Sun Tzu's Art of War
I've learnt that the easiest way to survive a civil war is to keep your head low, listen with a sympathetic smile but pledge allegiance to none, stay away from populous areas, keep your hands busy (even if it means picking earwax) and don't look too eager to show off your athletic talents at the first blast of ammunition.
After all, I'm just a small shrimp whose greatest ambition in life is to be the tastiest keropok in Kuantan. Muahaha~
What do you do when you msn with your friend's mum?
Nowadays, I hardly go on MSN and when I do, LP & J rushed to mark the calendar as the birth of the World's 8th Wonder. Sigh~
After a quick chat with Yuki, I saw Vera online! Excitedly, I clicked on her nick and started babbling at top speed. Satisfied with my lovely summer greeting, I waited patiently for my deservedly warm reception while thumbing through my emails.
5 minutes passed and still no response.
"She's real slow today," I mumbled as I clicked on the chat box. Apparently, Vera was writing something...and so I paused my itchy fingers. Seconds later, this appeared on the screen:
I'm her mum. Vera's not at home.
My eyes popped for a moment. Thankfully, I've the intuition to save the lesser desirable contents for later conversation and leave my greeting nice and cosy. But her mum left before I can apologise gracefully and hopefully, leave a lasting impression. Sigh, so much so for the World's 8th Wonder.
C-R-Y!
My laptop died again and swept ALL my earthly data into the deep universe of nothingness. Now I'm with no laptop, no documents, no bookmarks, no contacts, no ----- EVERYTHING!
I'm in great despair. Let me wallow in my tremendous self-pity.
