Stupidity has no cure

Was never so pissed at the stupidity of people but this was really over the board.

I entered the 7-eleven and took a drink to the cashier, it cost $1.65. I took out $1.70 and the Malay kid at the counter asked me if I had 5-cents. I checked (really checked) and replied that I didn't. And then, he just shrugged and closed his drawer. End of story.

Huh? Even if he had to fork out from his pocket, there was no way to make the customer fork out more money this way. I pointed to the other cashier machine (no words, I'm glad I didn't open my mouth because nothing good would have come out of it), he opened it and gave the 'Bingo!' look. He passed me all-too-precious 5-cents and I left, still visibly agitated. I regret now because I should have pointed at my temple to indicate that he was really brainless.

Dinner was at an Okinawa Diner Nirai-Karai at Tanglin Shopping Centre. The meal was good and we got to watch 日本プロ野球オールスターズ戦 . My complaint would just be the after-meal activities. It was just so draggy and I didn't enjoy it since I woke up at 7.30am this morning and had not stopped since. I got to walk the Henderson Wave but it was just a horrible experience for me.

なんかあんな場所に行ってしまうと、杏ちゃんを連れて行きたい訳。車を持ってれば、一昨年にはあんな場所でデートできたじゃないかと。別に望まれなくても、一番素敵なものを送りたくて、あんな体験も一緒に味わいたかったかも。まぁ、もう遅いけど、今日のメンツにはいくらなんでもビミョウすぎた。帰りたかったのに、優柔不断な３人はおそらく気づかなかっただろう。もう気をつけないと、夕飯を誘われたら、もう一晩の予定ってもの。

しかも、なかなか盛り上がれないのはいやだよ。

The Zoo visit in the morning was just weird. But I was glad to have met my former colleagues and to bitch about this and that. I enjoyed the Heinekein after the event too and I'll send them an invite to the NERF Competition. What a day, I was really stretched and it is just insane to play tennis again at 7am tomorrow.

While I would say it is insane, it was planned 2 weeks ago (because the court takes 2 weeks to book), and since there will only be 2 persons in the court, I can't pull out when I received the 'please help to sell breakfast'-SMS at 10pm. I also couldn't pull myself out to go to Greg's farewell party when it was told only the day before. I just have no time, I had no time to check my office mail today, no time to read the papers and I am worried since the Sunday is spent in church.

Isn't there a better way to live out my weekend? Is serving and spending lots of time in church the trait of a good Christian? I'm not a loner but I need a break, time away from people but the 5 hours of peace from now till I wake up again isn't exactly the peace that I'm looking for.