeah, I collected the same shiny purple bag everyone was carrying, which not only contained the rm 99.90 book, but also had 2 cans of vanilla coke, *pauses to slurp down the remnants of the can of vanilla coke* a mechanical pencil & a metal ruler. you thought they'd give us more in exchange for our beauty sleep. tsk. oh well, all that was compensated when I dived my hand into a box of folded papers to gauge my luck through a lucky draw. the girl in front of me had earlier won another can of coke, on top of the 2 she already had in the bag. so, as I silently wished that I wouldn't get something of equal value or worse, something worse, like say, a ruler, I drew out my hand from the box clutching a neatly folded piece of paper. after the young employee tore the cellophane tape & read the number aloud, she turned her back and reached out for a small paper bag which had the picture of the book on it. xin & I peered in curiously to find....
the exact same contents in the purple bag! minus the book, of course. it wasn't much but hey, at least I didn't get a can of carbonated sugar water. hurhur.
after chatting with cheryll, who was the head facilitator for the activities that would commence the whole day in conjunction with the book release, my mom smsed me, asking if I needed a ride home. it was awfully nice of her to come by & pick me up after mass.. she also brought xin & I to breakfast too. sweet!
let me press the fast-forward button here, you're not missing anything important, I assure you.. ok, here. dinner at tgif. it's been a looooong time since our last visit to, in my opinion, the coolest-looking restaurant in jb. with one hand clutching my precious hp book, I trailed behind everyone else as usual as one employee opened the heavy doors to greet us. as I was getting over the fits I was having due to the employee's error in saying 'bye' instead of 'hi', someone whose voice sounded very familiar, called out my name. I could tell from the look of surprise smeared all over his face that he too, was just as shocked to see me there. 'Nasi Lemak!' I called out! ok, that's not his real name, but it's what I call him, just like how he calls me 'Angel'. copycat. anyhoo, I must say, his mom is very pretty! for a woman who gave birth to 2 kids, one being a 17-year-old gentleman (I'll explain the gentleman part later) & a daughter 10 years younger. I had heard ashley's voice before and she's exactly how I pictured her to look like. cute, petite, fair with long black hair. anyhoo, nasi lemak being nasi lemak had a pack of cards in his hand and performed one of his zany card tricks before I got to my seat. after finally getting to my seat & placing my order, he walked over with ashley in tow to our table, where he introduced himself in a very very courteous manner to my parents, kor & pooi yee. my mother had asked me earlier who I was speaking to and got quiet concerned when I said he wasn't from church. however, I was pretty certain all her concerns melted away when he turned on his megawatt smile as he showed us a couple of tricks. my dad was so amused he was actually laughing and I bet my mother wanted to adopt him straight away. that's nasi lemak for you, with that glib-tongue of his. no wonder *this excerpt has been censored so as to protect the health & well-being of the writer*

Long ago, just like the hearse
You died to get in again
We are so far from you, burning on
Just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know
And what's the worst you take
From every heart you break
And like a blade you stain
Well I've been holding on tonight
What's the worst that I could say
Things are better if I stay
my chemical romance `` helena
I remember hating the song. now, I can't get it outta my head.

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