Failing Driving: The Whiny Version

Did my luck run out on me?

Freak, out of all the six testers available for my time slot, I had to ballot the only cranky one. Tester A, when he came to beckon Testee A to her car, made a point to smile, make small talk, put her at ease. Tester B, with his boyish features, also hardly projected the menacing aura that stereotypes most Testers.

Tester C, my Tester, had to be the only Tester who looked hungrier than a silverfish in a library. He merely snorted when I greeted him, hardly flinched when I flashed my most innocent and friendly smile at him, and made the following short prayer just prior to moving off -

"Oh please grant me strength this day
To fail as many as I can
For if only I could have my way
All these Testees I would ban"

And every time Tester C made a little tick on his scoresheet, he might as well have just stabbed his merciless pencil into my bleeding heart, for I would have had trouble distinguishing which was the more painful. At the end of it all, when he debriefed me on my mistakes, I swear he graduated top of his Be-A-Stringent-And-Petty-Tester class back in Tester School. Grr.

Whine.

The Final 16th

This wonderful journey that we've been on
You begun so long ago
Has bequeathed me with memories so fond
Of which I loathe to forego

Yet today I feel it must all end
The way I keep you alive inside
For only then will I truly mend
With no more feelings to hide

For it takes to much to continue
Loving you the way I did
And since this love is no longer true
The advice of my friends I'll heed

No more poems every 30 days
No more heartaches on hearing that song
No more in dreams do I see your face
No more for us I long

No more short prayers to find you well
No more surprises to find and wrap
No more on alternate paths to always dwell
No more maybes no more perhaps

I trust in him to treat you right
To elicit the smiles from you
To protect to honour to delight
To give you what you're due

With this last stanza I relinquish all
And end the epilogue of our story
For all the times I've failed before
Let me say, I'm truly sorry

Chronicles of Daphne 1

When my dad sat down to dinner, he couldn't help notice the assorted art and craft material on the table. Glue, scissors, paper, colouring pencils. I know he intentionally avoided asking me anything, because there was this constipated look on his face.

But after I brought out the disposable chopsticks and began to piece it all together, his resistance caved in.

"What in the name of Enthusiastic NS Men are you doing?"

With a twinkle in my eye, "Aha. Just wait."

And when we all gathered to watch Singapore Idol later, I scoffed at the half-hearted support my parents were offering some of the contestants. They had merely pointed out their good points, praised their performances, rooted for them from the couch.

But when Daphne appeared... OUT CAME THE DAPHNE FLAG!

Who cared what they thought? I had a Daphne Flag, and there was no way she would lose!

Of course, later I overheard my mum whisper to my dad about some refund from the adoption agency, but I was hardly ruffled. Daphne had made it through another week. =)

One More Crush

I admit it! I'm in love, again!

Oh man, this girl is so hot she has made me do the craziest things! On the way home, when my friends talked about her, I cast aside my weariness like a misfit coat and started babbling about her! The way she moves, the way she talks, the way she sings....

And for the first time in my life, I made out an SMS to her. I mean, I've always scoffed at people who SMS like this, because I always felt they were wasting hard-earned money in a pointless venture. But against all better sense, against how many donkey years of speaking out against such practices, I SMSed in support of her!

DAPHNE, YOU HAVE MY VOTE FOR SINGAPORE IDOL!!!!!

Being Anti-Social

It's strange. I have an entire list of flaws to grapple with, but I never thought I would have to deal with this one.

The first time I suspected I had a problem with being anti-social was in Secondary school, where a few personality tests profiled me as having slight anti-social tendancies. Pshaw, I thought, that's rubbish. I saw myself as being the kind of person who didn't have problems mixing, and who loved to be in the company of friends and family. Anti-social, me?

But over time, and as more friends became more open with me, I found that at times I would very easily shy away from large gatherings or reunions. Most recently, when old cadet friends came over to stay at my bunk to study for an exam, I found myself being very, very unwilling to go and spend the night with them. I preferred to stay home, do my own thing, and well, just have a bit of quiet. And that's when I was accused of being anti-social.

It's true, I guess. At times I find myself gravitating to smaller group outings, instead of the huge Hey-Aren't-You-My-Sister's-Friend's-Boyfriend's-Uncle's-Friend? kind of gatherings.

And just when I started fretting about being socially inept and not surviving in the outside world, it struck me. This isn't about being anti-social. It's about being BROODY.

Oh man. The brooding, quiet hunk. Johnny Depp. Brad Pitt. The QUINTESSENTIAL Alpha Male.

Oh man. =)

Gasp...

Phew!

Super quick updates, which hopefully will translate into full length blogs soon!

01. Started tuition for my cousin! Mandarin some more! Haha, I can just feel all my previous Mandarin teachers laughing at me...
02. Ran a 21km half-marathon! Know it's old news by now, but what the heck.
03. Entering the final phase of driving lessons! Must pass must pass or at least not tell anyone if I fail!
04. Started a short story! Will post it soon!
05. Got super disgusted about some worms in the army! Super unbelievable! Bao Qing Tian will have a field day!
06. A chiobu asked me to learn ballroom dancing with her!!! FREAK!!!
07. Had a reservist trainee assume I was like 25+! Said I looked mature!
08. Fell in love with, then got heatbroken by, Daphne Khoo, who's attached!
09. Finished issuing the last of the Bear Hug coupons!
10. Put on weight!
11. Drank too much coffee!

Haha.