Chicken crossing the road

It was two nights ago when i was waiting for the bus with dear at the interchange for her to take the long ardous journey back to where she call 'home', and i heard a familiar voice mentioning my name. No, it's not an invisible apparition seeking revenge for the numerous cockraoches i had killed back in the warzone otherwise known to my mom and visitors as the 'kitchen', nor is it my conscience haunting me for always breaking the buddhist way of life by eating everything that moo.

Instead, cue into the space 20 meters away and i caught a glimpse of my long lost friends from my jc days - jieguang, jeanette and derek. Yes, the jieguang and i go a long way back since secondary school days where we were basketball and npcc mates, and then we were the founders of the pants-stripping-during-basketball-sessions in jc, as well as constituting half of the 'famous four' gang in jc. In case nobody knows, the other two unfortunate members to be drafted into this quirky gang was jeanette and joyce, aka as lesbians even though they were not cowgirls. Put 2 guys who have a penchant for stripping each other's pants with 2 other girls who call each other 'lao gong' and 'lao puo' and voila - the famous 4 gang.

Before i forget derek, whose curly hair always bore the brunt of our jokes. He's, erhm, from my og group Elmo and er, he's very vain and he never crosses the road with caution. All these traits except for the last one i knew back in those jc days. It was only yesterday that i found out he's been a tad unlucky when crossing roads.

It was at 7 pm when i recieved the most unfortunate piece of news ever in my whole life. Derek had been involved in a car accident and was on the way to SGH. Before any of you gasp in horror or even feel groggy in the head upon reading this sad piece of news, rest assure - he is alive and kicking and is most probably at home now coming up with ways to make road crossing a safer activity for singaporeans aged 24. To benefit those who are still not convinced of his condition, he had only hurt his back slightly and has only suffered some minor scratches. Not the alarming piece of news, that he torn his back muscle(wherever there is), we had recieved on our arrival at the hospital. I might even be able to jio him for soccer next week.

So derek, take care and i wish you the best of health and hope you recuperate fast and well. Please take note of traffic next time if you do indeed want to jaywalk at the esplanade.