6E Essays Blog
Friday, June 23, 2006
The sun’s rays filtered into my window. I woke up feeling refreshed. As usual, I went down to my flat’s void deck to check my letterbox. I noticed a bright green envelope with a picture of a Boeing 747 passenger aeroplane on it. I hurriedly ripped the envelope open and found out that I had won a free flight to Japan!
I zoomed back home and started packing my luggage. The plane was leaving two days later. I stuffed clothes, extra clothes, my passport, air ticket, water bottle, extra water bottle and most importantly, my digital camera, all into a small luggage bag.
The day had finally come. I drove to Changi Airport and reached there just in time. Soon, I was cuddling comfortably into a window in the 747. The next thing I knew, the plane was off for Japan.
Seven hours later, the plane touched down in Japan Airport and I headed for Arrival Hall 2. I sat down on a bench to rest for a while. As I sat down, I noticed a man dressed in black in black behaving suspiciously. He was loitering around an old lady and eyeing her handbag. I started to feel uneasy. Was I to help or just mind my own business? After all, I was in a foreign country.
The man started moving closer and closer to the old lady. He reached out his hand and in a flash, he ran off with the old lady’s handbag. The lady screamed. This sent me darting towards the man. He noticed me and turned around, trying to communicate with me in Japanese. I could not understand him but whatever he was trying to say, I had to catch him as he was a pickpocket.
Just then, the old lady came up to me and literally pulled the handbag off the man’s hand. Furthermore, the man was even laughing! What the…? I thought to myself. Then something caught my eyes. At a corner of the arrival hall were lightings, a television crew and a television camera pointing my way! That explained everything! They were shooting a movie! I let go of the man. I felt extremely embarrassed. I had humiliated myself in front of throngs of people. I was momentarily dumbfounded. Well, what could I say? I do not speak Japanese! I ran off as fast as my legs could carry me.
Back home in Singapore, I sat in front of my computer, typing an email for my best friend to tell him about my embarrassing experience. Wait! Tell him about it and let him laugh at me and worse, spread the ‘news’ around? I shut down the computer. I would rather this stay a secret!
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