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-
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Special Agent Joshua Hooi's Mission:Impossible. Heh.
aiyo, u poor thing...=)
it's not that they don like u ler... either they don like books, or d timing just very cha lor...=P
heh heh...its the timing la..btw, arsenal will be crowned king of europe tmr...;)
fancy stumbling upon ur blog! u were linked up on joys blog.. and i know joy coz she joined my cell for the last 2 months. Hello and how are u? if u do ever read this that is since u haven't been blogging for a month or so..
Time to do blog maintenance:
Sleepypurplepiglet: Until now, I still haven't watched MI3! Tom Kurus also lari already...
Sieh Jin: Ya loh. But still, slack hor? Hehehe...
Buzzer: Eh, that didn't happen, huh? :)
Sarah: I was trying to figure out which Sarah is this, until your I saw your photo in your blog. *Enlightenment* Hey, it's been a long time!
u got my blog add from joy's blog? yes its been a long time hasn't it.. how are u and what are u doing?
Nope. When you post a comment in my blog, all I have to do is click on your name, and I'll be led to your blog :)
I'm doing good... Finished my studies in USM already. Now waiting for my posting.
What have you been up to?
oh yeah how dumb am i? haha
im still in kl, will be graduating in 2 months then i'll be going to aus next jan for another 2 years of clinical.
in the middle of writing my thesis now.. stresseeeddd
Hey Shua,
I really laughed out loud when I read this Blog entry of yours.
I tried to identify myself with all the "Mr's" comments but failed to recognise the phantom characters. I remember my reply was I just went to the one in KL and i won't be going to the Penang one. Anyway, I guess my entry would have sounded terribly inconsistent with your quotes. HAHAHA!!
Anyway, I still remember that you are my number one Christian bookshop compatriot apart from my wife. I usually go myself when I'm in KL.
Sorry to let you down buddy!! Let's hope you have more success in getting people in the future. Calvin's (who's good friend is Hobbes) dad would say that this incident would have been good for character building.HEHE!!
Alan Low
When's Doulos coming ah? Heard that they won't be touching Penang shores. Only at Klang.
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