Here's a little something, I stayed back in school to finish a project and we ran out of glue stick. The school book store was closed so we went to the shops across the road but no luck. We walked further and further and I just had to open my big fat mouth and say we would be better off walking to The Store. My best friend took it as a good idea (only she could turn a sarcastic outburst into a "good" idea) and off we went.
It was 4:00 o'clock on a Friday which means time to leave the office for home and I couldn't believe how many cars there were. The roads were sooooooooooooo busy!!! So there we were, two girls in uniforms, walking through the sweltering heat to The Store which was VERY far away. We changed target to Econsave which was closer (but not close enough). I kept praying that a book store would pop up out of nowhere. We took out our name tags and put them in our uniform pockets (my idea, since we already look like delinquents why not finish it). We dodged cars and made many suicidal attempts to cross the road. In fact we were so scared we held unto each others hands as we crossed!! All the while joking about our family's reactions if one of us dies. Morbid I know, but what can you expect when we were working on a project about teenage angst?
We finally made it (in one piece) to Econsave. We walked here and there, going through smelly places, taking one big round in the supermarket looking for the stationary section (sadly failing). I was so tired, thirsty and discouraged that I nearly cried when my best friend said that she found the sign for stationary. Actually, through the whole walk there, we were worried that we didn't have enough money. Ok, so I was worried, my best friend said she thought it would be enough but even she got discouraged after walking so long in the blistering heat and said she would cry if we couldn't find that glue stick.
Well, up the stairs we climbed/ran and we were looking through aisles of toys, camping equipment, cooking utensils etc. I was stomping like a woman with a mission, with messy hair I think I looked more like a maniac. So we took another big round and jumped for joy when we FINALLY found the glue section only to find that.....HORRORS we didn't have enough money!!! So there we were berating ourselves for eating so much just now all the while searching our pockets for any "hidden" cash. We did manage to find RM2 which extra money allowed us to buy the cheapest double pack (they didn't sell anything in single).
We paid, we left (by a different way). Found the roads extra packed and made a few more suicidal road-crossing attempts and made our way back to school via short cut. Whew.........we felt so relieved until I realized I lost my name tag!!!!!! What am I going to do once school reopens?????
At least we managed to get half of the project done.
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