although i'm already as bad as being a non-believer, i didn't went to temples to pray and burn joss sticks to sleeping statues. i had better things to do. i met andrew at dhoby gaut mrt, and we waited for the rest to come before watching mi3. ben tan and the manchester guy came, and we went off. the queue at the cinema was longer than the Great Wall of China. we couldn't take it. they all gave me $10 each, and we went to the AXS machine to book the tickets.
(1) choose the cinema.
(2) choose the movie.
(3) choose the time slot.
(4) choose the number of tickets.
(5) type in my NRIC number or contact number.
(6) read the last sentence in red: SEATS ARE 1 ROW FROM SCREEN!
(7) curse, "F*CK.!"
(8) press 'cancel' on the screen.
(9) choose Jurong Point Golden Village.
(10) repeat processes 2 to 5.
(11) put in POSB card.
(12) type in the pin number.
(13) smile and wait while it loads.
(14) turn back and entertain your friends who cannot wait.
(15) take your POSB card.
(16) take the ticket cum receipt.
(17) turn and head for Jurong Point.
when we reached Jurong Point, ben and i went to buy Old Chang Kee, while andrew and the manchester guy went to get drinks. we all smuggled all that we have bought using andrew's bag. we happily walked in to the theatre, mocking at the stupid ticket girl. mi3 was a disaster. it sucked like shit. the plot is simple, boring, simple... boring.. simple. yes, you basically get my idea. after the show, andrew and the manchester guy headed home. ben and i took a train to tiong bahru. time check then: 0800. gerald rejected me. ): i wasn't invited to his sister's birthday party, but LYNETTE was. we went to tiong bahru, met april, felt hungry, and went to eat at the food court. i refuse to go into details, although how i book the tickets was extremely specific. you know how those girls go: then my deaariee bought drinks and we sit and talk. then hugg hugg. then later, late liao. so he send me home. just lubb my dear alots. my dumb dearriie. oh God, save this world. about 0920, we all left. ben sent april home, and i walked around alone. sucky feeling. then met ben again. we went back to clementi, went to Mac, and saw shiongbin and friends. we didn't sit with them. we sat alone, and i assembled the 4 tomicas that i bought. (: yes, a new piece of news everybody should know: i'm selling all my bearbricks to get tomicas or tomy-cars instead. (: they're beautiful little toys. ben and i talked, till about 1030. he went home, and i moved over to shiongbin's table. they talked about things i couldn't understand. who cares.? at eleven, i asked shiongbin to leave. i couldn't stand the smell of smoke. shiongbin's home is a 8-minutes-walk away from mine. so, we took 173, bid farewell, and utter sweet, lovey-dovey and mushy words.
the day didn't end there. i went back home, and felt like a designer suddenly. i thought of something beautiful. so wonderfully beautiful. but i was interrupted. my mom asked me to accompany her to give a red packet to her friend's sister's son who got married that night. my eldest brother followed. in the car, she was cursing like a mad women, "sad man. 53 years, first time like this. seriously sad man. getting old already." i didn't care much. i just hope one day, she will change her "sad man" to "sad pants". then, people will be able to recognize us as mother and son. when i reached home, i sat on my chair and waited for inspiration to flow through my tired mind. finally, i came up with this:
hey, bearbrick family. (:
from left to right: s2000, fairlady 350z, rx 7, WRX, EVO IV.
i hope i'm not boasting. i single handedly built the steps my lovely toys are on. i'm proud of myself. i went to my storeroom, found some old cupboard, reinforced the sides with hard plastic semi-acryllic kind of material and pasted the wooden texture sticker. i love myself. my day ended at 0230 on 130506, spending the last 30 minutes of it reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown.
130506 - i had tuition at 0400. after that, i went to lido to meet ben and april, yet again, but had the company of huichin. we watched poseidon. it's very identical to Titanic minus the naked women and all. it's about how this group of people find ways to escape the ship, challenging their survivability. the emotional parts come in when one of the group of people die because of some unfortunate events. i'm not going to help you save that $8.50 i've spent by telling you the entire story. go watch it yourself. after the show, april and huichin went home. 0930, and ben and i continued walking around. we went to far east plaza. i was particularly amazed at one shop selling shoes. 2 sisters were tending that shop, and i guessed that all the shoes were designed by them. there are people in our school who can design shoes nicely, using fabric paint, markers and so on. my parents, both brothers, and even my maid told me, "i think you're a goner academically." i won't be entertained or agitated by their comments on my academic abilities. my aspiration to be a architect lingers on and strengthens me each time they say that. you can't bring me down. after seeing all the toys, shops in far east had, we went back to clementi. sat down, ate, and talked again. somehow, i feel happy with ben around. i'm not some gaylord shithead pervert who stares at girls but have an obsession with guys. just having a friend like him makes me feel good. that was all for the day. we left after all the chatterings. instead of giving service to my mom because it struck 12 and it was officially Mother's Day, she drove all the way to clementi and chaffaured me home. (: my day soon ended, not before spending time, reading my book.
the very beginning portion of the book Angels & Demons speaks about how Christianity cannot be proven with scientific facts. after that part, Vittoria Vetra revealed her father's and her work to Robert Landgon and Kohler, telling them how Vittoria's father have successfully created an experiment which proves that the book of Genesis wasn't all that absurd. God created earth out of nothing, but in scientific terms, matter cannot be created out of nothing. because of that, Leonardo Vetra, who adopted Vittoria Vetra, being a Believer, went on to research and finally created the experiment which has the ability to prove that matter can actually be created out of nothing. the story goes on.
Dan Brown in contradiction of himself.? in the Da Vinci Code, he writes about how christianity is all made up and is all nothing but a fake. whereas in the book i'm reading, he believes that the world is created by God, making matter out of nothing. i hope this book goes on like this, teaching me that God had the ability to create the world out of nothing. i hope it doesn't have a twist anywhere in it, and will hopefully spur me on to return to my church.
i'm done. Happy Mother's Day.