Went out with an old friend of mine back in secondary school. All these while been trying to find time to meet up with her but guess our schedules doesn’t allow us to do so. Today is exceptional though, finally manage to slot in our meeting up before her dad’s birthday.
It was a great catching up session with her. I mean, she’s having her training and studies in Alor Setar, only comes back sometimes and most of the time she’s busy with her never ending exams, test and assignments. Oh, she’s studying medical/doctor. She asked me to discourage those who are thinking of studying medical/doctor in future. Well I know she’s a bright student, one of the top scorers in school and plays bowling for
Well I don’t blame her for feeling that way. She has this special gift where she’s involved in many embarrassing or silly situation. So I’m guessing here that her experience throughout the years must’ve been a non pleasant one due to that. Just now she told me some of her silly moments. I’m not the type who laughed at other people’s misfortune, but this really, I can’t control myself from bursting into laughter.
Imagine a young lady in her early 20s, wearing a doctor’s overcoat, with a spectacle (somehow it makes them looks wiser and professional), trying to get out from the hospital through a door…
with 4 attempts.
The thing is, that door has some security features in it. I’m not very clear about this, but what I can remember is, there’s a button that opens the door some distance away. As soon as you release the button, the door slowly closes back and locks. Usually people go out in pairs or something. One person press the button, the other went ahead and holds the door open till they both went out together. Don’t really remember but roughly it’s something like this. So my unfortunate friend here, have to go out alone as her friend that usually goes out with her wasn’t around.
First attempt, there’s another group of people that went out, she was some distance behind them and as soon as she reaches the door, the door closes. She heads back to the button.
Second attempt, she presses the button and walks towards the door. Somehow when she’s like 3 steps before the door, the door closes. She heads back to the button again.
Third attempt, she presses the button and walks towards the door, pick up her pace with a few skips in between (hahaha! I started laughing when I imagine this) but 2 steps before the door, same thing happens. Again she heads back.
Fourth attempt, she presses and holds the button. Takes a deep breathe and have one leg out in a ready position to run for it. Stares and zoom in her focus to the door, telling herself that she’s got to run through before the door closes. She lets go of the button and sprint with all her might, leaving a mark on the floor with her shoe. She activates her bullet time ala Matrix’s slow motion effect. Every step is crucial as the door shows no mercy by closing an inch with each step she takes. Her cheeks crashing through the air molecules, her hair splitting atoms at tremendous speed and her overcoat flapping up and down like Superman’s cloak. The door’s closing even further, there’s no way for her to get through the door anymore..but wait! She’s still running, ahh! She’s aiming for the door itself! As long as she reaches the handle before the locking mechanism kicks in, she can still get out! She stretches out her right arm, while leaving her footprints of fury on every tile she steps on. All light sources outside the door vanished from her sight; she channels her energy towards her fingers, hoping it’ll stretch a little bit longer for a split second to grab the handle. Alas, she heard a click from the door, followed by a bang as she crashes onto the door. The door’s not broken…I mean she didn’t break her bone or hurt herself despite the crash. She stares at the door, bewildered, before she realizes that there’s a small crowd of audiences consisting of patients and janitor. She gathers all her remaining strength and honour, walks up to the janitor saying,
“Mak cik, boleh tolong buka pintu sat?”
Stunned face with mouth opened mak cik coming back to reality and says,
“Oh oh, boleh boleh.”
Mak cik presses the button while my dear friend walks out of the door.
Haha! I over exaggerate on the fourth attempt. I don’t know why, but whoever thought of that kind of security is…well should revise it.
Another incident was that my friend wants to go swimming. As she’s going out from her house, she was thinking that she forgot something, ding! Shower cap. She got back in, grab her shower cap and proceed to the swimming pool in her college. Paid RM3 to the pak cik at the counter, spinning her shower cap happily as she trots to the ladies. All of a sudden, she felt something amiss. Like something’s not right. She looks around the locker area and somewhat felt strange. Walks out of the room and checks the sign.
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Ladies.
Walks back in feeling relief a little. As she opens her bag, to her utmost horror, she sees……..that her swimsuit isn’t there. She left it at home. That’s Christine for you.
Hmm, I better say something nice about her. Otherwise if I’ve to visit her clinic or hospital in future, I’ll be in grave danger (gasp!). Although she can be blur and silly at times, she’s a lovely person and treats people really nice (well except for those who scare her off). She’s one of the few people whom I will label “Friends FOREVER” with a permanent ink. Not erasable marker pen like the many people who uses in Facebook and Friendster.
Oh ya, we watched Get Smart. It was hilarious I telling you! I laughed hardest at the part where Agent 86 is inside a Russian restaurant’s toilet. Although it’s quite an old show already, I assume many have watched it already but I’m not putting up a spoiler here for those who haven’t. For those who do, I’m pretty sure you know which part I’m referring to. Anyways, this show is good, maybe a bit like Johnny English but it’s definitely better (and smarter). Try not to miss it =)
My personal ratings for Get Smart :
▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫ (8 out of 10)
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