Be Patient, Don't Worry

This morning, the lecturer replied to my e-mail, one that I aptly titled 'Lost', and intentionally set it to high priority.

Shw told me that it seems to be happening to many other students too! So I'm glad that I'm not alone. She specifically said, "Be patient, don't worry." I'm really feeling much better after her reassurance. I mean, cannot blame me that I very kan chiong right? First time at art college, undoubtedly very eager and kan chiong one what.

In her reply, she also told me that the timetables are put up at the studio, which I completely missed out yesterday despite trawling the campus grounds!

Today, I really wanted to be in school bright and early in the morning, but as I've said, 'bright and early', which so happens to be synonymous with 'sleepy and dreary'.

Instead, I ended up at Tampines, met jana again and went to school together.

Before this, I did a very stupid thing. I arranged for a friend to get some stuff from me. I was really sure and confident, I was like, "I meet you at your college, since I'm pretty free anyways."

Hence, I went down to ITE College East. It's really my first time there. I hesitated before going in because there were like 3 guards on duty and I definitely looked like an outsider. Anyways, I decided to just stride in. And I wasn't stopped or anything! Excessive worrying lah, huh.

There was loud music playing and there were a hell lot of people gathered round this arena space. There were three girls in the middle, attempting to dance to the song. One of them was just idling at one side, looking really lost. After a while, it's damned obvious that she forgot her steps. The other two were then just gyrating sleazily to the beat, not the least bit sexy.

There were A LOT of laughing, mocking, boo-ing and taunting from the audience! I mean, okay lah, it's funny to see people screw up, but don't have to be so outrightly terrorizing right? The girls must be so tormented.

There was this point towards the end when THEY WERE DISCUSSING. Tried to be discreet, but hey, it's like a freaking open area where people can see you from 360 degrees, totally can tell that they were talking.

I think they were discussing their ending pose. After which, I didn't bear to see anymore. When it ended, at least the spectators clapped and encouraged the girls.

Then I trodded on, came across the food court. My friend called, "Where are you?"

"Oh, I'm at the food court, Food Haven,"

"Alamak! I at ITE Tampines! Not Simei!..."

What the fuck. So stupid right. All the while I was mislead. I swear it's stupidly funny. I mean, it's so dumb of me. It was the most glorious himbotic moment in my life. Or as Homer Simpson would say, "most glorious himbotic moment of my life SO FAR"

So I went to Tampines to meet him instead. Then of course, met Jana and we took bus service 23 to school.

Before we were about to alight, I noticed there was a green speck on my jeans. It was a yellow-green that stood out quite well from my highly indigo raw denim jeans from Dr Denim Jeansmakers.

Keywords: highly indigo raw denim jeans from Dr Denim Jeansmakers

Haha!...

Anyways, it turned out that the green speck was a caterpillar. You know, those puny caterpillars that like to suspend from the ubiquitous SGean raintrees? Yeah, so it was making its way up my lap, I looked around and couldn't find a spot to flick it off.

So I promptly asked Jana for tissue. I was very calm in asking, very casual also, 'cos I didn't wanna freak her out. Somehow, it seemed like an awfully long time for her to take the tissue out.

I threw flitting glances at the caterpillar and thought, "Oh come on, hurry up with the tissue, it's reaching the crotch area already!"

When I finally got the tissue, I just grabbed the caterpillar and balled up the tissue.

Then I safely told Jana that there HAD BEEN a caterpillar. Obviously she freaked out a little lah, but 'HAD BEEN' what... Meaning no more already lor.

I went up to the design studio to check my timetable. There were like two classes going on, but I just went in anyways. I wandered around a little, then approached the lecturer for help. Meanwhile, the other lecturer with the Cheap Monday jeans said, "That's all for today," There was a bit of commotion and I kinda deduced that it was indeed my class and it lasted only for half an hour.

So the Spanish lecturer showed me where all the timetables were. Finally some form of double assurance for me.

Basically, I went to class and it ended. Attendance wasn't taken lah. First week still honeymoon week. I truly believe that they're still settling a lot of admin and housekeeping stuff, so I'll be patient now....

Right now, I'm just lepak-ing on the fabulous greenway, utilising the wireless network.




P.S. The T-shirt reads 'huang jin wan liang' meaning 'ten thousand taels of gold' in Chinese. It's 4 words combined into this monogram thingy. I screenprinted this earlier this year, for the Chinese New Year. I swear, all the aunties and uncles very attracted to it! They very pantang, so auspicious messages like that they ultra adore.

Just now at Tampines Interchange, there was this uncle that read off my tee quite loudly. I just smiled at him lor. Some people cannot figure out how it's read, so quite smart huh, the uncle.