The journey
Saved by the numbers

It was raining cats and dog this evening and that made lesser people visit Bras Basah Complex. That's right, work took place there for today. I gt bored in between the long hours and made my way up to popular to read books instead. Yes, you can say i went to "eat snake". But the fear of being caught brought me back to work again. Besides, that building is rather near Shynn's office. There's a high possibilty that Shynn might drop by and do a spotcheck on me. True enough she did drop by but thank god i was out of the bkstore already. My legs gave way due to the long hrs of standing and i had no choice but to stop work at 7.30p.m. Went to grab a seat at some corner and sat there till 8p.m. At last, time to knock off from work and off i went to meet Pig.

Pig say she will meet me at Bugis instead of Bras Basah Complex because of the rain. And she didn't clearly specify which part of Bugis am i suppose to go. However, i assume it's the mrt station. As i was about to double check with her the meeting location, my handphone's batt went flat. Unable to sent any sms or make any calls, i began to panic! How am i suppose to tell her i'll be waiting at the mrt station? Some of the solutions that i had was to wait patiently at the mrt station for her to appear but i'm afraid she sms me to tell me she's waiting for me elsewhere. So waiting there won't solve the problem. The next alternative is to use a pay phone and call someone for her num as i can't remember her handphone num. But who's number do i remember? All that has ever cross my mind was my own handphone num. Bad sign...but as a series of numbers were running through my head, i slowly picked up some and manage to figure out Pearlin's old handphone num. Then i told myself crap! What use has it gt? The person picking up the call at the other end wudn't be Pearlin. Devastated, i almost burst into tears. But somehow i manage to figure out Sim's handphone num due to a slight similarity of Pearlin's old handphone num. I wasn't sure if it's hers but as i dialed the numbers, I pray hard that it would be Sim answering the call at the other end. As soon as i heard that familar voice, i heave a sign of relief. When i finally manage to get thru Pig, a sense of joy overwhelm me. Thank God for those numbers!