the weirdest thing just happened today..

i was at popular, browsing through some assessment books when this guy suddenly got up beside me and.. yea, just stood there.

when i told this to sriee, who was at that time at the other corner of popular, she screamed, "was he cute?"

well..... no. in fact, he's actually physically disabled. he could walk and all but he didn't look like teenage boys our age. you get my drift??

it was supa uncomfortable. it wasn't like he was doing anything anyway. it seemed like he was looking at me and i was right. he was.

the intensity of his stare was agonizing. as much i wanted to ignore him i couldn't, thinking he was just being really rude. so i glanced up from my book uncertainly at him. he said hi.

i said hi back. and he started asking and i started answering.. then he said bye and left. i guessed he was just being friendly.

then i noticed him talking to his other girl.. the girl saw me and she waved. i smiled. she approached me. i smiled again.

"that was nice that you talked to him," she said. "most people our age when they see a disabled boy like my friend that one, will probably run away..thinking he siao."

i just stared at her and finally asked, "people do that?"

"yea one.. they treat disabled or retarded people like as if they were dirt when actually they are no different to them lor. correct?"

why was she telling me this? "well, then. they suck," i said instead.

"and you rock," she then said.

the whole thing was really puzzling but ironically you had no idea how that made my day.

(:

right. ive been dropping by thomson plaza for 3 times in a row. and friends think im there to get assessment books.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

come on. there's so many populars in singapore. theres one near my home. so it cant possibly be that, right?

right. (meaning, correct.)

im there because of riley.

hahahahhahaha ive names for the guitar for which im not even sure i would get!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fiiiiiiiiinally. ive plucked (no puns intended) courage and stepped inside yamaha, picked up a guitar and actually played a chord or two.

C chord had never sound so good. nylon strings. cool.

ive always wanted to do that. but everytime i was there before, there would be someone there and i wouldnt' dare.......... shy la.

i thought there was no one at that point of time so i continued. honestly it felt like it was just me and the guitar. then i heard someone said, "why stand? sit down and play.."

so i did. on the floor. and froze midair. who said that!?

haha no laa.. but i was really surprised i almost knocked him off with the guitar.

next thing the guy showed me different genres on the guitar(: jazz, tango, latin, reggae, classics, you name it. it was so cool!! ((((: how he do it!?!

and then he introduced me to riley.

the guitar of my dreams........ siiiiiiiiiigh. red and black. wood of perfect quality. importantly, just right for my size......

when he held it up and handed it to me, i was.. i was.... speechless. captivated. mesmerized. i sat down and positioned it on my lap.

i felt it.

it felt good, baby. i played a bit of mcfly its all about you. then i found myself wanting to run off with the guitar. riley, i mean.

i checked the price and screamed wwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!???????????

the guy had a hard time prying riley from my fingers.

when i got home today, i was telling my mom, "just now i went yamaha" (and she yelled, 'what?! again!?' but i ignored her) "and i saw this guitar and its the coolest and it has nylon strings instead so you wont hear me complaining about how my fingertips hurt........"

and she had to remind me that just yesterday i was preaching to her about 'saving money and not wasting them on fast food or unnecessary stuff'.

(im sure i didn't mention 'unnecessary stuff' though.)

how can you call it 'wasting' if you're getting something that you know its gonna be worth it.

okie fine. maybe a $11,00 guitar is really too much.

)':

i guess the guitar of my dreams will literally be in my dreams.

but ive got other things to worry about now. sigh. like my malay paper this friday.. !!!!

muhd was real cute just now!! eldwen was caught asleep by cikku...again. then muhd took this chance to interrogate eldwen. in english. i dont know about you but i find that really amusing because

eldwen is frigging indonesian he understands malay but the way muhd was speaking to him it was as though he was from another realm.

so yea he was saying, "eldwen. why you like to sleep in class? what time you sleep everyday?" and all those questions. and he had this expression on his face which showed that he was really innocently curious and deadly determined to solve the mystery of sleepy eldwen.

so interesting how guys can be.