suddenly I see (fags)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
I broke my spectacles the second time around. It's been almost exactly a year, since I remember the last time I did so was when my O Levels were over and I clean broke that pair in half when I was trying to intercept Joel's volley.
My parents are going to be seriously disappointed. I am disappointed in myself, since although half of what I am thinking about is my carelessness and guilt, the other half is saying 'cool I can get a new frame' (keep in mind though, I seriously have no intention for doing this. I'd much rather have my parents not need to know this than getting an unecessary new frame. The loss of trust is not easily replaced, and the new frame will come out of my own pocket, to say the least.)
I squint through today, but I need to get new spectacles lest the headaches come slowly. I broke it when I was taking it off to wipe, with the action where you have to widen the frame a bit to get it off your face. Still, I believe this frame is inherently flawed and brittle. Definitely not for a careless person like me. The only reason why I got the same frame the other time was because it was cheaper.
Anyway, after coming back from a meeting today in school, I went to get lunch from Bedok Interchange. I was queuing up for some bubble tea for some time when this old, but not elderly, man cut into my line. He proceeded to order before I could. So I said something along the lines of 'Oi, I was here first...'
When he seemed to ignore what I said, I was about to marvel the audacity of this fag, but deign to speak further. Then I realised that I had told myself before to never let these idiots get away with it, these idiots who for some reason seem to be usually older Chinese men. So I raised my voice and said, 'Hello, fricking queue up, I was here first so get back in line!' (Mind you, he was the only one in line, other than me. It's not as if he would have to wait so long.)
He responded with some garbled English I couldn't understand, something along the lines of "Queue then queue lah, you order la!" Don't ask me what the fag meant, but he stood there for a while, then went off.
What a fag. You know what's the best part? Another old Chinese guy cut my line before him. Before I could respond, though, he decided he wanted something from 7-11 next door. What, do I look so much like a pushover?
posted by joseph at 12:40 PM