Tuesday, August 14, 2007
wishes come true part 1 reloaded
i went to throw my rubbish just now outside my flat as usual. as you know, new flats all share the same rubbish chute on that particular level. quite troublesome. as usual, i did my stuff(smoking) at the staircases outside my flat. i was admiring the views in front of me. the stadium where people are running is called bukit gombak stadium. i saw someone ran very fast on the track. i think he did a 100 metres sprint. nearly fell down. why did he had to run so fast? well, it's better than smoking. a thought in my head answered me. feeling a bit guilty, i change my attention to the background. i seriously think that i can see the sea from where i am standing. that is near jurong area, so i assume that that must be the sea as jurong is near the west side, which is near the sea. wow!! first time i stayed so long in this flat, now then i notice the sea. impressive view. how many people can actually have a sea view from where they are staying? just when i was smiling to myself when was the last time i went to a beach, something from afar caught my attention.
i thought i saw something moving in the far distance about 800 metres from me. hmmm, it is flying. i can make out a man sitting on a plane-like machine and he is flying up in the sky!! err... i am kind of freak out and want to back off from where i am standing but being curious, i want to find out more. it was a plane indeed, though small, can still sit the man. from my view, i can see that he is smiling. wth is he smiling at? the flying machine is kind of not very stable in the air, but it flies. just as i am focusing on the smoke coming out from behind and the side of the machine, i think the man saw me. opps ... better hide, i thought to myself. don't want to have anything to do with this weird man and his plane. i crawl down behind my wall, now my only form of defence. but something in me made me look. just a peek. would not hurt right? i don't believe curiousity kills the cat every time so i take a tiny peek, just sticking my head up of the wall and right in front of me is this man and his machine!! wa, so fast ar.... how can? some more i did not hear anything. wa kao ... a million thoughts come across my mind all at the same time. what if he is an alien? will he harm me? why did he come to me? what is he up to, flying around like that?
"excuse me, i am conn van nelson. you can call me conn, van or nelson. do you know how i can go to london?"
i heard him say this. err... he is talking to me? please leh, this is singapore, how i know where the hell is london? i stand up from where i am hiding and look at him straight in the face. i wonder what i should say.
me : err .... london .... what are you doing? are you flying?
conn: no, i am swimming .... of course i am flying. what do you think? so what are you doing, boy?
me: i am hiding ... err ... i mean, smoking. and who are you calling boy, old man?
my cigarette is already finished by now.
conn: smoking? it's bad for your health you know. back in my days, people get fine for smoking because they pollute the air around us. even al gore is doing something, and you are here polluting our planet?
i can't imagine i am actually talking to this guy over here.
me: ya, people get fines over here as well. this is singapore mah, a fine city. but who really cared as long as they don't get caught. so, conn, why are you flying about like that? arn't you afraid of being seen? are you an alien? do you eat human? where you get that thing of yours? it flies? that is so cool! i wish i can fly too, but that's quite impossible. right?
i cant help it as i have a million questions going through my head. all these while the man is still floating outside the wall. a situation you have to see for yourself to believe it.
conn: well, i think you have a lot of questions for me. let me park my super floater first then we'll talk. it eats a lot of oil if turn on for too long. same thing with cars so take note.
so this old man, with his machine, floats in to where i am standing and the machine lands softly. he got off his machine and i can see that he is no taller than me. shorter in fact as i grew taller without my knowledge. i used to be 176 cm 5 years ago when i last checked, did not know that i became 181 cm 5 years later. should i be happy? this guy here, he has messy black hair, maybe due to his flying and he wears a nice blue shirt and a red checkered tie. his black shoes are so polished that i can see my reflection in his shoes. well, i think he noticed that and he said something to me i can never imagine.
conn: do you have any wish? i can make your wish come true.
me: wow, really? wtf ... any wish? how CAN you do that?
conn: i CAN, because i have powers. if not how you think i CAN fly around like that without being seen? well, the reason you see me is because we are fated to meet and i shall grant you a wish. no questions asked.
me: i don't believe you. i am not stupid at all you know... i am an ntu undergraduate studying materials science engineering currently year 2. so i know genies don't exist at all. i am 25 years old already. not 3 years old.
conn: come on, you saw me even after i put on my invisible coat, you are special. plus all your friends who go to your school with you are already year 4 and doing their final year project and you are still year 2? and you still say you are not stupid? come on, i have to grant you a wish. it's the rules of the game?
me: wait a min, what rules? what games? i am not on candid camera am i? where is the camera? and why am i even talking to you? i am leaving.
then i feel something strange happening to me. for the first time in my life, i feel light, like i am 50 kg! i watch as the man points a finger at me and whispers something. then my feet begin to lift off the ground!! i am floating. wow, i am 105 kg and he can lift me off the ground? -_-' this guy must really have some powers!! (for proof of me floating, check out my youtube video on top)
me: put me down!! put me down now!! no!! you want to push me off the building? wait ... what are you doing!!! arrrr!!! i am not going to die. help...help!!! wtf !! you idiot, dun let me get my hands on you, old man!
conn: i want to grant you a wish and you don't appreciate it. i have to kill you because you have seen me. i am sorry.
me: wait wait. ok ok, a wish right, u put me down first and i think of a wish for you. please put me down first. i am afraid of height. (haha, of course i don't, but i had to lie.)
conn put me down, back on my feet. feeling heavy again. imagine myself falling 28 storeys down. i think the feeling will be spectacular but i really don't want to try.
me: all right, a wish right? but i really do not have time you know, i am going to my girlfriend's house for dinner and it's steamboat. i think i am kind of late.
conn: no. you have to do it right here right now.
then he took out something from his pocket. i can see that it is sharp and pointed. it's a knife. a kitchen knife? why is he taking that out? he points the kitchen knife at me. this man is damn dangerous. full of tricks and with his powers, why did he have to even use a knife? will he harm me like he said he would if i don't obey his orders? i don't want to die. at least after the steamboat dinner right? or will he dig out my eyes? then i will go blind. but not to worry. even weilian can become superstar, why can't i? lol. why am i thinking of all these?what is going to happen to my life? oh please, God, help me. i am in trouble. just as i prayed, i hear someone from above telling me "i am helping you. think."
to be continue
i thought i saw something moving in the far distance about 800 metres from me. hmmm, it is flying. i can make out a man sitting on a plane-like machine and he is flying up in the sky!! err... i am kind of freak out and want to back off from where i am standing but being curious, i want to find out more. it was a plane indeed, though small, can still sit the man. from my view, i can see that he is smiling. wth is he smiling at? the flying machine is kind of not very stable in the air, but it flies. just as i am focusing on the smoke coming out from behind and the side of the machine, i think the man saw me. opps ... better hide, i thought to myself. don't want to have anything to do with this weird man and his plane. i crawl down behind my wall, now my only form of defence. but something in me made me look. just a peek. would not hurt right? i don't believe curiousity kills the cat every time so i take a tiny peek, just sticking my head up of the wall and right in front of me is this man and his machine!! wa, so fast ar.... how can? some more i did not hear anything. wa kao ... a million thoughts come across my mind all at the same time. what if he is an alien? will he harm me? why did he come to me? what is he up to, flying around like that?
"excuse me, i am conn van nelson. you can call me conn, van or nelson. do you know how i can go to london?"
i heard him say this. err... he is talking to me? please leh, this is singapore, how i know where the hell is london? i stand up from where i am hiding and look at him straight in the face. i wonder what i should say.
me : err .... london .... what are you doing? are you flying?
conn: no, i am swimming .... of course i am flying. what do you think? so what are you doing, boy?
me: i am hiding ... err ... i mean, smoking. and who are you calling boy, old man?
my cigarette is already finished by now.
conn: smoking? it's bad for your health you know. back in my days, people get fine for smoking because they pollute the air around us. even al gore is doing something, and you are here polluting our planet?
i can't imagine i am actually talking to this guy over here.
me: ya, people get fines over here as well. this is singapore mah, a fine city. but who really cared as long as they don't get caught. so, conn, why are you flying about like that? arn't you afraid of being seen? are you an alien? do you eat human? where you get that thing of yours? it flies? that is so cool! i wish i can fly too, but that's quite impossible. right?
i cant help it as i have a million questions going through my head. all these while the man is still floating outside the wall. a situation you have to see for yourself to believe it.
conn: well, i think you have a lot of questions for me. let me park my super floater first then we'll talk. it eats a lot of oil if turn on for too long. same thing with cars so take note.
so this old man, with his machine, floats in to where i am standing and the machine lands softly. he got off his machine and i can see that he is no taller than me. shorter in fact as i grew taller without my knowledge. i used to be 176 cm 5 years ago when i last checked, did not know that i became 181 cm 5 years later. should i be happy? this guy here, he has messy black hair, maybe due to his flying and he wears a nice blue shirt and a red checkered tie. his black shoes are so polished that i can see my reflection in his shoes. well, i think he noticed that and he said something to me i can never imagine.
conn: do you have any wish? i can make your wish come true.
me: wow, really? wtf ... any wish? how CAN you do that?
conn: i CAN, because i have powers. if not how you think i CAN fly around like that without being seen? well, the reason you see me is because we are fated to meet and i shall grant you a wish. no questions asked.
me: i don't believe you. i am not stupid at all you know... i am an ntu undergraduate studying materials science engineering currently year 2. so i know genies don't exist at all. i am 25 years old already. not 3 years old.
conn: come on, you saw me even after i put on my invisible coat, you are special. plus all your friends who go to your school with you are already year 4 and doing their final year project and you are still year 2? and you still say you are not stupid? come on, i have to grant you a wish. it's the rules of the game?
me: wait a min, what rules? what games? i am not on candid camera am i? where is the camera? and why am i even talking to you? i am leaving.
then i feel something strange happening to me. for the first time in my life, i feel light, like i am 50 kg! i watch as the man points a finger at me and whispers something. then my feet begin to lift off the ground!! i am floating. wow, i am 105 kg and he can lift me off the ground? -_-' this guy must really have some powers!! (for proof of me floating, check out my youtube video on top)
me: put me down!! put me down now!! no!! you want to push me off the building? wait ... what are you doing!!! arrrr!!! i am not going to die. help...help!!! wtf !! you idiot, dun let me get my hands on you, old man!
conn: i want to grant you a wish and you don't appreciate it. i have to kill you because you have seen me. i am sorry.
me: wait wait. ok ok, a wish right, u put me down first and i think of a wish for you. please put me down first. i am afraid of height. (haha, of course i don't, but i had to lie.)
conn put me down, back on my feet. feeling heavy again. imagine myself falling 28 storeys down. i think the feeling will be spectacular but i really don't want to try.
me: all right, a wish right? but i really do not have time you know, i am going to my girlfriend's house for dinner and it's steamboat. i think i am kind of late.
conn: no. you have to do it right here right now.
then he took out something from his pocket. i can see that it is sharp and pointed. it's a knife. a kitchen knife? why is he taking that out? he points the kitchen knife at me. this man is damn dangerous. full of tricks and with his powers, why did he have to even use a knife? will he harm me like he said he would if i don't obey his orders? i don't want to die. at least after the steamboat dinner right? or will he dig out my eyes? then i will go blind. but not to worry. even weilian can become superstar, why can't i? lol. why am i thinking of all these?what is going to happen to my life? oh please, God, help me. i am in trouble. just as i prayed, i hear someone from above telling me "i am helping you. think."
to be continue
# posted by Steven and Alvin @ 12:30 PM 
