The Ego Episodes

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Saturday, Mar. 22, 2003

OPERATION EVAD

You know how I'm into making long introductions before actually stating the point of an entry, right? Well this one's no exception. So if you're in a rush, skip the first, oh, 5 paragraphs? The only catch is that you won't get some of the "jokes" in the later part of this entry. So, which is it? Save time or save head from scratching over incomprehensible sentences? The latter? Oh good. You're a daaah-ling! (Aaack! Out "Breakfast at Tiffany's", out!)

I never told you how I came up with the decision to study here. Far away from family and friends HERE. Sure, I had thought for a minute about it before I said, "yes, I'll go" over the telephone. Had a few days to discuss it with my family and friends, should I change my mind yadda yadda. But basically...it has to do with... Felicity. You know, the show about this girl whose main dilemma revolves around choosing between two guys who adore her. Uh-huh, CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO GUYS WHO ADORE HER. I know. You want to grab Felicity, give her a good shake and say, "That is NOT a problem! Decide already!" in a really loud voice that would shock her hair to straightness. Anyway, I was really inspired by first-season Felicity. She's independent yet not quite there. She's still naive in some aspects. But she's strong-willed. I thought, hmmm...I could do that. It's not easy but I can take the challenge. So I came here, not knowing a single person in Singapore. Not even the liaison officer who picked me up at the airport. And two years after, I'm still here, doing things I wouldn't be able to do had I chosen to study back home.

I don't know where this is going...I digress too much. The intro's pretty neat though.

Ooops. Did I just say that out loud?

So where was I? Right. Felicity. So, after the show ended with The Episode That Made Me Cry Over and Over Again, it took me more than one tv season later to watch the Show That Replaced My Show. And man, did I miss out on a lot of good stuff. ALIAS rules! Woo! You don't get it? Click the Alias link. Go! Seriously, it's worth it. Oh, alright. In a nutshell, it's about Sidney Bristow, a woman with family issues who happens to be a CIA agent. What's that? That's not the plot? Uhhh, this is how I want to see the show, see? Now if you had followed the link (click now!) then you'd understand what I'm talking about. So, for the non-clickers, take my word for it. THAT is the basic idea of the show. (nyeah, thought I'd give you another chance)

How am I doing so far? Did I not just successfully pimp two shows? Ha! I did.

Thus begins the point of this journal entry...

March 14, 2003, Friday. My friends and I went on a spy mission, code name: OPERATION EVAD. Yeah, we wanted to surprise Evad for his 18th birthday (Saturday) and our game plan went like this. 18 balloons shall be given to Evad at 18 different time slots on Friday---from the moment he wakes up in the morning (a balloon shall be placed outside his door and thus said target will be shocked and wondering who would wake up so early just to give him a weird-looking balloon) until midnight. The key is NOT to let him know we were the ones giving him those Balloons Modelled After an Overly Long Gourd. So Friday came and as it turned out, I was the only one with no classes on that day. Naturally, I was picked to give the most balloons. So, I donned on my Sidney Bristow....uh, shoes? No, I don't have anything Sydney Bristow-y. Anyway, I went to the 5th level to spy on target during his tutorial class. Long story short, I was at the first level when his class ended. The lift was taking its time coming down (from the 5th level) and when it finally reached the first level, a lot of people came out. I stayed at the side of the lift just in case, you know, Evad's in that li--whaa...?!? EVAD!!! He. Was. There. In Alias, Sidney would've said to Vaughn (through a portable, hidden under clothes, communicator), "I've been compromised." Ugh! I almost ... had him! I was one elevator too late. So yeah, I just gave him the plastic bag with all the balloons in it. Grrr. Way to go, Wannabe SpyMe.

Actually, I was kinda relieved that we saw each other at the lift. Then I didn't have to go through all those steps of 1) following target making sure he doesn't know you're trailing behind 2) asking stranger to give balloon to target 3) begging stranger 4) finding another stranger and 5) repeating steps 2-4 as deemed necessary. So if I had to choose between Spy Fiasco and Operation Evad? I'd choose Spy Fiasco. Of course, I'm only thinking about myself. The key to the sucess of the mission is by thinking that Operation Evad IS FOR EVAD. Even though we didn't exactly carry out our game plan, we made him happy. I'm sure. He said so. That's what counts.

Huh. Did I just come out of my Ennui slash Not-quite Depression? Woo! Do you wanna know why? No, not the Oscar's. *eye roll* It's uh, well, I'M GOING TO KL!!! That's Kuala Lumpur for those who didn't get it. When? Later! Tonight after church! I suppose I don't have to tell you how excited I am, do I?