k r i s a n d r o

Being forgetful and careless are traits that I have been carrying for as long as I can remember. I can leave my keys in the toilet and instantly forgetting where I left them the moment I step out of the toilet. I can pull the pin from a grenade and throw the pin at the enemy and leave the grenade in my hands. It’s just a little far fetched for the last example but you do get what I mean right?

KuKuNehNeh on the other hand, should have super memory and be extremely meticulous based on the rule that opposites attract but it ain’t so. And yesterday was a testament to her forgetfulness.

We conversed over email during work and I asked her to go straight home after work instead of waiting for me at City Hall but she told me that she would rather wait for me and head home together. So I reached City Hall and turned around the corner where I would usually find her sitting on the bench but found an Auntie sitting there instead. Odds are low that she is late to the meeting spot and odds are lower that she has aged this much in 24 hours so I called her up on her mobile.

“Hello?” She answered the phone.

“Hello Dear! Where are you?”

“Er…. I am on the way….” She replied with hesitation in her voice.

“On your way? To where???”

“Errrr…. Home lor. ALAMAK! I FORGOT I WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET YOU!”

It turns out that she reached the platform with her colleagues and saw a train arriving and boarded it like every train hungry Singaporean and promptly forgot all about me until I called her.

And later during the night after my 7.2km run, I went to the toilet to shower to only find that my towel wasn’t there.

She was washing the dishes and I turned to her, “Eh Dear ah. I got no towel here leh.”

“There should be ah.”

“No leh. I will go get one.”

“No need Dear. You bathe first. Let me get the towel for you later.”

“Ok! Thanks Dear!”

And so I showered peacefully and wondered why my towel has not arrived after scrubbing my body from head to toe. I could not risk exposing myself in my birthday suit to her family and I slowly popped my head out from the sliding door and called for her for about 10 mins before she came running by with a towel. It was hilarious seeing how forgetful she is like me.

If you ever need someone to remind you of something, do not; DO NOT ask either of us to help you.

Like everyone else in this world, I have certain traits that I do not like, much less admire. I do have to point out that traits, whether good or bad, can be rather subjective. A quiet person might be deemed boring to some but others might value the person as the perfect companion to let one’s heart out to. A thrifty person might be seen as a scrooge to some but others will admire the persons determination in saving.

One of the traits that I have a love/hate relationship about me is,

Carelessness

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I can be VERY VERY careless at times and I will tell you why.

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E.g. #1

Once, during my poly days at Ngee Ann, I woke up like any usual morning for an early class. I took a lift down from the 6th storey to the ground level. Walked from the void deck to the bus stop. Took a bus from Jurong West to Clementi. Walked from the bus terminal up to the MRT station to cross the bridge down to the other side. Took a bus from there to Ngee Ann Poly. Walked past the crowds at the canteen. Walked past at least 4 to 5 buildings. Took the stairs up to my tutorial class.

My class resident chiobu, Kaiying, walked up to me as I tried to lean with my back on the wall with the coolest posture ever. She took a step closer and it was close enough for us to kiss and she whispered,

“Krisssss……..”

“Yeah?”

(She leans even closer)

“Your pants is not zipped up….”

“…………..”

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E.g. #2

I was serving the Air Force(RSAF) as a regular and one Monday morning, I had to report to a highly secured facility in…… Singapore. I woke up a late and had to rush a little. I put on my smartly pressed uniform with my shining epaulettes indicating that I am an officer who is ranked as a Lieutenant.

I took a cab down to the facility and had to walk past the security check. As I approached the metal detector, a guard meekly called out to me,

“Er…. Sir?”

“Yes?”

“Sir… er… you… er….”

“What?”

“Sir… Er… You need to take ‘those’ out”

(He points at my left ear)

“Ah?…… OH SHIT!“

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Turns out that I had not one but two studs on my left earlobe as I usually wear them over the weekends to act cool. After that incident, I was on a ‘Hi, Bye’ relationship with the guard. He probably told all his colleagues about it and I am not surprised if he did because I would have done the same.

“You see that Officer over there! I caught him reporting to work wearing studs on his ears that day lor! Kuku BIRD! WAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!”

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But of course, the good point about my carelessness is that I turn out goofy sometimes from such incidents and I make people laugh over it.

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Okay…. That’s enough.

Stop laughing.