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Thursday, August 04, 2005 @ 9:45 am
hey all! it's been quite some time since I last blogged and I assure you that I'll make it up with an uber zesty post today. *winks*
yesterday, after school, I went to cs with cass again. hey no, wait, before you start pointing fingers at us, going 'tsk tsk', let me tell you that we were on an important mission! cass needed a dress by sat, in time for our school's 80th Anniversary dinner. why am I not attending this auspicious event, you ask? simply because
1) I have better use for fifty bucks.
2) what are the chances of my parents allowing me to go for it?
3) I am not wearing a frock. even if I did have one.
see! 3 logical and understandable reasons. I'll just enjoy laughing at the photos of them in 60's-80's attire.
oh yes, back to the outing. just as we came out mixit, where cass was taking a look at a pair of boots, a little girl dressed in red caught my eye. she had a weary look on her face and kept calling out for her mummy. I stopped to look at her pacing back and forth in search of her mother. after a *wince* seductive brush on the face by a lanky indian girl, she burst out crying. I don't blame her. who wouldn't freak out if a stranger touched you. grr. damn these opportunity seekers. anyway, by that time, we weren't the only ones peering down at her. a small crowd was beginning to form as cass & I went towards the girl who was shrieking out 'mummy!!' while in tears. we tried pacifying her while looking out for the lost girl's careless mother. I was kinda surprised at myself when I reached out to dab the poor girl's face with a kleenex. I was never a kid-lover as I always picture them in devil suits. *shivers* kids are scary.. anyway, this one wasn't. she was too shaken with fear to reveal her horns. you know, sometimes I think m'sians are dumb. seriously. they know what's going on but they don't do anything. cass & I were the only ones who actually went near her to try our luck in calming her down. one ah pek even pointed the information counter to us and said,'bring her there. there!' like WE wouldn't know-la. eeesh. and after saying that, he disappeared. m'sians have no heart, I tell you. lucky cass and I have somewhat instilled the right values in ourselves. this, I would like to add, has NOTHING to do with stupid moral, which only teaches us to memorize useless facts in hopes of turning us into patriotic flag-wavers. oh, right, back to the girl. well, at that point, I was kinda pissed at the kay-poh passers-by who only knew how to give commands at us. typical m'sian. No action, Talk only. blehh. anyhoo, cass & I took her by the hand and brought her to the information counter, which is kinda surprising too. I can't believe she actually took our hands and listened to us. I think we must have been an awkward sight, seeing as how the little girl was in between the pair of us who were still clad in school uniform. after reaching the counter, I told the lady that we've found a girl who's lost her mom. with a curled smirk, she got up and peered down at the little girl who had stopping weeping. cass placed her on top of the counter, which I thought was a very ingenious idea, since she could get a better view so as to catch a glimpse of her mom and vice-versa. when we tried coaxing her into telling us how old she was, (the lady's orders) I noticed that she was wearing a gold chain bearing the chinese word 'jing', which in english meant 'gold'. just at that moment, a lady came running angrily towards us. I half thought she wanted to slap me for kidnapping her kid or something. however, she thanked us without even a glance at us before scolding her daughter for running about. she looked like a mainland chinese and spoke with a thick chinese accent as well. slowly, we edged away and walked off. being paranoid, I glanced back at the mother-daughter reunion. just as cass was saying how irresponsible the mom was, an elderly woman came charging at us. I thought she was gonna whack us with an umbrella or something. surprisingly, she took my hand and clutched it tightly while expressing her heartfelt gratitude towards our act of kindness. now, that seemed more normal. after listening to her worried tone about how distressed they were when they failed to find the little girl, we continued in search for that perfect dress.
after 2 exhausting hours, we were still no where close to finding it. cass seemed distraught while I was just plain tired after only 3 hours of sleep the previous night. as I was finishing up my ice-cream, we decided to go to pp instead.
so off we went and in ten minutes, found a lil' black dress. can you imagine our joint euphoria when we stared at the mirror and she went,'I'm getting this'?? I was ready to hit the ceiling in joy. 'we should've gone to pp in the first place!', she added.
hmm. weird how when you're looking for something, you can never find it.

Reach out for the winds that we share
Then you will feel I am near
Taste it by the snow
I am here where you left me
I told to the mourning tree
The long way home is never too far
Unless you've reached the end of life
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