Tuesday, 16 October 2007

• My three accidental wishes

  CAUTION: This is just another senseless entry based on a true, personal experience that took place very recently.

  The country's still in the midst of celebrating Aidilfitri (Eid ul-Fitr @ Id-Ul-Fitr). Was supposed to fly back home last Friday but stayed back for a friend's wedding on Saturday. Yet another wedding- wow. Tiring year attending weddings.

  Eid ul-Fitr or Id-Ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.

  Because of the wedding, I had to postpone my flight till early Sunday morning.

  When I woke up last Sunday morning, I rushed to another friend's place to have the friend fetch me to the airport. Was kinda in a rush last Sunday morning as I had got out 30 minutes later than planned. I do that most of the time on a Sunday morning, and because of that, I'm usually late for church. Couldn't help staying up very late the night before.

  And when I got to the airport, I was still recovering from the mad rush I had gone through earlier on.

  In my haste to get to the plane, I noticed one Caucasian lady looking at me from afar. I had no idea why she kept on staring at me.

  Oh my gosh, anything wrong with my face? I hope not.

  I boarded the plane- and so did the Caucasian lady... and then I forgot about her completely.

  As I was about to get to my seat located at 11C, a man walked up to me and whispered, "Excuse me... Your button..."

  Excuse me, you crazy girl... your button...

  He then walked past me towards his seat behind the plane. He was this short and plump Chinese man who just happened to be a very observant person. What, you thought he looked like someone who just stepped out from the cover page of Calvin Klein's latest clothes catalogue?

  I looked down and realized that the second button from my cool-looking American Athletics blouse had come undone without my knowledge. ^~*

  No wonder those observant people out there looked at me as though I was some kind of Suzie-Wong-gone-wrong.

   AAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

  I didn't know whether I should thank or tank this Chinese shorty, but as I saw him walking out from the plane after the flight and then disappearing from my sight, I had secretly wished for a chance to probably see him again and take a picture of him so that I could somehow blog about him.

  A few days passed by and it was finally Tuesday. Was supposed to catch the 6.00 p.m. flight back to my workplace but was caught in the most horrifying end-of-vacation traffic jam that caused me to be 30 minutes late for my scheduled flight.

  I had no choice but to cough up some extra money for the next available flight at 8.00 p.m.

  Our God is an awesome God. He sometimes answers prayers that sometimes don't sound like prayers (see underlined sentence above).

  Lo and behold, while queueing up to board the 8.00 p.m. flight, the Chinese shorty was standing in front of me in the queue. My wish "to probably see him again" was granted

  I was even more shocked than ever when I got into the plane. Chinese shorty and I both got the aisle seats. He sat at 21C whereas I sat at 22D. Sitting at 22D gave me a somewhat good view of the Chinese shorty so that I could quietly "take a picture of him". Great to have such a silent camera that has a non-flash mode. And great to be seated at 22D with the two other seats (22E, 22F) empty all throughout the flight so that I could take a picture of my old friend at 21C without having more people stare at me.

  The one I had wished for...  

  My wish to "somehow blog about him" was also granted now that I've managed to see and take a picture of this old friend of mine.

  AE once said that I have a great ability to attract weird people.

  

   

   

  The one brand that brought me unexpected instant infamy at the airport...

  The American Athletics label is designed to appeal to men, women and children of all ages, particularly baby boomers and their kids, when they are engaged in leisure or recreational activities. Following its American origin, it has a wide variety of outdoor active apparel developed with an emphasis on being casual and comfortable with a combination of being a little fashion-forward or trendy. These apparel products include graphic T-shirts both long and short sleeves, shorts, long pants, knit and woven shirts, as well as complimenting accessories like bags, caps and belts. American Athletics products are definite value for money - being high in quality and reasonably priced. (Text taken from here)

  I will never ever, EVER wear another American Athletics T-shirt to the airport again!!! EVER!!!

  

  Dear God, please send a decent guy into my life for once, PLEASE!!!

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