I'm not too sure why but I was feeling a little crabby towards the end of the day and got rather irritable. I think driving also brings out the monster in me. Admit it, when we drive, we think everyone else on the road is a complete idiot - they don't signal, drive like lunatics or crawl like premature snails. More often that not, we're guilty of that too but when we're behind the wheel, we tend to get a bit deluded. And that is my honest opinion.

That aside, I got a call this evening from a girl who said she was from XYZ company and that I had been selected to participate in some young executives preview. She couldn't have called me at a worse time cos I was majorly irritable and I get annoyed when people call me, mumble and sound most dodgy. And I'm ashamed to say, the b*tch in me surfaced.

Girl: Hi, I'm Jane Doe from XYZ company... blah blah blah... we'd like you to come for blah blah blah... on Friday at blah blah blah...

Me: Ok, can you send me an email on that?

Girl: I'm afraid we don't do emailing.

Me: I'm afraid I won't be able to attend then.

Girl: ..... er okthanksbye.

I didn't mean to be that b*tchy... it was just a long day and I was not in a good mood and she just called at the wrong-est time!!

And then there was this other thing that annoyed the daylights out of me. I reached the lift lobby at my block and waited for the lift door to open. And when it did, there was a couple inside and they were WRESTLING. Ok, so maybe not full on WWF wrestling but they had their hands locked and were pushing against each other and were laughing! I thought that when they saw me, they'd be embarrassed and scurry out of the lift. But NOOOOO, they STAYED IN THE LIFT for at least another 5 seconds and continued to WRESTLE!!! I mean, HELLO?!?! I'm waiting to take the lift upstairs and you make me wait for one of you to KO??? What's up with that??? And when I said couple, I meant one female and one male. And it looked to me like a mother and son. MOST Oedipus-complex. Most dodgy. The guy looked like he was in his early teens and the "mum" just looked like she was enjoying it. Most disturbing. My neighbours are a freak show indeed.

But anyhow, there's a little light in every dark day isn't there? As I was coming home today, I saw something that made me smile. As I was at the traffic lights, I saw this elderly Caucasian couple at the traffic lights on the other side of the road. They were both hunched and smallish and white-haired but the man was holding on to his wife's hand so tightly as they waited to cross the road. It was such a protective gesture, the way he held her hand and stood next to her, as if saying that he'll go the distance with her and he'll shield her from anything and he'll always be her sweetheart. It was most endearing. The kind of scene that makes you go awww...... And for a moment, just for a moment, my heart melted.

I really must stop being such a mean person. Sometimes, I'm too witty for my own good.. haha.. but you know, wit used wrongly turns into caustic sarcasm which can really hurt. I must really keep that in mind...