Saturday, March 22, 2008
I’ve been wondering... what is so damn nice abt blogging... so guess what... I DECIDED TO START BLOGGING MYSELF!!
Seems like I’ve just had more than my fair share of action in my once boring life... So I’ve decided to share it with the rest of the world. It’ll give me a chance to express myself [+ help me keep my good English grades up till I start sch :P]
I’m a man of action – True... but when it comes to expressing myself in the form of words, I tend to write alot... so if my post seem very long n stuff... please take the time to read ‘em... YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTEDJ
So heres my very 1st post (even though I had 2 other “very 1st post”)
As most of u can tell frm my URL (ONLY ONCE A WEEK.blogspot.com) n my blog title (The WEEKLY bugle) I’m only gonna be posting once a wk... dun go awww... I know how most of u out there feel... I know all of u want to read abt wad a I got to say n want to know more abt my life. But dun be discouraged, coz I promise u tt I will have news for u at least once a wk ( unless my life is TT boring tt even in an entire wk, nothing has happened... but sm times it can come dwn to tt). But I doubt tt we will be having such problems , esp since my 1st term in Ngee Ann poly is abt to start arnd the corner... soon... eventually... all I have to do now is, well, wait.. I guess.
But this wk has been a hell of an action packed roller coaster ride. (well... nt all the way, but the parts that were exciting were worth it)
Wednesday
I got up nice n early to go to NP to submit my Freshmen Orientation Camp form. They said I needed to go down personally during the laptop sales period. So, there I was, got up @ 830 so I wld be able to reach NP by 11. Spent close to 2 hrs on the damn bus. Finally reached NP. Had a nice stroll up the hill to where the fair was going on. So I saw the booth for the form submission, but there was 1 prob. No... nt tt there was no 1 there... every1 was there... the thing was, they were all sitting in a circle n chatting away... kinda seemed like their ‘shop was closed’.
So I made me way up to them n asked 1 of the girls... “Excuse me.. is this where we submit the forms for the FOC?”
She said “yeah... go str dwn to tt guy at the end of the table...”.
So I walked up to him... asked the bro... “ can I submit my form for the FOC...”
Dude took 1 look at me and said “sorry bro.. we’re all maxed out... we took our last applicant yesterday...”
So, naturally, I was like... WTF!!! U give us time until today... then now u come n tell me ur all MAXED OUT???
So I gave him my ol’ “screw you” smile... n walked away...
As I was walking out... I saw tt girl, the 1 hu told me to go see that guy. Well, I got to thinking... if these guys were maxed out YESTERDAY... WHY THE HELL DID SHE ASK ME TO GO SEE THE GUY AT THE END OF THE TABLE???
So I jus left the sch... thinking I wld jus go hm, sit in frnt of my trusty ol’ Mac n jus forget abt it all...
I was jus passing by AMK Hub when I realized I needed to go get smth, for my desk. So I decided to go for it. Alighted frm the bus, went up to the 2nd floor, looked arnd... AND THE DAMN SHOP WAS CLOSED!!! ( at this point u must be thinking I must be 1 heck of an up-tight, wound-up, ticking time bomb ready to explode kinda guy... but im nt... jus having a bad day)
So I stood there, thinking, “what do I do now. I dun wanna go bk hm so early, plus I need to go get my own lunch”
Thats when I remembered that there was a Cathay on the top floor...
So I went to watch Step Up 2... (thats right... ALONE)
The movie was great... the story line was almost non-existent but the moves on these guys are far out!!! But u know wad was the best part?
I HAD THE WHOLE THEATER TO MYSELF!!!
There was absolutely no1 else... NO ONE!!!
It was like a private screening for me... but at 1230 on a Wednesday aft in AMK Hub.... I din really think there WLD be any1 else...
Well, half way thru the movie, I got a sms frm my dad – pls come down to simei mrt stn at 250. We’re going to sign vynesh annan’s (tts my cousin – hes jus starting his flight education with SIA) bond. At tt point I was like “WAD??? At simei???”. So I replied him. ‘almost near hm. Having lunch’. But my dad was adamant. Sm how, he managed to convince me to come dwn.
Got on the train...
AMK stn – City Hall – simei.
Almost another 2 hours... in total.... I had spent 6 hrs n $7 on travel by public transport alone (tupid adult fair).
When I got there, met my uncle n cousin, then my dad. Went dwn to the SIA-i-dunno-what-u-call-it place...we had to go get passes to get in [security was tight]. Aft abt 5 mins, my cousin came bk n said “...they wont allow Mitts in...”
At that point I cld have blown my top... felt like screaming at my dad!!!
“U CALLED MY DOWN FRM AMK ALL THE WAY HERE TO SIT IN THE LOUNGE N READ WOMENS’ WEEKLY???”
That was it... the last straw... the spark on the fuse...
The rest of my day was jus a snow ball effect of wad had happened in the morning...
Felt so miserable...
In the end my uncle called me over to his place to watch soccer (ManU game... hahaha + the atmosphere there is better to watch soccer)
So I decided to go over n spend the night there
Thursday
So I stayed over at my uncle’s house, to watch the game... stayed up until 1+ watching... well... I can’t really remember wad I was watching... well had a short nap on the couch until the 4am game.
Well, I only stayed up until half time... game was quite boring. Decided tt the it was not worth staying up to watch the 2nd half.
Woke up again at 9+, watched a few movies... other than that nothing much....
WELL... the real fun started at night.
I was supposed to go to Malaysia that night. On sm family tour. Me mom n dad weren’t coming with me... they had things to take care of here...
So I was all packed [brought all my things the night b4] and I was all amped up for the long trip to Penang. Left the house damn early to mt the other people frm the family hu were going.
We left the meeting point at abt 830... 45 mins off schedule (typical).
On the bus towards tuas check point, I had this sinking feeling in my gut tt smthing was rong. So I decided to check my passport...
True enough... the deadline on my NS exit permit had not been extended...
So on the bus itself I told my uncle that my permit had nt been extended n tt I might nt be able to leave the country n follow them on the tour...
Well... I alr had half a mind not to go [coz If I did I’d be the bell boy/slave to all the old ladies (my dad’s mom n her 3 other sisters)].
So I told my uncle tt if theres no way that immigration wld let me thru n I cldnt go, I’ll jus call my parents n tell them to mick me up (at this point I was thankful has ever that my folks weren’t with me).
So I got down at tuas with my bag n me n my uncle went up to 1 of the officers and asked if there was anyway... he gave a nice, assertive, firm...
“NO.”
So I was brought into the head office where there was skinny old man. The other officer alr told him tt my passport was expired n tt an escort was to be arranged for me to be brought out to the main road...
While he was calling for an escort, he asked my wad I was doing here. So I told him that my passport has expired. Then he asked this really really irritatingly stupid question
“your passport expired alr u still come here for wad?
I felt like telling him “ I came all the way here jus to make ur life miserable...”
I mean... its jus damn stupid. Well, I find it stupid... wld any1 know tt his passport was expired n STILL come all the way down jus to tell that guy tt its expired...
MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE!!!
So I waited for the escort to come n get me... called my parents... aft awhile met up with them...
THEN I FIND OUT THERES SM DAMN PROB WITH THE DAMN CAR!!!
The speedometer was out... then there were a few other probs... looked quite serious... so dad drived at a steady pace all the way back hm...
Reached hm... decided to go get sm slp...
Decided to forget everything
THATS WHEN I DECIDED TO START BLOGGING!!!
