- Left on a jet plane -

I took the wrong bus today.

But let me start from the top.

I think it is going to be a rather long post of what happened in the last 24 hours so if you are tired don't read.

Basically, to split it up into the four main focuses:
1. My first driving experience.
2. My stay over.
3. My friend's farewell.
4. How I ended up taking the wrong bus.

I can't however write about them seperately as they are all inter-connected so happy reading. Let's go. Oh and I think the 1st part will be rather boring but it's essential.

So anyway, went for dinner after watching War of the Worlds at Suntec City. Hey it was good. Go catch it. Steven Spielberg rocks. Then went for dinner nearby at Millenia Walk. It was also there that I bought a present for Douglas.

Douglas?

My classmate of two years who is/by now has, migrated to Wisconsin USA to study. His flight was at 0645 and I had to be at the airport to send him off. The problem was, I didn't know how. Buses and MRT's don't funciton at 0400.

To cut it short, I went to stay over at a friend's place. Another classmate of ours mom would then fetch the three of us to the airport. And after the farewell I would go back to his house, get my stuff and go to church.

Still with me?

Anyway so back to the dinner. My sis's fiancee was with us and agreed to give our whole family a lift back home, and then me back to Bukit Timah to my friend's place as he stayed nearby too. SO NICE RIGHT!! And he agreed to wait for me whilst I bathed and packed my stuff before heading off.

No. 1: I drove a caaaaaaaaar.
He let me drive. Maybe it was just for only twenty metres but. HEY!! I DROVE A CAR!! WOOHOO!! Lucky the car was on park not drive cos I stepped SUPER hard on the wrong pedal and the engine revved like crazy. Nope I do not have a license. So anyway it was cool and I still can't control a car.. Hey I only drove 20 metres.. No there weren't any police around either.

No. 2: At Amb's Place.
So he drove me to my friend Ambrose's place at Stevens Road where we played DOTA!!!!! And watched Fighter In The Wind. What's that? A true story of how one man became one of the top ten fighters in the world. It was two when I decided to turn in first but he decided to continue playing DOTA.

At around four, WHAM!!! He jumped on me to wake me up. Haiz Amb, always the prankster. He said the other frined was coming around 4 to pick us up but he came at 5 instead. That's one good hour of sleep gone.

So yeah, we headed ofr the airport, still half-conscious.

No. 3: At the airport.
At first I thought there weren't gonna be many people sending Douglas off but there were around 40. 0.0 About 10 girls and 25 or so guys. WOw it was crazy lah. So we met up, hugged n stuf'. And we all gathered at BK at Terminal 1 where I started strumming on my friends guitar and writing spur-of-the-moment farewell songs and waking up half the airport in the process. We did eventually get down to singing 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' by John Denver. Was so sad man.

Finally at the departure gate we took many picturesm sang the school anthem and shouted 'Bye DOUGLAS' so loud that the airport security came running. Haha...

Bye Douglas.. I'll miss you bro.. Will pray for you..
So sad.. He can't come back at all for the next 5 yrs of he'll have to enlist.

No. 4: Everything Else.
So after sending him off went back by train to my Amb's place. Woah the longest stop ever is from Changi to Expo! About 8 mins. But I didn't mind as I was sleeping.

After reaching his place, slept for abt half an hr then headed off to church where I was slightly late. Joined the 9.30 service for bibly study. Then rushed off for lunch and then rushed home to get my tuition stuff before bustling off for tuition again.

Now, just so you get the picture. In the past events for this so far, beside the previous night, I only got 2+ hrs of sleep. So if you can imagine the state I was in, you'd understand.

Had a good long talk with Jerik, this guy from RI who's also from my church, on the way home about relationships. Really was enriching.

Ok. So about how I took the wrong bus.

Now usually I take 74 then change to 88 somewhere in hougang to go to my chem tutors place. But for some exhausted reason, I took another bus which I frequently take which goes to Bedok instead. I only realised sub-consciously after half n hr that I had taken the wrong bus. Silly me.

In the end, I had to change my tuition to the next day and cross the road to take the same bus back home. Where I slept for four hrs straight upon reaching home.

Hmm... the post wasn't exciting as I thought it would be..

Oh well..