The Devel!

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Love has been away, learning diving in Tioman, since Friday and will be back around evening. Her mobile's not roaming, so there goes contact. I'd be definitely lying if I say I ain't worried one bit that she hasn't called. Then there's a thin line to thread before one crosses into the parentish/nagging/possessive zone. Then again, she hasn't called her parentish/nagging/possessive aunt too.

Instead of otherwise, I'd chosen to expend my restlessness on other things. Went to Borders just now to get my monthly dosage of Linux magazine (old July issue still). Borders having 30% off paperbacks for every hard-cover purchase... nothing to buy. Hardcover? Isn't hardcover kind of "an inconvenience"? Buy an inconvenience from us, and we give you a discount on the real comfy-for-your-to-read books. Kind of like 'Take MRT and win a car' thing to me... Went upstairs into the Apple store for a stroll... I'm not a good shopper.

On my way back to Goodwood Hotel (yeah, I'm a cheapo to park free there. shhh..), passing the DFS, a little boy at the bus stop caught my eye. Facing the DFS, rosy cheeks, carrying a big shopping bag, obviously not his, 2 big cups of McDonald's coke. Visibly shaking. Visibly. If not for the expression on his face, and bead of anxiety... one would really think he's trying to mix some nasty cocktail...

"Are you ok?" I asked, half-bending half-squatting since he only came up to my waist.
"My mother isn't back yet. She gone already haven't come back yet."
"Where did she go?"
"She took my sister to the toilet. Haven't come back yet."
"How long was it?"
"20 minutes already. Haven't come back yet"

At this moment, reminders of lame tv/movie plot comes to mind where long-lost couple reunited, only to be separated again when one scoots off to buy ice-cream or fetch water for another.. and then the bad guys come... and something happens... and...

"Does she have a phone?"
"Yes.. "

Turns out, his mum's phone is in the shopping bag he's carrying. Hmm. The last thing would be for the boy to go find her and create an indian-tree-dance, aka 2-way search. Leaving him there wouldn't be good too. I'm as helpless.

"I wait with you ok?"
"Ok.." his eyes scanning the crowd eagerly.
"Your mum will be back soon, ok?" What else? Other than lying to yourself?

2 boys waited.

He spotted a lady and her daughter walking out of the DFS some distance away. A confirm? look, a solemn nod and I left the relieved boy alone to meet up with his mum. One boy's wait is over.

Well, it will be evening soon.

Blogger.SG

"So, its gonna be this until the party at night ah?"

I was asked whilst sitting on a high stool watching the Tomorrow.sg ppl chat and IRC on TV. Apparently it isn't an event that suited everyone's taste. :-)

Still it was interesting... seeing some faces, and recognizing them. Hope I wasn't caught drooling. Had to leave for family dinner so was out of the scene from 4pm onwards.. but hell, things I'd missed:

1. Free booze til 2130hrs! I only made it back around 2200hrs to catch my ice-melted glass and get photos..
   
2. Belly dancers! Luckily StupidGenius made good use of his 12x zoom camera. and printed me a color photo using the Lexmark provided there. Solid! It really looks as if she was dancing for him only, even though he must've hidden behind the counter or something - sheesh! But he was dismayed a chio one kept positioning herself to be blocked by the other dancers.
3. Boobies made appearances. (Yes.. It had to happen). Damn. No other attendees get to see this one too,since the event was long over then, so I didn't lose out too much. StupidGenius was caught too stunned to make use of his 12x this time. Looks like he still lack that blogger instinct.

And ya, Xiaxue should really change her outdated pink photo. Just like mrbrown did. So late Tomorrow.sg still hasn't got a Blogger.SG post? Must be all still sleeeeeping..

Btw, I'm really impressed with the way MSN supported the event in the background... considering all the laptops making appearances there were iBooks. Heh.