Sunday, May 29, 2005

lesson #177: i bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow

I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
Watch the stars crash in the sea
If I could ask God just one question
Why aren't you here with me
Tonight


Someday we'll know if love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know why I wasn't meant for you


One of my fave songs of all time! Someday We'll Know, the version sang by Mandy Moore and Jonathan Foreman. It's part of A Walk To Remember soundtrack, and I have to say I love most of the songs in the soundtrack, which includes Dancing In The Moonlight and Dare You To Move.


Went to Rav last night, which has lovely decor (love the glowy red theme), estimably nice music (once the DJ stopped his retro fiesta), and urm... ambiance? Well OK the ambiance wasn't really there. As Jing pointed out, most of the people around were those who's forever trying to 'act stylo'. And there were so many guys around it felt like gay night.


Anyway, the night started off slow so Jing and I went for a walk. If people pub-hop, then we pub-walked yesterday, basically just getting a glimpse of each pub / bar and then moving on. On the way, we were stopped by a freakish Caucasian man , which shall be known as FCM. Here's how the convo went.


FCM: Excuse me ladies! Do you know of any good place to go? It's so boring these days around here!
Jing: Uhh... a good place?
Me: Umm... you can try EskiBar? (we both pointed to the bar just right across, which we'd seen was filled with expats and was packed to the core.)
FCM: Oh, no no no no no! I don't want just a place filled with people. I want quality.
Me: (gave Jing a look)
Jing: I don't know... just try any place around here?
FCM: (freakishly pointed at us) And girls like you guys will be there, right?
Jing: No.
FCM: (mimicks high-pitched girl voice) Oh, no, really! You sure??
Jing: Ya. Sorry, we have to go now.


Then we just scurried off the place, and after a couple of steps we burst into cackles, and that was that. Anyway, I wasn't so polite later on. After people had started dancing at the club (which didn't happen 'til past midnight), we went up to the podium and not long after this guy came up too and pulled me aside and asked, "Do you wanna dance with us?" So I replied him without hesitation, "Not really." Was trying to act all serious but I caught Jing's eyes and couldn't help laughing. Needless to say, the poor guy went down from the podium after that. Worst thing is he seemed to be a friend of a friend of Jing.


Even though it wasn't a fantastic night, I liked the DJ. There was a point in time when Jing and I just sat by the podium waiting for a nice song to come on, then the DJ told the small crowd to make some noise to urge us to 'perform'. And he did say perform, which made me feel weird but, whatever. I love being in the limelight. Later on, there were guys surrounding us on stage and the DJ commented, "Would someone teach the guys on stage how to dance?" I liked him even more when I went down from the podium, typed an SMS, and then walked over to the DJ to show it. I requested BEP's Don't Phunk With My Heart. He played it almost immediately! Now that's what I call good customer service. Should have requested Headsprung for Jing as well!


That's it about last night. I'm gonna miss my babe! She's flying out to Sri Lanka in just a few hours. We'll try to hold a Bitch Club meeting as soon as you come back, k!


Coincidentally, G's going to reservist and is very sad. I think he regretted not having spent enough time with me. And I regretted it too, but there's nothing we can do about it now. What's done is done.


Finally to end off this long essay. Went shopping for a nice pantsuit with my mum today. Tried on a size 5 blazer but it was slightly too big for me, but my mum was assuring me that it was the right size because it would 'last longer'. I asked her why a bigger size would last longer, then she told me matter-of-factly that by the time I graduate, I'd have expanded and the bigger blazer would still be able to fit. Asked her outright if she was implying I'd grow fat. She just looked at me with sad eyes and said, "You can't expect to remain this size forever."


Freak!!! A total show of lack of faith which left me disillusioned and determined to prove her wrong.