“...Two more weeks, my foot is in the door, I can’t speak in the wake of Saturday.”
Fall Out Boy

I’ve got a job interview at Chill. Ha, now that’s what I’m talking about.


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2:00
Class just ended at Neo and I was waiting for Rona to pick me up, and you know what time she comes and picks me up? 3. Like, one hour late. I just kept calling and calling and finally she replies and tells me she’s overslept. I know. Well, what did I tell you? Her body clock’s all mucked up right? Hahaha.


2:53
She finally arrives after an hour and like, Josh was all like, “We’re at the cinema, come!” I wonder what he and Tiong were doing while waiting an hour on us. Haha. They weren’t even close. Much less extroverted. The traffic at Gadong was massive man; it took us like what, half an hour to finally get to the mall? It was crazy.

Rona and I wanted to walk in the rain (it’s been all stormy for the past few days here) but her mom simply refused. Parents will be parents you know. Then again, maybe not. All we talked about in the car was the least expected subject that you’ll ever talk about with a parent. Her mom found out it was gonna be two guys and two girls and she thought it was a double date or something (IT WASN’T, I SWEAR, WE’RE ALL JUST BUDDIES HANGING OUT) and so we got into this awkward (for me) conversation about her past mistakes with her then boyfriend, screwing up (literally), the naiveté which ended up with the birth of Ryan, Rona’s 19 year old brother. It was weird. Honest. It went something like this:


“I’m just telling you to be careful. One drop is all it takes to get pregnant. The safest way is to use condoms.”
Me and Rona feeling all weird. And then I say,
“Uh, it still isn’t safe condoms; you know they have holes in them?”
And then Rona’s mom just laughs.


I know right? Man. Can you imagine talking about screwing up, using condoms and all that with your mom? I mean wow. Well, Gette is young right? And I don’t mind her past mistakes. If she never made them, then I wouldn’t have Rona right? Haha.


3:17
We finally got to the mall at about this time. Rona & I decided to spy on the guys for the first two minutes but they caught us. I mean, come on, we just wanted to know what they were up to. Who wouldn’t? I told Josh to get the tickets and the popcorn earlier so all we had to do was get our arses into the cinema.

We watched Zohan. Which was quite disappointing really. I’d give it a 5. I found it quite perverse. Zohan was like an American produced Israeli version of Austin Powers. Adam Sandler was...not so great this time. I mean, banging all those old ladies, what the hell? Did Hollywood run out of bright ideas or something? That’s really cheap. The jokes & one-liners were hilarious and their accents rocked but all the disgusting bits just wrecked the movie. But that’s just me, I don’t know bout everyone else, but I’m not some idiotic person who finds entertainment in incredibly perverse movies. Honestly.


5:30 ish
The movie finished and I was starving. Really. My last meal was like, what, at 6.30 that morning? I really needed to get food so we went down to Chill and I ordered their beef pasta and hell, it was delicious. It’s like, the best pasta I’ve ever tasted, honestly. I found myself having to start the conversations all the time. Cause like, I was pretty close with Rona (duh), Josh and Tiong but Rona isn’t that close with Josh, vice versa, and Josh isn’t that close with Tiong and the other way round too. So basically, I was the bridge. Sort of. I had to get the conversation going. And if I stop to eat, there’d be silences, broken only by alternative music blaring over the speakers.

So I finally downed the last of my pasta and I just wanted to sit around for a bit until this song came on the speakers and it reminded me so much of all the bloody mess I’m in right now (note: present tense, I AM in right now) and I was like, “Let’s get outta here.” Stupid song.

Ey, Rona, remember the Cinderella bit? Hahahaha insane. And you guys were all like he’s my ‘future husband’ or something. HOW IRONIC. Then again...it could be.


6:14
There wasn’t much to do but walk around the mall with the guys and so that’s what we did. It was raining the whole day and apparently, the mall was freezing us all to death. Well them anyway, I felt kind of warm. You shoulda seen Josh, it was like he was somewhere at the South Pole. He was shaking. Really. And so we set off for some place warmer and just kinda sat there when we found it.

Oh, and we saw Haz with his so-called crush. Or girlfriend. I’m not quite sure, but yeah, we saw them and he introduced me to her, I think her name was Peach? Cool name. At first I was like, what, Fish? Hahahaha. But she’s cool and Hazmi deserves to be happy after all the bullshit he’s been put through for the past couple of years.

After she left, Tiong, Josh & Rona said Peach looked like me. I THINK NOT.


“Dude, she looks just like you.”
“What? Haha, no, she does not.”
“Yeah and wasn’t it awkward when he introduced you to her?”
“What?! No, there’s nothing going on between me and Haz, he’s like my big bro man. Ew, you guys.”
“It’s like; he liked you but couldn’t get you so he got someone who looked like you!”
“You guys are nuts.”


And so we stalked them for about 20 minutes. Or wait, was it them who stalked us or we who stalked them? I don’t know. But there was a lot of stalking going on both sides. Cause when the four of us were walking around, we’d look back and they’d be behind us. Then again, the mall is small right? Haha. And so we in turn, stalked them back. We followed them into Rizqun and Tiong and I were like,


“Let’s follow them up the elevator.”
“NO man, you need a card for that, I learnt that the hard way. Not really, but still.”
“No you don’t, just follow me.”


So I reluctantly gave in (I have a phobia of elevators, bad experience) and we got into the elevator and guess what, you can go up without the card. Haha, I think Rona & I took the wrong elevator last time. And so we explored the fourth floor, looked like there was some highly important dinner going on at the ballroom. We wanted to hang by the pool but it was all raining and stuff so yeah.


6:30
So we went back down and saw like, other SMS and JIS people hanging out together. And I met Bob. That isn’t his real name, I think it’s Jeven or something, but he calls me Pencil for no apparent reason so there. Haha. He’s in Rona’s Science class and he’s pretty cool. Much like Arian, but cooler. Haha, no offence.

And I saw Pejman, for like, what, the first time in five years? Haha, remember Pejman you guys? We used to call him Elmo, but he’s freaking tall now, that ass. I used to be taller than him and now’s he’s probably an inch or two taller than me. Darn. I was like, DUDE, IS THAT PEJMAN, HE’S FREAKING TALL, WHAT THE HELL? Yeah, height is kind of a big deal around here. How lame is that?


6:45
And at around 7, Josh had to go. He said something about everyone having to be at the house at dinner time or something, I don’t know. But before he left, he showed us this insane video of his 13 year old sister, Shannon. It was crazy, honestly. She was like, screaming expletives or so at the next door neighbours and throwing this chair at the wall. And there was this video where she was freaking screaming her ass off at the computer till it turned on.

Insane. And only because everytime I see her at school, she looked like a teacher’s pet, or perfect & adored by all. Honestly, her uniform’s all perfect, she looks like she’s involved in all sorts of societies & I heard her ambition was to be a doctor (it was in the yearbook). Until Josh showed me the videos.

Now I know, NEVER to judge people by their entire exterior. It never really tells you anything till you’ve known the person completely. That’s the lesson I’ve learnt this year. Just don’t, don’t ever think you’ve figured out a person because what people show outside is rarely how they really are. I’m not exaggerating. I’m being honest.

By the way Josh, I still wanna meet Shannon. She rocks. I bet she’ll be laughing her ass off when she sees this post, so show her yeah? Haha.


7:40
And so Josh left, his dad was over at McDonald’s and he had to walk in the rain to get there. I wanted to video him getting all wet but the dude ran instead of walked. Pfft. How exciting. Haha. And there we were again, at Chill. We never really wanted to go again, but there wasn’t much to do and so I sat down. The waiters noticed that we weren’t gonna order and so just left us alone.

So we just sat there for about a couple of hours talking, waiting for our rides. Until my dad called and said he wasn’t picking me up until midnight cause the traffic was too much at Gadong and they were already late for something. I didn’t expect that, but it was great.

So I was like, “If we’re gonna be here till midnight, then might as well eat dinner right?” Tiong left already for Netland, so it was just me & Rona and all that pasta. Haha.

Oh, and there was this random moment where they unexpectedly played Wannabe by Spice Girls on the stereo. That was hilarious! Hahahaha, oh I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want, so tell me what you want what you really really want! Insane! And some of the waiter dudes inside where dancing, haha! Chill rocks.

So we just kinda sat there, eating and we saw Barry & Awi. They’re up for some fight with Ong, this dude who got suspended from school. Awi said something about him betraying the brotherhood (he lied to much) and all that and now they got their whole gang to go and beat up Ong & his gang. Do boys have to settle everything with violence? What is with all that huh? It’s bullshit man. Whatever.


8:30 ish
Still eating dinner, taking our time, nothing to do anyway. And we saw Giebabe, he works at Chill. Haha, he hasn’t changed one bit. Except maybe he’s a little better now than when I met him, he was in my class, 3 years ago. But he is still stick thin. It’s possible he’s thinner than I am. If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, make it last forever, friendship never ends. That’s gotta be the cheesiest classic song ever. HAHA. Don’t call me baby, you know I don’t belong to you. Their music taste is pretty cool. They even played Hale. The last song I expected to hear there.

Barry requested for a rock song but it didn’t go on. Don’t worry Barry, when I start working there (hopefully), I’ll take requests. Haha!


9:30
We paid and went back inside the mall to just hang around. See if we could do something. But there’s wasn’t anything to do and so we just sat there on the benches somewhere on the third floor and just talked while I went online with Rona’s account. I chatted with Paths, who is doing great in Cali and we got into this really personal conversation which I don’t like to talk about. But she kept us company till we left and gave loads of advice on my case of the heart. Thanks Paths, I really appreciate it and I suppose I can always move on, and life goes on, there are others right?


10:15 ish
Most of the stores were close by then and there really wasn’t anything to do. And so we got up from our 3rd floor retreat and made our way back to, guess where? Chill. Haha. Here’s what the waiter said to us when he saw us for the third time & how I got my job interview:


“Hey, it’s you again!”
“Haha, favourite place I guess, there’s nowhere else to go.”
“Haha, I remember that orange tie. Haha, but this is good.”
“Yeah, I know right, we’re keeping your business up. Oh by the way, do you guys have job openings right now?”
“Yeah, as a part timer, we do.”
“Awesome, cause I’m looking for a job right now.”
“Yeah, if you really want a job then you can be our part time cashier. Just come here anytime after lunch so you can talk to the boss, you know like, direct interview, negotiate your salary and all that.”
“Wow, cool, thanks man.”


I know right. THANK GOD. Hahaha, guess what Natasha, I’m gonna work at Chill! Haha. I hope. I seriously pray they’ll take me. I’m halfway in already.

You know what’s so ironic? The person I DON’T EVEN KNOW tells me they have an opening when ALL THE GUYS I DO KNOW didn’t really do anything. Haha. Really.

And Nigel, Natasha’s brother, who’s been serving us the last two times, served us again. Here’s our conversation when he served us our tea (don’t ask me why, Rona wanted tea, who drinks tea at night anyway? Us, I guess).


“I bet you’re weirded out by us, coming here again.”
“Hahaha, nahh, money, money, money, money, money!”
“We’re not rich okay? There isn’t anything else to do anyway, haha.”


And he just walked away laughing, going money, money, money, money. Hilarious. So we hung out there in the dark. And you know Azim, whom we were supposed to hang out showed up at like, what 11? Haha, he’s like 10 hours late? Crazy arse. He was probably at Netland the whole time.


11:30
We got picked up just when things were getting funner. Funner. What a weird word. Josh and I constantly argue about it, he thinks its bad English. Whatever man, it could be in the dictionary one day! Haha! Gette was at a party and so Rona was at my house till about midnight, I told her to sleep over but she had nowhere to put her stupid contacts. Haha.

So we just watched Step 2 till Mike came and I went to bed at about 1 AM, but it took me hours to fall asleep. I do not know why. I probably fell asleep at about 4 or 5 AM.


So basically, yesterday was great, wish Aikks was there, it would have been more fun that it already was. I’ve got my job interview & that’s all I wanted. Life is great once again despite its shrouding misery.

Whoa, this has got to be my longest post. If you’d made it this far without falling asleep then I really appreciate it. Haha.

Oh yeah, does anyone know if we’ve got school tomorrow? Call me if you do. Have a great weekend dear readers. (:

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