Sunday, August 01, 2004
My sociology tutor invited me to his 25th birthday party. Wow. Haha. Was quite surprised to receive the invite from him, but I suppose it was a mass-invite thing. Not sure but anyway I felt weird and apprehensive about going alone. In the end I dropped by with two tubs of ben & jerry's ice-cream. An extremely last minute decision. He offered me the food and the drink, but I wasn't gonna stay so I just took the drink. I thought it'd be water or some soft drink, but he took the cup and poured some wine or liquor from the bottle. I thought he probably served me mild stuff so I took a huge gulp and swallow and *ok* I lost my voice for a moment. Phew. I tried to find out how much alcohol there was in that drink but failed. Hahaha. Made some small talk and was getting ready to go when this girl came up to me. I recognized her from my business module and it turned out she took sociology last semester too. Her pupils were kinda dilated and she sounded flighty and high. Woah. Like delirious or something. Suddenly I was like some old friend from good old times.
sheesh. Alcohol. Anyway I got back to my dad's car and my mom smelled the alcohol on me immediately.
Next time just tell them you Don't drink. Yes mommy. Hahah. But I was honoured to be invited. He introduced me to his friend (who's an ex-journalist with BBC and currently pursuing her PhD degree here) as his "
absolute A+ student". Unfortunately with 40MCQs undone in the final examination, I didn't get the A+ for the overall grade. SAD.
My tutor offered his number and help for my papers in the coming semester. Yay! :D
(I just realized how that sounds. Um. No. He has a girlfriend already. So no wild imagination and conclusions here please. ESP ling!!!)