Final destination

If you were a teen in the 2000's, you might have seen at least one of the Final Destination films.  I am not a big fan of horror movies and I won't go to the movie house to catch one unless Im under intense peer pressure.  And this is a movie that I have seen due to peer pressure (or I might have seen it on HBO, Im not sure).  I don't know which one in the series I have seen but I remember it starred Devon Sawa.  The plot basically goes like this - one member of the group has a premonition that something bad is going to happen to them hence they were able to avoid being in that situation before it even happens ergo, they were able to cheat death.  Or so they thought.  But death (I mean the depiction of death - the guy in black robes with a scythe) is persistent.  He will not allow these kids to escape him so even if the group is seemingly smart enough to outrun him, he still manages to hunt them down and kill them one by one.

And yesterday, something happened to me which reminded me of this film.  NO, it's not scary as this one.  But if there's a comedy version of Final Destination, I could be a part of it.

The Premonition

Last Saturday, I was queueing at the loo in Novena.  All the cubicles were closed and there were about 4 elderly ladies behind me.  I think they're in their 60's or 70's.

One of the ladies told me to check one of the cubicles if it's empty since the door was a ajar.  I went to check and it was empty but what was in there was a squat pan which I don't like using so I told them they could go ahead if they want to.  One of the ladies said in jest "We can't use that because our knees are weak.  If we sit down, we can't stand up anymore.  We're old."  And we laughed. That was a candid and funny statement.

The Cheat

The other day, I was boarding the BTC and I almost tripped because I may not have stepped high enough to reach the first step of the, what do you call it, bus' boarding steps?  But my reflexes were quick enough to adjust my legs so I managed to hold on to the steel bars at the door of the bus and did not fall.

The Final Destination

My colleague and I were on our way to lunch.  We saw that the bus was already at the stop just outside our door so we ran to catch it.  To run from where we were standing until the door would probably take about 5 - 7 strides?  On my second/third stride, my sandals caught the step...and in that 1 or 2 second when I was about to fall down (felt like everything was in slow motion), my brain went on this "Im gonna fall ....no....im gonna fall....no" debate and I was trying to remain upright but my knees were gonna give in and I knew it.  It's gonna happen. It was supposed to happen since yesterday. And I fell.

No, it was not as bad as this. But you get the idea.
(Photo from Google images)

No, I didn't have any scratch or bruise. It was a swift and smooth landing. My colleague asked me if I was fine and the first thing that I said was not "Im ok" but "Did anyone see what happened?"

It was embarassing.   Im glad that it happened when we were still in the office. Otherwise, whew!