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15 December Christmas Par-tayScrabble Goddess and I are at Greenwood Cafe in SS2. She's with her girl friends so I excused myself to do some work. Work's out of the way so I'll just blog to kill time. My company had our Christmas dinner and party yesterday at Centro at KL Sentral. Scrabble Goddess and I actually passed by that place last Sunday when we were heading to My Chemical Romance's concert so I knew where it was. The place had a rather nice, romantic ambience and the decor was very contemporary. Dinner was a very brisk affair, mainly because in my opinion, the buffet we had wasn't anything to shout about. The word "buffet" in our party invite made us all feel like we were gonna stuff ourselves silly but in reality we were already stuffed seeing the buffet itself. Once the alcohol kicked in though, it was time to party! We had a Christmas gift exchange during the party as well. We do not know who we'd be buying our gifts for, which made it rather difficult to get a unisex gift. I settled for an ashtray. I don't know why. I guess it was just something that looked nice when Scrabble Goddess and I saw it last Tuesday. So during the party, we had to draw the name of our gift's recipient and personally present it to him or her. Now, the number of nicotine inclined colleagues I had was small so the chances of drawing their names were rather remote. But by a stroke of luck and irony, I was able to present my gift to the perfect person! So what present did I get in return? A bath towel. Or maybe it was a hand towel. Okay, it was a piece of cloth of some kind. Haha... So it was a pretty good way to end the work week. Now, time to sleep. 12 December My Chemically Romanced SundayScrabble Goddess and I attended My Chemical Romance's concert at Stadium Merdeka last Sunday. It was an awesome display of noise - from both the band and screaming teenage girls. To top it off, the heavens opened up for the entire duration of the concert as well.
By the time we got into the stadium, the first opening act, One Buck Short, was already playing. It was also steadily drizzling by then. Pop Shuvit was the next opening act after that and they played for about half hour to get the crowd going. I actually expected My Chemical Romance to start jamming at 8pm but all I saw were stage crew doing sound and equipment checks by then. And when the organisers started playing songs from the likes of Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins to kill time, you could see the crowd getting restless. Though that hardly deterred teenage girls with lungs as big as their body.
When Gerard Way came out with the band and started playing, the noise level exploded and the energy level surged. It was time to rock! My Chemical Romance played a lot of songs from their Black Parade album, some from their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album, and a couple from their earlier album (more like songs I didn't recognise). It was good stuff all the way. The more popular songs got the crowd singing along like a giant karaoke session. They played 2 songs for their encore and ended the night with Famous Last Words after playing for almost an hour and a half. It's too bad they didn't play Disenchanted though, my favourite song from their Black Parade album.
So we were wet and tired but I was glad I was there with Scrabble Goddess. She's got bundles of energy and I wouldn't have been there if it weren't for her.
07 December The Scrabble GoddessJust over a month ago, I realised how neglecting and how nonchalant I've been towards her. How could I have been so blind to have missed all the road signs while I daydreamed on the wheel?
Almost 3 years ago, those large, doe-like eyes that peered over her workstation captivated me from the off. I was full of eagerness and earnest to get to know her. And know her I did. Little did I realise it was one of the smartest things I've done in a long time. Beginning with a simple namecard led to correspondence on the phone and instant messenger, and the rest, as we say, was history.
It was fun for me to bring a little laughter into her life and break the monotony and doldrums of work. And she brought a lot maturity, wit, sarcasm and laughter into our conversations and my life as well. She's a truly remarkable girl to be honest. Her independence, her selflessness, her sociability puts her in a class of her own. We shared a friendship bond that I deeply cherished. But eventually I realised there's more to her than just a good friend.
When I cast my thoughts to the past, I spent all those years chasing shadows when she was there all along. It came to a point when I asked myself "What was I thinking?". When I experienced joy and hardship, she'd be among the first to know. When I returned from business trips, she's the first person I'd wanna buzz. When she was interested in someone else, I felt my heart sink. And despite all that, I almost let the notion of "us" slip through my fingers.
So what snapped? Was it a spark of the moment? Or a gesture that changed my world? I think, to put it simply, I just woke up from my daydream. It happened the day the line was drawn. It was meant to govern our relationship. But I broke the rules of engagement. I would've lost "us" if I didn't. I was in denial for far too long. Now, I finally see her in a different light and with that I cast away the shadows.
There's a new love in my life. She is, the Scrabble Goddess. |
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