creepy stranger

i miss singing for hours on end, X times per week.

yesterday saw the SIM clique singing at a certain partyworld in clementi.
pity we didn't take any pictures.
although i did filmed a short clip of viv and ziyang shaking their booties to see who can shake the best. and although viv needs some cajoling when she knows i'm going to film it.
haha.
but i can't upload it due to the frustrating format of the clip i.e. 3gpp movie.

finally get to meet up with sheena and manda.
had our usual tete-a-tete updates.
and as usual, couldn't bear to leave each other at the end of the night.
if only there are more nights like these - i really miss singing and lounging about just reminiscing about the good days, hearing friends surprise you with good news..



picture perfect.


i wonder when will we be hanging out again?


i've yet to meet up with a lot more people - anya, ying, claris, gerrard, ping, rox, aimee&leon, joanne&shan, THE summit crew, essy, mich, charm, nic and god knows who else...

onto a stalkish incident that happened last night.
i had always been cautious of my surroundings esp at night when i'm travelling home late.
and last night was no difference.
i was followed home by this chinese singaporean middle age man all the way from bugis (i remembered seeing him there when i was with the girls).
he had a folded chinese newspaper under his pits and carried a departmental store plastic bag of sort.

i will try to re-enact the whole scene with as much details as i could remember.

with a lil knowledge of self defence, i always had my handphone in the palm of my hands, ready to strike if i'm caught in a bad situation. my ex once told me, having a hard object in hand can create a hard hit to the guy and aim for the nose, i was told. because the guy in question would then have lil/no hands to subdue me (what with using his hands to cover his nose), rendering me free to escape.

i also tested the guy to see if he was really following me. i don't really want to make a mistake but neither do i want to give any chances. i actually slowed down my pace to see if the guy would hurried me by (this usually happens a lot due to the late hours and ppl everywhere are rushing to get home). but he did not. i walked really slow. but he'd walk even slower. he kept a very safe distance, so much so that when i deliberately tried to swing my head right and left to see if i could acquire a better image of him, i simply couldn't make out how he look like. the worst thing was, i was all alone.

when i reached my block, instincts told me not to go up as yet.

i walked in circles around my lift. and he followed suit!! i thought to myself shit what should i do. and i did the very michelle wan thing. i confronted him. why are you following me, i raised my voice. he let out a huh and inched in closer. i swear i was going to cry. there was no one around me. my main hp line was flat but fortunately, i brought a spare phone out and started dialling manda's number. i also started to walk towards the carpark to see if i could get any assistance. i saw a car washer attendant!

when manda picked up the phone, my voice broke. i held back tears. the man hung around the estate for a long time even when i was shooting dagger stares at him (i was already in safe hands with the car washer as companion and manda was on the phone to comfort me). i swear that guy was a psycho. he had no clue how the estate works and actually walked into a dead end. he wouldn't walk there if he really lives here.

i was on the phone with manda the whole time and the guy made several detours, giving me the creepy stares. he finally turned into a corner and disappeared. i couldn't really see where he was going in the darkness.

i phoned my lil sis and my voice broke a second time. she came armed with a long brolly, holding both ends of it and resting it on her hind shoulders, looking ready to strike. she actually walked around the estate to see if the guy was still around. i followed behind, answering her every questions. she was so cute and i started to smile, no longer as frightened.

but i was still very shaken by the incident.

it was a lucky thing i was alert.