Of ABCs and 123s
I woek up at 850 to the sounds of Daniel Ong on the Perfect 10 this morning.Its a holiday,why shouldi wake up this early?Three letters:C.I.P.Damn.Rachel,WanJun,LiuYin,Shariffah,JiaYing and I decided to do our CIP at National Library.Argh.At first thought,it might be the perfect place to do your CIP.No cars whizzing by you and pour you with exhaustive smoke,the need to beg pedestrians for money to spare,the glares and the stares,the grumbles and the rejections,the sun and the wind.(I was refering to flag selling.)Here,quiet environment,no irritating pedestrians to beg,and most of all,aircon.Yummy.Perfect place?Hold that thought.And so i got up and my Aunt woke up a little later so she had a hard time cooking breakfast for me.I finished breakfast only at 925.I was supposed to meet JiaYing at 945.Oh hell,was i late!So i divided the job between me and my Aunt.I went to brush my teeth and wash up while she ironed my tshirt and shorts for me.When i came out she was still ironing,so i ran like mad to my room,threw out the books in my bag and dumped the discman into it.She threw the tshirt and shorts to me just ask i was about to run back and get it from her.Put on my socks and stumbled all the way to the front door and put on my shoes.Opened the door and turned on my handphone.Beep Beep.It was a message from JiaYing.She changed the time of meeting to 1030.A sudden moment of silence grew in me.I closed the door,and strolled back into the house and threw myself onto the bed.Surfed a little net,and got out at 1020.Bus came swiftly as i arrived at the stop,and i boarded it.I wandered around the control station and JiaYing was nowhere in sight.I called her,and she never answered.So i sent her a message asking if she was anywhere near the station."Haha,no leh..." was her reply.I almost blew up then.Got really pissed and went down to the platform to wait,thinking that she'll be late for 10 or 15 minutes.In the end,it was already 1055 and she was still nowhere in sight.I didnt want to be late for the meeting,afterall its not exactly nice to let a girl,or girls to wait for a guy.So i boarded the next train that arrived and went towards Douby Ghaut,hoping that the rest will be late.As i stood at the front of the train,i looked out through the mirror and followed the track as in came closer and closer towards me and disappeared under the train.Just as i was about to come up with any "Travel Thoughts" as i like to call them,this indian kid behind me started banging against the glass between me and him.I was leaning against it when he did that,and i looked at him at first,thinking that he did that accidentally.After a while,he started banging again,and this time it got harder.I got irritated and glared at him with that "Bang again and i will throw you out of the train and feed the tracks" kind of look.He obviously didnt care about it and continued banging.Great job mommy,just let him bang till the glass breaks and chops his head off.Finally,i reached Douby Ghaut and got off the train and that crazy banging kid.Met with LiuYin at the platform.She was looking pretty good with her blue jeans and pink top.We went up the elevator to the topmost level,and looked for Shariffah,who was at that time at the control station already waiting for us.I didnt see her at first,until i saw this girl with long well tied up hair,looking at the street map when i realised that it was her.We met up with her,and she was looking stunning as well.Blue jeans as well,with a pink bag and a white top.Wow.Haha.Not just me,even JiaYing said that later on about her.WanJun came a while later,even though she predicted that she would be 20 minutes late.She was looking stunning as well,with that black top and jeans.Suddenly,i felt so small.Haha.Rachel just woke up at 1015,JiaYing was nowhere to be seen.So me and the rest started betting on who's gonna be the last to arrive.And the last to arrive must treat the rest to a drink.Time passed and the time approached 11.JiaYing FINALLY,arrived.She was already rushing towards her until we asked her to relax,saying that Rachel was still late.I called Rachel,and she was already there.However,she didnt know how to get to the control station.I told her to head towards the old control station and follow the NorthSouth line.She said ok,and hung up.We waited,and she was not here yet.I called her again,and she was laughing in the phone."Lost?"i asked."Yeah!Where am i?Haha."she said.I smacked my head and tried to direct her to us.Finally,she made it to the old control station,unharmed and still in a piece.Thank lord.So we went up the stairs at walked towards National Library.To be honest,i was very pissed at that time.And the weather was getting to me.It was scorching hot and it was burning my hair and neck.My temper came and thank god i did not release it on the girls,since most of them were early,or earlier.As i turned back they were strolling behind me.Yeah,strolling.I walked faster and faster,and were already about 100 metres ahead.In a way,i wanted to go ahead and see if we were on the right route,on the other hand i was pretty pissed.Oh well,the anger subsided when the famous red bricked National Library loomed up before us.We rushed into the hawker centre just as it started to drizzle.Hawker centres are definitely not the best place in the country to look for the word,"Cleanliness".Here,it was worse.Probably THE worst hawker centre ever.Flies,cats,smokers and leaking roofs.You name it.It was more like a third hand tent with a temporary barbecue pit.So we sat down ourselves down.Shariffah,JiaYing and WanJun decided to eat while the rest of us,watched.(I was not hungry then.)I was in a hurry to leave that dreadful place,as it started raining.Finally,the ladies got themselves into the library and we went in search of the librarian to start the CIP.Get it over and done with.LiuYin and Shariffah went to the toilet while the rest went to the staff office for the CIP tags and the forms.I ran back to tell LiuYin and Shariffah about the office.I was in a hurry,so i was walking quickly down the corridor towards the toilets.A huge and fat indian lady was standing across the narrow corridor and i had no time to squeeze myself pass her.So i walked round her back just in time for her to turn her body.The back of my arm brushed against her soft and disgusting butt and i apologised.She glared at me with disgust.I was the victim hello??It was not my fault,considering you were blocking more than HALF of the corridor brushing your sorry was inevitable.I turned back and gave that face of disgust.I brought LiuYin and Shariffah to the office and told them about my horrifying incident with an indian and a disgusting butt.Soon after,we had our tags on and assigned to different sections to arrange books.I was assigned to a remote corner under the "Generals" section.18 shelves of books rolled out before me,and i found myself drowned in numbers and alphabets.I started on the first shelf,4 levels to each level,each divided into two.I started on my dedious journey,laid out by books underneath my feet.Arrange according to numbers,and then words.And so i went on,and on,and on,and on and on,alone.Others were all dispersed everywhere,and it was hard to find them amongst the shelves and the books.I finished the first 6 shelves and went over to WanJun,who was at the Business section at that time,already bored.I ran back to where i was and started on shelf number 7.As i toiled before the looming shelves i was endulged in thoughts once more.I forgot what i was thinking,just some random thoughts falling in and out of my head.I was the only person still left standing after 2 hours.I found this book about love and i flipped through it briefly,and was laughing at it silently.It had a quote which goes like this,"Life is incomplete without love.Once you get your love,you're finished.".Also,more meaningful quotes like,"Love is like sailing on the high seas with the compass not yet invented."Hmm.Interesting.JiaYing and Rachel came soon after to complain about how tough it was to arrange books in their section.JiaYing was incharge of the Cookery section.Since nobody ever heads for that section,no one ever bothered to arrange it.So it had been in a mess since the first brick was laid on that accursed land.Rachel was in charge of the Children's section,and the kids desperately needs a brain check.Arranging books according to colors instead of numbers or alphabets.So Rachel,Shariffah and LiuYin who were in charge of those sections,had a hard time putting the books into the right shelves.I,was the fortunate one,with a couple of interesting books along the way.Rachel and gang had to bear with Peter Pan and Jack and the Beanstalk.JiaYing had to deal with pictures of mouth-watering food and WanJun just dealt with,economics.As i arranged the 12th shelf,this man came over to the 4th and 5th shelf and started messing up my arrangements.Took out a book,not what he wanted and stuff it back in.I glared at him as i messed up my blood,my sweat,my toil,my time away from my friends and family.I almost slapped him with the nearest encyclopedia.Finished the last couple of shelves and met up with the rest at the Business section.We had a mini meeting if were going to stay or leave.Rachel,LiuYin and WanJun wanted to leave,while Shariffah,JiaYing and I wanted to complete the time.So they left soon after,and we stayed back to help JiaYing with her section,which practically took forever.JiaYing spent 6 hours on the cookery section.Shariffah and I sat on the floor and while admiring the food in the pages of the books we talked about school,life and the mysterious guy in her handphone messages.Haha.Well,he was just a friend.I was just blowing things up,made fun of her.Haha.Anyway,thanks for the message you sent me.I went over to JiaYing and talked to her as well,since arranging library books is not the most interesting job in the world.I told them,"Hey i have a song stuck in my head.Want to hear?Ok,here goes.ABCDEFGHIJKL..."And i went on with the ABC song.They didnt get why i sang that,but they started laughing later on.(I was already seeing numbers and alphabets.Not stars.)We were done!And we were called to this room at the corner of the library and guess what?We got scolded.Great.Because we used our handphone during work.Argh.What the hell?She said,"Please dont use handphones during your services,because we dont want to let the public think that we are allowing you do use them."WHAT WILL THE PUBLIC THINK IF WE USE HANDPHONES?IS THAT A BLOODY SIN OR AGAINST THE LAW?YOU SHOULD BE BLOODY THANKFUL THAT WE FINISHED OUR JOBS AND WE WERE NOT SMOKING POT OR ANYTHING.WE DID NOT WHRECK THE SHELVES,TEAR THE BOOKS,BURN DOWN THE LIBRARY AND KILL YOU GUYS.BE,THANKFUL.Why were we arranging books when you guys will be closing in a matter of days anyway?Bloody hell.Oh well,Shariffah went off first.So JiaYing and I had dinner at the Galilee's Cafe.She had chicken spaghetti while i had chicken and fish combo,which tasted awful.The only thing worth mentioning was my milkshake.As we argued over who's milkshake was better we started talking about school,life and future.And an interesting conversation about "Visions".Haha.We went back and as we walked pass the church she started saying how beautiful the church was,while i admired the moon and the star more.We took the same train back and went to the same interchange.Haha.It was an awful way to spend a day indeed.However,toiling with friends were really fun.Haha.Alright,now.Think again when you think CIP at library is fun.Think again.Oh by the way,Rs sent me a message today,i was so hyped i was jumping around in the library.Haha.Thanks.:)

Song of the Moment---Ain't Goin' Down (Till the Sun comes Up)