Two weeks ago

I stayed up all night Friday trying (keyword: try) to finish up my division’s portion for the company’s annual report, and woke up awfully late on Saturday. There was no way I could write the 6-page, at least 5,000-word article in the office – there were too many distractions: phone calls, people stopping by to request for things, ad-hoc tasks and whatnot. Earlier I had booked two seats for me & Azry for the Objectified screening at The Annexe on Saturday, and realized I was too knackered to go out and about, so we just stayed home basically lying on the bed (Azry joined in the fun although he had slept the whole night) because I was too tired to even continue sleeping. We stared at the ceiling guessing the time the spider must have taken to build the well-knitted cobweb at the corner of the house, and pondering how Cybil the cat managed to pry open the solid wooden window on the 2nd floor of our house, sneaked in & peed all over my new rug.

It was a busy weekend last week. United Colors of Malaysia organized the flash mob Tali Tenang where we all brought various types of ropes, tied them all in one single line and we brought the knot walking all over Bangsar, all 200 of us who joined in, in spirit of togetherness regardless of our differences. Receiving supporting hollers & honks from the motorists, our long walk ended at Bangsar sports complex, all tired and thirsty but not one of us losing any ounce of vigor and camaraderie. I love how when everything ended, we walked together or got lifts from each other to our respective parking spots, LRT stations or to the mamak’s, all strangers when we first met.

Sunday the 24th was my 28th birthday, and just like I mentioned, I waived the traditional idea of having a birthday cake and asked Azry to buy me my favourite Italian BMT instead, and cheerfully gobbled my way out.

... while Azry dared you to embark on a nasal treasure hunt. What a sweetheart.

And today, as we were lying on the bed, scheming our weekend plans, which includes a non-brainer idea of, “Hey, let’s take up that Air Asia new offer to Mumbai and because we couldn’t really afford a real vacation at the moment, let’s just walk around the Mumbai airport, inhale the Indian breeze and take the next flight home afterwards, shall we?” before we knew it, the clock turned 8 pm on a Saturday evening and we went “Asparagus, where did our Saturday go?”