MAGe… What happened before, and after.
Everything went wrong.
But it’s best to start with what was supposed to happen… but went wrong.
Leo-chan and I bought the 8am bus tickets for Terminal 1 Seremban a few days ago. We were to hop on this bus, got to the KTM station at 9.30am, and immediately hop onto the train to Nilai in order to catch the 10.30am shuttle bus towards Nilai College for MAGe Festa. At 6.15pm, we were to catch the shuttle bus back to Nilai KTM station, grab a KTM back to Seremban, reach there at approximately 6.45pm, have some light dinner, and wait for the 7.30pm bus to fetch us home.
But NO. Everything went wrong since morning.
I told the guys I’m fetching to wait for me below IXORA at 7.30am. Max will be 7.40am. Sigh. We left at 7.48am. I drove like mad (120km/h) to Sentral, and managed to reach the place at 8.02am, just to find the bus to Seremban wasn’t there. Fuck. We decided to wait a bit before buying the 9am bus. Just as we were about to give up waiting, the bus arrived. It was 8.30a.m.
We then reached Seremban’s Terminal One at 10.00am. We practically jogged to the KTM station, just to find the next train to NILAI already there. We hurriedly queued up for the tickets, all the time praying that the train will wait for another 2 minutes. But shit happens. There was this blasted woman who bought a whole lot of fucking tickets, and taking her own sweet time digging through her purse for change. We waited. Then there was this blasted guy who bought a ticket to UKM, and tried to feed the machine a RM10 note. He must be blind to not notice the "Sila bayar secukupnya. Tiada tukar." sign on the machine. The security guard told him off. Finally it was our turn. We hurriedly fed the machine RM9.20. The train was starting to wail. Oh fuck.
We ran to the ticket barricade, BUT ALL of the bloody barricades just had to stop working, leaving only ONE available. So, everybody was like queing up for that ONE pathetic barricade. The train was starting to shut the doors. Oh fuck. When all of us were through, we ran to the train, and the train started moving. FUCK.
We had no choice but to wait for the next train to arrive. When it DID, it was already 10.35am. Bye-bye, shuttle bus. We reached Nilai KTM station at 10.55a.m. Grabbed a cab, and told the driver to get us to Nilai College. The journey was RM10.
Thankfully, the MAGe’s opening was delayed. So we didn’t miss the Opening Ceremony. We left MAGe at 6.15pm. As scheduled.
BUT. BUT. BUT…
The shuttle bus driver, being so brilliant, just had to stop and pump petrol. I nervously checked the time. It was 6.40p.m. I prayed the traffic will be smooth-flowing. NOT. The traffic was congested like hell. We reached the gawddamn station at 6.55p.m. Again, the train to Seremban was already there. By the time we bought our tickets, the train left. OH FUCK. I stared at the clock, willing the next bus to come immediately with all my might. Of course, the train had to be late. By the time the train arrived, it was already 7.12p.m. Remember that the journey from Nilai to Seremban is approximately 30minute? =D yep.
We reached Seremban’s KTM station at 7.35p.m. Ran like mad outside and hailed a cab to Terminal One. It was bloody RM5, but at that time, I couldn’t care less. All I wanted was just to get on the goddamn 7.30pm bus. Oh, did I mention that the 7.30pm bus was the last bus to Melaka? Yep. We reached Terminal One at 7.40pm. Of course, the bus was long gone.
You see, if I had told my parents that I’d be in Seremban the whole day, I wouldn’t have cared less what time I reached home. But, brilliantly, I didn’t tell them. I thought the plan was fool-proof, I thought the plan was totally safe, that I can get back before 10p.m. So, naturally, I DID NOT inform my parents.
Reality: I’m stuck in Seremban, with no transport whatsoever back to Melaka. I’m doomed. At 1st, I was trying to get the rest of the guys to grab a cab, just so I can be back in Melaka by 12a.m., but no, the cab’s expensive, and it was kinda unsafe to travel by cab at night, to be honest.
…
NaviX decided to call Edo. Oh my gawd. Edo’s like all the way in KL. But… Edo really came for us. He came all the way from KL just to pick us tramps in Terminal One, Seremban, back to Melaka. Oh my gawd. Naturally, he’s not very happy with it. T.T
Just to make matters worse, my car’s still in Sentral, and MMU is much nearer from the highway, compared to Sentral. Which means, I had to ask him to drop the rest of them in MMU, then all the way to Sentral just so I can get my car back. I was THAT desperate.
Edo, I honestly OWE you a hell lot. T.T
Now, I’m in a state of total depression. I made my boss mad at me for driving us to Melaka, and driving me to Sentral; I made my parents bloody pissed at me for not informing them that I was out in Seremban. Everybody’s pissed at me. T.T
I KNEW I should’ve just drive to Seremban and save all the trouble.
/me just wants to crawl in a hole and die.
PS: To Edo, really sorry about yesterday. We all owe you one, and me especially. If not for me, we wouldn’t have had to trouble you at all. Honestly really sorry. And also, thanks for willing to come save us in Seremban.
HONTO NI ARIGATOU GOZAIMASHITA!!!!!
/me bends on all four and bows head repeatedly.
