yesterday
Yesterday, as I pulled Lorraine into the bridal house’s ceramic tiled car park, cold sweat trickled down my forehead. I had just awaken from my deep afternoon sleep — and was dragged into making this trip to the slaughterhouse — still in the state of recuperating from my tiresome weekend. Feeling a bit woozy and zonked, I slopped across the cramped carpark with Emily (signs that i’m not the only victim) towards the door of tempered glass … unsure of my fate as I took one step after another.
Then a blonded chinese version of a skinny Rod Steward bloke opened the door for us .. chanting the butcher’s mantra under his tobacco reeked breath - “Welcome…welcome” - a tradition of sorts to bless the butcher of safe slaughter job. The chant sent a chill down to my very spine, as if Death itself is blowing his breath cold with a mouthful of Ice blended Mocha into me …
We were then settled onto a table … a table that looked so evil as if we’re being judged … and weighted of our sins. How slowly should I die under the cleaver of the blood sucking bridal house ? How should the succubus they hired which hailed the name BHA (Bridal House Attendants), suck our blood dry ? It was a terror of unimaginable fuck lollipopsicle (i’m trying to make the sentence sound real enigmatic, complex and hard to understand..)
It was then, out of my sheer terror, I took the courage to ask my first question :
Me : “… may I ask you … why are we here today ?”
BHA : “What ? You don’t know why you’re here ?”
Emily : [glowers at me...]
Me : “Err … not really. I was dragged here actually.”
BHA : “Aww.. how could you forget… you’re here because we wanted to show you those Super VIP clothes .. remember ?”
Me : [stress veins start popping up on my temple..while I repeatedly swallow my saliva and gunk alike]
Emily : “What ? Memory loss aa ?”
To which, both the species crossfired me all direction with their gaze of blame and prosecution. I was PYT-ed (pei yan tiu). Was then towed like a lifeless rag doll up onto the Super VIP room … where I was ravaged of my sanity and tormented of my soul.
I was then shown something beautiful, something that would make me feel euphoric all about it….Then to unconsciously sign all pacts and agreements to rob of all my belongings just to be able to own that piece of short-lived happiness that was to be freeze into a small expensive gloss book on June 10th. It was as if I’ve been drugged out of my conscious mind. Oh goddamn it.
Now, the price tag of the piece of “frozen moment of youth” stands menacingly at 3 grands. I don’t know how deep am I gonna fall into this chasm full of blood sucking leech … but I know, it will be over soon. May the force be with me.

