Me, Zubair, Kak Long, Kak Ly and my cousins Nur and Ayid went to watch Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at Plaza Singapura at 3pm.
The movie was excellent! All sorts of emotions were felt: sorry, happy, scared, delirious bla bla bla... But i hafta admit that there were some very draggy parts like the carriage part where Harry met that strange girl who can see them creatures also and some conversation. And Jangan tak tau or Dont miss out to know that i screamed loudly at the beginning when the dementors attacked! hahaha paisei (embarassed)
We get to take the car as mummy and ayah dont have any plans that day. Of course i'm the driver. But im very lousy with roads and directions Orchard specifically and probably generally also! haha
Anyways, We were excited to use Kak Long's new camera Canon IXUS something she just bought yesterday. It has a huge screen, it can change from portrait to landscape view by a mere rotation of the hands and everything! After the movie, we were snapping and browsing at Swatch shop. I was about to ask her for the camera to take Zubair's photo when i noticed a commotion among them. Guess what??? KAK LONG DROPPED HER BAG AND THE LCD SCREEN OF THE CAMERA CRACKED! We have only used it for a few hours sey! There IS a warranty but not sure if can be covered. let's see how... but it was like, she just bought yesterday, and costed $500+, she hasnt even sent in the warranty slip of course. I will kill them if they dont replace her a new one!
Then we headed to the carpark to go to the mosque for Asr. Wait. Where's the car??? It was supposed to be here! I remember clearly it was Deck 6A, it was the second last lot just before the ramp beside a van. and i climbed up the other ramp and went out at Yamaha and took another escalator up to the cinema... It cannot be any further up cos it was all taken up already.. it cannot be Deck 5 cos i KNOW its Deck 6A. it CANNOT be stolen cos i clearly remember locking up bcos i was waiting for Zubair to close the door. .. Zubair went up higher to look... while we tried to beep the car and surprise surprise! i was just a level down! in my haste to get to the car i went UP instead of down to the exact spot just two levels higher... Silly me... :$ heheh
But it was scary sey... it's not often that my mum allow me to take the car and i really didnt wanna screw up lest she wont ever let me their car drive again.
We did screw up on a smaller scale.. At Habib Noor's Mosque, there were hit by a LOT of bird shits!! 3 on Zubair's corner (co-pilot's seat), two on top and another one on right passenger door. Zubair even accidentally touched it when he wanted to close the door! hahaha
We went to Fig & Olive, VivoCity for dinner. Zubair being a joker, told the LADY waitress to "quickly serve us cos we are all hungry" and bla bla bla... bingit jugak lah (annoyed a bit) but whatever, she's a nobody.
She'll know we are married
The Girls...
The Guys..
Nur's Tuna Penne's the best!
I am actually quite surprised that the food came quite quickly.. or was it that we were too engrossed snapping pictures that time seemed to fly? But that same waitress came back to our table a few times to say: 1. No crisscut fries, wanna change to chicken wings? 2. Coke Light will be more expensive. And the other waiter put cheese on Long's BBQ Chicken pasta TWICE! And we thought that while the food tastes nice.. it is too overpriced for such a serving.
We then, continued on to East Coast to go to a drive-thru McDonalds to buy dinner for Nur and Ayid's mother, my Mak Ngah. By this time, it was very far into the night.. say 10pm? and the trees around there were big, making it darker than usual. I was driving out a slip road from the ECP and i cldnt see where it started to join with the other traffic. I was also expecting a longer lane but it stopped quite abruptly. I was slowing down but not enough and a fast car rushed past us and i panicly braked. it wasnt an emergency one nor did i intend to stop fully but already the passengers felt jerked. and kak Ly called, "Ca.. " is an advisory tone...
At last.. i get my FRIES!!! Frankly, both Zubair and I and of course Ayid were not full from the dinner. heheh
My sense of direction is completely lost when it's at night. and from McDonald's to Simei i depended solely on Long's prompts. Nur asked me, "Kak Ca, how do you drive around sey if u dont know the direction?" Then the sisters recalled my driving where i lost my way like two or three times that day.
Most of the time i drive to and from work or class.. all very familiar routes... That day when i had to go to ROMM, IRAS and ICA i really studied the map and took down specific notes from my dad. Unfortunately, at the real junction at real time, i began to doubt myself and went to the wrong direction (as in north instead of south; not into oncoming traffic!).. Places like Raffles, Bugis, Geylang I'd probably know well... But the problem is i cant seem to link from one place to the other. It's like i know where i am and where im going to, but cant see how to get there. It's scary you know, like there's a void in your brain that can't function.
i CAN read book maps but i can put it on real earth unless im really there. I reckon Google Earth would be so much better where the maps 3G. I shld install GPS on my own car lah. either that or just let Zubair drive when he gets his license.
It was 11pm but we can go home just yet. We had to go to a carwash to get rid of the bird shit. By hook or by crook we hafta wash it before we return the car to mummy and ayah. it's the least we could do after using the car and petrol for free! haha
The short distance going home from Petrol station saw another fast heart beat situation. I turned into a carpark, 3 point turned to make a U turn. while i was doing the 3 point turn, the car made some scraping noise. The front hit the curb. it was a screeching noise. What if there's a damage? Do i have to pay? im already so very broke. My sisters also went like, "No need to hurry.. " my husband just shook his head.
After we parked, i went out first to check the front without cutting the engine. and to my relief, There was nothing.. no scratches, no dents. Alhamdulillah...
2 glasses of Juice:
1) That pose ala Jack & Rose in Titanic isit? hehe
2) Rotten luck man ur sis camera's lcd cracked! I hope they will reimburse her or sth.
3) Oh yeah, remember that one time after Team Ma'arif training and u wanted to send me and Aisyah home and lost your way? hehe. The thing Jus, altho u r not much of a navigator, u r one cool driver. At least u dun panic when u r lost :).
1. not intentionally. hehe
2. yeah man! Zubair said that whenever we buy something new we shld give $1 or more to a beggar.. like balance the karma or whatever
3. Remember sangat! think if u just had taken the train boleh sampai lebih cepat! Thank you Hid. You always manage to look on the positive side! =)
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