Chapter
11
Today is her birthday day
her big day.
And mine too.
Why?
Because, I have decided to charge that hidden affection into
action. It was simply too painful trying to keep that suppressed
emotions at bay.
I have decided to release that inhibition and to reveal my inner
feelings.
I have decided to tell her how much I like her
in my own
ways.
Johnny advised me to instill some surprise into my chase; therefore
I had told Angeline that I was confined in camp, unable to
celebrate her big day with her. To put my conscience at ease, I
wasnt technically lying - I am the duty clerk for today and
although I dont have to stay in, I must be the last to leave after
my superiors and everyone else.
The carefully crafted plan was to catch her at her house, try to
woo her with flowers and gift before declaring my affection.
Sorry Sir, do you still need the printer?
Erm
in fact I do. I may have to print something later.
Ok sir, I shall wait for you.
I rolled my eyes immediately upon closing the door. What luck! I
still have to go home and grabbed my arsenal of weapons before
rushing to her house. If my Commanding Officer (CO) delayed my
plans or worst, ruined them, I would have cursed him with all my
might, known languages and vocabularies.
Time ticked maliciously towards 1930hrs and counting I am
flabbergasted by how idle and nonchalant my CO is towards me
waiting for him, almost to a point of desperation, to merely print
some useless documents (And I dont even know if it was official or
non-official documents). Come on! How LONG does it take to
navigate your mouse to the print icon and click it? I have been
waiting since 1750hrs! And there wasnt any news from him? Could he
have forgotten about my existence?
Hey Lin
never mind about this, said CO as he barged into my room
and pointed at me, I will print tomorrow. You can lock up
everything now.
SHEESH!
Within a short span of twenty minutes (believe me, that was VERY
fast from my squadron to the main road), I was out of my camp
waiting for cab. One thing I hate about Sembawang Airbase is the
long stretch of walking distance before I could see civilization.
And for someone without a car, its a daily hassle.
WAH RAO! SUAY MAN! NO TAXI SIA!
To spice things dramatically up; I saw this middle-age lady, with
obvious intention trying to cut me in front to cab flagging. Then,
I purposely walked in proportion against the distance she traveled
towards me. I am leaving NO chance to anyone trying to ruin my big
day!
And just when I almost called a cab, one yellow-top cab came.
Uncle
Serangoon Central! Quick Quick! Late already
A quick check of time revealed 2011 hrs. From the information
gathered from our past conversations, I understand that she would
reach home before 2230hrs because that was the curfew set by her
mum.
I reached home, almost 2035hrs, dashed up to my house and went
straight to the bathroom for a shower. As I was donning my Bathing
Ape tee and Levis jeans, I was doing a final inventories
check.
Bathed? Checked.
Flowers? Checked.
Gift? Checked.
Card? Checked.
Hair? Checked.
Boy ar! Where are you going?
Mum, I going to see a dance performance and the flower is for my
friends performing.
Even an elaborated lie was weaved to counter ANY questioning by
mum. I dont know if she would buy that story, but that was my
answer to shut further questioning.
WISH ME LUCK!
Last time check? 2100hrs.
(To be continued...)
