Quirky Moments in a Wonderous World
Leaving someone, erasing the person from your life is perhaps more painful than the pain you feel when you’re with him. Maybe that’s why people choose not to end a broken relationship.
A thought, a word, an action have unfathomable cosmic effect on the tangled webs of the universe. Can you imagine that what you are thinking now might shake a planet or trouble a star?
Today on the MRT, I felt a touch of humanity, literally. I gave up my seat to a woman and she patted my arm as a gesture of gratefulness. It was unexpected. She didn’t look like the sort of person comfortable with physical outpourings of emotion. I expected a curt nod of thanks or the most, a quick smile. Sounds maudlin but I felt the warm, fuzzy feeling that the world isn’t that bad afterall.
This week is so far, uneventful. Minus the temporary panic over registration of law modules, the week is plodding along with the weekend round the corner. Our sleepover last Friday deserves to be mentioned. It was a crazy night and here’s a list of our Oscar worthy moments:
1) Mag was obsessed with her nails which were painted a weird but not unpleasant combination of pearly pink and solid magenta.
2) Yiwei swore to God, any God and every God that she does not have a boyfriend.
3) “Jiaying’s hair looks like a ….” “Mop,” replied Jiaying promptly. She was right. That was the word on the Taboo card.
4) Kah Ming woke up and looked into the glassy eyes of Randy.
5) I mistook Jackie’s doggie snore for Mag’s sarcastic snort.
6) I mistook the dogs’ night prowling for a somnambulistic Yiwei.
7) We played a million (it felt like that) rounds of Taboo.
In the airport, Mag’s mum commented on how thoughtful we are to see Mag off each time she returns to Australia. Well, she’s the reason why The Sisterhood of the Guiding Friends took flight.
