6:31 PM

Humiliation... by a pair of shoes

So embarrassing stuff DO happen to me in Singapore as well… T_T Thank god this time, I had my parents with me. It’s not that bad. I get a new pair of sports shoes as well… But Damn! It’s way too freakin’ embarrassing!!!

It started like this: I needed to print my poster for tomorrow’s presentation and other than my school, the place recommended is located at Peace Center near little India. So me and my parents set off for Little India and I chose to wear an old pair of shoes.

Strangely, as I was taking the elevator down in Kovan MRT station, my soles felt uneven. So I checked on my shoes once. Nothing happen. Strange. Check twice. Wait a minute, That crack wasn’t there just now.

“Mum?”

“What?”

“My shoes are breaking down.”

Mum gave me that don’t-be-silly-cum-disbelief look and spare my shoes a quick glance.

“There’s nothing wrong with your shoes.”

“No! You aren’t looking carefully! See?”

Mum gave my shoes a longer more measuring glance. She looked irritated.

“It’s just a crack. Don’t exaggerate. We’ll get a new pair when we reach Little India. They’ll last till then.”

Unfortunately, my shoes thought otherwise. As I walk a few paces, they (Damn bastards!) proceed to break down. LITERALLY. =_= No other way to describe it. They didn’t spoil, they just literally broke down. Right there. Perhaps, a better word to describe what had happen would be the word: DISINTEGRATE.

And that’s how I ended up the middle of Kovan MRT station with no shoes. Just socks. >_<>

Worse thing is, we were in the underground tunnel where there is a lot of human traffic. Everyone who passed by (and there’s a lot!) looked at me and I caught a few trying their hardest not to smirk. NO!!! T_T Mum and Dad was snickering away (Traitors! My own family! >:[ ). Without any choice, I had to go to Bata in Heartland Mall’s.

Thank god for long jeans! I think they blocked my socked feet a little. It was so disgraceful during the walk all the way upstairs.

In the end, I got myself a new pair of sport shoes and Mum paid for it. Ah well, I’ve been beggaring Mum for a new pair and I finally got it – in such an embarrassing way.

Please god, let me forget this incident…

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