So yesterday, my day at work began with nothing & ended with, well, basically nothing as well!! Yep, you heard right. I didn't have to do ANYTHING yesterday for the whole day. No assignments, no uploads, no edits, nothing. Pretty stale if you ask me. But at least I had the GB outing to look forward to. We were supposed to meet at 6.30pm but prima donna me came at 7pm. Art looked like a busker preparing to perform with his new bass guitar strapped to his back & his amps in a box. Jan & Such looked like they could skewer me with their glares. Before I got shot down by all three, I explained the situation.
Sorrylahh, heh, I forgot my camera & just had to run home to get it. Do you want your faces in my camera or not?? If you do, then I'm excused. That kinda cooled the already risen tempers down a notch. Of course the gals wanted their faces in my camera; we're all camera-hoggers!! And Punani is just happy to be HOLDING my camera to 'polish' up his mediocre shutter-clicking skills more than anything. We met Chippy at Clarke Quay MRT station where he sat, looking all forlorn due to our lateness. Sorry, bro.
We decided to go for our kinda late-ish dinner but stood outside the perimeters of Clarke Quay on the bridge deciding where to go. While contemplating the venue (we finally decided to head off to Funan), we heard a mild commotion coming from an oncoming couple heading towards the traffic light to cross the road from the direction of Clarke Quay. And of course, our curiosities were piqued. Like duhh. At first I couldn't see the couple & saw the wrong one. But Art pointed them out to me AFTER issuing me a warning not to look at them too evidently. The guy was a long-haired-but-tied-in-a-ponytail Caucasian while his female counterpart was a Philippino. His date actually threw something at him before storming off while he opted to stay a couple of metres behind her, not saying anything.
So as the green man appeared for us to walk, we maintained a distance away from the tempestous female & her silent companion. Well, she did keep her mouth zipped until they reached near a bus stop & she started hurling insults again. This time, there were more people around so obviously, heads did turn.
"Fuck you!! Fucking dumbass!! Fucking bastard!! Fuck you!! Fuck you!!" She screamed repeatedly, flailing her arm for a taxi as the five of us ambled by. The man kept silent. Not until we passed the bus stop & halted at another traffic light did we hear a piercing scream from behind. We turned but couldn't see anything. But obviously it was the woman venting her fury at the guy. All of us had our eyebrows raised as we turned our backs to the scene happening behind.
"Okaaaay," I said. "That was scary. Ermm, hell hath no fury of a woman scorned??"
"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!!" Chippy mimicked happily.
"That is one angry woman," Art commented.
"Yeah, one with a limited vocabulary," I wisecracked. Oh well, the wrath of a woman.
And we crossed the street.
Like, hello?? Go pick your battles somewhere else, couples!! I mean, even if you had to scream at a guy, don't do it in public & make it so apparent that you're in an argument. Heck, the guy was silent the whole time while you were shrieking your head off. People would think YOU were having the problem, not him. Either that, or they'd think you were loco. Like, it's embarrassing not only to him, but to yourself. I don't know what happened before to you & your beau, so I can't deduce who's fault was it & how the argument started.
It could be that he was looking at another woman & you flew into a jealous rage or worse, flirting?? I don't know. But the point is, you don't need to blow things up like this when you're in public. The society doesn't need to know what's the deal between you two.
Jeez.
After dinner, we all headed back to Clarke Quay & passed by the mechanical bungee ride thing, where tourists get a cheap thrill out of paying 35 bucks just for a less-than-5-minute ride 'of a lifetime'. Our initial plan was to crash the arcade, play a few games like Daytona Racing & my personal favorite, Air Hockey. Alas, as we trooped towards it, we found that three-quarters of Clarke Quay was closed for renovation. Including the arcade. So, no wonder that Friday night wasn't so 'happening' as it usually was. I mean, Clarke Quay was pretty well-known for its bustling nightlife where tourists & locals (looking for tourists *rolls eyes*) alike come to be the life of the party.
The only part of Clarke Quay that was open was the outside strip of nightclubs, pubs & exclusive restaurants. Yeah, Hooters, too. But according to Art, the hoochies of the Hooters' girls here were like chickpeas compared to that of the Hooters in the States. He's been there & he wasn't interested in this one. Like whateverrrrr, Punani.
So we actually combed the whole stretch of Clarke Quay just to find the silly arcade & on our way, 2 Caucasian girls passed us by. One of them glanced at my T-shirt & couldn't wait until I was out of earshot to say "Tuna!!" to her friend & giggled. I was walking beside Art, but being the unobservant guy that he was, he didn't hear it.
Like, hello girl?? You jealous or something?? Just because the front of my T-shirt says Tuna with a fish instead of Puma with the mountain lion, you had to snicker at it?? It's one of a kind, okay?? Made in Thailand. And it's orange. Bloody hell. What, do I look like a tuna to you??
GB Family; shut up, shut up. No comments from any of you. Chippy, you DARE say I look like a tuna, you're gonna get it.
Anywayz, we stopped by 7-11 at Liang Court for Slurpees; all that walking made us super-thirsty & then we finally gave up the search for our arcade. Amazing how it was buzzing with activity just almost a year ago on New Year's Eve & now the majority of the area was under construction until December. In the end, we sat by the other side of the Kallang River, evading the hype happening across. This was the spot most couples went for hanky-pankying. But we came in a group of 5. So while lovebirds were busy making out, we were happily taking photos. No, not of them!! Of us, lahh!! Me & Art took turns with the camera; mostly it was him since in the group shots, he was the tallest so it was easy for him to hold the camera just right in order to accomodate everyone in the picture, including himself.
We rounded the evening up at about close to 11pm. And that was AFTER we looked around & saw that all the couples had gone off. Was it our loud & racuous laughter?? Ahahahkz. Yeah, we all thought so too. Must've scared away romantics trying to seduce their partners. Can you imagine, a starry-eyed couple in the midst of declaring their love for each other but are constantly being interrupted by boisterous laughter thus, ruining the mood for set for passion??
Smitten Male: I have something I want to tell you.
Smitten Female: Really?
Smitten Male: I...I...
Smitten Female: Yes...??
Smitten Male: I..I..I love...
GB Family: WHAHAHAHKZ!! Doode, you were supposed to be sucking your cheeks in, not PUFFING them OUT!!
Pretty annoying, I know. But WE CAN'T HELP IT!! We were having so much fun fooling with the camera & just being ourselves that sometimes, yes, we don't care for our surroundings. I'm sure all the couples present there must be hating us right now. Ahahahkz!!
Anywayz, we did have a blast of fun even though our supposed arcade trip was foiled. But, it's okay. At least I got to meet you guys & fill my camera up to 130 pics. Great one, guys. We shall do it again next week. I mean, at least I've got something to look forward to at the end of each week, if not at the end of the day. Since I'm not having dinner out with Luis anymore, I guess I don't have to worry so much about budgetting & cutting costs.
Ohh, before I forget. Thanks, Luis for that wonderful wallpaper. I don't know why you did it for, I said no need but you so stubborn go & make, I don't know for what. Goodbye present?? Where you going?? *shrugs* Up to you lahh, girl. You could've easily sent it to me through MSN but you chose to email it; I don't know what's up with that. I don't see you anymore these days so I don't know how's life for you now that you're done with FYP. Never mind. I'm still here if you need me. But I don't think so, right?? You've got Mummy & Sister Garcia, your daughter whom frequently accompanied you to lunch, your other friends, your 'brother' on MSN; so don't think you'll be needing my shoulder anymore lahh. But it'll still be here. IF you ever need it. ; )
Anywayz, soccer night tonight!! Loads of matches to line up this evening's telly screen. Most of it, of course the prestiged EPL: Machester United vs Manchester City (a real classic derby, I'll bet); Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane (hopefully, the Reds can secure maximum points here); Arsenal vs Middlesbrough (ahh, who care about those rubbish Gooners) & Chelsea vs Sunderland (same goes to silly Chelski). Like, sorry for being on the bias side of soccer. Another match caught my eye before I axed the page: Lyon vs Monaco. Not that I'm gonna be watching THAT. But obviously, the Fries would. Hmmm, who are they gonna back now that their 2 favorite teams are pitched against each other. Whatever lahh.
It'll be an interesting night, no doubt. Pics will be up. Soon. If I'm in the mood.
Laterz...
Lenny JC
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