Ticket To Ride

Date: 31.12.2008
Time: 7:35 p.m.

Much like the rest of the year, the last day has been quite the rollercoaster ride, literally and figuratively. I spent the morning preparing strawberry cheesecake — the first attempt at making something completely by myself which doesn’t include baked eggs or sandwiches, as I’ve always avoided cooking like the plague. I wonder how it’ll turn out, but honestly I don’t really care that much. The day also involved me being coaxed by my mother to get back to eating meat, at the point of being bribed with vodka. :P I didn’t see any vodka flowing, so I did not acquiesce.

And then I also had the worst and most painful bout of a certain digestive disorder in my life, something that is certain to put me off my morning toast and other breads for quite sometime. And I’ll also remember that water is the only thing that sustains me. xP

The most significant thing about the day, I suppose, is that I was handed my driving license! (The test was last month: the day before end-semester exams started :P) The least significant thing about today is that my license picture is the worst photograph of myself that I have ever seen. Contrasts, anyone? Come to think of it, if I were to get a normal photo taken of me with boils covering every inch of my face, I’d still look better. The good thing is that if I am ever held up by a traffic policeman, the person might not recognise me from my license so I could hope to get off easily. Or maybe not. The thing is, you can’t expect government webcams to be professional photographers especially if the subject has just appeared for a test and been rudely refused a pen (to sign her name) at the end of the theory exam by the official supervising it. But that’s a long story and an old one.

Getting back to the day, today’s was the most harrowing as well as intriguing drive I’ve ever indulged in. Getting caught in a bad traffic snarl while moving up a bridge and being overtaken from all sides was an, erm interesting experience, to say the least. Although I might not say that I’d care to do the same on a daily basis. Narrow gullies where pedestrians love pretending to attempt suicide are much better in comparison, thank you. But I also drove using headlights for the first time! All my previous outings had been during daytime, stretching towards early evenings at best, so the experience was a good one. The most important thing I’ve picked up upon driving in the city streets would be abuses. They come spontaneously to mind. And I’m quite proud of my lexicon at present. All said and done, though, I quite enjoy driving. It is indeed relaxing.

I also managed to see Venus playing eye to the moon’s crescent smile on the way back home. It was pretty similar to the Venus-Jupiter-Moon isosceles triangle observed early this month. However, I missed the Jupiter-Mercury pair which was also allegedly observable right after sunset as it was quite dark when I peered out.

The funniest thing that has happened today so far, however, is that my dad has refused to have the cheesecake I’ve made because I ticked him off for swiping the strawberries to be used as garnishing. I guess it was quite obvious that cheesecakes are made to be not eaten. Oh well, there’ll be more for the rest of us.

As of now, I’ll go gorge on some more macaroni and then be off to catch some Pirates. All the best wishes for the coming year to everyone! Look sharp off the starboard people! Savvy?

End: 8:00 p.m.