As I started singing my first song, I noticed a pair of eyes looking at me from across the table. Well, considering that I do have that wee bit of talent in singing it wasn't a surprise to me if someone takes notice of me. After all, I'm always performing whenever I go to the pubs with Adrian and the rest of us.
The part that shook me comes when I'm singing my second song. That same guy who's been looking at me started tearing.
Tears flowing from a man because of my singing?! Shucks that's really the first time. By then even Mark noticed that guy was crying because of hearing what I sang.
"Wah Aud you steady leh! Can go be singer already lah!" Mark made fun of me when I finished both songs and the whole pub was applausing.
"Don't bo liao lah."
I excused myself to the toilet. Too much beer means too dehydrated and the number of times to the toilet increase.
When I stepped out of the toilet, that guy who was crying earlier stood there and hugged me, taking me into his arms by a huge surprise.
"Fuck, are you seriously drunk! Idiot..." I tried to free myself from this weird guy.
"No girl, I just want to say thank you personally." he tilt his head down and whisper this into my left ear.
"Huh? What the fuck? Then let go of me!" this time, I pushed with all the strength I got and manage to free myself.
"What the fuck are you doing?" I tried to adjust myself and my dress.
"Thank you."
"There's a million ways to say thank you, but you don't have to take advantage of me this way!" I lift my left hand wanting to give this man a slap.
Being a left hander it's always my first basic instinct to use my left hand when I want to slap someone. And I've never fail to get my palms onto the face of my target because people will usually not be able to counter-react a flying left palm in time.
Unfortunately, I failed badly this time. He managed to grab my hand in time and instead, turned the back of my hand facing him and gave it a kiss.
"Lawrence." with that he made my left palm facing upwards, took out a name card from his pocket using another hand and place that onto my palm.
"You have beautiful hands just like your voice. Don't waste it to hit on bad guys like me." with that whispering into my right ear this time, he let go of my hand and walk out of the pub from the back door, which is right beside the toilet.
I take a look at the name card that's on my palm.
"Lawrence Lau, Senior PR Manager"
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
The First Chapter - 015
Knowing that I love KTV pubs, Mark brought me to this small but crowded pub at Serangoon Gardens. He frequents there regularly and hence the waitresses and people wave and say hi to him the moment we reach.
"Hey yandao eh! Bringing your new girlfriend here for a drink ah? Sibeh chio can?" one look at this person approaching Mark I know this guy must be the boss.
White polo tee with bermudas, revealing bits of his tattoo on his arms, thick long gold chain hanging on his neck with 3 Thai Buddhist pendants, long straight hair that ends at his chin and a significant beer belly.
Stylo milo? I don't know why most pub bosses that I met sure have at least 3 out of those features I mentioned above.
Unless it's a lady boss, then that's a different story.
"No lah Wilson, she's friend only leh. We wanted to drink something so I come over lo." as usual Mark replied with his perfect singlish.
Wilson got us a table despite being crowded and Mark ordered a Tiger Tower.
I went over to the KTV song selector instead of getting the pub waitress to dedicate the songs. That is then the reason I don't want to go home yet.
I have the sudden urge to sing my emo-tions out.
解脱 by A-mei and 日记本 by Kelly Chen.
When the waitress passed me the microphones, Mark and I had already finished half of what's in the tower. We're both good drinkers hence even by then we're still good and sober.
The only problem is when I started singing after some alcohol, I sound even more emotional. And I think that night, my singing was exceptionally emotional.
Either that or THAT GUY is too emotional to began with.
That was the first time I met Lawrence. That, was also the starting of me into the world of wonderland.
"Hey yandao eh! Bringing your new girlfriend here for a drink ah? Sibeh chio can?" one look at this person approaching Mark I know this guy must be the boss.
White polo tee with bermudas, revealing bits of his tattoo on his arms, thick long gold chain hanging on his neck with 3 Thai Buddhist pendants, long straight hair that ends at his chin and a significant beer belly.
Stylo milo? I don't know why most pub bosses that I met sure have at least 3 out of those features I mentioned above.
Unless it's a lady boss, then that's a different story.
"No lah Wilson, she's friend only leh. We wanted to drink something so I come over lo." as usual Mark replied with his perfect singlish.
Wilson got us a table despite being crowded and Mark ordered a Tiger Tower.
I went over to the KTV song selector instead of getting the pub waitress to dedicate the songs. That is then the reason I don't want to go home yet.
I have the sudden urge to sing my emo-tions out.
解脱 by A-mei and 日记本 by Kelly Chen.
When the waitress passed me the microphones, Mark and I had already finished half of what's in the tower. We're both good drinkers hence even by then we're still good and sober.
The only problem is when I started singing after some alcohol, I sound even more emotional. And I think that night, my singing was exceptionally emotional.
Either that or THAT GUY is too emotional to began with.
That was the first time I met Lawrence. That, was also the starting of me into the world of wonderland.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The First Chapter - 014
"I've made a wrong move, and here I am having to be responsible and suffer for the rest of my life for the mistake I've done."
Hugging me even tighter, Adrian stroke my long straight hair.
"Don't ever follow my footsteps. Never."
"Audrey. You deserved to be loved by someone who appreciates who you are, not someone wanting you to become somebody that even you can't recognize when you look into the mirror."
With his left arm still hugging me and right hand stroking my hair, I nodded my head.
"Mmmm."
We washed up and left the hotel at 5am, since Adrian needs to go home to prepare for his wedding while I need to get ready to go over to his house in the late afternoon.
"Uncle, Brighton Ave."
Wearing a bright cobalt blue dress with a silver handbag and a silver pair of wedges, I board the cab to go over to Adrian's place. As promised I adjust my mood to be bubbly and cheerful, with light makeup and my long hair braided to the side, ending on my right shoulder. At the end of the braid, I pinned the blue flower hair clip that Adrian bought for me during the days when we worked at Sheraton.
The buffet was held at the garden in Adrian's house. Everything looks really simple like what I was told. Adrian wears a white shirt with a pair of black bermudas, while his wife with her slight bulging tummy is wearing an off white knee length dress. Both he and his wife's parents are not around. All I see are friends of Adrian and his wife.
That was also the first time I see Adrian forcing himself to smile at the guests and trying hard to pretend that he's happy. His wife on the other hand looks ultra radiant and refreshed. Perhaps I'm thinking too much, Adrian didn't sleep the night before anyway. He's probably tired.
Who tells me to be fucking him on the night before his big day. I am to be blamed if he looks that tired, isn't it?
I didn't stayed very long at the wedding because one of our friend Mark decided to send me home and perhaps it's a woman's sixth sense, I felt that Adrian's wife doesn't like my presence.
"Mark, please make sure you send Aud home safely." Adrian reminded him before we left.
"Yah lah yah lah, Aud is your precious sister gem of course I'll make sure she's home safe and sound." Mark's reply assured Adrian with a pat on the groom's shoulder.
It wasn't long after we left Adrian's house that I made this decision in Mark's car.
"Mark, do you mind if we go for a drink instead?"
Hugging me even tighter, Adrian stroke my long straight hair.
"Don't ever follow my footsteps. Never."
"Audrey. You deserved to be loved by someone who appreciates who you are, not someone wanting you to become somebody that even you can't recognize when you look into the mirror."
With his left arm still hugging me and right hand stroking my hair, I nodded my head.
"Mmmm."
We washed up and left the hotel at 5am, since Adrian needs to go home to prepare for his wedding while I need to get ready to go over to his house in the late afternoon.
"Uncle, Brighton Ave."
Wearing a bright cobalt blue dress with a silver handbag and a silver pair of wedges, I board the cab to go over to Adrian's place. As promised I adjust my mood to be bubbly and cheerful, with light makeup and my long hair braided to the side, ending on my right shoulder. At the end of the braid, I pinned the blue flower hair clip that Adrian bought for me during the days when we worked at Sheraton.
The buffet was held at the garden in Adrian's house. Everything looks really simple like what I was told. Adrian wears a white shirt with a pair of black bermudas, while his wife with her slight bulging tummy is wearing an off white knee length dress. Both he and his wife's parents are not around. All I see are friends of Adrian and his wife.
That was also the first time I see Adrian forcing himself to smile at the guests and trying hard to pretend that he's happy. His wife on the other hand looks ultra radiant and refreshed. Perhaps I'm thinking too much, Adrian didn't sleep the night before anyway. He's probably tired.
Who tells me to be fucking him on the night before his big day. I am to be blamed if he looks that tired, isn't it?
I didn't stayed very long at the wedding because one of our friend Mark decided to send me home and perhaps it's a woman's sixth sense, I felt that Adrian's wife doesn't like my presence.
"Mark, please make sure you send Aud home safely." Adrian reminded him before we left.
"Yah lah yah lah, Aud is your precious sister gem of course I'll make sure she's home safe and sound." Mark's reply assured Adrian with a pat on the groom's shoulder.
It wasn't long after we left Adrian's house that I made this decision in Mark's car.
"Mark, do you mind if we go for a drink instead?"
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The First Chapter - 013
Adrian stops all his actions. When I turned my head around to see what's happening, his hands are on his head and he let out a cry, before giving the mattress a punch with his fist.
"Why! Why must it be Sean!"
I couldn't even dare to make a single noise. Tears just flow without my consent, as though they are the rebellious ones who still dare to move at this moment.
"Adrian... I'm sorry..." I'm sobbing while covering my face with my hands.
"You're getting married tomorrow and I'm doing this to you... I'm really sorry..." I couldn't face him at all.
Adrian hugged the naked me into his arms, burying my face into his chest.
"Audrey... All these while I've been wanting to tell you this. Ever since I first met you at Sheraton I've always wanted you by my side. I thought by teaching you how to do blowjobs and bring you to the night scene with me some day you would be mine. But I was wrong. All wrong!"
I don't know what to say. All these years of knowing him, he's like a big brother to me. Yes it was him who started me with blowjobs and getting comfortable with dicks. Yes sometimes he was the one I had slept with when George couldn't satisfy me. But it has never come into my mind that what Adrian wanted is more than that.
I never realize he was carrying a torch for me all these while.
"When Sean came into your life and you changed so much, I thought you might have found someone better than me and worth your love more than what I can give."
"But he hurts you so much, and I have to see your suffer. Do you know how much I'm just as hurt not telling you how much I've love you?"
"Adrian..."
"Let me finish."
Being surrounded by Adrian's warmth, I nod my head gently, signaling him to continue what he wants to say.
"Why! Why must it be Sean!"
I couldn't even dare to make a single noise. Tears just flow without my consent, as though they are the rebellious ones who still dare to move at this moment.
"Adrian... I'm sorry..." I'm sobbing while covering my face with my hands.
"You're getting married tomorrow and I'm doing this to you... I'm really sorry..." I couldn't face him at all.
Adrian hugged the naked me into his arms, burying my face into his chest.
"Audrey... All these while I've been wanting to tell you this. Ever since I first met you at Sheraton I've always wanted you by my side. I thought by teaching you how to do blowjobs and bring you to the night scene with me some day you would be mine. But I was wrong. All wrong!"
I don't know what to say. All these years of knowing him, he's like a big brother to me. Yes it was him who started me with blowjobs and getting comfortable with dicks. Yes sometimes he was the one I had slept with when George couldn't satisfy me. But it has never come into my mind that what Adrian wanted is more than that.
I never realize he was carrying a torch for me all these while.
"When Sean came into your life and you changed so much, I thought you might have found someone better than me and worth your love more than what I can give."
"But he hurts you so much, and I have to see your suffer. Do you know how much I'm just as hurt not telling you how much I've love you?"
"Adrian..."
"Let me finish."
Being surrounded by Adrian's warmth, I nod my head gently, signaling him to continue what he wants to say.
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