The Final (Hopefully) Economics Lecture
Well, today was the final Economics A-Level class for us Express/Abnormal folks. Started off like any typical BAC Economics class - Aria was half an hour late, everyone was basically lazing around and doing our own thing. Then along comes our lecturer and the class is conducted with us, the students, being as responsive as zombies (Aria said it was like being in an episode of The Living Dead... Never watched the show, never will). And then it happened so fast - our dear lecturer got a text from Domino's Pizza regarding a promotion for pizza (no duh) and someone said something then someone else said something and Aria said something and I don't quite know how it happened, but out of the blue, Aria was offering to treat us to Secret Recipe when class (the last one EVER... provided we don't fail our A-levels) was over.
And just like that, you could have heard a pin drop in the room. Everyone was quiet and we were all looking at him funny. I can pretty much say that it's safe to assume that we were all contemplating the same thing, which I presume would be along the lines of something like this: 'Waitwaitwait - Aria's giving us free food? No, not just food - cake? Like, CAKE? From Secret Recipe? Wha- wait a minute. This is Aria we're talking about. There must be some trick involved. Yes, that's it. It must be a trap. Yeah, that must be it.
Well, those were my thoughts, but they obviously vary from person to person. I guess he must have realised that we didn't believe him because then he started teasing us xD
And after the usual targeted teasing, playing the 'trying not to fall asleep in class' game, emotional roller-coaster rides (Aria: you all might fail/but you'll probably pass/then again only about sixty percent pass every year/but I think your class is fine/however...) and picking on random victims people to answer past-year questions (he picked me a few times these past two days, but I've been in a pretty blur mode this whole week so I couldn't ever give him any satisfactory answers... I bet I sucked xD), it was time to high-tail it outta there - or go home, whichever language you prefer. It was then he made it clear that he was dead serious about his offer to belanja us cake.
WHOA. Like, seriously?
Yeah, I usually find it hard to believe reality when good stuff happens. Especially since I was granted permission by the powers that be (thanks Mom!).
Since the elevator couldn't accommodate ALL of us (obviously), we took the stairs. And when we were halfway down, Aria goes 'k-thx-bai' and escaped into the office. Of course, we weren't easily deterred/fooled and waited for him outside, downstairs. After a while and it was still a no-show, our trade union leader, Harjit (I'm not really sure how to spell his name... Sorry~ did I get it right?), emerged with Aria sans his books in tow. Come to think of it, he really IS our trade union leader - in a way. Well, I could easily say unofficial Student Body President, but Trade Union Leader sounds cooler. Besides, we're Economics students so it makes economic sense - 'Trade Union Leader' has less characters than 'Student Body President' therefore any imaginary paperwork involved would save a little ink every time the title is printed. By saving ink, you may save dozens of ink cartridges in the long run (resulting in economies of scale) and God knows that them damn cartridges cost a bomb.
Yes, that was off-topic.
So our party consisting of 14+ people (I counted - I thought there 13 of us at first and the words Professor Trelawney said flashed through my mind "When thirteen dine together, the first to rise shall be the first to die!" but there were more than thirteen, so no one died today) made our way to the Secret Recipe in Sentral. Nadirah, Elaine and I dumped our bags and went off to the toilet (pity Lina wasn't there today, of all days). When we came back, there was a whole chocolate fudge cake already on the table. My friends and I got to sit on the couch (yes, small things like that please me :]) but it was the writing on the cake that took the cake (pun intended):
... And the best part? Nadirah's birthday is in February xDDD Also note the number of candles on the cake - yes, she was forced to blow them out; AFTER she had been sung a birthday song.
And yes, I'm pretty sure everything was intentional. Our lecturer is really fun like that. No, seriously.
... The picture would have been prettier if I had taken it while the candles were still burning.
Never mind.
We got CAKE! And Aria was even nice enough to buy us drinks too (of the non-alcoholic kind of course). So I got chocolate milkshake. Yeah, I'm allergic to milk, but what the hell - a little won't hurt. Besides, everyone deserves a once-in-a-while treat. :3 Elaine got some sparkling grape juice that came in a bottle. It looked a little like a Heineken bottle (because the glass was the same shade of green) so I told her to drink straight from the bottle LIKE A BOSS. And surprisingly, she humbled my crazy-lame demand.
AND DRANK IT LIKE A BAWS. A mouthful or so anyway. xD
And so we just sitting there, eating cake (Kelly was given the unfortunate task of cutting the cake and there inevitably were a few monster-sized slices; one of which defeated our Trade Union Leader) and basically goofing off. And as I was sitting there, I felt this deep sense of contentment I hadn't felt in a very, very long while. I can't explain it - I guess I was just happy that I now have a really good memory to look back on whenever I need to. It's one of those treasure-this-for-the-rest-of-your-life memories. I really had fun today. Thanks guys! Everyone there made me happy, even if I didn't talk to everyone, them just being there was good enough.
And so, today, after a really long time, I was happy.
I shall now break the seriously deep, meaningful and somewhat-poetic atmosphere with this professional caricature of Aria that was discovered on the whiteboard yesterday:
Potong stim, WTF happened to all the deep talk?! XD
KTHXBAI
And just like that, you could have heard a pin drop in the room. Everyone was quiet and we were all looking at him funny. I can pretty much say that it's safe to assume that we were all contemplating the same thing, which I presume would be along the lines of something like this: 'Waitwaitwait - Aria's giving us free food? No, not just food - cake? Like, CAKE? From Secret Recipe? Wha- wait a minute. This is Aria we're talking about. There must be some trick involved. Yes, that's it. It must be a trap. Yeah, that must be it.
Well, those were my thoughts, but they obviously vary from person to person. I guess he must have realised that we didn't believe him because then he started teasing us xD
And after the usual targeted teasing, playing the 'trying not to fall asleep in class' game, emotional roller-coaster rides (Aria: you all might fail/but you'll probably pass/then again only about sixty percent pass every year/but I think your class is fine/however...) and picking on random victims people to answer past-year questions (he picked me a few times these past two days, but I've been in a pretty blur mode this whole week so I couldn't ever give him any satisfactory answers... I bet I sucked xD), it was time to high-tail it outta there - or go home, whichever language you prefer. It was then he made it clear that he was dead serious about his offer to belanja us cake.
WHOA. Like, seriously?
Yeah, I usually find it hard to believe reality when good stuff happens. Especially since I was granted permission by the powers that be (thanks Mom!).
Since the elevator couldn't accommodate ALL of us (obviously), we took the stairs. And when we were halfway down, Aria goes 'k-thx-bai' and escaped into the office. Of course, we weren't easily deterred/fooled and waited for him outside, downstairs. After a while and it was still a no-show, our trade union leader, Harjit (I'm not really sure how to spell his name... Sorry~ did I get it right?), emerged with Aria sans his books in tow. Come to think of it, he really IS our trade union leader - in a way. Well, I could easily say unofficial Student Body President, but Trade Union Leader sounds cooler. Besides, we're Economics students so it makes economic sense - 'Trade Union Leader' has less characters than 'Student Body President' therefore any imaginary paperwork involved would save a little ink every time the title is printed. By saving ink, you may save dozens of ink cartridges in the long run (resulting in economies of scale) and God knows that them damn cartridges cost a bomb.
Yes, that was off-topic.
So our party consisting of 14+ people (I counted - I thought there 13 of us at first and the words Professor Trelawney said flashed through my mind "When thirteen dine together, the first to rise shall be the first to die!" but there were more than thirteen, so no one died today) made our way to the Secret Recipe in Sentral. Nadirah, Elaine and I dumped our bags and went off to the toilet (pity Lina wasn't there today, of all days). When we came back, there was a whole chocolate fudge cake already on the table. My friends and I got to sit on the couch (yes, small things like that please me :]) but it was the writing on the cake that took the cake (pun intended):
... And the best part? Nadirah's birthday is in February xDDD Also note the number of candles on the cake - yes, she was forced to blow them out; AFTER she had been sung a birthday song.
And yes, I'm pretty sure everything was intentional. Our lecturer is really fun like that. No, seriously.
... The picture would have been prettier if I had taken it while the candles were still burning.
Never mind.
We got CAKE! And Aria was even nice enough to buy us drinks too (of the non-alcoholic kind of course). So I got chocolate milkshake. Yeah, I'm allergic to milk, but what the hell - a little won't hurt. Besides, everyone deserves a once-in-a-while treat. :3 Elaine got some sparkling grape juice that came in a bottle. It looked a little like a Heineken bottle (because the glass was the same shade of green) so I told her to drink straight from the bottle LIKE A BOSS. And surprisingly, she humbled my crazy-lame demand.
AND DRANK IT LIKE A BAWS. A mouthful or so anyway. xD
And so we just sitting there, eating cake (Kelly was given the unfortunate task of cutting the cake and there inevitably were a few monster-sized slices; one of which defeated our Trade Union Leader) and basically goofing off. And as I was sitting there, I felt this deep sense of contentment I hadn't felt in a very, very long while. I can't explain it - I guess I was just happy that I now have a really good memory to look back on whenever I need to. It's one of those treasure-this-for-the-rest-of-your-life memories. I really had fun today. Thanks guys! Everyone there made me happy, even if I didn't talk to everyone, them just being there was good enough.
And so, today, after a really long time, I was happy.
I shall now break the seriously deep, meaningful and somewhat-poetic atmosphere with this professional caricature of Aria that was discovered on the whiteboard yesterday:
Potong stim, WTF happened to all the deep talk?! XD
KTHXBAI