Ya, who likes anyway. But sometimes, it is good to show some grace and respect while others are queueing patiently too.

I was looking for a country or island to spend my long weekend (for labour day and wesak day). First choice: Bali–>SQ is fully booked. Second choice: Phuket–>Silk air is fully booked. Third choice: Taiwan–>not enough time to go around.

Conclusion: To Francis Yip’s concert (mothers’ day)

So yeah, back to the queueing thing. There was a travel packages promotion at the shopping complex where I bought my dinner from. A very nice lady attended me and went through all the packages they offered. Half way through, there was this fat uncle sat down at another table waiting to be attended. But obviously he was a very troublesome customer, and the other lady who was a trainee could not handle him. So he was placed in a queue, waiting for the lady who was serving me.

He kept bugging and complaining about why the lady spent so long attending me. She was so nice that she walked over and apologised to him many times and told him that she won’t take long. Then, he was so mad that he scolded the nice and helpless lady (the one who was serving me). I was pretty upset and pity the lady for being so kind and sweet. The next thing was, I stood up, and walked to the uncle and said as graceful as I can:"Sir, she won’t take long.."

The uncle and the lady were stunned for a moment. Then the uncle was blushing and said:"Er…awhile is..OK lar.." Then I smiled and turned to lady. "It’s alright, I can get all the flyers from the stand myself. I will call you again to make the booking."

And again, the lady apologised and thanked me for saving her a*s. =)

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My cousins, colleagues and friends were always surprised that I had not been to Johor.
You Malaysian right?

Me: So..?

To be frank, I only been to a few states in Malaysia, not more than 5. So I decided to take a trip there despite the warning and criticism I
have heard about Johor. I want to see it by myself. However, I was still pretty cautious about what to bring and not after listening to
what my colleagues said. For example: Handbag and camera.

Watson was so kind to take me there. It was my first time travelling from one end to the other. I had to
travel for about 18 stations to reach Kranji. Kranji is very different from the other parts of Singapore. It is quieter, and has more greens. After
we reached the checkpoint, the Malaysia passport queue was super long and I took ages to clear. But when we reached the Johor checkpoint, there wasn’t
a queue at all for the Malaysia passport holders. (Because there are several autogates! This is what I am always proud of my passport!) It was my
turn to wait for Watson to clear his Singapore passport. HAH!

Once you crossed the border, you can spot the differences immediately. Even the checkpoint and. We walked to the nearest shopping mall – city plaza
for shopping.

The weirdest thing ever happened to us..

Now…this is kind of creepy. We took 50 dollars each to change to ringgit at the currency exchange counter. I took out a $50 note while Watson had five $10 notes. If you change less than $100 or using small notes, you will get a more expensive exchange rate. So we waited to exchange our $10 notes with other people instead. All the while, he held the notes on his hand. Until we met an uncle who were willing to change that $10 notes with us. We were quite pleased but when we wanted to exchange the money with the counter, we realised that we only had a 50 dollars note with us.

WHERE IS THE OTHER $50 NOTE??

We only had the $50 note from the uncle but our first $50 was nowhere to be seen. We searched up and down and we remembered seeing the $50 note in his hand but out of the sudden *poof* IT DISAPPEARED just like that! So we just changed the remain $50 and went for lunch.

Both of us can’t quite put ourselves together because we just can’t figure out how it happend. We didn’t know where we were walking and we were like dragging 2 bodies without souls. Still
scratching our head but…life has to carry on right?

Anyway, we did some shopping and I only bought a pair of shoes. I am quite fussy when it comes to clothing and that’s why I can hardly get what I want. Thus, I don’t really like shopping. We still have fun despite the mystery of missing $50…

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Another disadvantage of travelling without a car is you have to ‘welcome’ the unexpected rain from time to time.
It almost rains unexpectedly everyday in Singapore. So as we alighted from the bus, the rain poured on us like cats
and dogs. Without hesitation, I removed my shoes and walked in the rain…barefoot! Cool and
refreshing rain
washing my feet..Man…I felt so good…It was exhilarating!

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Yup, you heard me right, an AUDITION! It was something that I have never expected to take part in. Futhermore,
it was a Mission Impossible 3 Audition.

Alright, it happened like this. My mom and I took a stroll at Orchard Road today and we came to Cineleisure Cathay
for a quick window shopping. As we entered the complex, we saw this little small shelter covered with black fabrics with MI3 posters all around and a paper written "Audition in Process".

And we also heard guys shouting ‘FIRE’, followed by gun shooting sound etc. Wow..A little shelter which hardly fits 4 people in it can be so happening and full of actions!

As we were wondering what monkey business was, a friendly guy approached me and said I could win a chance to Rome for the premiere. Wow…premiere! Gala…gown…TOM CRUISE! I was told that I had to do a role play as Maggie Q. Well, my mom asked me to try just for fun and because I was so bored at that time, I agreed and filled in my particulars. Not many people queueing but it was certainly a couple contest. Ya ya, I didn’t have a TOM CRUISE.. Just me while others came with their boyfriends.

And what happened for the next 30 minutes were totally INSANE! I was dressed with (not the exact one as shown):

A toy gun of course

A black vest like this

It wasn’t an Oakley one though.

The end product – cool hey..

To be frank, I never thought it could be so hard. I thought it was being spontaneous and posing but I just didn’t expect to scream ‘fire!’ and did the ‘shooting’ in a small shelter like THIS. Trust me, it was very small and I found having 3 people in there was already suffocating. I put the sunnies on my head, held my gun like Maggie Q and was ready to rock! There was a camera man holding his huge machine just inches away from my face. Then a very nice lady who told me what to say. She expected me to literally ‘speak’ my lungs out because the complex was very noisy. I had a few NGs because it was so HARD! Needless to say, I didn’t follow the lines and I just speak whatever that came to my mind. For example, one of the lines that went like this:
Tom: Agent Cherry, you looked hot in this outfit!
Me: Ya I know, as always..

You probably can figure out that isn’t supposed to be my line.. But anyway…

When I was half way through…I saw people looking from the top. Ah…this stupid shelter didn’t have a roof. I don’t think it should be called shelter after all. Did a few firings and my face was hot and red like cherry. *Very awkward* After a few firings , I was asked to do a ‘sexy and dangerous’ pose. I went blank..totally stunned! Oh no!! I need a reference!
Think Cherry, think! Ooh…Milla Jovovich is sexy and dangerous!

No..I didn’t pose like that even though I wish I could at that time.

When I finished my ‘audition’, I dashed out from the ‘shelter’ looking for my mom. Like a small kid looking for her mom for comfort. I still can’t put myself together after quite awhile. And my mom was complaining that I didn’t ask her to go to the 2nd floor so she can watch me from the top. Hahaha….what a shame! Otherwise she could help me to take some pictures. You know, not every day you get to dress up like a top secret agent. And not every shopping trip ends up in auditioning as well. It was a thrilling and fun experience. I don’t really care if I win or not. Anyway, they only send couples to Rome. =(

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