Waiting

On Sunday, as I was starting my car...

She appeared. Holding out a card, she said something about passing it to my mum.

"Dah lama dah saya nak bagi." Kenapa tunggu lama-lama?

I was speechless the entire time she spoke. And just like that, she left. I only managed to weakly smiled in her direction. And for the rest of the day, the smile stayed on my face.

I wished I could say,

"Saya pun dah lama tunggu awak."

Disillusioned.

He marched on, blindingly, into this battlefield still,
A weakened soldier, a vessel containing a burned-out will.
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Day by day, losing sight of the fight,
Constantly losing comrades, left and right.
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When the flag-bearer fell, dutifully the soldier takes over,
Though this is a task he cherished, hardly ever.
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The hands numbing, coldness creeping up his spine...
"I've always fought for many causes, save mine."
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"Bitterness consumes me, and I'm losing my humanity..."
"Please God...I lost many things. Don't let me lose my sanity."
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With every new step, his legs grew weaker,
At last, he'll face the darkness, his sweet surrender.
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While pondering the tempting end - his battered heart rebelled,
'No, don't go down this way. Let your fears be quelled.'

'In the scorching heat, or amidst the falling rain...
Even in your despair, let the true spirit remain.'

'Stronger. Stronger. And stronger.
Above all else, this you must remember.'
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The soldier struggled to his feet - weakly, he smiled;
His hand reaches out to the heavens, and for the last time...he wished.

"Yippie Kay Yay, M*********!"

Sometimes, we plan for things...and the opposite happens. That's life. Or was it fate...chance or some profound stuff said by some person I came across somewhere in some...website. Wow, too much vagueness there.

Anyway, planned to watch Transformers on Saturday. But as my buddy Bob tried to book for the show by every means possible, it was all for nothing. Phone booking? No one picked up. Website? Some 'error' occurred. Walked up to the counter? BWAHAHAHA. Malaysia might win World Cup first. In other words, when hell freezes over and a pig flied by and a flaming unicron coming out of its...well, you get the idea. Not only that, as it turns out...the cinema people even delayed the late show a bit and increased the admission price "because it is a blockbuster". Can they actually do that?

I had anticipated this mess, thus I came out with a backup plan: we'd go watch midnite show for Die Hard 4.0 instead. Brilliant! I reasoned to my buddy (and his cousin who tagged along) that people would definitely watch that movie about alien robots bickering on our planet (where's ultraman when you need him? Oh, wait..he'll be busy blasting another ugly-rubbery-scaly-monster destroying Tokyo YET AGAIN.) Nobody's gonna watch a sequel to an outdated action movie series, right? Plus, Bob & myself were fans of the series anyway, and often argued whether Die Hard 2 was actually any good.

And since this is my blog - yo, Die Hard 2 sucks, Bob. Get over it. :D

At the phone booking counter, I could see Bob looking like he's gonna explode. Full of anger. That, in itself is like a sign of the apocalypse as he's one of the coolest, calmest guys I've ever known. Totally my opposite. It turns out the cinema folks' "system is down" so they screwed up...and we were left with seats in the third row. From the front. Yes! Finally I can sample the blurry grainy detail of the film UP CLOSE. And I was soo exhausted that I predicted I would've fallen asleep the minute I sit in the cinema. Bruce Willis, you better keep me awake.

And I managed to stay awake. Was Die Hard 4.0 great? Not really, it does have some flaws...but it moves along without much dull moment. I just don't feel threatened by the main bad guy AT ALL. And this guy's gonna be playing "47" in the upcoming Hitman movie. The action & the stunts (particularly this one french guy) was good, though. I just wished I had watched it in a better environment. Bruce Willis still got it, man.

And that's all I got to say. Sleeeeepy now.