I never thought I'll ever publish this, but yea, here's the super duper effing long entry that almost didn't make it. Probably not worth your time reading it, like how it wasn't really worth mine writing it. KG parts are always a gem though.
The title used to be 8 Days, and then became 10 Days, then 14 Days, then 16 Days, then 20 Days.
First day
Apparently, I booked the hostel starting from the wrong date. I booked the night on which I left Singapore and the hostel cancelled my booking when I didn't turn up. After some confusion among the staff, I managed to check into the hostel and napped for a bit. The room I booked was an all-female, 4-bedded dorm. I got a really shitty bed that kept making creaking noises whenever I changed positions.
Flat 1: Woke up and went to view the first flat. It was in a creepy area, but turns out the landlord/flatmate was a normal guy who really was who he claimed to be -- a student studying medicine at my school (parents bought the flat). Flat looked kinda shitty. Like 1940s Singapore coolie worker style. I wasn't expecting much in the first place. But after viewing this flat, my expectations dropped even lower.
Later that night, somebody came into the room and despite the beds being all occupied, she turned on the lights and started to unpack her stuff in the room. She was stripping when one of the girls in the room told her that all the beds are taken. The stripper got annoyed and changed back to her clothes, packed her stuff back in and left.
Second day
Flat 2: I had to wait outside for 15 minutes and almost left cos the flatmate wasn't picking up the phone. Was thinking maybe it's a scam. But I decided to slip into the building when someone was exiting, and made my way up to the apartment. The flatmates were in the flat, with the agent. Apparently the girl I was trying to call didn't bring her phone and was totally blur about everything...They were really nice/friendly/funny though. The place was quite okay. Looked a bit like hm..1960s Singapore blue-collared worker style.
Flat 3: It started to pour, and so I bought an umbrella. Still didn't shield me completely thoughout the walk to the second flat though. My bottoms half was drenched. Arrived there, found out the landlady didn't bring the keys to the room. And found out it's not a flat, but a building with loads of rooms, rented out individually to students. Price was too steep, and the place was not even a flat but like a student hostel!
I left the place. And then I got lost. Absolutely lost. It took me only 15 minutes to walk from school to this second flat, but I ended up walking 1 hour from the flat to a train station that was in another zone of the city. Ended up late for the 3rd viewing.
Flat 4: Went up to building. Knocked onto the door. No response. Called landlady. No response. Continued knocking and yay, someone came! Place is nice. Finally, something that looked decent, and plus point is that it looked like a home! That's because it is one, actually. The landlady/flatmate is a single mum and the other flatmate is her 17-year-old son. They were both nice and friendly. Not crazy enough, unfortunately.
Flat 5: For the last viewing of the day, the place was located above a restaurant (one that I've been wanting to try since forever but never felt rich enough to do so). Horrible place. The place was dirty and messy, and gave a student-hostel feeling, just that it had only 4 rooms. Flatmate was obviously the wild/dirty/typical univerisity student. He brought me to the common lounge area to sit, and chatted with me to find out more about me. I tried to make myself sound interesting but failed.
That night, another woman came in and wanted to check into the room. She was accompanied by a staff member. We told them all the beds are occupied already and the staff (a very cute guy), was confused. He started to check our last names and I was not supposed to be there. I told him that I had been given the room. He checked my hostel room key to ensure it's the right room, apologised for disturbing and said he doesn't know what's going on. Both the woman and him left.
Third day
I decided to go to the reception area to check what on earth was going on with the rooms. Turns out I had been given the wrong room. So, I had to check out of the current one, and check into another one for just one night. And then the next morning, I have to check out again to change to yet another room for the remaining nights.
Flat 6: I went to one that looked very promising on the ad, but when I went there...It was quite disappointing. The rooms were also above shops with really noisy and messed up wooden flooring. The whole place kinda gave off a cult/gypsy feel about it..haha. The landlord was very curt and unfriendly, and none of the flatmates were there to meet me. Rent was ridiculous for what it was offering as well.
Flat 7: I arranged one later in the afternoon after seeing an ad. I was then given the address...and found out it was the same one as Flat 1 on the second day! It was a different flatmate who posted a different ad... -_-
So I just sat outside, with nothing to do until 5pm. And then I saw a friend walking into the supermarket. She's a Singaporean who's in the same school as I, and landed just that morning. I went up to greet her, and chatted with her for a bit.
And then the landlady from Flat 4 emailed and called to tell me she wants to offer me her place. Honestly, at that point, it was the best one I've encountered in terms of having a mix of good flat condition + nice flatmates + good location + decent cost. That was why when I saw her email, it was a very Pikachu-I-choose-you! moment. Since I still had one more viewing to do, I told her I'll get back to her at night.
Flat 8: For the 5pm viewing, the place was like literally 2 minutes from school. It looked really modern and neat. No living room or anything, but it looked classy despite being small. I wished it looked shitty, just so it'll be easier to take up the Flat 4 offer. But ok, the down side is that the flatmates are quite the partying type too.
Still, I told them that I'm very interested. I asked them to tell me by tonight if I stand a chance of being chosen at all and explained that it's cos Flat 4's landlady is hurrying me to make a decision but I like their flat so much that I didn't wanna take up her offer unless they reject me.
Later that night, the Flat 8 smsed me that they really can't give me a definite answer by that day itself. I told them I can't risk waiting cos I'll lose Flat 3 in the process of waiting and if they do not choose me, I'll be homeless. So I pulled out from Flat 8, and took up the Flat 4 offer.
I was very glad I finally got it settled, and felt that I made the right choice.
Fourth Day
I can't remember if it was this day or another day that I was in the school library using the computer and met a Chinese dude who asked me for help. Anyway, yea, this guy is a British-born Chinese and is taking beginners Chinese lessons. He came up to me to ask me for help on the words. Thank God it's beginners level...... He was kinda cute. Too bad all I got is his first name (not even surname!).
I got my JC tutor to write a character reference for Flat 4's landlady. Went to meet her later in the day and chatted with her. Got to know about her a bit more.
Then went off for dinner with the Singaporean friend I bumped into the day before, and another two friends of hers. These two friends were her seniors and lived together in the same flat, that was apparently haunted. They had so many stories on it and even named the ghost Piao Piao...They though it's an ang moh ghost and so gave her a Chinese name and talked about her in Chinese when they think she's around, so that she wouldn't understand. Funny/creepy, I know.
Fifth Day
Refer to previous entry on "I Stayed to Listen".
Sixth Day
Saturday. Refer to previous entry on "Saturdays".
Well, ok, I did go out alone to eat an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet for S$15, which is quite cheap for the prices here. In Singapore, people would sue them for the price and serving such limited variety and saying they do buffets). The food was absolutely and thoroughly disgusting. It was more of like an all-you-can't-eat buffet.
Seventh Day
Met up with a friend for lunch. She's my coursemate, but I'm not that close to her. I asked her out cos I've always been quite fond of her, thinking she's kinda sweet and nice. It's the first time I'm hanging out with her without an occasion or like some group gathering.
But she scored negative points for asking me about results. I mean, I was quite expecting the topic of results to pop up with like "How did you do for your exams", but it's a whole big step to go ask "Do you mind telling me the individual results?" ...*cringe* I don't mind telling close friends that I did well. In fact, I openly and excitedly tell them, because it's as if sharing the news with my family, cos I know they'll be happy for me. But with people I barely know, I can't help but think I'm some sort of a statistics tool.
Eighth Day
Went to the school's library to use the Internet. Was MSN-ing with my friends when I thought I saw someone I knew coming up to the computer area. I took a second look and.......
Holy crap.
It is KG.
He looked up and was surprised to see me too. We waved, and he sat down to do his stuff on the computer, while I went crazy on MSN with my friend saying, "OMG, KG is here."
After some time, he came over to me. We did an awkward hug, and chatted for a bit.
Me: Err...Go do your stuff. This is awkward...
Him: I'm done with my stuff already...Why?
Me: I dunno. It's just weird seeing you again. Especially since you didn't tell me beforehand you were coming down to central.
(He kept saying he'll tell me when he was gonna come down, so that we can plan a meetup. But obviously, he did his thing again and gave empty promises.)
He said another of my coursemate, who is now his flatmate, is at the ground floor. KG called him over and all of us chatted for a bit. We went to a school cafe and I got my lunch while they just sat around since they already had theirs.
They left not long later cos KG had some stupid hospital interview. After I finished lunch, KG called me up again and said the interview's been postponed and asked if I wanted to hang out together. I agreed and met up with them, only to be stuck following them around to look at furniture. We did end up gong to Starbucks for coffee, and KG kept making passes at me. He kept looking at me, touching my hand, nudging me, saying things like how I eat like a baby, trying to take photos of me etc...
Oh god...This entry will never finish. Ok, I'm gonna keep it short and sweet for as far as I can go before I give up.
- I ignored his passes. Was quite impressed with myself, really.
- Later we went back to the library to use the computer.
- I was supposed to go out with a friend for dinner but I stood him up.
- Instead, I went with KG and his flatmates.
- I got really drunk. Absolutely wasted.
- The guys brought me to the hostel I was staying but after they left, I called KG up again.
- KG came back and I started crying and saying all kinds of things as loserish as "I want to be with you..."
- There wasn't much response from him.
- But he certainly didn't push me away when I hugged him/kissed him.
- After he left, I threw up in the toilet.
- Slept.
Ninth Day
- Showered, and decided to ignore all that happened the night before cos I know it made no difference to the situation.
- Father's friend whom I had left my stuff with over summer suddenly called and said he's bringing my things over.
- A wtf moment because I hadn't even moved to the new place!
- Tried to call landlady to see if she was home for me to move the things over first but she didn't pick up.
- Went for lunch with a Singaporean friend who just came over. Her hallmate decided to crash our lunch.
- Landlady got back to me saying she's not home.
- Had to ask father's friend to drive the things to my hostel instead of my new place.
- Surprisingly, most things fitted into my dorm room.
- Went to another father's friend's place for homecooked dinner. I met him over summer during my volunteering trip, so it wasn't all that weird for him to invite me to join his family for dinner.
- Really nice food. His 19-year-old son was pretty cute too.
- Went home, and KG texted me to say he'll help me move the things from my hostel to my new place.
- I told him that he didn't need to help, but he insisted.
Tenth Day
- Met KG in the morning.
- Unfortunately, we hugged and kissed again.
- He helped me move the things over.
- The new place was just a few streets away from my hostel, which was why I thought I could handle everything by myself.
- Turns out it wasn't as easy as I thought it'd be, and I was really grateful for KG's help.
- Hanging out at my place was again a bad decision because...xoxoxo
- I decided to treat him to dunch/linner at a pizza restaurant for helping me move the stuff.
- Asked him why he had offered to help (it wouldn't be normal for him to offer help even if we were still together, because he just sucks that way)
- He said it's cos while he was unpacking his things on Ninth Day, he saw the Christmas tree I handmade for him last winter.
- After he left, I unpacked my stuff.
Eleventh Day
- Woke up way too early and couldn't get back to sleep.
- Continued unpacking.
- Went to school to use the comp again...err...didn't do much for the rest of the day, I think.
Twelvth Day
- Went out for lunch with a senior and her friend who's from NUS on exchange.
- Had Italian food.
- Shopped and bought shoes and stuff.
Thirteenth Day
- Saturday. Blogged and complained about Saturdays.
- Well, it would have been more fulfilling if KG wasn't a bastard. He told me he was gonna come to my place, but then said he finished playing football and was having lunch already, and will come later.
- When I texted him to ask if he was really gonne come, he then said he's gonna have dinner with his family friend's daughter, and will text me again after that.
- I had already spent the whole morning and afternoon rotting at home, so I decided to ask my senior if I could pop by her place for dinner.
- I was lucky cos they were gonna cook chicken rendang and like...curry veg and stuff.
- Ate sooo much (she had tubs of pineapple tarts and the...white-CNY-goodies-that-melt-in-your-mouth...)
- KG texted saying that he's at home and asked if he could come to my place to hang out.
- Since I was about to head home, I wanted to say yes. But before I could even reply, KG sent another text saying, "Since you're not replying, I'll take that as a no."
- Wtf.
- When I texted to say he could come, he quickly changed his tone and said, "No it is okay, I will see you tmr or Monday. It is a bit late anyway and football made me tired. I will just chill here with people here. Sorry!"
- I urged him to come, and he texted back, "No I think I am pushing myself too hard so I will be dead tmr I sorry" --> English is in its original goodness.
- I was thinking it's kinda weird, but I decided to forget about it.
- Went home, used comp, showered. Just when I'm about to head to bed at 1am...
- KG called.
- Told me he's in my area and was drinking with his friends. And that he wants to crash at my place for the night.
- What. The. Fuck.
- I said no about 5 times before he hung up.
- 10 minutes later, he called again to beg me to let him crash at my place.
- "Wtf is wrong with you KG??!?! You told me you're coming today, then you kept pushing it till later. And then when I say you can come, you say you're too tired and make it sound like you'll chill at home with your flatmates. Next thing I know, you're in my area, calling me up to crash at my place after a drinking session."
- All he could mumble was a "Sorry.."
- I said no again, and he hung up.
- AND THEN HE F-ING CALLED AGAIN.
- This time, I gave in and said yes.
- Argh.
- We ended up being like a couple again just that we weren't.
Fourteenth Day
- Was supposed to go to KG's house for a meal with his flatmates and stuff, but I got put off again, as usual.
- Met up with 2 of my Korean female coursemates for lunch.
- Visited the place they are staying at, and hung out in one of their rooms.
- Gossiped about KG for like most of it and realised all of us have a love/hate relationship with him because of his personality. Mine is of course more extreme considering I was/am/whatever in a relationship with him.
- Found out that he's going clubbing at night from them. He was apparently boasting to them about it, and he kinda hid it from me.
- Later at night, I texted him asking if he wanted to come to my place, knowing he would say no since he was going clubbing.
- He told me he was going out. I asked where. He said he's going drinking with his flatmates, but don't know where they're going yet.
- Fucking liar.
Fifteenth Day
- Refer to I Cooked.
- I think I stayed at home the whole day that day...
Sixteenth Day
- Refer to Tuesday Date
- Oh, I went for a jog in the park before that...but that's about it.
Seventeenth Day
- Went for an intro lecture at school.
- Found out my personal tutor retired and has been replaced by someone else. :(
- Went for lunch with 4 other coursemates (all Koreans), including KG.
- I told the girl, who told me that KG went clubbing, to ask KG how the clubbing went just so that I could bust him on the spot.
- He was very embarrassed when I said, "You went clubbing for a Freshers' event*? You invited me to your house and then put me off to go clubbing. And lied to me that you were gonna go drinking with your flatmates at a place you didn't know? You made it sound as if it wasn't planned when it was, considering you need to pre-book the tickets for this event?"
* Freshers' events are mostly clubbing events for first year students...and very few 2nd or 3rd year students would go, unless they wanna be cool.
- I went home after lunch, and then he called to say he wanted to come to my place to chill while waiting for another friend.
- When he came, we went back to the world's-most-annoying situation of being like a couple just that we weren't a couple.
- After he left, even my landlady asked me if KG was the chap I went on Tuesday Date with.
- I had to tell her, "Err...No. KG is actually ex-boyfriend..." and explained to her the weird and messed-up relationship we had/have.
Eighteenth Day
- Had one lecture.
- Went to look at clubs and societies booths...I'm interested in so many of them, but I think just joining one is already being overly-ambitious for a bum like me.
Ninteenth Day
- Actually went jogging again.
- Met up with that female Korean coursemate.
- She made me lunch. Well, not really...She just heated up the stuff her mum made her.
- Then went for a walk to the South...Her sense of direction is as bad as mine. But thank god we have maps.
- We felt really depressed that we were single. She's craving for a fling, while I'm craving for a long-term bf.
- She said KG scolded her when she told him she was upset to be single: "He was like, 'Why do you wanna be in a relationshipso much? Relationships suck," kinda thing... I think he was still angry with his ex-gf and trying to boast to me that he enjoys being single."
- I was quite taken aback that he had said such stuff and asked her exactly when he said them. She said it was like early this year, before exams.
- Wtf...I was with him already. He was complaining about our relationship when he said those things to her. She didn't know better, of course, since she doesn't even know we were dating.
- She then started saying things like I should go out with KG and stuff. She said he treats me differently and all our friends suspected we were together.
- I gave her the -_- look, and said, "Even if we were going out, you wouldn't be allowed to know cos KG would be ashamed of me. And...he wouldn't let you know cos he doesn't trust you can keep things to yourself...haha"
- I really wanted to tell her about our relationship, but she herself agreed she can't be trusted, "Yea..Haha. I heard from somewhere that girls cannot keep a secret longer than 2 days. I think it's true."
- Sigh.
- She then quickly asked, "So you are going out?"
- I said, "Nope...But even if we were, you wouldn't know."
- I was aching to tell her, but I refrained from doing so. And I tried to keep the lies to the minimum.
- She asked again, "So you ARE going out!"
- Again, because we are truly not going out (we're past-tense, babe), I said "No".
Twentieth Day
- That's today. Omg, I finally caught up with myself.
- Ate a lot.
- Tried the new cereal I bought and disliked it. Gave it to landlady's son who coincidentally liked it a lot and has like 2 big bags of it.
- Landlady shared a really fattening almond croissant with me. It was hell good.
- Had mi goreng, and more snacks throughout the day.
- Called up that same coursemate to ask her about an upcoming birthday celebration for another friend. Somehow, conversation led to KG again.
- She's still trying to dig out from me whether both of us dated...I would tell her, but KG would flip if the story gets around.
- "*Some other guy* gave me the impression that he liked me quite a bit...Did KG give you that impression too?"
- I denied that...and she asked, "Did you like him?"
- Again, I denied, and simply said it was different and that I'm just annoyed that he doesn't care about me as a friend anymore.
- Sometimes I wonder why I bother helping KG maintain his image among his friends when he doesn't deserve it.
- Cooked again. Yay? May end up with a stomachache tomorrow though. Chicken didn't look that cooked...hm...
- Ate half of a mooncake on my own.
Congratulations if you managed to read through all that. I think none of it is really important information at all..haha. But if you read the KG parts, at least you'll be updated with Kim Chi Ji Gae II, if you're even into my destructive love life. (Yea, I think it's time to move on to series II which translates to Post Breakup But Hey! He's Still A Bastard!)
