Alone
What a day! I woke up this morning, rubbing my eyes when Dad came inside my room, wearing a very presentable orange collared shirt with knee-length pants. I stared at him. Dad usually doesn’t wear such nice clothes on a Sunday morning. I asked him what occasion today, and he said, “Today is my honeymoon anniversary with your mum. We’re going to IKEA and Ikano Power Centre. Get dressed.” Oh, anniversary. No wonder.
On the way to IKEA, Mum suddenly said she wants to watch Lust Caution. So, Dad said, “Since it’s our anniversary, let’s go watch.” And I said, “Huh? What about me?” Dad answered, “You could either go Borders or watch another movie, coz Lust Caution is 18PL.” I said, “Huh? I watch alone?” He said, “If not?” I will watch Hairspray, I said. I can’t believe my parents without warning just leave me alone like that. My brothers are in Kelantan and Terengganu for school trip and will not be back until Monday. Where are my brothers when I need them?
At the Cathay Cinema, Hairspray was not on anymore. Borders was quite far away from Cathay and I was lazy to walk all the way back, so I chose another movie. No, Dad chose another movie for me. He chose ‘Never Was’. Never Was? I never heard of it. When we went to the ticket counter and the cashier asked Dad whether he wanted to take the Couple’s seat or the normal one, he said shamelessly while hugging Mum, “Of course Couple’s seat!” God, I’m not used to Dad’s public affection.
My parents’ movie started before mine and ended after mine, so Dad gave me RM30 before entering the cinema and said, “Go get some ice-cream while waiting for us after your movie ends.” Fine. Bribery. I waited and waited and waited for the cinema hall number 3 to flash its light, until I was almost nodding off to sleep.
Finally, when I entered Hall 3, guess how many people are there? Plus me, there was only 3. The other 2 of them were Malay guys at the most back row. I sat somewhere at the middle. Then, the cinema went dark, and I freaked out a little, coz I never watched a movie alone in such an empty cinema with 2 Malay guys who creep me out. I didn’t got the hang of the movie, anyway, coz every time I heard some movement at the back row, I’ll jumped with fright and took a glimpse to see what the Malays were doing. Call me paranoid, but after reading all those crazy rape/kidnap cases happening in cinema toilets or anywhere else, it’s good to be always alert. Besides, one of the Malays was putting his feet up on the seat, which is really rude to me coz even though the cinema was quite empty, it is still a public place. And, he kept changing places. Very creepy to me. At some point, I understood the movie a little. But, the outcome was so surprising, that I’m positive my mouth’s hanging open. At the beginning, the movie said that Never Was was a fairytale kingdom. But at the end, it was all this deluded old man who’s living in the mental hospital hallucination. He kept hallucinating that he was the former king of Never Was, attacked by a witch, I think the name was Ghastly. Huh. The witch’s army in reality were the police, who were catching him after he escaped from the mental hospital. His castle was made up of junk cars. And, that old man kept convincing the physiologist that his kingdom was under attack. Huh. I can’t believe I wasted almost 2 hours of my time watching some deluded old man’s hallucination. It was also weird when I laugh alone during the funny bits of the movie.
Once the credits of the movie came out, I shot out of the cinema. I went to a Japanese café. I had a chocolate ice-cream with milk and fruits. The portion was big. It was quite depressing, actually, eating a big bowl of ice-cream alone. Then, Dad came to find me after the movie ended. My parents and I went to an Italian restaurant for lunch. We had Margherita Vegetarian Pizza and Spaghetti Bolognese. I was stuffed. After lunch, we walked to IKEA as Dad wanted to buy a new sofa. Before that, Dad went to measure his car seat to check if he could lug the sofa into the car and transport it home. Obviously, cannot lar. But, he insisted on measuring the car with the tape. Fine. I told him cannot he don’t believe. Turns out the sofa really cannot fit into the car seat. Then suddenly, he changed his mind and said he doesn’t want to buy it anymore. See? Go through all the trouble walking to the car park, measuring with the tape, all for nothing. Ended up, he only bought a socket. Huh.
I was exhausted went we reached home. I flopped onto my bed and slept. At 1800, I woke up and Dad brought us all to Puchong for Thai dinner. Yum. Mouth-watering Tom Yam soup, green curry, pandan chicken, mango salad and fish fillet.
Conclusion of the Day:
1. Always trust your daughter. I said the sofa cannot fit means cannot fit lar.
2. Today proves that I can survive watching movie alone. Just remember, if you are watching movie in an almost empty cinema, always check where’s the exit first in case of emergency. And, always check on the people at the back if they’re doing abnormal actions.
On the way to IKEA, Mum suddenly said she wants to watch Lust Caution. So, Dad said, “Since it’s our anniversary, let’s go watch.” And I said, “Huh? What about me?” Dad answered, “You could either go Borders or watch another movie, coz Lust Caution is 18PL.” I said, “Huh? I watch alone?” He said, “If not?” I will watch Hairspray, I said. I can’t believe my parents without warning just leave me alone like that. My brothers are in Kelantan and Terengganu for school trip and will not be back until Monday. Where are my brothers when I need them?
At the Cathay Cinema, Hairspray was not on anymore. Borders was quite far away from Cathay and I was lazy to walk all the way back, so I chose another movie. No, Dad chose another movie for me. He chose ‘Never Was’. Never Was? I never heard of it. When we went to the ticket counter and the cashier asked Dad whether he wanted to take the Couple’s seat or the normal one, he said shamelessly while hugging Mum, “Of course Couple’s seat!” God, I’m not used to Dad’s public affection.
My parents’ movie started before mine and ended after mine, so Dad gave me RM30 before entering the cinema and said, “Go get some ice-cream while waiting for us after your movie ends.” Fine. Bribery. I waited and waited and waited for the cinema hall number 3 to flash its light, until I was almost nodding off to sleep.
Finally, when I entered Hall 3, guess how many people are there? Plus me, there was only 3. The other 2 of them were Malay guys at the most back row. I sat somewhere at the middle. Then, the cinema went dark, and I freaked out a little, coz I never watched a movie alone in such an empty cinema with 2 Malay guys who creep me out. I didn’t got the hang of the movie, anyway, coz every time I heard some movement at the back row, I’ll jumped with fright and took a glimpse to see what the Malays were doing. Call me paranoid, but after reading all those crazy rape/kidnap cases happening in cinema toilets or anywhere else, it’s good to be always alert. Besides, one of the Malays was putting his feet up on the seat, which is really rude to me coz even though the cinema was quite empty, it is still a public place. And, he kept changing places. Very creepy to me. At some point, I understood the movie a little. But, the outcome was so surprising, that I’m positive my mouth’s hanging open. At the beginning, the movie said that Never Was was a fairytale kingdom. But at the end, it was all this deluded old man who’s living in the mental hospital hallucination. He kept hallucinating that he was the former king of Never Was, attacked by a witch, I think the name was Ghastly. Huh. The witch’s army in reality were the police, who were catching him after he escaped from the mental hospital. His castle was made up of junk cars. And, that old man kept convincing the physiologist that his kingdom was under attack. Huh. I can’t believe I wasted almost 2 hours of my time watching some deluded old man’s hallucination. It was also weird when I laugh alone during the funny bits of the movie.
Once the credits of the movie came out, I shot out of the cinema. I went to a Japanese café. I had a chocolate ice-cream with milk and fruits. The portion was big. It was quite depressing, actually, eating a big bowl of ice-cream alone. Then, Dad came to find me after the movie ended. My parents and I went to an Italian restaurant for lunch. We had Margherita Vegetarian Pizza and Spaghetti Bolognese. I was stuffed. After lunch, we walked to IKEA as Dad wanted to buy a new sofa. Before that, Dad went to measure his car seat to check if he could lug the sofa into the car and transport it home. Obviously, cannot lar. But, he insisted on measuring the car with the tape. Fine. I told him cannot he don’t believe. Turns out the sofa really cannot fit into the car seat. Then suddenly, he changed his mind and said he doesn’t want to buy it anymore. See? Go through all the trouble walking to the car park, measuring with the tape, all for nothing. Ended up, he only bought a socket. Huh.
I was exhausted went we reached home. I flopped onto my bed and slept. At 1800, I woke up and Dad brought us all to Puchong for Thai dinner. Yum. Mouth-watering Tom Yam soup, green curry, pandan chicken, mango salad and fish fillet.
Conclusion of the Day:
1. Always trust your daughter. I said the sofa cannot fit means cannot fit lar.
2. Today proves that I can survive watching movie alone. Just remember, if you are watching movie in an almost empty cinema, always check where’s the exit first in case of emergency. And, always check on the people at the back if they’re doing abnormal actions.
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