AALV: DAY 2/6

ARRRGHGHGHGHGHGGGHH.

THIS DAY HAS BEEN SO UNSWELL THAT I’VE DECIDED TO DEDICATE SOME TIME TO WRITE ABOUT IT. I’LL JUST DIVE INTO IT AND SKIP TO THE PART WHERE I DID NOT HAVE A GOOD SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE BUT WAS SOMEHOW AWOKEN BEFORE NOON AND MANAGED TO DRAG MYSELF FOR AN IMPROMPTU LUNCH APPOINTMENT AND THEN WITH NO PURPOSE AFTER LUNCH I WENT TO LOOK FOR A CAFE TO CHILL WHICH OF COURSE EVERYONE’S FIRST CHOICE WAS STARBUCKS WHICH THEN OF COURSE MEANT THAT THE GOOD SPOTS WERE TAKEN WHICH THEN MEANT THAT I DID SOME WALKING AND SEARCHING TIL I FINALLY SAW A CAFE WITH A CORNER SEAT WITH A POWER POINT AROUND IT SO I DECIDED I WOULD SPEND THE NEXT FIVE HOURS THERE.

WHEN ASKED WHETHER THEY HAVE SOY MILK OPTION FOR THEIR CHOCOLATE DRINK GUY AT THE COUNTER SAID YES, ONLY TO CHANGE HIS ANSWER 4 SECONDS LATER WHEN HE ASKED GUY AT THE BAR. I ORDERED A CHOCOLATE DRINK ANYWAY BECAUSE I COULDN’T JUSTIFY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A LITTLE BAG OF CRUSHED LEAVES AND SOME AMOUNT OF HOT WATER. THE WAVE HAS YET TO COME BUT I SUSPECT IT WOULD BY TOMORROW MORNING. ALL I ASK FOR IS THAT IT NOT ARRIVE WHEN I AM ON MY BUS RIDE HOME TOMORROW. I HAVEN’T TAKEN A BUS BACK ON THIS ROUTE FOR MAYBE HALF A DECADE NOW SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES. 

I KNOW I SAID I’LL DIVE INTO IT TWO PARAGRAPHS AGO BUT PARDON ME FOR BEING ESPECIALLY ARTICULATE WHEN I AM ANGRY. HERE, HAVE A LOOK AT ONE OF MY ANGER CONTRIBUTOR:

I TRIED AND TRIED TO CONNECT TO THE WIFI USING THR PASSWORD PRINTED ON THE RECEIPT BUT THIS KEPT POPPING UP. WHEN I FOUND OUT MORE, AS PER SUGGESTED, I WAS ASKED TO PAY AN UNSETTLED AMOUNT OF RM166 OF BILL. WHY. DID I MENTION THAT MY QUALITY OF REST THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS BELOW AVERAGE? I LOOKED AROUND AND DECIDED TO DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING: PRETEND THAT THE WIFI WAS WORKING. FOR FIVE WONDERFUL HOURS. IN ALL FAIRNESS I DID NOT ASK THEM ABOUT IT SO I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE GUY AT THE COUNTER COULD HAVE WHIPPED OUT HIS CARD AND PAID FOR THE UNSETTLED BILL ON THE SPOT BUT NO. I SHALL NOT HAVE HIM TELL ME THAT WIFI IS WORKING ONLY TO DEFY WHAT OUGHT TO BE FOUR SECONDS LATER. ALSO, WHY THE HELL DIDN’T THEY PUT A NOTICE ABOUT THE WIFI NOT WORKING BEFORE ANYONE DECIDES TO PURCHASE A BEVERAGE / RIGHT TO A SEAT FOR THE NEXT FIVE HOURS?

ANYWAY FIVE HOURS CREPT SLOWLY BUT I MANAGED TO LIVE THROUGH IT THANKS TO MUCH UNUSED PHONE DATA. BUT. STILL.

NIGHT WAS QUITE ALRIGHT BECAUSE I HAD DINNER WITH LOVELY PEOPLE BUT I HAVE REACHED  THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD BE WEIRD IF I UNCAPITALIZED MY WRITING SO JUST READ THIS SWIFTLY AS IF I WERE STILL ANGRY.

AND THEN.

I SHALL DIVE INTO THE PART WHERE ONCE AGAIN INTERNET WAS REQUIRED AND A CERTAIN PLACE WAS SELECTED BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY GOOGLE MAPS. BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER FOR A BEVERAGE THAT I DO NOT WISH TO CONSUME, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO CONFIRM THAT THEIR CLOSING TIME WAS AT 1AM AND OF COURSE GUY AT THE COUNTER SAID YES. IT WAS 11:50PM THEN AND WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR DRINK SOME MINUTES LATER OF COURSE WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY CLOSE AT 12 THAT NIGHT AND BY THIS POINT I HAD MADE MYSELF COMFORTABLE, CHARIZARD WAS AWOKEN AND I WAS ABOUT TO START AN ONLINE ASSESSMENT WHICH ONCE STARTED HAS TO BE CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT 35 MINUTES. ALL I WANT IS TO GET A JOB THAT PAYS LESS THAN HALF MY CURRENT EARNINGS WITH 10 TIMES THE WORKLOAD WHY WON’T ANYONE LET ME HAVE IT ARGHGHGHGHGGHHGGHGHGH