Right...

So, I just moved into a new place and while I’m finding it pretty comfy..the landlady is slowly getting on my “stop talking to me or you’ll upset me” list.

Last Saturday after lunch, a very pushy Nice senpai said she wanted to take a look at my room. Thinking it was just a short visit I didn’t put much thought into it at all so I brought her up to the condo without informing the landlady (let’s call her LL for now..malas wanna type panjang panjang).

So while Nice senpai was looking around my new room, which wasn’t that big she was just snooping around my stuff and we chatted for a while, I got a call from LL and the conversation went along the lines of her telling me that

“I thought I told you not to tell people where you live?”

“who is your friend? Guy or girl? Is she your best friend? How long have you known her for?”

Bla blab la

Ok fine, it was my mistake for not informing her earlier that Nice senpai was going to come up for a while but come on, let’s get real. The situation was just like her coming up to use the bathroom and chill for a while before she was on her merry way. Simple as that. But nooooooo she had to make a fuss about it. Note that I did not once apologise for it. I don’t feel like I have to. Honestly, if this situation were to repeat itself, I'll just say "she's my girlfriend. Got a problem?" just to spite her.

So she called me out from my room while I was watching American Hustle (minus a gazillion points for having me pause my Jennifer Lawrence movie) to the living room and gave me..the talk.

“The talk” was such a waste of time and energy. It was all about how she survived in KL for 27 years, still able to walk around freely because she mixed with the right people. And I was like thinking

Excuse me? Are you saying my senpais are not good people? Well excuse you! They’re the best bunch of senpais I can ask for! I can live through a hundred internships and never deserve senpais like them! Badmouth my judgement in people, fine! But don’t. ever. Talk bad about my senpais especially Nice and Clover. And if you didn’t want people to know where you live you shouldn’t have rented out the space in the first place!

Boy was I pissed. Insinuating that I have bad judgement, ok fine I’ll let that slide but insinuating that my colleagues are bad people? Excuse me you don’t even know them. Heck you don’t even know me. Who died and made you queen? Who gave you the power to judge me? I’ve known you barely a week. (Insinuating my senpais are bad people: minus another gazillion points!)

And then she went on about how people did some bad hocus pocus stuff on her and I’m like thinking

So? You’re telling me this because? Advice? Sure I can take a hint, you don’t have to tell me your life story, I’m not interested. I’m not superstitious but I do know those hocus pocus stuff exists and I believe that as long as I don’t purposely disturb them, they won’t disturb me.

And the nerves she had to say all that to me, taking up half an hour of my American Hustle time, and then tell me

“I’m not trying to advice you”

yea right -.-

Ah hah..excuse me..excuse me. Not trying to advice, of course, sure, whatever floats your boat man..whatever floats your boat. I’m outta here. So I got up and wanted to go back to my room and then suddenly she says she saw online that Indonesia was snowing! And by that time I was already really annoyed.

not amused

She even showed me the video she saw it from and the whole shebang! So I entertained her for another five minutes or so while she went on and on about how 2012 was a point of change for earth and how God didn’t want to change the world overnight (it would cause chaos she reasoned and I agreed) so He did it slowly. Apparently it snowed in the Philippines a few weeks (or was it months?) ago. By that time I wasn’t even trying to act interested anymore, not that I was interested in the first place. After she finished talking, I turn to my heels and headed for my door.

Snowing in tropical countries. /scoffs/ I am the daughter of a Geography teacher. Find something else other than the Earth and its weather pattern/climate to tell me. You think I’d fall for stuff like this? She probably thinks I’m some stupid and naïve kid or something. News flash! I’m 22 and I’m perfectly capable of handling things by myself without your help. She thinks my senpais are bad people? /scoffs/ excuse me at least I know what’s their job and where they’re from. Up until now, I don’t even know what LL’s job is. She told me like..three different jobs already so far and I’m like thinking

wait, what?

Excuse me? You know what I do daily right? My job basically has me questioning every single thing our clients tell me. Clover senpai told me to always ask to clarify until I’m satisfied with the answers given. And here you are, telling me all sorts of jobs. You’re lucky I don’t bother much about people I just met or you are going to be audited.

Oh yes, before I end this..I’ve taken the liberty to google about the “bizarre snowing” and turns out, as I have known they were, fake. /rolls eyes/ next time you wanna tell a person that a tropical country is snowing, get your facts right and make sure that person isn’t the daughter of a Geography teacher. Good day.

Daydream expanded

It was a day like any other, a lazy afternoon with a few tables occupied in the little café where our hero had landed his first part time gig as a barista of all things. Being notoriously clumsy since a tender age, his friends snickered at his announcement when he happily told them that he got the job, citing that his boss must either be desperate for an extra pair of hands behind the counter or was simply charmed by the clumsy oaf. It turned out to be neither for our hero, though being a clumsy disaster in the kitchen, was an overwhelmingly graceful barista who handled cups and saucers better than bowls and plates.

Ty was his name and it would appear that he was busy trying to figure out what was wrong with his dear coffee machine that had decided to act up all of a sudden, leaving customers coffee-less that entire morning. Huffing in annoyance, he dejectedly fetched the phone and gave the supplier a ring, conveying his problem and somehow relieved that somebody would be sent to fix the machine within the hour. After the coffee machine was fixed, it was business as usual.

The activity in the little shop seemed to have stalled for a moment when the door chimed as it opened and a cane poked into the premise. One of Ty’s colleagues, a waitress named Sunny, quickly rushed to guide the new comer to a table and helped her with her order. Ty was well aware that he had been staring shamelessly at her and did nothing to stop even after his fellow barista, Jess, nudged him to stop. Though half of her face was blocked by the darkest pair of sunglasses he had ever seen, Ty knew the new comer was beautiful. She wore an air of poise and grace, something rarely found in the unruly behavior of most girls on campus, like a perfect lady.

Ty had snapped out of his reverie when Jess had not-so-gently thumped his head with one of the trays they used to serve their customers. Sheepishly apologizing, he went back to work, occasionally sneaking glances at her every now and then, only to be caught by Jess who shook her head at him for being so obviously smitten by somebody who was just minding her own business. After she had left a good two hours later, Ty became the object of Jess and Sunny’s teasing until their shift ended.

But that was the end of that; the blind girl did not step into the café for the next two weeks. Low on morale and shoulders slumped; Ty could not find his usual cheer in his work. In that fortnight Ty had managed to casually ask around about her and found out that her name was Elise, an English Literature major. Apparently she was quite the talk of her faculty, having turn down almost as many boys as she did girls. She was quite the loner, which was reasonable given her…situation. Being around people would be an inconvenience, Ty mused while he was working on his latte art. After all, people would just be awkward around her and she could probably feel it.

Sunny whacked his head lightly and handed him what seemed to be a shopping list. Ty grumbled for a while but was on his way regardless.

 “Don’t forget to keep the receipts!!”

“I won’t!” Ty turned his head back and replied while extending his arm to push the door open, only to hear a gasp from the other side.

Whipping his head towards the door, he saw that he had given the girl quite a shock when pushed the door open so abruptly earlier. The girl, trying to regain her composure, accidentally dropped her precious cane which Ty immediately retrieved like an enthusiastic puppy playing fetch.

“I’m so sorry. Are you ok, miss?”

“I’m ok…I’m ok..just a little shocked but I’m ok..” she reassured him with a smile and thanked him for her cane before she proceeded into the café.

Ty, having forgotten his shopping chore completely, escorted her to a table and would have taken her order, if Sunny did not bump him out of the way with her rear end.

“I got this, Ty. You have shopping to do”

Throwing Sunny a dirty look for getting in the way of his attempt to at least talk to the girl he was obsessing over over the past two weeks, he begrudgingly trudged out while the melodious laughter of the mysterious Elise and the cackle of his new enemy Sunny filled his ears.

Jess shot him a knowing look when he returned no more than half an hour later, sweating and panting as though he ran a marathon. Having quickly deposited his groceries to their respective shelves, he returned to his post and to his relieve; the blind girl a.k.a. Elise was still there.

“Ty!! Order up!!”

“Got it!!” he set to work, cursing his bad luck in his head.

“Order up!” Ty beamed as he put up a cup of coffee made with satisfactory quality on the counter and hit the bell. Sunny would’ve usually came running to serve it but she was nowhere in sight. Not wanting his creation to go cold unserved, he took it upon himself to get the cup to the table and of course….it has to be hers.

“Order up! Here’s your drink” he tried to act as normal as possible, not wanting to accidentally spill the cup with what his nerves wreaking havoc

“Thank you..Ty was it?”

“Yea..sorry for the wait, I was out for a bit and sorry about the door back there”

“It’s fine, no harm done. I’m still I one piece, am I not?” she smiled at him and he swore he had the goofiest grin plastered on his face.

“In one piece you are…oh..I said it out loud didn’t I?” his face reddened considerably.

“Yes, that you did.”

“I should probably go..before..ya know..Jess gets on my case..again..haha”

“You should then.”

“Er..nice talking to you, miss…”

“Elise, please..I don’t think we’re that far apart in age.”

“Elise..er..of course..yes! er..nice talking to you! Hope you come by again soon ya?” Ty almost wanted to facepalm right then and there for behaving like a goofball.

“Sure, I’ll come by again soon”

That was all he needed to be skipping back to behind the counter, not caring about the snickering that was coming from Jess and Sunny.

End.

A/N: it's been a while since the last shot haha what chu think?

Daydreaming

well, this describes me perfectly haha! do any of you do it as well? sometimes what's swimming around my mind accidentally slips out and people will look at me one kind lol and i don't normally write them down..but when i do..you get those short one shorts i post here or those unfinished chapters..such dire consequences i don't even....for instance:

***

“uh oh..I know that look! Nothing good ever comes out from that look!”

My roommate slash best buddy commented as I slumped on the bed with a dreamy sigh.

“And as your bro it is my solemn duty to smack you out of your current state to avoid another potential heartbreak”

He proceeded to rolling up a magazine and gave my head a good whack.

“THAT HURTS!!!!” I rubbed the spot he had just assaulted.

“Good, it means you’re awake” he threw the magazine aside and resumed whatever he was doing on his computer.

It only happened a few times before this. Ok so it happened three times in the course of three years which, of course, who’s counting anyway. Certainly not me! But of course once it happened, it being the whole crushing and heartbreak fiasco, I get down in the dumps for months before I recover. Him being my best bud, would have to put up with my endless rambles until the day I decide it was enough, and holding on to it any longer would be pointless and just stop being in denial.

“Don’t you wanna hear about it?”

“No.”

“Ok! It all started a couple of weeks ago! It was a Saturday, I was at the café as usual after gym and I saw her! Dude you should’ve seen her! Wait, you’ve seen her before. I pointed her out to you two days ago! Anyway..”

He held up a hand to stop my endless ramble and gave me a stoic face

“Is she or is she not single?”

“I don't know but I'll deal with that later. Can I continue now?”

“No.”

“Where was I? Oh yes! Her eyes! You should’ve seen her eyes!”

“Dude..she’s blind. She wears shades all the time”

“No I saw her without them once and her eyes are blue! Like the clearest blue I’ve ever seen! Not to mention she’s gorgeous!”

My best bud merely shook his head and turned away, obviously annoyed by my antics.

“Do you even know her name?” he asked while he was reading his pdf file.

“I….ooooohhhhhh what am I going to do? I don’t even know her name or where she came from! Dude! Do you think she’s even on this campus? How old do you think she is? Or..is she even a student? What if she just drops by the café once in a while? What if….”

Thwack!!!

“THAT HURTS!!!”

“Good! Now stfu! I have tonnes of work to do and I don’t have time for your idiotic babbles over some girl you saw”

Peace

i think my younger self would've shouted back at me

"you!!! stop making a calm face and bury all your turmoil inside!! it's not fun! it's not cool! and it is definitely not nice!! and you'll be sorry one day when people don't bother asking how are you anymore because they think you're ok all the time!!!!"

and i would've just stared at the little girl

and apologised.

Jan

Just when you think the traffic here cannot get any worse, BAM! It does.

School reopened last week and boy oh boy, are we feeling it? The traffic is just terrible! Terrible I tell you!! I finally broke my 8 o’clock curse and I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or not. Hmm..definitely not a good thing aye. Then again, maybe I should try leaving the house ten minutes earlier like what I’ve done during my intern days.

Oh yes, have I told you guys I’m working already? Yes I am! Just signed the offer letter a few days ago and I’m trying really, really hard to be useful but OTL being tired makes it really hard. Honestly I don’t know how my senpais do it, but I will find out one day!! Haha

Oh..and clover senpai has been trying to figure out an English name for me (can you believe she wanted to call me Candy cz i like to eat sweets a lot? LOL), under the excuse of it looking nice on my name card and though I said no to all her suggestions, she did find out what my unofficial name was. I’ll show you guys my name card once/when they’re ready lol let’s just say her eye lit up when she saw my email address and broke into a huge grin

“Bernie? That’s your name? ok wud!!! Put it on your card!!”

And then…well..senpai is a very pushy person and I’m a person who’s easily pushed. Honestly, I’m on a fieldwork with her this week and thank goodness it’s her or else I think I would’ve collapsed a long time ago. Clover senpai is like..the best ever haha! Maybe because she’s older, so I think she picks up body language and cues very quickly. She knows if one of us is a bit down or shaken or whatever. How awesome is that? I should learn that skill!

Anyway..i best be gone!

If you care to find me, look to the Western sky!