5, 6, pick up stix
Friday, August 18, 2006
I'm too tired to blog.. but today is pretty interesting so... i shall persevere... I have a feeling this is going to be a long post........ be patient ....well today is I-Rene's birthday and boy did we have plans today for her... but first I shall tell the things that happen prior to this eventful day....
Couple of weeks before I-Rene's bday, i was joking to her that since she likes saying "horrible things" which requires other people to say "choi" or "touch wood" I suggested to her that I'll give her a piece of wood for easy convenience since a lot of stuff this days are made of plastic...
*actually it always happened in class and I would sometimes tell I-Rene that she should carry a piece of wood around*
So i went looking for pieces of wood on my way back... i actually saw some in a drain along the road I walk home... but who in thier right mind would go pick up some wood from the drain? So I left it at that... I actually kinda left the idea in the cold... but I still wanted to give her some wood... oh well...
planned with the people.. and then asked Shu Ying "what about my wood?" she say "U kao tim urself" cis cis.... so yesterday on my way back I went picking up wood.. kinda last minute... I actually picked up a pretty fine piece of branch from a corner pretty near HELP... *I had a dried wood in mind, about the length of my feet* so I picked it up and walked to the bus stop where I finally found a piece of wood that triggered my "creativity"... It was a stick, i picked up the stick and left the branch at the bus stop... i actually went up the bus with a piece of wood... I was pretty embarassed actually... hahaha
Ok reached the bus stop.. and took the "scenic route" the route where I'll cross a playground so I could pick up more sticks... *which reminds me of the 5 6 pick up stix nursery rhymes which I have already forgotten the lyrics to* I kept my eyes peeled for stix along the road... there were a few cars passing by but not many many people walking.... I wanted to go into the playground to search for more stix but gave up when I saw 3 indian ladies probably about 20 chit chatting there... so I walked along the road as I look for my stix... the ladies were like erm.. 10m away?
I felt wierd picking up stix along the road as the 3 ladies were chit chatting... wonder if they were chatting bout me... hahaha wonder if they were thinking "wat's this crazy person doin? wat's she pickin stix for?" well I was thinking that... of course I came up with a pretty good reason... I think.. "I'm picking stix for camping" just in case anyone wanted to know... u know to satisfy thier curiosity..
I reached home and went out again to the nearest playground and pick more stix... I reached hoem and actually washed my "harvest". I was layign them out on the wall between me and my neighbours house when my Mum said "Later our neighbour throw the stix away ah, go dry them behind lar"... So i dried it behind lar.. haiyo... there's one paricular one where I actually removed the bark... so its like extra smooth...
I actually wanted to jsut tie them in a bunch then give it to I-Rene but my Mum say go wrap it lar.... I went: "huh? so kua jiong meh?" Mum: "must be kua jiong mar" so I actually wrapped it.. so the others will be surprised too... and anxious to find out what it was too... I did I pretty bad wrapping job.... but oh well... oh before that.. I tied it with Rafia string.. so it would be like a bundle of stix instead of a couple of loose ones... i also tied it in a way that it can be hanged.... hahhaha for convience sake... *now this reminds me of the story about an old man teaching his children about sticking together, the one where the fella break one stick but can break a bunch of em... *
So today I gave it to I-Rene during lunch... after singing song and all.. Before singing the birthday song she asked me "eh I thought U supposed to give me a piece of wood, wood neh?" I said.. "oh don't have lar"
The others were like "eh where did that present come out from?"when I gave her the present... she slowly opened it... I had to kinda guide her.. since it was pretty crappy wrapping... She saw her present inside and said "stupid" and then started laughing... hahahha the others were still pretty clueless except for Shu Ying *she knew i was going to give her wood but dunno in wat way* actually I didn't really see her initial expression... ish ish...
oh regardless.... now I think the bunch of stix will rot in her room or get burned when she has no electricity... or maybe she'll carry one around hahahhaah then dirty her clothes.. hehe
oh well.. that's about me picking up stix... the whole bday celebration shall be posted only after the bday girl post hers.... Bday girl has the right for her first bday post unless of course she doesn't want to.... though i might not post it soon cause I need to study too.. so till then.. ciao...
Robbstar froze at 11:17 pm
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