A, B, C, D, E, F, G...

I heard the news on Wednesday. Evangel’s having a sale on Friday! Up to 80% off, some books RM10 only! Excited by it, and really looking forward to go on the 1st day itself, I spread the good news to as many people as possible, so we could all go together!

Thursday morning. I tried to gather a gang to wipe Evangel clean. The results…

I asked Mr. A. He is not the type who likes books anyway, so he wasn’t interested.

Mr. B. He will be leaving to KL on Friday afternoon, so he cannot join us.

Mr. C sounded really keen on going. Great!

Mr. D. was game! He said he will be asking around to see if anyone else wants to go too. Then, when dusk approached, he said he forgot about having to help his juniors to shift their things into his house on Friday. So he can’t go too.

Miss E just finished exams on Thursday. But her friends from KL are coming over, so they’ll be going out, romping. That counted her out too.

Mr. F has an exam on Saturday, so he’s not coming. Understood la…

Mr. G has an exam on Friday. So no go…

Miss H has exams on Friday morning, then she’ll be meeting her friends in Gurney. She proposed we go at 4pm. Nah, I wanna go in the morning. So, nevermind.

Miss I is back in her hometown. But she will be in Penang on Friday. However, she won’t be able to join us. Surely must be too rushed to fly off to Evangel upon arrival.

Miss J didn’t reply my SMS when I asked her about Evangel. She replied around midnight, when I was already asleep, to ask me what time I was planning to go. When I woke up in the morning, I told her we’ll be going around 9-ish. She said she can’t join us too.

Mr. K said he will confirm later if he can go. No word came from him.

Mr. L asked me what time I’ll be going. I said I’ll be going at 9-ish in the morning. No reply came from him. Later, he SMSed and said that he will be going with Mr. K.

Miss M still has one more paper to go on Saturday, so no go.

That leaves just me and Mr. C. Still cool, thought that it would be a good time of catching up with him. Man talk and all. Better confirm with him. I asked him on Friday morning again to check if he’s still on. He said he discovered that something was wrong with his car just last night, so he has to call it off.

Sigh. I guess it’s gonna be a solo outing then.

Then I remembered Mr. N. He said ok when I asked him yesterday, but it lacked a more committal answer. I asked again on Friday morning. He said he is not feeling well, and he vomited last night. He said he will meet the gang at Evangel later if he can. I said nevermind la, because there will be no “gang”.

No la, I’m not taking it personally from them. Maybe it's just the timing, exams, other commitments, unforeseen circumstances, etc. But getting rejected for almost as many times as the alphabet kinda makes you think a bit, doesn’t it? I thought of asking more people like Miss O, Miss P, and so on. But I don’t wanna reach Z and confirm that every letter of the alphabet doesn’t like me…

All the more, I am convinced in my belief that I am meant to be a Rambo. John Rambo. Even my pen drive’s brand is called “Ram Bo.” Haha...

Also, as Pastor Mei Soon once said to me, “You are a man of destiny!!”

“Do thy friends despise, forsake thee
Take it to the Lord in prayer
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee
Thou wilt find a solace there”
-Some guy who got ditched a few centuries ago-