Began the day rather eventfully.. My mom, dad and youngest brother went off to Ipoh at 6am to witness a relative's engagement.. Then at 8am I tried calling for a taxi, only to be greeted with "Harap maaf, nombor yang anda panggil tiada dalam perkhidmatan" ('Sorry, the number you've dialled is unavailable').. Alamak.. The chess tourney was at 9am! Frantically, my brother and I walked all the way to Kompleks PKNS's taxi stand.. We eventually managed to get to the Kelana Jaya LRT station.. We arrived at Menara Patriot about 5 minutes late :P
(Moral of the story : ALWAYS be prepared for the worst.)
Today I performed reasonably good.. Well, I could've done better, but being out of my old rut was refreshing enough.. Out of the 3 games today, I won once and drew the last 2 games.. So in total I have 3 points out of 5 games.. Pretty cool.. I think 1 more win (or a draw) could at least seal me a prize in the women's category :)
I got ripped off!!! I went to Sungei Wang Plaza to buy that Nokia 3315 handphone.. Paid RM260.. Only to realize that I've been given a second-hand phone! I didn't see the display when I bought it because I only got my replacement SIM card after my purchase.. Imagine my frustration when I anxiously turned on the new phone, only to be surprised with the word 'Helmi' on the screen.. Grrr.. I'm sooooo going to rip off that handphone guy's head tomorrow.. But then, what if he tells me I can't ask for a replacement? My dad seemed like he didn't care too much about it.. He wanted to change handphones with me already.. But since I was so upbeat about the head-ripping thingee, he agreed to wait until tomorrow..
As soon as I arrived home, I met my aunt CD.. Apparently she was having a tiff with her husband's 1st wife (yes, she's the 2nd wife) so she's sort of in this runaway mode with her 10-month-old toddler.. And soon after, my uncle came.. With 1st wife in tow.. Her face was so sour.. She wouldn't even touch the food on the table despite repeated invitations.. Aunt CD confided in me that she wants to leave those two 'lovebirds' alone but they wouldn't let her leave with the baby.. So she doesn't know what to do and she asked me what she should do.. What the..???.. The only thing in my head at that moment was 'MOM!!! WHERE ARE YOU???'
Later all 3 of them went home.. An hour later, my parents came home and I relayed the whole day's events to them.. I left all the counselling my aunt needed to my mom :P
Tomorrow I still have 2 rounds of chess to go.. And I hope I can pull off being serious for a while so that I can get the handphone replaced :P
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NHA at 2:22 PM ::
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