German classmate. Constant seat work partner. Nuisance. Friend. Close friend. Cold friend. Crush. Distant friend.
Paco Halili used to be one of my closest Atenean friends, but not close enough to be a considered as best friend. Yet strangely though, even if we've just been really good friends for more than a month, i've opened up a lot of things to him that not even JR Calderon or Jasmin Asi, my English block and block confidantes, knew about.
I've been struggling with his coldness and apathy for a very long time. Even friends with whom i never been so close with treated me better. HE TREATS ME AS IF I WAS JUST ONLY HIS GERMAN CLASSMATE WHOM HE RARELY TALKED TO, AS IF I JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE HIS GERMAN CLASSMATE AND NEVER EVEN BECAME WORKMATES IN A SEATWORK.
Now i wonder whether if Paco really did became my close friend and almost a lover? Or was it all just a trick of my mind or an act of God to punish and teach me a lesson by giving me a kinda unrelated but longer term effect from sneaking out of Katipunan some months back?
If everything about who Paco is in my life could be summed up in one song, it would be "Ni shi wo xin nei de yi shou ge" by Wang Lee Hom (feat. Selina Jen)
That song seemed to be a happy one, but the truth is, it's a really sad song, if it was fitted into my own context. To prove that this song really sums up my relationship with Paco, i will have to make an analysis about what contains in the song piece by piece and find the meaning of it all. Keep in mind that the song's persona is me due to the situation i have with Paco.
Since this is a song in which the language is not something i am familiar with, it's better to start first with analyzing the melody of the song. It's easier to explain the language in which anyone could interpret and know the meaning right away rather than language in which only some people understand. The sweet, innocent melody explains the emotional state i have for my classmate. The Chinese side of the song clearly puts emphasis on how different i am with him in terms of interests and habitus, therefore emphasizing how incompatible i could possibly be with him and how huge also is the possibility of unrequited feelings. This certain song is shorter than other contemporary pop songs since it's only about 2 and a half minutes long.The shortness of the song means that this feeling is short and it is bound to end. I also read somewhere on the internet that this song is only a cover of an old Hokkien song, whose artist's name is lost in history, that's how taken for granted the original song was to the point you aren't really sure of who sang that song, what happened or the exact meaning and context of the song, as much as i am unsure how on earth did Paco actually all of a sudden drifted away from me.
According to one of my close friends, it really puts how the song sounds in perspective with my situation,- it's not just the average sweet song that way, but it is also a mixed bag of emotions. It is not only sweet but also having a tinge of longing, hopelessness and finally acceptance. Another interesting thing to point out is that in the album where it came from, the song before it tells how music can be a safe refuge for everyone from the craziness of this world, from all the craziness and hard acceptance of Paco's treatment, music eventually became the one which made me understand him. And then the song which came after's title is called "Ai Zai Na Li", or in English, "Where is the love?"- a reference to what Paco wrote in my slumbook about his current situation with his personal life. In my slumbook, some of my friends have thought of Paco's answers as probably being sincerely so lonely and somewhat disillusioned about love, despite having Marc around all the time.
The lyrics, despite being in Hokkien, though is much of a dead giveaway since it's somewhat straightforward for the statements i really wanted to tell directly to him yet some metaphors given in the lyrics quickly captures the image of Paco and how he got me infatuated with him. Like i mentioned earlier, the lyrics were in Hokkien- the language that has been in my life for a very, very long time but has never bothered to take notice, learn and use the language. It was the language in which my Angkong lulls me to sleep as a baby, instead of calling me "bunso", they call me Shobe as i grew up, the language you have to speak when talking to non-English speaking Chinese relatives and to some extent, Aunty Shirley and Lily, and the language i never bothered learning at all. It was just when i was in college that i began to have some interest in the Fujian/Taiwanese culture but became too old to learn the language, unless i have to live in Xiamen or Taiwan. A language that seems to be almost subconscious for me until recently, just like my feelings for Paco. Hokkien could also be the personification of Paco himself, apparent in the early stage, but difficult to reach in the end.
"Li si wa sim na eh ji siu kua"
Xin jian kai qi hua yi duo
Ni shi wo sheng ming de yi shou ge
Xiang nian hui cheng yi tiao he
"You're the song within my heart
A flower bloomed within
You're the song of my life
nostalgia has converged into a river"
This first part of the song tells how Paco bloomed within my feelings from being that classmate who looks like Shnitzel from Chowder to full blast super crush. My feelings for him back then is like a flower bloomed from the inside- my feelings for him were more subconscious especially during the time we were German classmates. It slowly began to catch my attention especially when i was strong enough to have trust in other guys especially after being left broken hearted by Xurt.In fact, it was Paco's friendship and sudden withdrawal which snapped me out that i should begin to trust other people to be my crushes because if i don't, i will lose that huge chance for me to move on completely from Xurt, be a lot more bitter and might even drive away those people who deserve to love me and be loved back.
Since he made me more inclined with doing better in German and also in my other classes,he became a song in my Atenean life. According to my Fil 14 teacher, Dr. Michael Coroza, a song is one good way of remembering important things- it has rhythm and easier to follow. Paco is a song, in a way he also helps me not only remember how to do calculus stuff like chain rule, graphing... stuff(that's what was written on his notes on that topic, seriously!), integrals, integration by parts, etc. through his notes, but also he helps me remember what i should do in order to get away from my depression- study hard and well. And then all my memories of him, the nostalgia of German class and also the way he touched my hands, has converged into a river called "Illusions". After he was gone and treats me as a nobody, i began to question if he ever did become so close with me before. If my memories of him were just punishments made by my unconscious mind for still trying to pursue the friendship of Xurt in a very dangerous and super hurtful way(that it hurts not only me, my best friends, Paco but also my family).
"Liam zai wa sim na eh ji siu kua"
Bu yao zhi shi ge guo ke
Zai wo sheng ming liu xia yi shou ge
Yi shou ge
Bu lun jie ju hui ru he
A song remembered within my heart
Not just a passerby
Leaving behind a song in my life
Regardless of our ending
He is not like any other friends i ever made here in Ateneo.Because of him, he helped me finally close a chapter of my life, a chapter which deserves to be closed completely, even if he had to disappear as my friend afterwards.
Hao xiang wen ni
Dui wo dao di you mei you dong xin
Chen mo tai jiu
Zhu hui rang wo bu xiao xin fan cuo
Bu xiao xin fan cuo
Really want to ask you
If you've fallen for me yet
A silence too long
Will cause me to make a careless mistake
The last stanza (the chorus) is the most straightforward part of the song. Obviously, i was asking Paco if he ever did really fell for me. A question that seemed to be and will probably be lingering around in my head for a very long time as long as Paco still stayed to be as cold and indifferent as he is at present.
Since having a history with failed sense of restrain from provoking hostility from friends who seemed to disappeared(like my situation in highschool with Keith), i fear that if Paco keep his cold silence too long while i can't accept the fact he is a gone close friend, i might be able to provoke conflict and cause trouble with him, thus extinguishing our friendship that seemed to be meaningful. While i restrain myself from any emotional outbursts every time i see Paco with Marc, i do myself to pull myself together to accept the fact that i should let go of him and instead be happy for the fact that we could still be friends.
We could still might be friends, especially after Wang Lee Hom and Selina Jen reached the final chorus of my song- or in short, my infatuation ended, for Paco. Paco is such a good natured friend, judging from the apology he sent me through text after i gave him a candy cane with a letter that i miss him being as a friend. After all, they say that good friends are just like stars- they tend to hide in day time but if you need them in dark times, they'll always be there for you.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A post of longing
Before 2011 ended, my German 1 classmate and crush Paco Halili posted on his timeline on Facebook two like-things(that two of his friends had sent) in a post. I didn't liked(on facebook term) his post because i don't really want to know what he would say about me and it will be obvious for him that i like him(thus he will surely put on his New Years Resolution to avoid me at all cost). And there is also that temptation to copy his post, answer them and repost it on his page(which will even be apparent for him that i like him). If i were given the chance to do so, which means all his future judgement as well as others will be void, then i wouldv'e posted this:
Two like-things in one post! Because I am double-bored!
[x] I had a crush on you
[x] I like your profile picture
[x] You're cute
[ ] You're a stranger & that needs to change
[x] We need to talk more
[x] You're funny
[ ] I love you
[x] I miss you
[x] We should chill
[x] You've made me mad
[x] You make me smile
[x] I would hug you
[ ] I strongly dislike you >:)
[ ] I have no clue who you are
[ ] I dare you to put this as your status so i can like it .
You look like a :
[ ] Korean
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chinese
[x] Eurasia
[x] Filipino
I would buy ___ for your birthday :
[x] anything you want that I can afford
[ ] candies
[ ] clothes
[ ] a bottle of alcohol
[ ] drugs
[ ] nothing
If we were together, I'd :
[ ] break up with you immediately
[x] text you good morning everyday to make your day
[x] bring you to watch shooting stars
[x] try to last long with you
[ ] meet you everyday
[ ] ewwwww
[x] LOL!
If I saw you with another guy/girl I would be :
[ ] very jealous
[ ] text you to ask where are you
[x] talk over and say hi
You are :
[ ] Pretty/handsome
[ ] above average
[ ] cute
[ ] normal
[ ] friendly
[ ] mean
[x] ... Ni shi wo xin nei de yi shou ge (Wang lee Hom feat Selina Jen)-lol.
I want you to :
[x] text me
[x] hangout with me
[x] meet me soon
[x] party with me
[x] chat with me
[ ] make this your status :)
All these a sign of longing for him, clearly unsatisfied with the way he disappeared from my life, and regretful with my own actions when he was still with me. But clearly, i fear doing him further harm and embarrassment to the point it will disrupt him and eventually whatever was left between us... but maybe this is inevitable in every person longing for someone special but took for granted once.
Quoting the Woman Doctor from one of Milan Kundera's short stories, "Unsatisfied women always bring bad luck."
... Not only women, but also men.
Two like-things in one post! Because I am double-bored!
[x] I had a crush on you
[x] I like your profile picture
[x] You're cute
[ ] You're a stranger & that needs to change
[x] We need to talk more
[x] You're funny
[ ] I love you
[x] I miss you
[x] We should chill
[x] You've made me mad
[x] You make me smile
[x] I would hug you
[ ] I strongly dislike you >:)
[ ] I have no clue who you are
[ ] I dare you to put this as your status so i can like it .
You look like a :
[ ] Korean
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chinese
[x] Eurasia
[x] Filipino
I would buy ___ for your birthday :
[x] anything you want that I can afford
[ ] candies
[ ] clothes
[ ] a bottle of alcohol
[ ] drugs
[ ] nothing
If we were together, I'd :
[ ] break up with you immediately
[x] text you good morning everyday to make your day
[x] bring you to watch shooting stars
[x] try to last long with you
[ ] meet you everyday
[ ] ewwwww
[x] LOL!
If I saw you with another guy/girl I would be :
[ ] very jealous
[ ] text you to ask where are you
[x] talk over and say hi
You are :
[ ] Pretty/handsome
[ ] above average
[ ] cute
[ ] normal
[ ] friendly
[ ] mean
[x] ... Ni shi wo xin nei de yi shou ge (Wang lee Hom feat Selina Jen)-lol.
I want you to :
[x] text me
[x] hangout with me
[x] meet me soon
[x] party with me
[x] chat with me
[ ] make this your status :)
All these a sign of longing for him, clearly unsatisfied with the way he disappeared from my life, and regretful with my own actions when he was still with me. But clearly, i fear doing him further harm and embarrassment to the point it will disrupt him and eventually whatever was left between us... but maybe this is inevitable in every person longing for someone special but took for granted once.
Quoting the Woman Doctor from one of Milan Kundera's short stories, "Unsatisfied women always bring bad luck."
... Not only women, but also men.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The ultimate BV of all... or maybe not :|
... no, im not going to talk or even rant about Xurt or Wendy any more. I mean they're totally out of my life. Even though the two most irritating, distracting and demented people in my life aside from dad are gone, i still find myself as demented, depressed and fucked up as i were during those times i was broken hearted. I know im not broken hearted since i don't have major problems so far with my crush, and main (unrequited) love interest, Paco, aside from finding time ask to hang out together to break the awkwardness. Even though i failed two subjects in one sem, i know i did my best to learn and perform as much as i could and at least i what matters is i learn and it strives for me to do better...
The most ultimate BVness of all, the cause of all my headaches, lack of peace in life, lack of reliance of thought and full of complications and distractions, is my sister.
Ever since she got over with crying about her ex-boyfriend, Karlo, her temper on the people she could control and lead- yaya and i- escalated in heights never reached before. Not a day with her would be complete without hearing a good scolding or reproof, no matter how huge or small our mistakes and sins were. Of course, lying about Xurt is a huge complicated mish-mash of sins which i regret committing against her and our family, but worried about the inactive Paco sim hanging out with a vampire sim will turn him into a vampire= jealousy??? C'mon!!! Is that even worth being rebuked about for being selosa? If she wants to reprimand me for being "selosa" she should've done it last year pa- when i went bananas over Kaye Macalalad or Wendy- at least that probably will save my relationship with Xurt even as friends. With my present love life, I don't even picture myself fully that i am in a dating relationship with real life Paco and i even feel a bit sad for Paco or Marc every time i saw one of them walking without the other.Even on facebook, i am not spared from being reprimanded by her. Just a moment ago, she replied to my post that Wang Lee Hom is annoying me in the vid. She told me that if im annoyed with it, i shouldn't watch it anymore and i am machochistic(maling spelling ko). Pati ba naman facebook ay papatulan nya ang mga katangahan ko??!!! God, i was just reposting my joke about Wang Lee Hom's vid and this is how i get from retelling an inside joke?? :|
It drives me into insanity than the sanity she intended for me.
And she always have to rely in many small things from me, small things that she could easily do without me. If i should be the one who always bring the keys of our condo, she shouldn't be complacent about bringing her own keys too just in case i lost or left it in Laguna. Emergencies are inevitable and we will never know when they will happen. She never also fails to make me feel bad with statements(direct or indirect) that i am selfish and i think of myself more than i think of her and other people in our family. And i really dislike the way she often had a hard time looking for her stuff like cigarettes or medications, and she would make yaya and i frantic into looking for them in her bag, room or whole condo.
I know she does a lot of things, even more than a sister could do, for me. Dissing her out like this is ungrateful and wrong. Plus, when she doesn't rebuke me out, she's okay and even really fun and nice to be with. And the reason why she is upbraiding me is because there are no longer anyone in a sound mind possible who would do so for me. My dad has a twisted sense of logic and maturity with loads of self bias which led me to countless useless suffering and regret, ate Gie had a family of her own and she has a kind of destructive and narrow tinge in her advices, yaya is too immature and is even a bad influence for me, Ahma almost has the same twisted sense of logic and maturity as my dad. But due to her super neurotic and perfectionist nature, even the smallest mistakes i get to be berated most of the time. All these years of growing up, countless of people-especially my mom- tell me that being berated is a really good thing, no matter how bad you will feel, since it shows the person who berates you cares about you. But like just about every good thing on earth, being berated too much is also a bad thing. Pyschologically speaking, when you berate, usually it is a punishment for the person you are berating to. It discourages someone into doing something. No one enjoys being scolded, and especially getting into the painful and humiliating process on a daily basis. But i have to understand her no matter how much it is demeaning and stupid.
Here's to a happy thanksgiving day to everyone, especially to ate ash!!! :)
The most ultimate BVness of all, the cause of all my headaches, lack of peace in life, lack of reliance of thought and full of complications and distractions, is my sister.
Ever since she got over with crying about her ex-boyfriend, Karlo, her temper on the people she could control and lead- yaya and i- escalated in heights never reached before. Not a day with her would be complete without hearing a good scolding or reproof, no matter how huge or small our mistakes and sins were. Of course, lying about Xurt is a huge complicated mish-mash of sins which i regret committing against her and our family, but worried about the inactive Paco sim hanging out with a vampire sim will turn him into a vampire= jealousy??? C'mon!!! Is that even worth being rebuked about for being selosa? If she wants to reprimand me for being "selosa" she should've done it last year pa- when i went bananas over Kaye Macalalad or Wendy- at least that probably will save my relationship with Xurt even as friends. With my present love life, I don't even picture myself fully that i am in a dating relationship with real life Paco and i even feel a bit sad for Paco or Marc every time i saw one of them walking without the other.Even on facebook, i am not spared from being reprimanded by her. Just a moment ago, she replied to my post that Wang Lee Hom is annoying me in the vid. She told me that if im annoyed with it, i shouldn't watch it anymore and i am machochistic(maling spelling ko). Pati ba naman facebook ay papatulan nya ang mga katangahan ko??!!! God, i was just reposting my joke about Wang Lee Hom's vid and this is how i get from retelling an inside joke?? :|
It drives me into insanity than the sanity she intended for me.
And she always have to rely in many small things from me, small things that she could easily do without me. If i should be the one who always bring the keys of our condo, she shouldn't be complacent about bringing her own keys too just in case i lost or left it in Laguna. Emergencies are inevitable and we will never know when they will happen. She never also fails to make me feel bad with statements(direct or indirect) that i am selfish and i think of myself more than i think of her and other people in our family. And i really dislike the way she often had a hard time looking for her stuff like cigarettes or medications, and she would make yaya and i frantic into looking for them in her bag, room or whole condo.
I know she does a lot of things, even more than a sister could do, for me. Dissing her out like this is ungrateful and wrong. Plus, when she doesn't rebuke me out, she's okay and even really fun and nice to be with. And the reason why she is upbraiding me is because there are no longer anyone in a sound mind possible who would do so for me. My dad has a twisted sense of logic and maturity with loads of self bias which led me to countless useless suffering and regret, ate Gie had a family of her own and she has a kind of destructive and narrow tinge in her advices, yaya is too immature and is even a bad influence for me, Ahma almost has the same twisted sense of logic and maturity as my dad. But due to her super neurotic and perfectionist nature, even the smallest mistakes i get to be berated most of the time. All these years of growing up, countless of people-especially my mom- tell me that being berated is a really good thing, no matter how bad you will feel, since it shows the person who berates you cares about you. But like just about every good thing on earth, being berated too much is also a bad thing. Pyschologically speaking, when you berate, usually it is a punishment for the person you are berating to. It discourages someone into doing something. No one enjoys being scolded, and especially getting into the painful and humiliating process on a daily basis. But i have to understand her no matter how much it is demeaning and stupid.
Here's to a happy thanksgiving day to everyone, especially to ate ash!!! :)
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Duuuude... what the f???
I had this feeling that i've been cursed, jinxed or being controlled by a supernatural force lately, especially the last weeks of july up until our math 19 midterms- the period when i went to visit Tita Aubrey two times. Whenever i study or do outputs for my studies, there is always something blocking my way on working- announced ahead things which i will get to know on the day i would be dead, personal issues, mental block, . It's been about two times since i see a long test paper a low result with "see me after class" remark, and more than about five times seeing horribly low results on my long tests.
As i wonder about the mystery of my sudden drop in grades. I study a bit, yet there are also times when i feel a bit burned out with what i am doing. Like i often procrastinate, and i believe this is really bad. When i try or really do study, there comes those issues which i cannot control on when they have to appear.
As i wonder about the mystery of my sudden drop in grades. I study a bit, yet there are also times when i feel a bit burned out with what i am doing. Like i often procrastinate, and i believe this is really bad. When i try or really do study, there comes those issues which i cannot control on when they have to appear.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
My English 12 Reflection Paper draft
Irish Mae B. Domingo
EN 12 (R39)
Missing
Every time you lose the things that are valuable in your life, life becomes depressing and heavy as if you carry the world and all the planets in the solar system with your hands, especially if the one you lost is the person who once kept your feet firmly to the ground and made you feel like living in this world is a beautiful thing. Amidst the pain, you wonder why it seems so hard for you to move on from the pain as easy as your special someone left you in your life, and you also wonder why can’t you forget the sorrow as abruptly as the way your love forget every single thing about you. Probably, in everyone’s case, it would be because all the memories, words and happiness shared together with their loves still hangs on and often return to haunt them to give hope of their love’s return.
EN 12 (R39)
Missing
Every time you lose the things that are valuable in your life, life becomes depressing and heavy as if you carry the world and all the planets in the solar system with your hands, especially if the one you lost is the person who once kept your feet firmly to the ground and made you feel like living in this world is a beautiful thing. Amidst the pain, you wonder why it seems so hard for you to move on from the pain as easy as your special someone left you in your life, and you also wonder why can’t you forget the sorrow as abruptly as the way your love forget every single thing about you. Probably, in everyone’s case, it would be because all the memories, words and happiness shared together with their loves still hangs on and often return to haunt them to give hope of their love’s return.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
And im like "Fuck you..."
Yeah... it's official, Xurt and Wendy are "mag on" or aka together now. Yes, i cried all night the moment i heard the news but eventually i became alright. I bet Wendy's posse, Abby, Elyzza and Kassel, were so proud with their achievement of helping out Wendy win over Xurt that their testosterone and pride were satisfied for an hour and in Abby and Kassel's part, they were prouder of this so-called achievement than the fact they both passed the UPCAT. As the months go by, i see them professing their love for each other by their profile pics (In Wendy's pic, she was like wearing a "Diaz" shirt and Xurt with both hands with fingers forming "W"). One of Xurt's pics even made Xurt look like a jerk in the current Third Year's way of thinking. Their judgment over poor Xurt was really harsh that they call him "Wow Ulam". I feel quite sad for him that i wanted to lash back at them "So, kung yun naman ang gusto ni Xurt na iparating kay Wendy na pagmamahal, pabayaan nyo nalang sya". And last, last, last(i dunno, but it coincided with my mom's third death anniversary when i saw it) week, i found out that i was being unfriended by Xurt on FB. It turned out that Xurt and Wendy had an argument about me, according to Dale when i told him the miserable thing that happened. I never poked into their monkey business ever since they've hooked up, why on earth will they fight over me and eventually have me unfriended by Xurt?! By the way Xurt treated me, they probably had a fight really much intense that i never such had when i was still the apple of Xurt's seemingly Chinese eyes- According to my Lit 14 prof yesterday, your crush or significant other usually share a lot of characteristics that you like with your mom(if youre a guy) or your dad(if you're a girl). That thing is called "Oedipus Complex". It was probably much more intense than the "Kaye issue" we had before. Speaking of Kaye, i remember when i still knew his password, i came upon his messages and one of his messages(dating from march 2010) was from Kaye Macalalad, his old crush. Kaye got a boyfriend in Switzerland, which left Xurt devastated. When Xurt found out that she got a boyfriend, she said sorry to him. And while he was having a broken heart, he told Kim Macalalad, his friend who got a crush on him back then, told her of his woes. After all of what happened to them, they still remained friends.
It could be terribly hard for Xurt back then, but if he was to read this blog post right now(which i think he will never do), he would tell me that i will eventually find a guy better than him just like what happened to him with Kaye(pshhh... Kaye is WAY BETTER than Wendy). His problem back then is probably nothing compared with the way he is treating me now. When he hooked up with Wendy, unlike Kaye, he doesn't mind those around him. When Kaye hooked up with her boyfriend, she said sorry to Xurt. When he hooked up with Wendy, unlike Kaye, i got unfriended. When Kaye hooked up with her boyfriend, she did not unfriend Xurt. The only person i know that he unfriended was his father, so if he's treating me the way he's treating his father, then i would treat him they way i treat my father. He might say if ever he knew how i reacted with this shit of his, "I did this because Wendy is super way better than you, that you are a notorious "Selosa" that you made selos on Kaye and Wendy while Wendy only became selosa on you, and why would I go back to you? blah bla blah blah blah blah..."
It's not the point, the number of the people i've been jealous with doesn't matter but it's how we dealt with the issues thrown at us. My jealousy with Kaye went away when Xurt once told me that he and Kaye are not compatible enough while me and him are compatible. After him saying that, i don't feel heavy and troubled about Kaye anymore. And that peace of mind had no unfriending and frenzied downpour of affection with lots of effort in Xurt's part involved.
It could be a bit immature to do so, but i felt that this is the way to get over him once and for all. And it will not be as harsh as the third years'. I plan to write on my reflection paper about my heartbreak with Xurt and how i am making progress in getting over him. I will write as if he will not come back and i will write all my heart out just to get myself a B+ or an A and move on as i move on with my bleak but interesting freshman year. After all, a reflection paper is all about pouring in your feelings to make yourself feel better.
It could be terribly hard for Xurt back then, but if he was to read this blog post right now(which i think he will never do), he would tell me that i will eventually find a guy better than him just like what happened to him with Kaye(pshhh... Kaye is WAY BETTER than Wendy). His problem back then is probably nothing compared with the way he is treating me now. When he hooked up with Wendy, unlike Kaye, he doesn't mind those around him. When Kaye hooked up with her boyfriend, she said sorry to Xurt. When he hooked up with Wendy, unlike Kaye, i got unfriended. When Kaye hooked up with her boyfriend, she did not unfriend Xurt. The only person i know that he unfriended was his father, so if he's treating me the way he's treating his father, then i would treat him they way i treat my father. He might say if ever he knew how i reacted with this shit of his, "I did this because Wendy is super way better than you, that you are a notorious "Selosa" that you made selos on Kaye and Wendy while Wendy only became selosa on you, and why would I go back to you? blah bla blah blah blah blah..."
It's not the point, the number of the people i've been jealous with doesn't matter but it's how we dealt with the issues thrown at us. My jealousy with Kaye went away when Xurt once told me that he and Kaye are not compatible enough while me and him are compatible. After him saying that, i don't feel heavy and troubled about Kaye anymore. And that peace of mind had no unfriending and frenzied downpour of affection with lots of effort in Xurt's part involved.
It could be a bit immature to do so, but i felt that this is the way to get over him once and for all. And it will not be as harsh as the third years'. I plan to write on my reflection paper about my heartbreak with Xurt and how i am making progress in getting over him. I will write as if he will not come back and i will write all my heart out just to get myself a B+ or an A and move on as i move on with my bleak but interesting freshman year. After all, a reflection paper is all about pouring in your feelings to make yourself feel better.
Chapter 9- "How I met Johannes"
Chapter 9- "How I met Johannes"
Original title: "How Johannes met Aslana"
Two weeks had passed since Jamie and her dad Percy arrived in England. They already went as far as Edinburgh in Scotland. Jamie was still calling Raimund regularly, she even rang him while she was in the Buckingham Palace some two days after she went to Diagon Alley. Raimund was staying over at his cousin Veronica at her apartment in Charlottenburg in Berlin for a week. Sometimes aunt Cho would come along with them and show them around her favorite places to go in England, from muggle shopping centres in Glasgow to wonderful wizarding places like Godric's Hollow. In about two weeks, Jamie will have to say goodbye to hes dad, Raimund, Aslana and Johannes(in Jamie's relief) and her sort of afflicted life living like a muggle.
"Dad, how can i explain this to Raimund and the others?" Jamie asked her dad as they were driving with aunt Cho around London on a clear but cloudy afternoon. Jamie never told about this to her friends, even to her best friend Raimund. But she must find a potential excuse why she is leaving them behind in Hamburg to study in a British wizarding school. Raimund might will sad when she'll announce this to him, since Jamie is his only closest best friend for years and the only female friend that he can open up his feminine side with. They'd been together through tears and laughter for many years and they loved each other like siblings so that made Jamie worry about Raimund when she is gone even if she's away for probably a year, what will happen to Raimund? she badly thought.
"Hun, are you worried about Raimund?" Percy concernly asked because he feels like Jamie was worried about her long time best friend. "Who's Raimund?" aunt Cho asked curiously, "Jamie's muggle best friend from Hamburg." Percy said, then Jamie turned her head at him and nodded. "Well, don't worry about him. i'll just tell him that you're going to an English boarding school that is very isolated and got no internet connection. instead i'll tell him that if he got something that he needs to tell or bring you, he'll have to write you a letter or put in a parcel and give it to me. If he asked the address of the school, i'll just tell him that the school is very strict that parents are the only ones who are allowed to write to the students." Percy said, then aunt Cho added "But a lot of changes happened in the wizarding world that now you can surf the internet in Hogsmeade but you can't send an "email" to a muggle for security reasons.", "Gosh, i didn't know that..." Percy said and at the same time snapped his right fingers.
Night time came and Jamie was again surfing the internet in her macbook inside the hotel room. Everytime she would surf the internet, her heart pounds fast, her palms sweat and feel heavy on the inside especially when she is seeing the primary photo of Aslana in the arms of Johannes in her myspace. Even though, surfing the internet is a very painful thing to do for Jamie at the moment, she feels like she needed to surf the internet before she'll move away to Hogwarts-where her muggle gadgets like her macbook and T moble sidekick II would go haywire. Then some 15 minutes later, Jamie read on her myspace home that a new blog post was added on Aslana's myspace blog. Then, in a mad rush of curiousity and jealousy, Jamie quickly went to Aslana's blog and read it, her heart beats faster and her palms sweated more. Oh my gosh, (not) another blog post about Johannes!!! Jamie thought. Indeed, it was another blog post about Johannes, and there are so many comments on the blog post. and mind you that they are hate comments from angry and ignorant fans of Johannes, those who refused to believe and accept the hard truth about Johannes eventually having a girlfriend after more than five years since he became famous. Maybe everybody knows now that they're together? Jamie wondered. then she opened another tab in her browser and looked for "Johannes Trümper" in google. It was really true that Johannes had a girlfriend and it was really Aslana. The German news Bild announces it, as well the French celebrity tabloids, and of course, an article on Johannes by Bravo-a German teens magazine. Jamie might have never heard of these news since she was in England for two weeks and Die Argyles arent that much big in that country compared to France and Germany, but she never feel overwhelmed now that the news had now leaked across and confirmed. Jamie also feels sorry for the girls who just got to know this sad news that she knows for a long time. She went back to Aslana's blog and read the new blog post:
"How Johannes met Aslana"
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Now everyone knows that me and the very famous Johannes Trümper are together, but no one knows how and why we met and how we got together. now ladies and gentlemen, read along the story of how Johannes met and fell for me.
It all started in Hamburg some months ago when my friends Denise and Mara are clubbing along in St. Pauli when Johannes and his band, Die Argyles, went there after their hard-rocking, sold-out concert in Hamburg. While i was strutting out on the dance floor and my friends are drinking Margaritas and flirting out with some guys, Johannes went to the dance floor after drinking some cocktails in the bar. Of course im been such a big fan of his, i took this oppotunity to talk to him in person. He was there, wearing an Ed Hardy tshirt, a black Faith Connection cap, black Diesel jeans and Chanel shades with his hair down so many can't recognize him but i did. i went up near him and said "hi". he was having a frown upon his face until my cheerful "hi" made him smile and told me "hi" as well. then he asked me to dance with him and of course, i said yes so we danced around the floor, me lap dancing around him. Then my friends left early with their dates and (thankfully) Johannes' drunk and foolish bandmates, so that leaves only me and Johannes. Johannes brought me a drink and then we talked about things in our lives for hours. That is when i first got to know the shocking truth that Johannes has been ill-treated by his attention-seeking bandmates and greedy management. like i said on my last post, i feel sorry for Johannes with his bandmates, management, fans, paparazzis and such(the hell with them!!!). Speaking of hell-worthy fans, i told him about his other fans being obsessed with him like my freaky little schoolmate who calls herself Jamie from China or something(i think her real name is some Chinese something that is confusing as Confucius). i told Johannes that she thinks she can stand a chance with Johannes but hell no, she is wrong!! Johannes told me that he hates girls who are so like her- super ambitious, arrogant, smells like math books with joss incense and ... just plain weird. he said that her head is like hanging above the clouds like she feels she'll eventually become his girlfriend. "duh, as if she's my type, she definately not my type!!! what a stupid, little b*tch she is!" Johannes said as he drank his vodka sunrise, "Im so glad i never met her... i bet she's one of the worst lookin' girls i'll ever see in my whole entire life. i never knew there are fans as worse as her. if the other fans are so bad enough-chasing me around the malls, fainting when they see me, and other stupid things- what's more if i come across her?! anyway, i hate all of them-those fans, bleeh...." he added.
Then he took me in his hotel room and there i discovered Johannes, not androgynous and charming Johannes Trümper of Die Argyles who often appear on Viva or MTV on my TV. we first had a very hot and sensual make-out with each other by the bed. and then, we made love. my skin touches his and it was blissful. my old obsession turned into something i might preferably call love. Even though the Johannes that im always crazy about is different from this Johannes, i think im falling head over feet for him and i know he feels the same way.
Currently listening to: Lucky(DJ Kamikaze version) Britney Spears
"See i told you Johannes is lashing you out as well!!!" Percy angrily said as he got to read Aslana's blog post in Jamie's macbook, he was furious especially with Johannes' unfair judgement over Jamie. Jamie was uncontrollably sobbing on her aunt's shoulders for the past ten minutes since she read Aslana's tragic news about her. "There, there Jamie...at least he haven't said something worse than that... " Aunt Cho affectionately said. "My daughter never did anything bad to him and he never knew her in person as well so how dare he to call my Jamie something as harsh as that!!!" he exclaimed, his face very red with anger. "Perce, just calm down... only God can judge people. in fact i bet that Johannes was really insensitive and unethical...", "...or this Aslana had put some magic involved in this. She might have used Amortentia in Johannes' drink, magically modified the picture or any other things that made this look real." Aunt Cho suspected, making Percy and Jamie turn their heads on her as if she said something that makes her sound as if she was crazy and out of her mind. "What?! but Aslana's a muggle, auntie..." Jamie tearfully exclaimed "...so that means the former is more acceptable, it's more credible than the latter." she added. "Absolutely not..." Cho said, "Sometimes, wizards aren't allowed to call themselves as wizards to other fellow wizards especially if one is of minor age and has been punished by the Ministry of Magic for almost doing something as bad as throwing off an unforgivable curse. i know that is implemented by the German Ministry of Magic."
in Germany, you can do magic at muggle places just as long as you can explain or make a credible excuse to a muggle if one witnessed magic being done, like in Jamie's case when she opened her house's door with Raimund.
"Probably true. but Aslana- a witch? no way, nah-uh!!" Jamie bellowed. "Calm down Jamie, it doesn't mean what i said is true... i just kinda feel like Aslana is probably a witch. This news just popped out of nowhere and i read in Die Argyles' fan forums that no one, not even the management ever saw Johannes being with Aslana and there is no proof that Johannes himself confirmed it. So Aslana's prolly making this up-", "-what about the pictures?! some months ago, i saw her holding up a picture with her and Johannes in our school.", "Listen Jamie, i hate to tell you this but maybe she modified a picture with magic, so get it?" Aunt Cho exclaimed, then there was a moment of silence among Jamie, Percy and aunt Cho.
"Anyway, i really wished i never became a fan of Johannes at all. i regretted it very deep ...i wish i never been... so he wouldn't have those stupid, little, b*tches like me for fans. but it's a shame that one part of my life he gave me a kind of emotional gift with his songs when i was still trying to adjust with my strange, new life in Germany and especially the loss of my mum back in China. his poignant but powerful music assured me everything will be alright even if my life was flipped upside down... his sense of style made me feel that i am not the only one who is sporting my own style that used to be mocked at before Johannes became famous, therefore not making me feel weird anymore, his fashion sense is almost same as mine. and the kindness and gratefulness he showed for his fans in his interviews, concerts and such- made me feel that im important to him as a fan.... but all of these..." Jamie bellowed, making Percy and Cho look at each other with sympathy for a shamelessly sobbing Jamie in front of them. "Although Aslana was also infatuated with him from the start, it didn't stopped me from liking him and his music, but now i know the truth- Johannes is not real. he's just an act played by a poor but insensitive guy who.... just played out with my feelings and with loads of other fans." Jamie sniffled and wiped her tears, finally confessing all her chagrin and anguish out.
"Jamie, i am so sorry about Johannes." Raimund said on the phone as he and Jamie talked, "I already know about this ever since you arrived in London. i was in Berlin with my cousin Veronica at that time you called from Buckingham remember? As i opened my myspace that morning, well i was really mad when i read that, now i really hate Die Argyles and especially Johannes for calling you that. im not sure with Henri, Dean and Inah, prolly when they got to know this they'll start to hate him too. thought you might get hurt at the wrong time when i told you about Aslana's horrendous blog post. what a git Johannes is that told Aslana you're that, just don't get too depressed by what he said, it doesn't matter. i was kinda planning to tell you about it after you come back here but you got to know." , "i won't be coming back here for long really..." Jamie bitterly said, then Raimund gasped loudly and then there was a moment of silence. "What?! why... what....er... how come?" Raimund asked, his trembling voice and difficulty of finding words to say made it obvious that he was shocked by the news. "Long story, but one day i received a letter from a British boarding school that i was accepted in their school, i never took any tests though, in fact i never sent anything to them.", "Maybe it was sent to you by mistake...", "No, it was addressed to me- Jamie Chariss Wong- obviously there are no other Jamie Chariss Wong in this world other than me right?", "So, i'll never get to see you again for how long?" Raimund asked in a woeful voice, "maybe about a year, i promise i'll be back in summer or if im lucky, earlier than that- on Christmas break. C'mon you're not the only one who's sad about this-im also sad about it because we'll gonna be separated but don't you worry i'll write to you every week if i can. Dad will just give the letter to you coz only parents can write to students there, and if you had something for me, just hand it over to dad and he'll send it for me.", "then that's good..." Raimund said, "...now i understand everything, but im gonna miss you, Jamie." he added, his voice getting back to it's cheery self. whew... what a relief, Jamie thought. "and im gonna miss you too, Raims." she sweetly said.
Two weeks passed, Jamie was on Kings' Cross station with her dad and Aunt Cho on a monday morning. Jamie was pulling her trolley and Harry was sleeping soundly on the top of the trunk. "Sigh, september 1. this is it..." Jamie said as they come near platforms 9 and 10. In Germany there are also magical platforms like on old train stations in Munich, Berlin, Leipzig and Halle as well as subway stations in Kowloon leading to magical places like Hogwarts. Harry opened his green eyes and jumped over the trunk to aunt Cho's arms as Jamie prepared herself to run into platforms 9 3/4. she closed her eyes, counted one to three and ran as fast as she could. she opened her eyes and discovered herself to be in an old, Victorian train station full of witches and wizards but this time, it's also full of young, teenaged wizards like her and a very old fashioned train that had a sign "Hogwarts Express". Jamie gave her trolley to her dad and he unloaded it on the train and aunt Cho gave Harry back to Jamie. "You take care of yourself..." aunt Cho smiled, "Of course, i would...", "I can't believe it, my little Jamie is moving away from me for the first time, but hey at least you're 16 and two years from now you'll be an adult but don't fret Jamie dear, when i go home i might kick Johannes' arse faster than he can say "Nach Dir Kommt Nichts", or maybe not. But surely i'll make you and Raimund keep in touch with as much as possible." Percy assured, aunt Cho laughed and then said "Just forget about him and all those things. man, you really needed a break away from them. don't try to remember those things while you're in Hogwarts okay?", "Okay auntie, you'll write to me as well?", "ah of course, i'll be writing regularly, asking how are you doing there." Cho said, then the clock striked 11 and the train began to move, "Okay, bye dad... bye aunt Cho... see you maybe on the Christmas break or surely in summer." Jamie waved to them as she climbed inside the packed train, she made her way to the crowd and peered in a window, her dad and aunt waving at her and she waved back. moments later, Percy and Cho turned back and apparated after the Hogwarts train moves away from platform 9 3/4. Jamie carried her cat Harry on her left arm and then she quickly found an empty compartment. She sat by the windows and saw the scenery of London moving a bit fast. She then thought at least she's about to forsake her problems living life like a muggle. she's about to abandon Aslana, Johannes and their menacing friends and forget about them but Jamie also have to say goodbye to her faithful friends like Raimund, Henri, Dean and Inah but she won't have to forget about them at all. Feeling half eager but half anxious, she wondered what fate would bring her when she goes to start her new life in Hogwarts. of course there will be the good and the bad things but she wondered what are those in Hogwarts. She leaned her head on the glass and contemplated about how will her life be in Hogwarts as the train moved fast leaving the city of London behind, into the vast and green English contryside.
Original title: "How Johannes met Aslana"
Two weeks had passed since Jamie and her dad Percy arrived in England. They already went as far as Edinburgh in Scotland. Jamie was still calling Raimund regularly, she even rang him while she was in the Buckingham Palace some two days after she went to Diagon Alley. Raimund was staying over at his cousin Veronica at her apartment in Charlottenburg in Berlin for a week. Sometimes aunt Cho would come along with them and show them around her favorite places to go in England, from muggle shopping centres in Glasgow to wonderful wizarding places like Godric's Hollow. In about two weeks, Jamie will have to say goodbye to hes dad, Raimund, Aslana and Johannes(in Jamie's relief) and her sort of afflicted life living like a muggle.
"Dad, how can i explain this to Raimund and the others?" Jamie asked her dad as they were driving with aunt Cho around London on a clear but cloudy afternoon. Jamie never told about this to her friends, even to her best friend Raimund. But she must find a potential excuse why she is leaving them behind in Hamburg to study in a British wizarding school. Raimund might will sad when she'll announce this to him, since Jamie is his only closest best friend for years and the only female friend that he can open up his feminine side with. They'd been together through tears and laughter for many years and they loved each other like siblings so that made Jamie worry about Raimund when she is gone even if she's away for probably a year, what will happen to Raimund? she badly thought.
"Hun, are you worried about Raimund?" Percy concernly asked because he feels like Jamie was worried about her long time best friend. "Who's Raimund?" aunt Cho asked curiously, "Jamie's muggle best friend from Hamburg." Percy said, then Jamie turned her head at him and nodded. "Well, don't worry about him. i'll just tell him that you're going to an English boarding school that is very isolated and got no internet connection. instead i'll tell him that if he got something that he needs to tell or bring you, he'll have to write you a letter or put in a parcel and give it to me. If he asked the address of the school, i'll just tell him that the school is very strict that parents are the only ones who are allowed to write to the students." Percy said, then aunt Cho added "But a lot of changes happened in the wizarding world that now you can surf the internet in Hogsmeade but you can't send an "email" to a muggle for security reasons.", "Gosh, i didn't know that..." Percy said and at the same time snapped his right fingers.
Night time came and Jamie was again surfing the internet in her macbook inside the hotel room. Everytime she would surf the internet, her heart pounds fast, her palms sweat and feel heavy on the inside especially when she is seeing the primary photo of Aslana in the arms of Johannes in her myspace. Even though, surfing the internet is a very painful thing to do for Jamie at the moment, she feels like she needed to surf the internet before she'll move away to Hogwarts-where her muggle gadgets like her macbook and T moble sidekick II would go haywire. Then some 15 minutes later, Jamie read on her myspace home that a new blog post was added on Aslana's myspace blog. Then, in a mad rush of curiousity and jealousy, Jamie quickly went to Aslana's blog and read it, her heart beats faster and her palms sweated more. Oh my gosh, (not) another blog post about Johannes!!! Jamie thought. Indeed, it was another blog post about Johannes, and there are so many comments on the blog post. and mind you that they are hate comments from angry and ignorant fans of Johannes, those who refused to believe and accept the hard truth about Johannes eventually having a girlfriend after more than five years since he became famous. Maybe everybody knows now that they're together? Jamie wondered. then she opened another tab in her browser and looked for "Johannes Trümper" in google. It was really true that Johannes had a girlfriend and it was really Aslana. The German news Bild announces it, as well the French celebrity tabloids, and of course, an article on Johannes by Bravo-a German teens magazine. Jamie might have never heard of these news since she was in England for two weeks and Die Argyles arent that much big in that country compared to France and Germany, but she never feel overwhelmed now that the news had now leaked across and confirmed. Jamie also feels sorry for the girls who just got to know this sad news that she knows for a long time. She went back to Aslana's blog and read the new blog post:
"How Johannes met Aslana"
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Now everyone knows that me and the very famous Johannes Trümper are together, but no one knows how and why we met and how we got together. now ladies and gentlemen, read along the story of how Johannes met and fell for me.
It all started in Hamburg some months ago when my friends Denise and Mara are clubbing along in St. Pauli when Johannes and his band, Die Argyles, went there after their hard-rocking, sold-out concert in Hamburg. While i was strutting out on the dance floor and my friends are drinking Margaritas and flirting out with some guys, Johannes went to the dance floor after drinking some cocktails in the bar. Of course im been such a big fan of his, i took this oppotunity to talk to him in person. He was there, wearing an Ed Hardy tshirt, a black Faith Connection cap, black Diesel jeans and Chanel shades with his hair down so many can't recognize him but i did. i went up near him and said "hi". he was having a frown upon his face until my cheerful "hi" made him smile and told me "hi" as well. then he asked me to dance with him and of course, i said yes so we danced around the floor, me lap dancing around him. Then my friends left early with their dates and (thankfully) Johannes' drunk and foolish bandmates, so that leaves only me and Johannes. Johannes brought me a drink and then we talked about things in our lives for hours. That is when i first got to know the shocking truth that Johannes has been ill-treated by his attention-seeking bandmates and greedy management. like i said on my last post, i feel sorry for Johannes with his bandmates, management, fans, paparazzis and such(the hell with them!!!). Speaking of hell-worthy fans, i told him about his other fans being obsessed with him like my freaky little schoolmate who calls herself Jamie from China or something(i think her real name is some Chinese something that is confusing as Confucius). i told Johannes that she thinks she can stand a chance with Johannes but hell no, she is wrong!! Johannes told me that he hates girls who are so like her- super ambitious, arrogant, smells like math books with joss incense and ... just plain weird. he said that her head is like hanging above the clouds like she feels she'll eventually become his girlfriend. "duh, as if she's my type, she definately not my type!!! what a stupid, little b*tch she is!" Johannes said as he drank his vodka sunrise, "Im so glad i never met her... i bet she's one of the worst lookin' girls i'll ever see in my whole entire life. i never knew there are fans as worse as her. if the other fans are so bad enough-chasing me around the malls, fainting when they see me, and other stupid things- what's more if i come across her?! anyway, i hate all of them-those fans, bleeh...." he added.
Then he took me in his hotel room and there i discovered Johannes, not androgynous and charming Johannes Trümper of Die Argyles who often appear on Viva or MTV on my TV. we first had a very hot and sensual make-out with each other by the bed. and then, we made love. my skin touches his and it was blissful. my old obsession turned into something i might preferably call love. Even though the Johannes that im always crazy about is different from this Johannes, i think im falling head over feet for him and i know he feels the same way.
Currently listening to: Lucky(DJ Kamikaze version) Britney Spears
"See i told you Johannes is lashing you out as well!!!" Percy angrily said as he got to read Aslana's blog post in Jamie's macbook, he was furious especially with Johannes' unfair judgement over Jamie. Jamie was uncontrollably sobbing on her aunt's shoulders for the past ten minutes since she read Aslana's tragic news about her. "There, there Jamie...at least he haven't said something worse than that... " Aunt Cho affectionately said. "My daughter never did anything bad to him and he never knew her in person as well so how dare he to call my Jamie something as harsh as that!!!" he exclaimed, his face very red with anger. "Perce, just calm down... only God can judge people. in fact i bet that Johannes was really insensitive and unethical...", "...or this Aslana had put some magic involved in this. She might have used Amortentia in Johannes' drink, magically modified the picture or any other things that made this look real." Aunt Cho suspected, making Percy and Jamie turn their heads on her as if she said something that makes her sound as if she was crazy and out of her mind. "What?! but Aslana's a muggle, auntie..." Jamie tearfully exclaimed "...so that means the former is more acceptable, it's more credible than the latter." she added. "Absolutely not..." Cho said, "Sometimes, wizards aren't allowed to call themselves as wizards to other fellow wizards especially if one is of minor age and has been punished by the Ministry of Magic for almost doing something as bad as throwing off an unforgivable curse. i know that is implemented by the German Ministry of Magic."
in Germany, you can do magic at muggle places just as long as you can explain or make a credible excuse to a muggle if one witnessed magic being done, like in Jamie's case when she opened her house's door with Raimund.
"Probably true. but Aslana- a witch? no way, nah-uh!!" Jamie bellowed. "Calm down Jamie, it doesn't mean what i said is true... i just kinda feel like Aslana is probably a witch. This news just popped out of nowhere and i read in Die Argyles' fan forums that no one, not even the management ever saw Johannes being with Aslana and there is no proof that Johannes himself confirmed it. So Aslana's prolly making this up-", "-what about the pictures?! some months ago, i saw her holding up a picture with her and Johannes in our school.", "Listen Jamie, i hate to tell you this but maybe she modified a picture with magic, so get it?" Aunt Cho exclaimed, then there was a moment of silence among Jamie, Percy and aunt Cho.
"Anyway, i really wished i never became a fan of Johannes at all. i regretted it very deep ...i wish i never been... so he wouldn't have those stupid, little, b*tches like me for fans. but it's a shame that one part of my life he gave me a kind of emotional gift with his songs when i was still trying to adjust with my strange, new life in Germany and especially the loss of my mum back in China. his poignant but powerful music assured me everything will be alright even if my life was flipped upside down... his sense of style made me feel that i am not the only one who is sporting my own style that used to be mocked at before Johannes became famous, therefore not making me feel weird anymore, his fashion sense is almost same as mine. and the kindness and gratefulness he showed for his fans in his interviews, concerts and such- made me feel that im important to him as a fan.... but all of these..." Jamie bellowed, making Percy and Cho look at each other with sympathy for a shamelessly sobbing Jamie in front of them. "Although Aslana was also infatuated with him from the start, it didn't stopped me from liking him and his music, but now i know the truth- Johannes is not real. he's just an act played by a poor but insensitive guy who.... just played out with my feelings and with loads of other fans." Jamie sniffled and wiped her tears, finally confessing all her chagrin and anguish out.
"Jamie, i am so sorry about Johannes." Raimund said on the phone as he and Jamie talked, "I already know about this ever since you arrived in London. i was in Berlin with my cousin Veronica at that time you called from Buckingham remember? As i opened my myspace that morning, well i was really mad when i read that, now i really hate Die Argyles and especially Johannes for calling you that. im not sure with Henri, Dean and Inah, prolly when they got to know this they'll start to hate him too. thought you might get hurt at the wrong time when i told you about Aslana's horrendous blog post. what a git Johannes is that told Aslana you're that, just don't get too depressed by what he said, it doesn't matter. i was kinda planning to tell you about it after you come back here but you got to know." , "i won't be coming back here for long really..." Jamie bitterly said, then Raimund gasped loudly and then there was a moment of silence. "What?! why... what....er... how come?" Raimund asked, his trembling voice and difficulty of finding words to say made it obvious that he was shocked by the news. "Long story, but one day i received a letter from a British boarding school that i was accepted in their school, i never took any tests though, in fact i never sent anything to them.", "Maybe it was sent to you by mistake...", "No, it was addressed to me- Jamie Chariss Wong- obviously there are no other Jamie Chariss Wong in this world other than me right?", "So, i'll never get to see you again for how long?" Raimund asked in a woeful voice, "maybe about a year, i promise i'll be back in summer or if im lucky, earlier than that- on Christmas break. C'mon you're not the only one who's sad about this-im also sad about it because we'll gonna be separated but don't you worry i'll write to you every week if i can. Dad will just give the letter to you coz only parents can write to students there, and if you had something for me, just hand it over to dad and he'll send it for me.", "then that's good..." Raimund said, "...now i understand everything, but im gonna miss you, Jamie." he added, his voice getting back to it's cheery self. whew... what a relief, Jamie thought. "and im gonna miss you too, Raims." she sweetly said.
Two weeks passed, Jamie was on Kings' Cross station with her dad and Aunt Cho on a monday morning. Jamie was pulling her trolley and Harry was sleeping soundly on the top of the trunk. "Sigh, september 1. this is it..." Jamie said as they come near platforms 9 and 10. In Germany there are also magical platforms like on old train stations in Munich, Berlin, Leipzig and Halle as well as subway stations in Kowloon leading to magical places like Hogwarts. Harry opened his green eyes and jumped over the trunk to aunt Cho's arms as Jamie prepared herself to run into platforms 9 3/4. she closed her eyes, counted one to three and ran as fast as she could. she opened her eyes and discovered herself to be in an old, Victorian train station full of witches and wizards but this time, it's also full of young, teenaged wizards like her and a very old fashioned train that had a sign "Hogwarts Express". Jamie gave her trolley to her dad and he unloaded it on the train and aunt Cho gave Harry back to Jamie. "You take care of yourself..." aunt Cho smiled, "Of course, i would...", "I can't believe it, my little Jamie is moving away from me for the first time, but hey at least you're 16 and two years from now you'll be an adult but don't fret Jamie dear, when i go home i might kick Johannes' arse faster than he can say "Nach Dir Kommt Nichts", or maybe not. But surely i'll make you and Raimund keep in touch with as much as possible." Percy assured, aunt Cho laughed and then said "Just forget about him and all those things. man, you really needed a break away from them. don't try to remember those things while you're in Hogwarts okay?", "Okay auntie, you'll write to me as well?", "ah of course, i'll be writing regularly, asking how are you doing there." Cho said, then the clock striked 11 and the train began to move, "Okay, bye dad... bye aunt Cho... see you maybe on the Christmas break or surely in summer." Jamie waved to them as she climbed inside the packed train, she made her way to the crowd and peered in a window, her dad and aunt waving at her and she waved back. moments later, Percy and Cho turned back and apparated after the Hogwarts train moves away from platform 9 3/4. Jamie carried her cat Harry on her left arm and then she quickly found an empty compartment. She sat by the windows and saw the scenery of London moving a bit fast. She then thought at least she's about to forsake her problems living life like a muggle. she's about to abandon Aslana, Johannes and their menacing friends and forget about them but Jamie also have to say goodbye to her faithful friends like Raimund, Henri, Dean and Inah but she won't have to forget about them at all. Feeling half eager but half anxious, she wondered what fate would bring her when she goes to start her new life in Hogwarts. of course there will be the good and the bad things but she wondered what are those in Hogwarts. She leaned her head on the glass and contemplated about how will her life be in Hogwarts as the train moved fast leaving the city of London behind, into the vast and green English contryside.
Chapter 8- "Chou Chang" von zwei
Chapter 8- "Chou Chang" von zwei
("Chou Chang" means melancholy in Chinese, and "von zwei" means "shared by two..." so it means "melancholy shared by two". why "Chou Chang" instead of "Melancholie"?? find it out here...)
Jamie was so amazed when she first set foot on Diagon Alley. She had been in a wizarding street before, in Munich's magical Vertig Allee where she buy her German magic books and other wizarding stuffs in Germany. it also had narrow, cobblestoned streets but Diagon Alley looks more colorful and lively than Vertig Allee. Bright lights shone on signs above the shops that sells stuffs like wizard books, cauldons and robes. The bright wizard books that are on display in some of the stores are written in English, Jamie noticed and felt a bit awkward since she is used to reading books in German or Chinese except for her English lesson books, Artemis Fowl novels, her Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and some American teen magazines. "Oh yes Jamie, here you'll need to get used to lots of English but don't worry you'll get along with it." Percy assured, "but first, we'll be getting your uniform, the black robes you'll have to wear underneath your casual clothes. don't worry about the money. it's the same thing we had in Germany-those Galleons, Sickles and Knuts, right?"
"Oh yes..." Jamie nodded and turned her head around the unique sights of Diagon Alley, the witches and wizards shopping around and all those wizard wares on sale or on display. She passed by a joke shop with a very colorful sign that says "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". The products displayed on the front window like skiving snackboxes, trick wands and other stuffs look far more amusing than their German counterparts. Jamie thought of going to that shop later when she's finished with her school supplies shopping despite of many wizards congesting around the shop. They stopped at the shop called Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. Jamie once had a black robe from Vertig Allee but it looks a bit different from the ones Hogwarts is requiring as a unform. "The black robes you own looks more appropriate in Deutch North than in Hogwarts" Percy wisely said as Jamie was being fitted by Madam Malkin, Jamie then sunk into a corner chair while Madam Malkin sped off to find a robe that fits for Jamie.
When they got out of Madam Malkins', they went to buy some new parchment and quills, which of course looked a bit different than the ones in Germany. They also shopped for new potions ingredients and things Jamie doesnt have like an astronomical map in English and new brass scales. And then went inside the wizarding bookstore called Flourish and Blotts. It reminds Jamie strongly of a certain bookshop that she used to go in Vertig Allee but most of the books in Flourish and Blotts are in English and its variety of books are endless. from childrens' books like "Beedle the Bard" (transated from Ancient Runes by Hermione Weasley) to hard-hitting, best-selling wizard autobiographies like "Twilight: reborn and "dazzling" as a vampire"(Autobiography by Cedric Diggory) with a cover depicting a pair of pale white hands holding a dark red apple on a black background. Jamie was stunned with Cedric Diggory's surprising autobiography, "Dad, i thought Cedric Diggory was dead already. so how on earth did he manage to write an autobiography even though he's long dead?" Jamie confusingly asked. "Cedric was found being reborn as a vampire in America years after his death...apparently, he doesn't remember how he got into America, went back from the dead, and how he became a vampire. all he knows is that he was Cedric Diggory who was killed by Peter Pettingrew and he rose from the dead and became a vampire. his earliest memory as a vampire was the time an American vampire family, the Cullens, adopted him and changed his name to Edward Cullen. But sometimes Cedric prefers to use his name, like this one..." Percy explained as Jamie picked "A standard book of spells: Grade six" from a bookshelf, "Oh now i see...",
"Did you know before Cedric died as a wizard, his last girlfriend was your aunt Cho?"Percy said, then Jamie accidentally dropped an Herbology book in shock, "aunt...aunt Cho Chang?? Aunt Cho whom the last time i saw was some years ago??!" Jamie said in total surprise with her barely known aunt and laughed a bit until she caughted her dad's serious look. "yes seriously Cedric was your auntie Cho's boyfriend until he died. was sort of a big blow for her, so that's why even to this day your aunt still remained... melancholic about love. you see after Cedric, she and Harry Potter-", "Harry Potter? the dude who defeated Voldemort??" Jamie asked, "yes, Harry Potter... but they broke up soon after so that made your aunt melancholic even more. what's worse is that a few years after Cedric was adopted by the Cullens, he married a very beautiful muggle girl named Bella Swan and then aunt Cho found out that Cedric rose from the dead too late. But i don't know in Cedric's part if he still remembers Cho. So that's the story why your poor aunt is still single up to this day..." Percy said as they went into the counter and paid for Jamie's school books as well as a few books Jamie picked out of interest like "Quidditch through the ages" and Cedric Diggory's best selling autobiography as background reading. "Sigh....poor aunt Cho." Jamie miserably said and then a horrable idea went into her mind. What if she ended up like her aunt who is nearing her thirties but still single? she may not lost Johannes through death like aunt Cho lost her Cedric but Jamie felt a very deep melancholy inside her every time she thinks of Johannes. Jamie remained quiet with her dad walking around Diagon Alley. Weasleys Wizard Wheezes might have took her mind off Johannes for a moment but after she left the shop with her trick wand, Wonderwitch 10 second pimple vanisher and Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, her sadness came back and became silent again. While they are walking towards the Magical menagerie to buy a pet ( "Dad, do i have to have a pet?", "yes Jamie. it says in your list that they're now requiring all their students to have a pet, either an owl, a cat or a toad."), Jamie suddenly bumped into someone.
"Oh im sorry..." said a calm but strangely familiar voice. Jamie and Percy stopped walking and looked behind. Then in a very ironic twist of fate that really surprised them, they realized it was Cho's voice and they saw her standing a few steps away, who was also shocked to see them. Cho had a very long and silky black hair and strikingly beautiful features but had a short stature for a thirty year old that she is barely as tall as Jamie. Jamie also noticed that her aunt was wearing a black longsleeved turtleneck shirt, a long blue plaid skirt and sassy high heeled periwinkle boots underneath a sparkling black wizard robe with a silver necklace. "Percy, is that you?" Cho asked, "... and oh my gosh, is that you Jamie? you're all grown up. the last time i saw you you're still a little kid." she added as she glanced at Jamie like the last time she saw her was many years ago, in fact they did, when Cho visited them on Hamburg herself when Jamie was 12. "Uh...hehe..." Jamie smiled awkwardly to her aunt. "So what brings you here? i thought you guys are in Germany..." aunt Cho asked. "Jamie got her Hogwarts letter very, very, very late. i mean she already took her O.W.Ls in Germany and then she got an offer from Hogwarts to study there for her N.E.W.Ts." Percy told in English to his cousin Cho who said "Oh, i see. so are you complete with school supplies?", "well yeah, but i still don't have a pet..." Jamie said, her cheeks turning a bit pink. "Not to worry, we should go to the Magical Menagerie..." Cho said "... That's the place we're about to go, if you want you can come." Percy smiled, "Sure, why not?"
Jamie, Percy and her aunt Cho are now on the magical menagerie and began looking for a very good pet for Jamie. "Don't you like an owl for your daughter? even though it's quite expensive, your kid can send messages to you..." The shop keeper shop-talked to Percy, who just payed little attention to him since he knows Jamie can send letters to him with their family owl, a Eurasian Eagle owl named Frank. "Seen anything you like?" her aunt asked Jamie, "Not yet, aunt Cho..." Jamie shooked her head. Then they both went near a wide glass box with cats of any kind in it. some are playing, some are eating and others are yawning and sleeping. "a cat might be good..." Jamie said, "Yeah..." Cho said as she stirred her mind and looked deep into the cats. What would be a good cat for her niece, she wondered. she scanned every cat she would get her eyes on the glass box. A red tabby cat looks nice but it looked like it had a terrible case of Pixie Fleas and could make Jamie's bedcovers very itchy to use since the tabby is scratching its fur very hard. she saw a small Siamese cat but it doesnt look intelligent enough, a ominous looking part kneazle, and then in a split second, a black persian cat suddenly caught Cho's attention like thunder. Its long and messy black hair and its green eyes strongly reminds her of someone; someone she had loved just after she lost her Cedric. Its striking dark green eyes staring at her intensely reminds her of the kiss she got underneath a mistletoe many years ago and then another loss she felt later on. Cedric is gone... Harry as well. Cho's heart seemed to twitch and her eyes seemed to trickle some tears and seemed to lost herself trying to recall the wonderful past that has been gone, crying silently until...
"...uhh, aunt Cho, are you alright?" Jamie asked, then Cho realized she was holding the black persian cat with it's face facing hers. "Oh, nothing... nothing dear, i am okay." Cho said as she wiped her tears and covered herself with her sleeves as if she was wiping off some sweat so she can conceal her hidden melancholy. Jamie looked at the cat her aunt was holding and she looked interested, "Nice pick aunt Cho!!! i really love this cat, he looks so perfect!!!" Jamie said delightedly. Percy came along and asked "You found something?", "Oh yes dad. I think it's the perfect pet ever!!" Jamie said as she grabbed the cat from her aunt's arms, the cat purred at Jamie- a gesture that it likes her. Then the shop keeper arrived, "That persian cat is male and is around a year and a half old." he said, "We'll take it..." Percy said as he looked into his pockets for his wallet but Cho was fast that she got some money from her purse and quickly brought the cat for Jamie, "Percy, you don't need to pay for the cat. i paid it off, consider it a very late birthday gift for Jamie.", Jamie looked at her and said "Vielen Danke...", Percy looked stunned and a bit red as they left the menagerie.
Sunset came and the three ate at a restaurant in Camden Market for dinner. as they waited for their food, Jamie wondered what will she name her cat. "What do you think is the best name for my kitty?" she asked, "whatever you like dear..." Percy said as he looked at the cat with great fondness, "But i have no idea though..." Jamie sadly said as she massaged her cat's tummy. "I know the perfect name for him..." Cho said, "What is it then, aunt Cho?", "... Since he reminds me of my very close friend from Hogwarts a long time ago, i decided he would be better off as... Harry.", Harry is a good name for the cat, Jamie thought, "Then Harry it is!!" Jamie laughed as she relaxed with her dad, her new cat Harry and her reunited aunt Cho.
("Chou Chang" means melancholy in Chinese, and "von zwei" means "shared by two..." so it means "melancholy shared by two". why "Chou Chang" instead of "Melancholie"?? find it out here...)
Jamie was so amazed when she first set foot on Diagon Alley. She had been in a wizarding street before, in Munich's magical Vertig Allee where she buy her German magic books and other wizarding stuffs in Germany. it also had narrow, cobblestoned streets but Diagon Alley looks more colorful and lively than Vertig Allee. Bright lights shone on signs above the shops that sells stuffs like wizard books, cauldons and robes. The bright wizard books that are on display in some of the stores are written in English, Jamie noticed and felt a bit awkward since she is used to reading books in German or Chinese except for her English lesson books, Artemis Fowl novels, her Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and some American teen magazines. "Oh yes Jamie, here you'll need to get used to lots of English but don't worry you'll get along with it." Percy assured, "but first, we'll be getting your uniform, the black robes you'll have to wear underneath your casual clothes. don't worry about the money. it's the same thing we had in Germany-those Galleons, Sickles and Knuts, right?"
"Oh yes..." Jamie nodded and turned her head around the unique sights of Diagon Alley, the witches and wizards shopping around and all those wizard wares on sale or on display. She passed by a joke shop with a very colorful sign that says "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". The products displayed on the front window like skiving snackboxes, trick wands and other stuffs look far more amusing than their German counterparts. Jamie thought of going to that shop later when she's finished with her school supplies shopping despite of many wizards congesting around the shop. They stopped at the shop called Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. Jamie once had a black robe from Vertig Allee but it looks a bit different from the ones Hogwarts is requiring as a unform. "The black robes you own looks more appropriate in Deutch North than in Hogwarts" Percy wisely said as Jamie was being fitted by Madam Malkin, Jamie then sunk into a corner chair while Madam Malkin sped off to find a robe that fits for Jamie.
When they got out of Madam Malkins', they went to buy some new parchment and quills, which of course looked a bit different than the ones in Germany. They also shopped for new potions ingredients and things Jamie doesnt have like an astronomical map in English and new brass scales. And then went inside the wizarding bookstore called Flourish and Blotts. It reminds Jamie strongly of a certain bookshop that she used to go in Vertig Allee but most of the books in Flourish and Blotts are in English and its variety of books are endless. from childrens' books like "Beedle the Bard" (transated from Ancient Runes by Hermione Weasley) to hard-hitting, best-selling wizard autobiographies like "Twilight: reborn and "dazzling" as a vampire"(Autobiography by Cedric Diggory) with a cover depicting a pair of pale white hands holding a dark red apple on a black background. Jamie was stunned with Cedric Diggory's surprising autobiography, "Dad, i thought Cedric Diggory was dead already. so how on earth did he manage to write an autobiography even though he's long dead?" Jamie confusingly asked. "Cedric was found being reborn as a vampire in America years after his death...apparently, he doesn't remember how he got into America, went back from the dead, and how he became a vampire. all he knows is that he was Cedric Diggory who was killed by Peter Pettingrew and he rose from the dead and became a vampire. his earliest memory as a vampire was the time an American vampire family, the Cullens, adopted him and changed his name to Edward Cullen. But sometimes Cedric prefers to use his name, like this one..." Percy explained as Jamie picked "A standard book of spells: Grade six" from a bookshelf, "Oh now i see...",
"Did you know before Cedric died as a wizard, his last girlfriend was your aunt Cho?"Percy said, then Jamie accidentally dropped an Herbology book in shock, "aunt...aunt Cho Chang?? Aunt Cho whom the last time i saw was some years ago??!" Jamie said in total surprise with her barely known aunt and laughed a bit until she caughted her dad's serious look. "yes seriously Cedric was your auntie Cho's boyfriend until he died. was sort of a big blow for her, so that's why even to this day your aunt still remained... melancholic about love. you see after Cedric, she and Harry Potter-", "Harry Potter? the dude who defeated Voldemort??" Jamie asked, "yes, Harry Potter... but they broke up soon after so that made your aunt melancholic even more. what's worse is that a few years after Cedric was adopted by the Cullens, he married a very beautiful muggle girl named Bella Swan and then aunt Cho found out that Cedric rose from the dead too late. But i don't know in Cedric's part if he still remembers Cho. So that's the story why your poor aunt is still single up to this day..." Percy said as they went into the counter and paid for Jamie's school books as well as a few books Jamie picked out of interest like "Quidditch through the ages" and Cedric Diggory's best selling autobiography as background reading. "Sigh....poor aunt Cho." Jamie miserably said and then a horrable idea went into her mind. What if she ended up like her aunt who is nearing her thirties but still single? she may not lost Johannes through death like aunt Cho lost her Cedric but Jamie felt a very deep melancholy inside her every time she thinks of Johannes. Jamie remained quiet with her dad walking around Diagon Alley. Weasleys Wizard Wheezes might have took her mind off Johannes for a moment but after she left the shop with her trick wand, Wonderwitch 10 second pimple vanisher and Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, her sadness came back and became silent again. While they are walking towards the Magical menagerie to buy a pet ( "Dad, do i have to have a pet?", "yes Jamie. it says in your list that they're now requiring all their students to have a pet, either an owl, a cat or a toad."), Jamie suddenly bumped into someone.
"Oh im sorry..." said a calm but strangely familiar voice. Jamie and Percy stopped walking and looked behind. Then in a very ironic twist of fate that really surprised them, they realized it was Cho's voice and they saw her standing a few steps away, who was also shocked to see them. Cho had a very long and silky black hair and strikingly beautiful features but had a short stature for a thirty year old that she is barely as tall as Jamie. Jamie also noticed that her aunt was wearing a black longsleeved turtleneck shirt, a long blue plaid skirt and sassy high heeled periwinkle boots underneath a sparkling black wizard robe with a silver necklace. "Percy, is that you?" Cho asked, "... and oh my gosh, is that you Jamie? you're all grown up. the last time i saw you you're still a little kid." she added as she glanced at Jamie like the last time she saw her was many years ago, in fact they did, when Cho visited them on Hamburg herself when Jamie was 12. "Uh...hehe..." Jamie smiled awkwardly to her aunt. "So what brings you here? i thought you guys are in Germany..." aunt Cho asked. "Jamie got her Hogwarts letter very, very, very late. i mean she already took her O.W.Ls in Germany and then she got an offer from Hogwarts to study there for her N.E.W.Ts." Percy told in English to his cousin Cho who said "Oh, i see. so are you complete with school supplies?", "well yeah, but i still don't have a pet..." Jamie said, her cheeks turning a bit pink. "Not to worry, we should go to the Magical Menagerie..." Cho said "... That's the place we're about to go, if you want you can come." Percy smiled, "Sure, why not?"
Jamie, Percy and her aunt Cho are now on the magical menagerie and began looking for a very good pet for Jamie. "Don't you like an owl for your daughter? even though it's quite expensive, your kid can send messages to you..." The shop keeper shop-talked to Percy, who just payed little attention to him since he knows Jamie can send letters to him with their family owl, a Eurasian Eagle owl named Frank. "Seen anything you like?" her aunt asked Jamie, "Not yet, aunt Cho..." Jamie shooked her head. Then they both went near a wide glass box with cats of any kind in it. some are playing, some are eating and others are yawning and sleeping. "a cat might be good..." Jamie said, "Yeah..." Cho said as she stirred her mind and looked deep into the cats. What would be a good cat for her niece, she wondered. she scanned every cat she would get her eyes on the glass box. A red tabby cat looks nice but it looked like it had a terrible case of Pixie Fleas and could make Jamie's bedcovers very itchy to use since the tabby is scratching its fur very hard. she saw a small Siamese cat but it doesnt look intelligent enough, a ominous looking part kneazle, and then in a split second, a black persian cat suddenly caught Cho's attention like thunder. Its long and messy black hair and its green eyes strongly reminds her of someone; someone she had loved just after she lost her Cedric. Its striking dark green eyes staring at her intensely reminds her of the kiss she got underneath a mistletoe many years ago and then another loss she felt later on. Cedric is gone... Harry as well. Cho's heart seemed to twitch and her eyes seemed to trickle some tears and seemed to lost herself trying to recall the wonderful past that has been gone, crying silently until...
"...uhh, aunt Cho, are you alright?" Jamie asked, then Cho realized she was holding the black persian cat with it's face facing hers. "Oh, nothing... nothing dear, i am okay." Cho said as she wiped her tears and covered herself with her sleeves as if she was wiping off some sweat so she can conceal her hidden melancholy. Jamie looked at the cat her aunt was holding and she looked interested, "Nice pick aunt Cho!!! i really love this cat, he looks so perfect!!!" Jamie said delightedly. Percy came along and asked "You found something?", "Oh yes dad. I think it's the perfect pet ever!!" Jamie said as she grabbed the cat from her aunt's arms, the cat purred at Jamie- a gesture that it likes her. Then the shop keeper arrived, "That persian cat is male and is around a year and a half old." he said, "We'll take it..." Percy said as he looked into his pockets for his wallet but Cho was fast that she got some money from her purse and quickly brought the cat for Jamie, "Percy, you don't need to pay for the cat. i paid it off, consider it a very late birthday gift for Jamie.", Jamie looked at her and said "Vielen Danke...", Percy looked stunned and a bit red as they left the menagerie.
Sunset came and the three ate at a restaurant in Camden Market for dinner. as they waited for their food, Jamie wondered what will she name her cat. "What do you think is the best name for my kitty?" she asked, "whatever you like dear..." Percy said as he looked at the cat with great fondness, "But i have no idea though..." Jamie sadly said as she massaged her cat's tummy. "I know the perfect name for him..." Cho said, "What is it then, aunt Cho?", "... Since he reminds me of my very close friend from Hogwarts a long time ago, i decided he would be better off as... Harry.", Harry is a good name for the cat, Jamie thought, "Then Harry it is!!" Jamie laughed as she relaxed with her dad, her new cat Harry and her reunited aunt Cho.
Chapter 7- A hard decision
Chapter 7- A hard decision
Jamie moved a bit closer in the terrace to see the flying owls clearly towards her. Then two owls, an large eagle owl and a smaller grey owl landed on the wrought iron Art Noveau terrace where Jamie has been standing. The two owls are both holding a letter on their beaks. The eagle owl got a blue envelope and the small grey one had an envelope that looks like it was made from parchment. then, the two owls gave it to Jamie and the eagle owl quickly set off but the small owl stayed on the terrace as Jamie went inside the room, scanning the envelopes. She realized that the blue envelope is from the German Ministry of Magic; Department of Magical Education, and the other one is from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. and most notably, those letters are for her as both envelopes addressed it in her name. What would the German Ministry of Magic and this Hogwarts school want to do with me? she thought.
"Hey dad, look at these letters..." Jamie called her dad while he is sitting on a sofa watching BBC World. Percy quickly turned his head to her and he was surprised when he saw the two letters. "Jamie, those letters might have got something to do with your OWLs result!! particularly the blue one..."exclaimed Percy.
a day after her 16th birthday, which is 3 months prior to the start of our story, Jamie took a day off from muggle school and took her OWLs on the German Department of Magical Education inside the German Ministry of Magic in Berlin along with the other homeschooled wizard students, which in Jamie's opinion, were a lot.
"Really? then im gonna open the blue one first. oh well, here goes nothing." Jamie said. She opened the blue envelope and unfolded a German letter written in fine calligraphy. It was truly Jamie's OWLs results and Jamie half anxiously and half eagerly scanned the whole page.
Ordinary Wizarding Levels results
Name: Jamie Chariss Wong
School: homeschooled. Hamburg, Hamburg DE
Astronomy: E
Potions: E
Arithmancy: E
Herbology: E
Care of Magical Creatures: E
History of Magic: A
Charms: O
DADA: E
Transfiguration: O
Note: You have been offered to take further studies for N.E.W.Ts in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry if you wish to pursue a wizarding career. A letter from Hogwarts that will notify the offer will arrive at the same day you receive this letter.
Jamie stared at her letter with great disbelief. after she took her O.W.Ls in Berlin, Jamie never thought of what career would she'll be taking, a muggle profession or a magical career? She just thought of continuing her muggle studies and maybe get a muggle career. But sometimes, she feels like she is not happy with her life as a wizard mingling with the muggles. Not only with Aslana and her friends but also she feels dreadful with her grades even though she gets high marks with it. The only muggle subject she really enjoyed is math, which she deemed like it's the only muggle talent that she got. In her social life, the only friends she got in school who believes and loves her as she is are Raimund, Inah, Henri and Dean. the rest of the highschool people who knew Jamie believes she deserved to be an outcast since they all stick like Elmers glue with Aslana and believed in everthing she says. so, even if her muggle life was really auspicious, Jamie doesn't feel satisfied at all in her life. She feels like there is something more for her other than an uncontented muggle-like life.
"See i told you that you will be great on your O.W.Ls...be happy about it." Percy said with a grin, as if he had won a six figures worth bet. Jamie looked at him, "No, i am not sad about my grades. i just feel uncertain about whether i should continue studying in muggle school or go to Hogwarts and get a wizarding career..." she said with a small frown and worry in her face. her dad looked at her and said "Just think of what really makes you believe will make you more happy about life and pursue it. i think your algebra and statistics are as great as your charms or transfiguration, but think where are you most happy doing. it's all up to you, it's your life anyway and i am here to support and help you reach for your goals.", Jamie smiled and said "thanks dad...". now she knows what is inside the letter from Hogwarts but she have to open it to find out about more concerning her offer to Hogwarts. She opened the red sticker bearing the Hogwarts crest on the envelope and pulled out a letter written in green inked clear cursive on a fine looking parchment.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Eric Darwin
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Head Contributor for the development of the Wizarding World Wide Web, Wizard of the Year 2005-Wiscontin Witches and Wizards' Institute, President, Protection For The Rights of Wizard Monkeys organization)
Dear Ms. Wong,
The German Ministry of Magic wrote to us that we should give some German wizard students like you an offer to continue studying for your N.E.W.Ts in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
If you are willing to study in our school, please sign the consent enclosed with you and your parents/guardians' approval and send it back via owl mail.
Yours sincerly,
Ginevra Shana
Deputy Headmistress
Will she accept this deal or just continue her muggle studies? she wondered as she stared at the consent slip enclosed in the letter. then she thought deeply how will her life be surrounded by more wizards than muggles. the only wizard that she interacts with often is her father, and occationally her paternal relatives. Her life in wizarding school might be different than her life in Hamburg. Her dad told her about some things he does when he was in Hogwarts. He told her that life in Hogwarts is quite different from the muggle life she is used to. There might be perks but there might also be a negative side. If she went to Hogwarts, she might face another hard adjustment in life like she had when she first settled in Germany. Her English might be okay but she will never be able to talk to people with the two languages she was fluent in- German and Cantonese. She sometimes feel awkward talking in English, like the accent she had, Cantonese/German is something much stranger than French/Swahili. Aside the language problem, who knows people there are a lot more awful than Aslana and her friends. Maybe wizards will never accept her for who she is.
if muggles can't accept her, what's more if they're wizards? she knows nothing about British wizarding social life anyway. Then she thought what if she carried on with her muggle studies. She still had Raimund by her side and her mathematical skills shining like a star but Aslana might still bother her more, people will still torment her as an outcast and "freak" now that dreadful Johannes came in and ruined her reputation more in school. Aslana and being a "freak" aside, although she is really good in math, she doesnt know what occupation would she really enjoy doing.
She isnt interested in Architecture unlike her dad, she doesn't like being a very stressed and hectic engineer nor a math teacher since she doesnt have all the patience to teach little kids something that will need a lot of explainations, trial and errors to make them learn.
Then there is that feeling that she wants something that will fill out a missing part in her life. maybe she should really try out going to Hogwarts, in case if her wizarding life was harder than her living out "muggle style", she can go back to homeschooling next year. So it's just for the sake of experiencing what it's like to learn magic with proper magic teachers and also meet other wizards her age and a break away from muggles, especially to completely get over that Johannes. and maybe she'll discover the kind of profession she would like to do in the future. who knows what destiny might throw at her.
"Okay dad, i'll accept this offer. even if it's just for one year, but if i completed my remaining 2 years studying magic there and figured out what i really wanted to do in life at the same time, then that'll be way better." Jamie said, handling over the consent slip to her dad to sign first. "Then that's good Jamie. at least you can experience first hand on what's life studying in a magic school with proferssors, meet other wizards your age and maybe you'll find what you're looking for, which is your ideal profession, in there." Percy said as he signed the consent slip. Jamie signed her consent slip and headed towards the terrace, where the Hogwarts owl is waiting. "So, i'll just tie this on his leg?" she asked and Percy nodded. "I am so proud that my little Jamie is going to Wizards' school..." Percy said like a very proud and cheesy mother saying that her little baby doesnt wear diapers anymore, "daaad..." Jamie rolled her eyes in slight annoyance as the Hogwarts owl flew away.
That night another owl landed on the Wongs' hotel room terrace. This owl is probably another Hogwarts owl, a sleepless Jamie thought. Wearing her black embroidered kimono pajama top, pink pinstriped pajama trousers and black fluffy slippers, she went into the cold and breezy terrace and took the letter from the owl. She was right all along, it was another letter from Hogwarts. Maybe it's a confirmation letter that she was accepted in Hogwarts. She opened her letter as she went inside then read the Hogwarts letter.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Eric Darwin
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Head Contributor for the development of the Wizarding World Wide Web, Wizard of the Year 2005-Wiscontin Witches and Wizards' Institute, President, Protection For The Rights of Wizard Monkeys organization)
Dear Ms. Wong,
We are pleased to informed you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. Thank you for confirming your acceptance with our offer.
Yours sincerly,
Ginevra Shana
Deputy Headmistress
Should she wake up dad? Jamie thought, Maybe tomorrow morning is better. It would be bad to wake up her dad in a middle of a deep sleep, she remembered some years ago she woke up her dad in the middle of the night(to catch a late night TV show that she and Percy want to see), instead Jamie ended up feeling vexed while watching TV alone because her dad threw a nasty fit after she woke him up. Now feeling that this kind of moment is not something worth to be upsetted about by anyone, Jamie sat on her bed and looked for the enclosed list instead. She found the list and looked over it.
The next morning Jamie showed her dad her Hogwarts letter and school list over breakfast in a 60s styled British pub near their hotel. "Good timing, we received this in London and all these things can't be brought in Germany but here in London." Percy said as he ate a French toast, "But where in London dad?", "Somewhere that you might enjoy that you'll take your head off Johannes for a while and it's much, much better than Munich's Vertig Allee..." Percy winked then Jamie looked curious. "...today's itinenary is not in Buckingham Palace, Tower of London or Camden Merket, Save them for tomorrow perhaps. Today we're heading to Diagon Alley."
So after breakfast, they walked a bit and get down to a subway. They also used the subway when they were walking around in Paris. Then Jamie felt a bit sad and remembered deeply about Johannes. She perspired and shuddered a bit as she went inside and the train's doors closed tight. "I never knew the Tube would look cooler than the ones we had in Hamburg" Jamie whispered to herself as she tried to divert her mind off Johannes. Then they got off the train around 12 minutes later with 5 stops along the way. "It's far from our hotel you know..." Percy said. They passed by 3 blocks and then they passed by a street full of shops, music stores, restoraunts and cinemas. Then they stopped at a dark looking place with a sign "Leaky Cauldron" and went inside. Never in Jamie's life did she saw wizards of many kinds. There are old bearded warlocks cussing along while drinking an English firewhisky, a group of witches talking about their personal lives and goblins talking about the muggle stock market. Jamie was so amazed while Percy made their way off to an old wooden door. He opened it and they went inside which is a kind of a small courtyard with a brick wall facing them. Percy took his wand and tapped the wall 3 times. Then the bricks quivered and wriggled, then a small hole appeared and then it grew wider and wider until it became an archway onto a very fantastic cobbled street full of wizards. "Jamie, we're now in Diagon Alley..." Percy grinned at an astounded Jamie.
Jamie moved a bit closer in the terrace to see the flying owls clearly towards her. Then two owls, an large eagle owl and a smaller grey owl landed on the wrought iron Art Noveau terrace where Jamie has been standing. The two owls are both holding a letter on their beaks. The eagle owl got a blue envelope and the small grey one had an envelope that looks like it was made from parchment. then, the two owls gave it to Jamie and the eagle owl quickly set off but the small owl stayed on the terrace as Jamie went inside the room, scanning the envelopes. She realized that the blue envelope is from the German Ministry of Magic; Department of Magical Education, and the other one is from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. and most notably, those letters are for her as both envelopes addressed it in her name. What would the German Ministry of Magic and this Hogwarts school want to do with me? she thought.
"Hey dad, look at these letters..." Jamie called her dad while he is sitting on a sofa watching BBC World. Percy quickly turned his head to her and he was surprised when he saw the two letters. "Jamie, those letters might have got something to do with your OWLs result!! particularly the blue one..."exclaimed Percy.
a day after her 16th birthday, which is 3 months prior to the start of our story, Jamie took a day off from muggle school and took her OWLs on the German Department of Magical Education inside the German Ministry of Magic in Berlin along with the other homeschooled wizard students, which in Jamie's opinion, were a lot.
"Really? then im gonna open the blue one first. oh well, here goes nothing." Jamie said. She opened the blue envelope and unfolded a German letter written in fine calligraphy. It was truly Jamie's OWLs results and Jamie half anxiously and half eagerly scanned the whole page.
Ordinary Wizarding Levels results
Name: Jamie Chariss Wong
School: homeschooled. Hamburg, Hamburg DE
Astronomy: E
Potions: E
Arithmancy: E
Herbology: E
Care of Magical Creatures: E
History of Magic: A
Charms: O
DADA: E
Transfiguration: O
Note: You have been offered to take further studies for N.E.W.Ts in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry if you wish to pursue a wizarding career. A letter from Hogwarts that will notify the offer will arrive at the same day you receive this letter.
Jamie stared at her letter with great disbelief. after she took her O.W.Ls in Berlin, Jamie never thought of what career would she'll be taking, a muggle profession or a magical career? She just thought of continuing her muggle studies and maybe get a muggle career. But sometimes, she feels like she is not happy with her life as a wizard mingling with the muggles. Not only with Aslana and her friends but also she feels dreadful with her grades even though she gets high marks with it. The only muggle subject she really enjoyed is math, which she deemed like it's the only muggle talent that she got. In her social life, the only friends she got in school who believes and loves her as she is are Raimund, Inah, Henri and Dean. the rest of the highschool people who knew Jamie believes she deserved to be an outcast since they all stick like Elmers glue with Aslana and believed in everthing she says. so, even if her muggle life was really auspicious, Jamie doesn't feel satisfied at all in her life. She feels like there is something more for her other than an uncontented muggle-like life.
"See i told you that you will be great on your O.W.Ls...be happy about it." Percy said with a grin, as if he had won a six figures worth bet. Jamie looked at him, "No, i am not sad about my grades. i just feel uncertain about whether i should continue studying in muggle school or go to Hogwarts and get a wizarding career..." she said with a small frown and worry in her face. her dad looked at her and said "Just think of what really makes you believe will make you more happy about life and pursue it. i think your algebra and statistics are as great as your charms or transfiguration, but think where are you most happy doing. it's all up to you, it's your life anyway and i am here to support and help you reach for your goals.", Jamie smiled and said "thanks dad...". now she knows what is inside the letter from Hogwarts but she have to open it to find out about more concerning her offer to Hogwarts. She opened the red sticker bearing the Hogwarts crest on the envelope and pulled out a letter written in green inked clear cursive on a fine looking parchment.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Eric Darwin
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Head Contributor for the development of the Wizarding World Wide Web, Wizard of the Year 2005-Wiscontin Witches and Wizards' Institute, President, Protection For The Rights of Wizard Monkeys organization)
Dear Ms. Wong,
The German Ministry of Magic wrote to us that we should give some German wizard students like you an offer to continue studying for your N.E.W.Ts in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
If you are willing to study in our school, please sign the consent enclosed with you and your parents/guardians' approval and send it back via owl mail.
Yours sincerly,
Ginevra Shana
Deputy Headmistress
Will she accept this deal or just continue her muggle studies? she wondered as she stared at the consent slip enclosed in the letter. then she thought deeply how will her life be surrounded by more wizards than muggles. the only wizard that she interacts with often is her father, and occationally her paternal relatives. Her life in wizarding school might be different than her life in Hamburg. Her dad told her about some things he does when he was in Hogwarts. He told her that life in Hogwarts is quite different from the muggle life she is used to. There might be perks but there might also be a negative side. If she went to Hogwarts, she might face another hard adjustment in life like she had when she first settled in Germany. Her English might be okay but she will never be able to talk to people with the two languages she was fluent in- German and Cantonese. She sometimes feel awkward talking in English, like the accent she had, Cantonese/German is something much stranger than French/Swahili. Aside the language problem, who knows people there are a lot more awful than Aslana and her friends. Maybe wizards will never accept her for who she is.
if muggles can't accept her, what's more if they're wizards? she knows nothing about British wizarding social life anyway. Then she thought what if she carried on with her muggle studies. She still had Raimund by her side and her mathematical skills shining like a star but Aslana might still bother her more, people will still torment her as an outcast and "freak" now that dreadful Johannes came in and ruined her reputation more in school. Aslana and being a "freak" aside, although she is really good in math, she doesnt know what occupation would she really enjoy doing.
She isnt interested in Architecture unlike her dad, she doesn't like being a very stressed and hectic engineer nor a math teacher since she doesnt have all the patience to teach little kids something that will need a lot of explainations, trial and errors to make them learn.
Then there is that feeling that she wants something that will fill out a missing part in her life. maybe she should really try out going to Hogwarts, in case if her wizarding life was harder than her living out "muggle style", she can go back to homeschooling next year. So it's just for the sake of experiencing what it's like to learn magic with proper magic teachers and also meet other wizards her age and a break away from muggles, especially to completely get over that Johannes. and maybe she'll discover the kind of profession she would like to do in the future. who knows what destiny might throw at her.
"Okay dad, i'll accept this offer. even if it's just for one year, but if i completed my remaining 2 years studying magic there and figured out what i really wanted to do in life at the same time, then that'll be way better." Jamie said, handling over the consent slip to her dad to sign first. "Then that's good Jamie. at least you can experience first hand on what's life studying in a magic school with proferssors, meet other wizards your age and maybe you'll find what you're looking for, which is your ideal profession, in there." Percy said as he signed the consent slip. Jamie signed her consent slip and headed towards the terrace, where the Hogwarts owl is waiting. "So, i'll just tie this on his leg?" she asked and Percy nodded. "I am so proud that my little Jamie is going to Wizards' school..." Percy said like a very proud and cheesy mother saying that her little baby doesnt wear diapers anymore, "daaad..." Jamie rolled her eyes in slight annoyance as the Hogwarts owl flew away.
That night another owl landed on the Wongs' hotel room terrace. This owl is probably another Hogwarts owl, a sleepless Jamie thought. Wearing her black embroidered kimono pajama top, pink pinstriped pajama trousers and black fluffy slippers, she went into the cold and breezy terrace and took the letter from the owl. She was right all along, it was another letter from Hogwarts. Maybe it's a confirmation letter that she was accepted in Hogwarts. She opened her letter as she went inside then read the Hogwarts letter.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Eric Darwin
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Head Contributor for the development of the Wizarding World Wide Web, Wizard of the Year 2005-Wiscontin Witches and Wizards' Institute, President, Protection For The Rights of Wizard Monkeys organization)
Dear Ms. Wong,
We are pleased to informed you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. Thank you for confirming your acceptance with our offer.
Yours sincerly,
Ginevra Shana
Deputy Headmistress
Should she wake up dad? Jamie thought, Maybe tomorrow morning is better. It would be bad to wake up her dad in a middle of a deep sleep, she remembered some years ago she woke up her dad in the middle of the night(to catch a late night TV show that she and Percy want to see), instead Jamie ended up feeling vexed while watching TV alone because her dad threw a nasty fit after she woke him up. Now feeling that this kind of moment is not something worth to be upsetted about by anyone, Jamie sat on her bed and looked for the enclosed list instead. She found the list and looked over it.
The next morning Jamie showed her dad her Hogwarts letter and school list over breakfast in a 60s styled British pub near their hotel. "Good timing, we received this in London and all these things can't be brought in Germany but here in London." Percy said as he ate a French toast, "But where in London dad?", "Somewhere that you might enjoy that you'll take your head off Johannes for a while and it's much, much better than Munich's Vertig Allee..." Percy winked then Jamie looked curious. "...today's itinenary is not in Buckingham Palace, Tower of London or Camden Merket, Save them for tomorrow perhaps. Today we're heading to Diagon Alley."
So after breakfast, they walked a bit and get down to a subway. They also used the subway when they were walking around in Paris. Then Jamie felt a bit sad and remembered deeply about Johannes. She perspired and shuddered a bit as she went inside and the train's doors closed tight. "I never knew the Tube would look cooler than the ones we had in Hamburg" Jamie whispered to herself as she tried to divert her mind off Johannes. Then they got off the train around 12 minutes later with 5 stops along the way. "It's far from our hotel you know..." Percy said. They passed by 3 blocks and then they passed by a street full of shops, music stores, restoraunts and cinemas. Then they stopped at a dark looking place with a sign "Leaky Cauldron" and went inside. Never in Jamie's life did she saw wizards of many kinds. There are old bearded warlocks cussing along while drinking an English firewhisky, a group of witches talking about their personal lives and goblins talking about the muggle stock market. Jamie was so amazed while Percy made their way off to an old wooden door. He opened it and they went inside which is a kind of a small courtyard with a brick wall facing them. Percy took his wand and tapped the wall 3 times. Then the bricks quivered and wriggled, then a small hole appeared and then it grew wider and wider until it became an archway onto a very fantastic cobbled street full of wizards. "Jamie, we're now in Diagon Alley..." Percy grinned at an astounded Jamie.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Chapter 6- A tale of two cities
Chapter 6- A tale of two cities
It was almost 5:00 in the afternoon and it's been 2 days since Jamie and her father Percy have left Hamburg and crossed the German borders to stay at Belgium first. They slept at a nice, avant-garde hotel in Brussels and they also had a morning excursion around(and took pictures on great monuments and places) before they got into the great European highways again that afternoon. Now they arrived in France some hours ago and now they're heading off to Paris. "How long are we gonna hang out in Paris dad?" Jamie asked while she was sitting on the back, reading a muggle novel about a very young criminal mastermind called Artemis Fowl with a few pillows beside her. Percy was on the driver's seat but with his hands busy tinkering with his digital camera and not on the wheels but were magically controlled smoothly by him. "Maybe around 3 days and after that we're heading to London and that's a long way to go." Percy turned his head to Jamie, "Oh, that's fine. I would love to shop around in Paris and see the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tow-" Jamie said, until she got sight of a faraway Eiffel Tower, which got her jaw drop. "Oh my gosh, dad it's the Eiffel Tower!!!" Jamie pointed at the famous tower to her dad, who was also so awestruck that he stopped tinkering his digicam for a moment. "Oh yeah...it's the Tour De Eiffel. I used to study about it on my college days as an Architecture student. It was an early example of wrought-iron construction on a giant scale." Percy said.
"Oh my, we're getting near a toll gate, i should better get my hands on the wheels again or else the muggles will be frightened when they see me not holding the wheels and at the same time keeping it under control." he added, Jamie laughed a bit and she put her Artemis Fowl book down, reclined in the back seat and fell asleep.
Jamie woke up from a slightly deep sleep. after she stirred up her senses, she found out that she's in Paris already but they are stuck in a middle of a heavy traffic and a song by Avenged Sevenfold are playing on the car's stereo while her dad was singing along on the chorus. "yawn...Dad, are we in Paris already? and where are we gonna stay?" Jamie asked as she stretched her arms, "Yes hun, and i read a while ago in our Paris guide book, the best place to stay at in Paris for us is Galileo Hotel, which is on the 8th arrondissement-near Champs Elysees. Its' a charming place and i want to see how good the architecture is there." Percy said as they moved slowly along the traffic. They came near Champs Elysees 15 minutes later, crossed into a tony neighborhood and stopped at a sophisticated town-house hotel. "Okay, this is the place we're staying here in Paris." Percy smiled as they unloaded the bags they'll be needing for three days. They entered the very charming French hotel, went into the reception area and got their keys to room 501. "I thought the guy who owns this place was Galileo Galilei, but's it wonderful all the same..." Jamie said as she and her dad are on the elevator with their French bellboy who was carrying their bags. Then they went inside the room and the bellboy left them. "Kinda weird but that bellboy kinda look like your friend Henri, in a very uncanny way." Percy said as he slumped tiredly into a simple but elegant looking, comfy chair. Jamie was sitting on the glass-covered veranda and she was surfing the internet with her blue Mac Book. "But dad, Henri is French. Of course he'll naturally akin them." Jamie said.
for two and a half days they went to the Louvre, some fancy French shopping centres, Notre Dame, Arc De Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. Percy was a bit of a "cam wh*re" when it comes to taking pictures of famous buildings that he had more pictures of the architectural stuffs than pictures of themselves in them, but you can find out a lot of interesting facts from him when it comes to architecture. "Notre Dame was about to be demolished when Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" got famous and that made the people plead not to destroy the cathedral and restore it. And that's how Notre Dame is still here." Percy said as they were wandering around Notre Dame, admiring it's beautiful, Gothic design. They also climbed on the top of Paris' Eiffel Tower later that afternoon, where Jamie felt she is suffering a bit of vertigo but got a hang of it when she saw the spectacular view of Paris. "Whoa, these breathtaking views really take my breath away or perhaps it is the lack of oxygen in this high altitude..." Jamie said in a wickedly witty way as she caught sight of Paris high above the Eiffel Tower. She took a seat on a bench beside her dad, "Dad, im gonna ring in Raimund on my phone and hear how he's doing." Jamie said as she took her black T Mobile Sidekick II and rang Raimund, like she does 2 times a day since they've gone away from Hamburg.
The last time Jamie rang him was this morning when she and her dad were having breakfast at a French cafe near their hotel and Raimund said he just woke up 5 minutes before she rang him and he's still in bed.
Finally, Raimund answered the overseas call from his best friend on his red T Mobile Sidekick II. "Hallo, Jamie..." Raimund said, "Hey Raimund, guess what? im on the top of the Eiffel Tower!!!" Jamie cheerfully said. Raimund squealed like a girl when he heard it and then "Oh my gosh, Jamie!!! im jealous but im happy for you...", "The sight here on top is breathtaking, but i think it's the lack of oxygen why my breath was lost when i saw Paris on top of this, hehe..." Jamie said amusingly, Raimund laughed too. "So, what are you doing right now? sleeping again?" Jamie asked, "Nothing much, watching TV and raiding the fridge as usual, but Ina's here a while ago in our place." Raimund said, "What did she do in your place?" Jamie questioned, "Eat lunch with me, my little sis, mum, dad and Dean..." Raimund answered, "So Dean's there as well. i bet he ate a lot, even some of the furniture.", "Yeah, that explains why Dean is ginormous..."Raimund said "...And just before Ina left, she had a conversation with Alyssa's pet cat Hermione in the living room. Funny, isn't it?", "With your little sister's cat??!! Oh my gosh, that is soooo ridiculous!!! Wonder what on earth are they talking about? The latest summer trends? " Jamie chortled.
The next morning, Jamie and her dad packed their bags, checked out and left Paris. It feels bad to leave the magnificent "City of Lights" behind but at least there's somewhere as better, London, their next destination. As they drove away in the sunny French expressway, Jamie and her dad are listening to music and talking about random things.
"You know Raims, it really feels awesome walking around Montparnasse and shopping around Champs Elysees. And La Defense was great, i think it's the place where TH took their music vid "1000 meere". and i can't believe the glass pyramid on the Louvre is designed by a Chinese architect...." Jamie babbled to Raimund as they are exchanging news on their phones. Jamie was somewhere on the road in Picardy while Raimund was on their way to Berlin with his little sister Alyssa and their 22 year old cousin Veronica. Half a day later, they had crossed the English channel from Calais and now they're in England, specifically resting in their hotel room in London. Her dad was sleeping soundly while she was surfing the internet with her mac on her bed.
Jamie opened her myspace and she saw a kind of notifications in her homepage that Aslana posted something in her blog. Jamie felt so curious about what Aslana posted so she went to Aslana's myspace blog. She was shocked when she saw another picture of Aslana with Johannes partying together in a Hamburg nightclub. Aslana was wearing an erogenous, black dress and studded stiletto heels and Johannes a black, Jaded by Knight tshirt and skinny jeans. They seemed to be dearly close to each other, Aslana gyrating around a seduced Johannes. Jamie then quickly read the whole post which is originally in German:
"Celebrating our month-sary!!!
mood: in love
music: Schrei, so laut du kannst!! by Die Argyles
Johannes took a short time off in his really busy schedule singing around for stupid and crazy fan girls that really make him sick. me, Johannes, Denise and Mara went to an awesome nightclub and we danced around and drank till around 11 PM. The picture above was taken by Denise, and we really look awesome. then me and Johannes left Denise and Mara and went to his place and there we "made love" till morning yesterday. He also confided during our "lovemaking" that he is so fed up with his fame that he wanted to quit and be with me but his bandmates and management wants to hold him coz they're all greedy and Johannes is famous. I really love Johannes beyond words and i don't want him to suffer and all that. He had so many personal problems beside his awful bandmates, greedy managers and those dumb and naive fan girls who thinks he's as pure and innocent as a saint. well, it's wrong that he's really innocent and good as he portrays-it's an act. so girls, better stop dreaming about him and get on with life, especially to the one freaky Canto fan girl who thinks his image on stage and off are the same. it's not my fault why he's faking himself.
and for the others stuffs, his bandmates are are getting lots of attention coz of him, the management is getting a lot of money because of him, and of course, who wouldn't forget those stupid, good-for-nothing fan girls and paparazzis who did nothing good but instead made my honey's life worse by chasing him down the road, getting crazy over him and those sort of stuffs. he has a life, and i feel sorry for him. But i know he loves me better than everyone else and im the reason why he still had the strenght to hang on tight. "
Jamie never felt this bad since her mother left and never saw her again. As well as a feeling of badness, she also felt betrayed, jealous, sorry and heartbroken at the same time about someone.
Jamie stood up, shaking and cold on the inside, then tears fell out from her deep brown eyes. She poured all of her bitter melancholy out silently, so her dad won't wake up finding her in so much distress. For many years now, she had been a total follower of Johannes Trümper but never saw him before. She loved his enchanting songs, his captivating androgynous looks, his unique sense of style and his witty personality. She even admitted to herself one time that her heart goes to Johannes but now, all of her admiration shattered since she first saw Aslana's proof a month ago and now, the scars deepened and healing it would be a hard challenge. Not only he belonged to someone she loathed for a long time but he was also known his personality was as fake as a bad rip-off Barbie Doll. Johannes Trümper is only an act and someone who is a tired and pitiful bloke plays as him. Aslana was right about her, the " freaky Canto fan girl" she referred to is obviously her, Jamie thinks Johannes is great but now she knew the horrible truth. Jamie was so disappointed because she fell for someone who only played her feelings like a toy and made her, for everyone else, "freaky".
"Face it Jamie, there is really no Johannes Trümper here on earth." she muttered to herself as she wiped the last few tears from her eyes. She was now standing on the terrace of her room, facing the sparkling, modern London skyscrapers. Then from a distance, two small dots came flying towards the terrace and Jamie wondered what are those. Then the dots got bigger and bigger until it was evident that they are owls carrying letters and they are flying towards her. Jamie wondered if the letters belonged to her or to her dad and of course, who sent those letters?
It was almost 5:00 in the afternoon and it's been 2 days since Jamie and her father Percy have left Hamburg and crossed the German borders to stay at Belgium first. They slept at a nice, avant-garde hotel in Brussels and they also had a morning excursion around(and took pictures on great monuments and places) before they got into the great European highways again that afternoon. Now they arrived in France some hours ago and now they're heading off to Paris. "How long are we gonna hang out in Paris dad?" Jamie asked while she was sitting on the back, reading a muggle novel about a very young criminal mastermind called Artemis Fowl with a few pillows beside her. Percy was on the driver's seat but with his hands busy tinkering with his digital camera and not on the wheels but were magically controlled smoothly by him. "Maybe around 3 days and after that we're heading to London and that's a long way to go." Percy turned his head to Jamie, "Oh, that's fine. I would love to shop around in Paris and see the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tow-" Jamie said, until she got sight of a faraway Eiffel Tower, which got her jaw drop. "Oh my gosh, dad it's the Eiffel Tower!!!" Jamie pointed at the famous tower to her dad, who was also so awestruck that he stopped tinkering his digicam for a moment. "Oh yeah...it's the Tour De Eiffel. I used to study about it on my college days as an Architecture student. It was an early example of wrought-iron construction on a giant scale." Percy said.
"Oh my, we're getting near a toll gate, i should better get my hands on the wheels again or else the muggles will be frightened when they see me not holding the wheels and at the same time keeping it under control." he added, Jamie laughed a bit and she put her Artemis Fowl book down, reclined in the back seat and fell asleep.
Jamie woke up from a slightly deep sleep. after she stirred up her senses, she found out that she's in Paris already but they are stuck in a middle of a heavy traffic and a song by Avenged Sevenfold are playing on the car's stereo while her dad was singing along on the chorus. "yawn...Dad, are we in Paris already? and where are we gonna stay?" Jamie asked as she stretched her arms, "Yes hun, and i read a while ago in our Paris guide book, the best place to stay at in Paris for us is Galileo Hotel, which is on the 8th arrondissement-near Champs Elysees. Its' a charming place and i want to see how good the architecture is there." Percy said as they moved slowly along the traffic. They came near Champs Elysees 15 minutes later, crossed into a tony neighborhood and stopped at a sophisticated town-house hotel. "Okay, this is the place we're staying here in Paris." Percy smiled as they unloaded the bags they'll be needing for three days. They entered the very charming French hotel, went into the reception area and got their keys to room 501. "I thought the guy who owns this place was Galileo Galilei, but's it wonderful all the same..." Jamie said as she and her dad are on the elevator with their French bellboy who was carrying their bags. Then they went inside the room and the bellboy left them. "Kinda weird but that bellboy kinda look like your friend Henri, in a very uncanny way." Percy said as he slumped tiredly into a simple but elegant looking, comfy chair. Jamie was sitting on the glass-covered veranda and she was surfing the internet with her blue Mac Book. "But dad, Henri is French. Of course he'll naturally akin them." Jamie said.
for two and a half days they went to the Louvre, some fancy French shopping centres, Notre Dame, Arc De Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. Percy was a bit of a "cam wh*re" when it comes to taking pictures of famous buildings that he had more pictures of the architectural stuffs than pictures of themselves in them, but you can find out a lot of interesting facts from him when it comes to architecture. "Notre Dame was about to be demolished when Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" got famous and that made the people plead not to destroy the cathedral and restore it. And that's how Notre Dame is still here." Percy said as they were wandering around Notre Dame, admiring it's beautiful, Gothic design. They also climbed on the top of Paris' Eiffel Tower later that afternoon, where Jamie felt she is suffering a bit of vertigo but got a hang of it when she saw the spectacular view of Paris. "Whoa, these breathtaking views really take my breath away or perhaps it is the lack of oxygen in this high altitude..." Jamie said in a wickedly witty way as she caught sight of Paris high above the Eiffel Tower. She took a seat on a bench beside her dad, "Dad, im gonna ring in Raimund on my phone and hear how he's doing." Jamie said as she took her black T Mobile Sidekick II and rang Raimund, like she does 2 times a day since they've gone away from Hamburg.
The last time Jamie rang him was this morning when she and her dad were having breakfast at a French cafe near their hotel and Raimund said he just woke up 5 minutes before she rang him and he's still in bed.
Finally, Raimund answered the overseas call from his best friend on his red T Mobile Sidekick II. "Hallo, Jamie..." Raimund said, "Hey Raimund, guess what? im on the top of the Eiffel Tower!!!" Jamie cheerfully said. Raimund squealed like a girl when he heard it and then "Oh my gosh, Jamie!!! im jealous but im happy for you...", "The sight here on top is breathtaking, but i think it's the lack of oxygen why my breath was lost when i saw Paris on top of this, hehe..." Jamie said amusingly, Raimund laughed too. "So, what are you doing right now? sleeping again?" Jamie asked, "Nothing much, watching TV and raiding the fridge as usual, but Ina's here a while ago in our place." Raimund said, "What did she do in your place?" Jamie questioned, "Eat lunch with me, my little sis, mum, dad and Dean..." Raimund answered, "So Dean's there as well. i bet he ate a lot, even some of the furniture.", "Yeah, that explains why Dean is ginormous..."Raimund said "...And just before Ina left, she had a conversation with Alyssa's pet cat Hermione in the living room. Funny, isn't it?", "With your little sister's cat??!! Oh my gosh, that is soooo ridiculous!!! Wonder what on earth are they talking about? The latest summer trends? " Jamie chortled.
The next morning, Jamie and her dad packed their bags, checked out and left Paris. It feels bad to leave the magnificent "City of Lights" behind but at least there's somewhere as better, London, their next destination. As they drove away in the sunny French expressway, Jamie and her dad are listening to music and talking about random things.
"You know Raims, it really feels awesome walking around Montparnasse and shopping around Champs Elysees. And La Defense was great, i think it's the place where TH took their music vid "1000 meere". and i can't believe the glass pyramid on the Louvre is designed by a Chinese architect...." Jamie babbled to Raimund as they are exchanging news on their phones. Jamie was somewhere on the road in Picardy while Raimund was on their way to Berlin with his little sister Alyssa and their 22 year old cousin Veronica. Half a day later, they had crossed the English channel from Calais and now they're in England, specifically resting in their hotel room in London. Her dad was sleeping soundly while she was surfing the internet with her mac on her bed.
Jamie opened her myspace and she saw a kind of notifications in her homepage that Aslana posted something in her blog. Jamie felt so curious about what Aslana posted so she went to Aslana's myspace blog. She was shocked when she saw another picture of Aslana with Johannes partying together in a Hamburg nightclub. Aslana was wearing an erogenous, black dress and studded stiletto heels and Johannes a black, Jaded by Knight tshirt and skinny jeans. They seemed to be dearly close to each other, Aslana gyrating around a seduced Johannes. Jamie then quickly read the whole post which is originally in German:
"Celebrating our month-sary!!!
mood: in love
music: Schrei, so laut du kannst!! by Die Argyles
Johannes took a short time off in his really busy schedule singing around for stupid and crazy fan girls that really make him sick. me, Johannes, Denise and Mara went to an awesome nightclub and we danced around and drank till around 11 PM. The picture above was taken by Denise, and we really look awesome. then me and Johannes left Denise and Mara and went to his place and there we "made love" till morning yesterday. He also confided during our "lovemaking" that he is so fed up with his fame that he wanted to quit and be with me but his bandmates and management wants to hold him coz they're all greedy and Johannes is famous. I really love Johannes beyond words and i don't want him to suffer and all that. He had so many personal problems beside his awful bandmates, greedy managers and those dumb and naive fan girls who thinks he's as pure and innocent as a saint. well, it's wrong that he's really innocent and good as he portrays-it's an act. so girls, better stop dreaming about him and get on with life, especially to the one freaky Canto fan girl who thinks his image on stage and off are the same. it's not my fault why he's faking himself.
and for the others stuffs, his bandmates are are getting lots of attention coz of him, the management is getting a lot of money because of him, and of course, who wouldn't forget those stupid, good-for-nothing fan girls and paparazzis who did nothing good but instead made my honey's life worse by chasing him down the road, getting crazy over him and those sort of stuffs. he has a life, and i feel sorry for him. But i know he loves me better than everyone else and im the reason why he still had the strenght to hang on tight. "
Jamie never felt this bad since her mother left and never saw her again. As well as a feeling of badness, she also felt betrayed, jealous, sorry and heartbroken at the same time about someone.
Jamie stood up, shaking and cold on the inside, then tears fell out from her deep brown eyes. She poured all of her bitter melancholy out silently, so her dad won't wake up finding her in so much distress. For many years now, she had been a total follower of Johannes Trümper but never saw him before. She loved his enchanting songs, his captivating androgynous looks, his unique sense of style and his witty personality. She even admitted to herself one time that her heart goes to Johannes but now, all of her admiration shattered since she first saw Aslana's proof a month ago and now, the scars deepened and healing it would be a hard challenge. Not only he belonged to someone she loathed for a long time but he was also known his personality was as fake as a bad rip-off Barbie Doll. Johannes Trümper is only an act and someone who is a tired and pitiful bloke plays as him. Aslana was right about her, the " freaky Canto fan girl" she referred to is obviously her, Jamie thinks Johannes is great but now she knew the horrible truth. Jamie was so disappointed because she fell for someone who only played her feelings like a toy and made her, for everyone else, "freaky".
"Face it Jamie, there is really no Johannes Trümper here on earth." she muttered to herself as she wiped the last few tears from her eyes. She was now standing on the terrace of her room, facing the sparkling, modern London skyscrapers. Then from a distance, two small dots came flying towards the terrace and Jamie wondered what are those. Then the dots got bigger and bigger until it was evident that they are owls carrying letters and they are flying towards her. Jamie wondered if the letters belonged to her or to her dad and of course, who sent those letters?
Chapter 5: Daddy knows best
Chapter 5: Daddy knows best
Some days from now, Jamie and her father will be leaving Hamburg for England by road so for the rest of the week what Jamie did is study magic, watch TV(and turn the TV off when she sees Johannes on viva or MTV because she still doesnt get over with him), hang out with Raimund, chat with friends and other things. Then her last day in Hamburg came, Percy took a month leave starting today and that day, all he did was to rest and pack all the things in their silver BMW 525-which is the car Percy used to go to work. Thank goodness for Percy, he already put a Undetectable Extension Charm on the trunk of the car and put some bags there before Raimund came in to hang out with Jamie one last time.
"So, when you're in London already, can you please bring me a big ben thing?" Raimund asked while he and Jamie are sitting on the lawn in the front yard that balmy morning. "uhh sure, i would..." Jamie nodded, "...but in exchange for that, you should keep in touch with me everytime i ring your phone." she winked. They talked heartily and laughed a bit, then Jamie's father called
"Jamie, where is your luggage? we're gonna put them on the trunk now." Percy called from the open garage near the lawn they are sitting. "Oh, im gonna get them from my room!!!" she responded then stood up to get inside. "Can i help carrying?" Raimund asked, "sure, it's a large one you know, i can't bring it down alone." Jamie consented.
Her dad firmly told her to bring all her clothes and beloved stuffs in her bag with an Undetectable Extension Charm.
"But we're gonna be gone for a month, why would i bring all of my clothes and stuffs as if we're moving out?" Jamie complained to her dad some days ago. Her father simply just said "You might need to, you know". Then Jamie obeyed. she put an Undetectable Extension Charm, grabbed her clothes, shoes, makeups, accessories, psp, ipod video, muggle books and her muggle photo album. "you might want to put your magic stuffs too, in case you're wondering." her father added, so she also grabbed her potions set, Firebolt 2.0(a newer and more efficient model of the old Firebolt we're familiar with), crystal ball and sneakoscope the night before.
So Jamie and Raimund raced up the stairs and opened a wooden door with a rose stained glass window that leads to Jamie's room. They went inside and found a big, fuschia luggage bag with a Disneyland Paris keychain dangling on the zipper and an airport sticker that says "CX 318 HKG to HAM" that sticks in the handle. "i think this is the luggage that you used when you first left Kowloon some years ago..." Raimund said, noting the airport sticker on Jamie's luggage. "...the last time i left Kowloon, which was last year, remember?" Jamie said. "Oh yeah. i remember you went back to Kowloon last year with your dad and it was for a week." Raimund recalled. "Exactly." Jamie agreed, "Now, let's get this thing down to the garage." she added with a smile. Then Jamie and Raimund carried the fuchsia luggage down to the garage, which was a bit hard. it would be easier if she just levitated the luggage down, but Raimund is here-she thought. they gave the luggage to Jamie's dad and then he loaded it in the charmed trunk, in which Raimund never noticed they were putting a lot of bags in the trunk.
Later that afternoon, Jamie finally bidded Raimund good bye and got inside the car, beside the drivers seat. "Bye Jamie and have a nice trip!!" Raimund said and he was still waving at them until the Wongs' car got out of sight in Rizalstrasse and off the road. Some 30 minutes later, they got out of Hamburg and into the German Autobahn. Jamie is now beginning to see the beautiful countryside and her dad turned the stereo on and they just listened to the music. a few songs from Pussycat Dolls, Lafee and My Chemical Romance later, a song from Die Argyles; "Nach Dir Kommt Nicht" began to play. Jamie was quick to turn the stereo to its next song which is a song from Killerpilze. Die Argyles used to be Jamie's favorite band, something might be wrong- Percy thought. "Hun, is there something wrong?"he asked. Jamie was always open to her father, which is a kinda normal thing for German teens-being open to their parents. "Yes there is..." Jamie miserably said. "What? wrong song? found out that Johannes hooked up with someone hotter than you?" he asked. "The latter is right..." Jamie sadly nodded, "...You won't believe who's the lucky gf dad."she said.
"then who's the lucky girl?" her dad curiously asked."Who else but that evil muggle girl who bent on destroying my life, Aslana." Jamie grimly said. Percy was kinda shocked that he almost lost control on he wheels. "Aslana? that Turkish looking girl who's being really mean to you ever since?! sheesh, she's being such nag- hell worse than Voldemort. in these situations you might want to hex her with a horrid spell but in any case you shouldn't try magic on a muggle. so, just forget Johannes darling. he's on Aslana's side now and Aslana might be slandering you on him and naturally, he'll believe her" her dad exclaimed. Then there was this moment of silence between them when the killerpilze song ended and then a song by brokencyde began to play. Then Percy heard Jamie crying, "Dad , why...sob... do i have to fall for guys who are ...sob... so impossible for me to be with? why do all the boys who i happen to love want girls who different from me...whimper... let's say Aslana." Jamie cried and sobbed more.
For Percy, Jamie's situation is a bit similar to his problem when he was a carefree teenager like her but like all parents, he wouldn't bear hearing his growing "apple of the eye" cry and had her feelings hurt by someone she idolizes but no one can avoid this situation, so he just smiled a bit and said softly "You know Jamie, liking someone is natural but knowing that he doesn't like you is inevitable. We might never know someone's feelings, you know". Percy explained
"oh yeah, i wish i was great at legilimens but hell no, even if i'll be great at that, he'll never hold me the way he held Aslana tight." Jamie miserably said, she stopped her crying already. "uh huh. Amortentia could help you win Johannes over but that might throw you off to Nurmengard-the new German wizard prison." Percy laughed "It would be better to completly forget about him and move on with life..." Jamie grimly said. "It will be better dear. remember, at least Johannes made you a stronger person and it might help you a lot in life, like what happened to me when i was your age." Percy smiled, "like what happened dad?" she interestingly asked, " Let's just say, a guy hotter than me got someone who i really liked. but she didnt liked me at all and she even despised me for being nerdish. i felt he same way as you are until i met your mum." he shared, Jamie looked at him with interest and he went on. "just remember there still are plenty of guys out there who are cooler than Johannes and they'll love you more than he'll do, so don't worry about the small fry." Percy said, "You know dad, you're the greatest ever..." Jamie said with a grateful grin to her father.
A short silence followed, then a German song by Tokio Hotel, "Der Letze Tag" began to play on the stereo. Jamie sniggered unexpectedly and cussed out a random Cantonese swear word(making Percy look at her badly) when the androgynous vocalist Bill Kaulitz's voice began to sing. Percy began to laugh too, "what's so funny??" he asked. They laughed then "Oh, i remember that guy who sang this song. i saw him one day in Gold Marie with Raimund and he looks a bit cute but he's too girly." Jamie explained while laughing loudly with her dad, "Oh i see, he's too girly for you, am i right?" Percy sniggered. "Yeah, you're right about that dad." Jamie smiled. Then they drived along on the magical, twilighted German expressway with the eagerness of stopping over charming cities on their enchanting journey to England.
Some days from now, Jamie and her father will be leaving Hamburg for England by road so for the rest of the week what Jamie did is study magic, watch TV(and turn the TV off when she sees Johannes on viva or MTV because she still doesnt get over with him), hang out with Raimund, chat with friends and other things. Then her last day in Hamburg came, Percy took a month leave starting today and that day, all he did was to rest and pack all the things in their silver BMW 525-which is the car Percy used to go to work. Thank goodness for Percy, he already put a Undetectable Extension Charm on the trunk of the car and put some bags there before Raimund came in to hang out with Jamie one last time.
"So, when you're in London already, can you please bring me a big ben thing?" Raimund asked while he and Jamie are sitting on the lawn in the front yard that balmy morning. "uhh sure, i would..." Jamie nodded, "...but in exchange for that, you should keep in touch with me everytime i ring your phone." she winked. They talked heartily and laughed a bit, then Jamie's father called
"Jamie, where is your luggage? we're gonna put them on the trunk now." Percy called from the open garage near the lawn they are sitting. "Oh, im gonna get them from my room!!!" she responded then stood up to get inside. "Can i help carrying?" Raimund asked, "sure, it's a large one you know, i can't bring it down alone." Jamie consented.
Her dad firmly told her to bring all her clothes and beloved stuffs in her bag with an Undetectable Extension Charm.
"But we're gonna be gone for a month, why would i bring all of my clothes and stuffs as if we're moving out?" Jamie complained to her dad some days ago. Her father simply just said "You might need to, you know". Then Jamie obeyed. she put an Undetectable Extension Charm, grabbed her clothes, shoes, makeups, accessories, psp, ipod video, muggle books and her muggle photo album. "you might want to put your magic stuffs too, in case you're wondering." her father added, so she also grabbed her potions set, Firebolt 2.0(a newer and more efficient model of the old Firebolt we're familiar with), crystal ball and sneakoscope the night before.
So Jamie and Raimund raced up the stairs and opened a wooden door with a rose stained glass window that leads to Jamie's room. They went inside and found a big, fuschia luggage bag with a Disneyland Paris keychain dangling on the zipper and an airport sticker that says "CX 318 HKG to HAM" that sticks in the handle. "i think this is the luggage that you used when you first left Kowloon some years ago..." Raimund said, noting the airport sticker on Jamie's luggage. "...the last time i left Kowloon, which was last year, remember?" Jamie said. "Oh yeah. i remember you went back to Kowloon last year with your dad and it was for a week." Raimund recalled. "Exactly." Jamie agreed, "Now, let's get this thing down to the garage." she added with a smile. Then Jamie and Raimund carried the fuchsia luggage down to the garage, which was a bit hard. it would be easier if she just levitated the luggage down, but Raimund is here-she thought. they gave the luggage to Jamie's dad and then he loaded it in the charmed trunk, in which Raimund never noticed they were putting a lot of bags in the trunk.
Later that afternoon, Jamie finally bidded Raimund good bye and got inside the car, beside the drivers seat. "Bye Jamie and have a nice trip!!" Raimund said and he was still waving at them until the Wongs' car got out of sight in Rizalstrasse and off the road. Some 30 minutes later, they got out of Hamburg and into the German Autobahn. Jamie is now beginning to see the beautiful countryside and her dad turned the stereo on and they just listened to the music. a few songs from Pussycat Dolls, Lafee and My Chemical Romance later, a song from Die Argyles; "Nach Dir Kommt Nicht" began to play. Jamie was quick to turn the stereo to its next song which is a song from Killerpilze. Die Argyles used to be Jamie's favorite band, something might be wrong- Percy thought. "Hun, is there something wrong?"he asked. Jamie was always open to her father, which is a kinda normal thing for German teens-being open to their parents. "Yes there is..." Jamie miserably said. "What? wrong song? found out that Johannes hooked up with someone hotter than you?" he asked. "The latter is right..." Jamie sadly nodded, "...You won't believe who's the lucky gf dad."she said.
"then who's the lucky girl?" her dad curiously asked."Who else but that evil muggle girl who bent on destroying my life, Aslana." Jamie grimly said. Percy was kinda shocked that he almost lost control on he wheels. "Aslana? that Turkish looking girl who's being really mean to you ever since?! sheesh, she's being such nag- hell worse than Voldemort. in these situations you might want to hex her with a horrid spell but in any case you shouldn't try magic on a muggle. so, just forget Johannes darling. he's on Aslana's side now and Aslana might be slandering you on him and naturally, he'll believe her" her dad exclaimed. Then there was this moment of silence between them when the killerpilze song ended and then a song by brokencyde began to play. Then Percy heard Jamie crying, "Dad , why...sob... do i have to fall for guys who are ...sob... so impossible for me to be with? why do all the boys who i happen to love want girls who different from me...whimper... let's say Aslana." Jamie cried and sobbed more.
For Percy, Jamie's situation is a bit similar to his problem when he was a carefree teenager like her but like all parents, he wouldn't bear hearing his growing "apple of the eye" cry and had her feelings hurt by someone she idolizes but no one can avoid this situation, so he just smiled a bit and said softly "You know Jamie, liking someone is natural but knowing that he doesn't like you is inevitable. We might never know someone's feelings, you know". Percy explained
"oh yeah, i wish i was great at legilimens but hell no, even if i'll be great at that, he'll never hold me the way he held Aslana tight." Jamie miserably said, she stopped her crying already. "uh huh. Amortentia could help you win Johannes over but that might throw you off to Nurmengard-the new German wizard prison." Percy laughed "It would be better to completly forget about him and move on with life..." Jamie grimly said. "It will be better dear. remember, at least Johannes made you a stronger person and it might help you a lot in life, like what happened to me when i was your age." Percy smiled, "like what happened dad?" she interestingly asked, " Let's just say, a guy hotter than me got someone who i really liked. but she didnt liked me at all and she even despised me for being nerdish. i felt he same way as you are until i met your mum." he shared, Jamie looked at him with interest and he went on. "just remember there still are plenty of guys out there who are cooler than Johannes and they'll love you more than he'll do, so don't worry about the small fry." Percy said, "You know dad, you're the greatest ever..." Jamie said with a grateful grin to her father.
A short silence followed, then a German song by Tokio Hotel, "Der Letze Tag" began to play on the stereo. Jamie sniggered unexpectedly and cussed out a random Cantonese swear word(making Percy look at her badly) when the androgynous vocalist Bill Kaulitz's voice began to sing. Percy began to laugh too, "what's so funny??" he asked. They laughed then "Oh, i remember that guy who sang this song. i saw him one day in Gold Marie with Raimund and he looks a bit cute but he's too girly." Jamie explained while laughing loudly with her dad, "Oh i see, he's too girly for you, am i right?" Percy sniggered. "Yeah, you're right about that dad." Jamie smiled. Then they drived along on the magical, twilighted German expressway with the eagerness of stopping over charming cities on their enchanting journey to England.
Chapter 4: Thank God It's summer....
Chapter 4: Thank God It's summer....
Two weeks had passed since that deceitful event Jamie had. From that day on, she just focused on studying hard for their final exams every afternoons with Raimund. Then a week later they took their exams. Every subjects went smoothly except for Physics, in which it was a bit vague to predict whether they will pass or not. Now, the results will come out and it's thrilling to see whether you passed or not. Jamie and Raimund was on their first period for the day and Sir Listing gave the class their scored test papers in all of their exams in a folder.
"Okay, now take a look at your test papers!! im so happy a lot got a high score in my subject." Sir Listing smiled. Jamie opened her folder and then a big smile replaced her 2 week old frown. She scanned all of her test paper and realized she passed all of her tests with extraordinary grades, even in physics!!
She glanced at Raimund who is sitting beside her. He too got a large grin in his face, which is usual every time they see their test results. Raimund looked at Jamie with a wide, pointless smile ad then back to his test results. then Jamie looked at her other friends in the room like Inah;a black girl who had a very sassy style, Henri; a blond, wavy haired, freckly French expat who is one of Raimund's close friends than Jamie and also Dean; a huge 16 year old who looks like a large adult ape and they all look satistfied with their exams.
Then Sir Listing made them return their folders to him and announced that the end of the school year is today. The whole class cheered and applauded as if Sir Listing threw an extravangant performance with his old band. He just smiled and laughed a bit, remembering his long gone "band days". Jamie's melancholy seems to fade away and Raimund was happy about it since he worked hard for 2 weeks to prevent Jamie from thinking about Johannes and move on. Then the bell rang and Sir Listing gave them all his final good bye to his advisory class. "Auf Wiedersehen und Vielen Danke to my favorite class and see you again next year. Don't worry, i'll still stay here at Hamburg Central as your next year's geometry teacher but i won't be your adviser anymore. Im gonna miss our daily morning gags and fun but maybe we'll have that next year as well. So good luck and have a fantabulous summer ahead!!!" he waved.
For the whole day, they seemed to be in high spirits even their teachers like miss Franz bidding them all good bye and have a great summer and also passing by the smirking Aslana and her friends occationally in the corridors. Raimund and Jamie both talked about their plans this summer. "My gosh, Jamie you're so lucky you're going to London two weeks from now. how long will you be gone?" Raimund asked as they got out of school and this time Raimund will be staying in Jamie's house until around 11 PM because his parents went somewhere and he will be picked up there.
"I have no idea how long will i be gone to England..." Jamie shrugged. "...Dad's always in England and travelled from here to there using all means of transportation from jet planes to buses. i really have no idea how long will it take for us to reach England." she added. She never mentioned to Raimund that her father also traveled there by using apparation, magic carpets, broomsticks, floo network or portkeys because Raimund is a muggle.
Then they arrived at the subdivision where the Wongs' house is. Jamie's right hand is at her right pocket and clutching her wand. she whispered "alohomora" as they walked to the door so Raimund won't hear. Then Jamie opened the door, Raimund always wonder how on earth does the Wongs keep their house burglar free at the same time leaving their doors unlocked. Jamie just explained that they have a clever "anti burglar" device from Japan which make a deafening noise and warning police whenever a someone who is not known to the Wongs comes inside the house. Unknown to Raimund, Mr.Wong locks the door when he's going to work and Jamie would do magic to open the door, like she did before they arrive at the very doorstep of the house. "I really love your burglar device. i wonder if it cost much, i'll ask my mom to buy ourselves one if it's not expensive." Raimund laughed. "It's expensive. Costs almost 2 months of my dad's monthly income so he just pay it off by a 2 year installment." Jamie giggled as they went inside with Raimund being surprised with the cost of the state-of-the-art burglar device that his best friend doesnt really had at home.
They sat down at the black bauhaus chairs in the living room and began to talk again. "So, i bet i'll be just talking to you through my laptop or cellphone when you're gone huh?"Raimund asked, "You bet i will. Every night me and dad will stop over at a hotel or resto-wherever there is wifi..."Jamie assured."...And i will always give you a regular update on how the trip goes. i affirm that you will always be in the know other than Inah and the others are concerned." she said as they both watched a music video of Ich+Ich in Viva and ate popcorns they popped in the microwave, then Percy arrived from work an hour later. "Hey Mr. Wong" Raimund greeted. Before Raimund got to know Jamie's last name a long time ago, he used to call Jamie's dad as "Mr. Jamie's dad", which found Jamie a bit weard. "Oh, hey dad. i see you arrived early from work" Jamie said. "Yeah, i went home early to fix our important documents for the trip." her dad explained.
"Oh, i see. So, should i begin to pack?"she asked. "If you want to," he consented. "Okay, then let's begin..." she smiled as she turned her head to Raimund, who is excited to help as well. Then they made a mad dash to Jamie's room while they left the TV open but Percy just occupied the empty seat Raimund sat before he went and watched TV and ate the rest of their popcorn. Then Jamie and Raimund began to choose the things Jamie had to bring to her road trip. "Where will you be spending the summer Raims?" Jamie asked Raimund as he picked some of Jamie's perfumes and placed them in her toilettries bag. "huh? oh yeah, i'll be spending the summer at home or maybe me and my family will be going to Baden or Rügen for a week in july..." he grinned. "Oh, well that's cool. That means you'll be spending a part of your summer soaked in the hotsprings full of saggy old people?" she joked, Raimund just frowned "At least you're going to England...", "Just kidding about that sorry. anyway feel lucky at least you won't be stuck in the car for the whole day like i'll do. just stay away from the saggy old dudes and you'll have fun as much i'll have when i arrive in London; Kicking the arses of those stationary Buckingham palace guards..." Jamie said. Then Raimund felt better and they both had fun packing and at some point chatting with Henri or Dean in YIM about their plans in summer.
For the rest of the week what Jamie did in the first week of summer was sleep all day, watch TV, surf the internet, hang out with Raimund, walk around the streets of Hamburg and study magic more often than she does on regular school days. Her dad will leave her magic books to read and answer exercise questions in the books, do hands on lessons herself on how to make an Invigoration Draught, grow a honking daffodil in the small greenhouse in their backyard or repel a red cap living under a cabinet of their basement. All these lessons she just manage to do by using her dad's time turner. Ever since she started studying magic, her dad allows Jamie to borrow his old time turner just as long as she had to use it strictly for studying magic only, so she will not be missing out all the teenage muggle fun or get caught by a visiting muggle friend in her house studying magic. So a whole 8 hour worth of studying magic is shortened into a mere 2 hours every morning plus lessons that needed her father like flying broomsticks, apparating, some hands-on transfiguration and such during the night, in which she doesnt need the help of the time turner, since a lesson form her dad is usually an hour and half.
"Finally, im crammed with things this summer..." Jamie told herself as she answer an excercise in her Charms book while she was sitting on the kitchen table, with her charms book on her lap. She wonder what will happen in her upcoming roadtrip to England which will be a week away.
December 28, 2008
Two weeks had passed since that deceitful event Jamie had. From that day on, she just focused on studying hard for their final exams every afternoons with Raimund. Then a week later they took their exams. Every subjects went smoothly except for Physics, in which it was a bit vague to predict whether they will pass or not. Now, the results will come out and it's thrilling to see whether you passed or not. Jamie and Raimund was on their first period for the day and Sir Listing gave the class their scored test papers in all of their exams in a folder.
"Okay, now take a look at your test papers!! im so happy a lot got a high score in my subject." Sir Listing smiled. Jamie opened her folder and then a big smile replaced her 2 week old frown. She scanned all of her test paper and realized she passed all of her tests with extraordinary grades, even in physics!!
She glanced at Raimund who is sitting beside her. He too got a large grin in his face, which is usual every time they see their test results. Raimund looked at Jamie with a wide, pointless smile ad then back to his test results. then Jamie looked at her other friends in the room like Inah;a black girl who had a very sassy style, Henri; a blond, wavy haired, freckly French expat who is one of Raimund's close friends than Jamie and also Dean; a huge 16 year old who looks like a large adult ape and they all look satistfied with their exams.
Then Sir Listing made them return their folders to him and announced that the end of the school year is today. The whole class cheered and applauded as if Sir Listing threw an extravangant performance with his old band. He just smiled and laughed a bit, remembering his long gone "band days". Jamie's melancholy seems to fade away and Raimund was happy about it since he worked hard for 2 weeks to prevent Jamie from thinking about Johannes and move on. Then the bell rang and Sir Listing gave them all his final good bye to his advisory class. "Auf Wiedersehen und Vielen Danke to my favorite class and see you again next year. Don't worry, i'll still stay here at Hamburg Central as your next year's geometry teacher but i won't be your adviser anymore. Im gonna miss our daily morning gags and fun but maybe we'll have that next year as well. So good luck and have a fantabulous summer ahead!!!" he waved.
For the whole day, they seemed to be in high spirits even their teachers like miss Franz bidding them all good bye and have a great summer and also passing by the smirking Aslana and her friends occationally in the corridors. Raimund and Jamie both talked about their plans this summer. "My gosh, Jamie you're so lucky you're going to London two weeks from now. how long will you be gone?" Raimund asked as they got out of school and this time Raimund will be staying in Jamie's house until around 11 PM because his parents went somewhere and he will be picked up there.
"I have no idea how long will i be gone to England..." Jamie shrugged. "...Dad's always in England and travelled from here to there using all means of transportation from jet planes to buses. i really have no idea how long will it take for us to reach England." she added. She never mentioned to Raimund that her father also traveled there by using apparation, magic carpets, broomsticks, floo network or portkeys because Raimund is a muggle.
Then they arrived at the subdivision where the Wongs' house is. Jamie's right hand is at her right pocket and clutching her wand. she whispered "alohomora" as they walked to the door so Raimund won't hear. Then Jamie opened the door, Raimund always wonder how on earth does the Wongs keep their house burglar free at the same time leaving their doors unlocked. Jamie just explained that they have a clever "anti burglar" device from Japan which make a deafening noise and warning police whenever a someone who is not known to the Wongs comes inside the house. Unknown to Raimund, Mr.Wong locks the door when he's going to work and Jamie would do magic to open the door, like she did before they arrive at the very doorstep of the house. "I really love your burglar device. i wonder if it cost much, i'll ask my mom to buy ourselves one if it's not expensive." Raimund laughed. "It's expensive. Costs almost 2 months of my dad's monthly income so he just pay it off by a 2 year installment." Jamie giggled as they went inside with Raimund being surprised with the cost of the state-of-the-art burglar device that his best friend doesnt really had at home.
They sat down at the black bauhaus chairs in the living room and began to talk again. "So, i bet i'll be just talking to you through my laptop or cellphone when you're gone huh?"Raimund asked, "You bet i will. Every night me and dad will stop over at a hotel or resto-wherever there is wifi..."Jamie assured."...And i will always give you a regular update on how the trip goes. i affirm that you will always be in the know other than Inah and the others are concerned." she said as they both watched a music video of Ich+Ich in Viva and ate popcorns they popped in the microwave, then Percy arrived from work an hour later. "Hey Mr. Wong" Raimund greeted. Before Raimund got to know Jamie's last name a long time ago, he used to call Jamie's dad as "Mr. Jamie's dad", which found Jamie a bit weard. "Oh, hey dad. i see you arrived early from work" Jamie said. "Yeah, i went home early to fix our important documents for the trip." her dad explained.
"Oh, i see. So, should i begin to pack?"she asked. "If you want to," he consented. "Okay, then let's begin..." she smiled as she turned her head to Raimund, who is excited to help as well. Then they made a mad dash to Jamie's room while they left the TV open but Percy just occupied the empty seat Raimund sat before he went and watched TV and ate the rest of their popcorn. Then Jamie and Raimund began to choose the things Jamie had to bring to her road trip. "Where will you be spending the summer Raims?" Jamie asked Raimund as he picked some of Jamie's perfumes and placed them in her toilettries bag. "huh? oh yeah, i'll be spending the summer at home or maybe me and my family will be going to Baden or Rügen for a week in july..." he grinned. "Oh, well that's cool. That means you'll be spending a part of your summer soaked in the hotsprings full of saggy old people?" she joked, Raimund just frowned "At least you're going to England...", "Just kidding about that sorry. anyway feel lucky at least you won't be stuck in the car for the whole day like i'll do. just stay away from the saggy old dudes and you'll have fun as much i'll have when i arrive in London; Kicking the arses of those stationary Buckingham palace guards..." Jamie said. Then Raimund felt better and they both had fun packing and at some point chatting with Henri or Dean in YIM about their plans in summer.
For the rest of the week what Jamie did in the first week of summer was sleep all day, watch TV, surf the internet, hang out with Raimund, walk around the streets of Hamburg and study magic more often than she does on regular school days. Her dad will leave her magic books to read and answer exercise questions in the books, do hands on lessons herself on how to make an Invigoration Draught, grow a honking daffodil in the small greenhouse in their backyard or repel a red cap living under a cabinet of their basement. All these lessons she just manage to do by using her dad's time turner. Ever since she started studying magic, her dad allows Jamie to borrow his old time turner just as long as she had to use it strictly for studying magic only, so she will not be missing out all the teenage muggle fun or get caught by a visiting muggle friend in her house studying magic. So a whole 8 hour worth of studying magic is shortened into a mere 2 hours every morning plus lessons that needed her father like flying broomsticks, apparating, some hands-on transfiguration and such during the night, in which she doesnt need the help of the time turner, since a lesson form her dad is usually an hour and half.
"Finally, im crammed with things this summer..." Jamie told herself as she answer an excercise in her Charms book while she was sitting on the kitchen table, with her charms book on her lap. She wonder what will happen in her upcoming roadtrip to England which will be a week away.
December 28, 2008
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Chapter 3: Broken hearts and hopeful plans
Chapter 3: Broken hearts and hopeful plans
Jamie noticed that Aslana, Denise and Mara are wearing the same kind of clothes- lacy, pink hoodies, black camisoles, mini skirts and high heels and matching shocking pink handbags as well. Aslana threw a scowl on Jamie and then Denise and Mara sniggered spitefully that made Jamie and Raimund annoyed. "Just ignore her..." Raimund muttered to Jamie as they hurriedly go to the cafe. Then they reached the cafe and got their food. While they were eating on the same table, Aslana came and then in a split second, around Aslana and her friends was crowded with people. Jamie wondered what on earth is going on so she and Raimund went near to hear about something.
"Friends, it is real that me and Johannes became together..." Aslana arrogantly said.
"Then where's the proof?" a girl asked, "Yeah, we've been seeing obscene pictures of you guys but they were maybe just photoshopped." another one said. "She's just a poser" a guy said and then the crowd began to be noisy until Aslana raised a photograph of her with Johannes, intimate with each other.
"You call this fake?" she asked, eyebrows raised. then everyone became silent. Even Jamie couldn't believe her own wizard eyes, she feels like Aslana did something with the picture that involves magic but no way!! Aslana can't do magic... She's a muggle like everyone else around her. So Jamie just felt silent and her heart was crushed. Like her whole world crumbled as she saw what the muggle she most hated exposed something seemed unbelievable to her, something that would break her immature teenage heart that used to "fall" for muggle guys who are impossible for her to be with. Aslana's very lucky, she badly thought. for the whole day, she feels downtrodden and in despair. She doesn't participate well into the discussions in all her lessons after that awful recess time and she wasn't feeling good during lunch and the after lessons activities.
Then at 2:30 they got out. Seeing his best friend being unusually downcast for the whole day made Raimund worry about her so he tried to cheer her up while they're together at the subway station near their school to go home. "Don't worry Jamie, maybe Johannes isnt the right guy for you at all. Who knows Aslana's heart will break soon because of him. you know these celebs-such womanizers. you'll see soon." Raimund said as they get on the train but Jamie just looked at him with a tearful pair of eyes. "Sigh, look Jamie, i promise that we will throw a house party at my place when they're over. We'll have a kareoke party, invite Sammy Deluxe, Tokio Hotel and Cinema Bizarre over so it'll be fun. We'll all laugh at their doom and despair. We're gonna be "Three cheers for sweet revenge." like Gerard Way...Oooh, imagine Sammy singing Bohemian Rhapsody!!!!" Raimund said optimistically and what Raimund said hilariously made Jamie feel a bit better but still she feels like broken so Jamie smiled faintly and she felt so grateful at least she got someone who understands her so she hugged Raimund tight and told him "Even though right now, Aslana's in Johannes' arms, at least i still got you as my best friend."
In Raimund's part, it really feels great to have a friend who appreciates him. In all these years before he met Jamie, he never had a real friend who will accept him for who he is and then he met Jamie, another loner like him. The train arrived at the next station and this is the station Raimund had to get down since he lives two blocks away from the station so Raimund bid good bye to Jamie and she said good bye to him. Raimund walked away with some people who were going out of the train and he was gone. The train's doors closed and it moved to its next destination which is Jamie's station and it will be five minutes away. Five more minutes of melancholy and this time without the light shone by her worried best friend. The train stopped and Jamie stood up. She walked out of the train and then made her way against the crowd and she got out of the subway station. She noticed the clouds above as dark as her broken heart as she was crossing a few streets and then arrived at her house. She looked in the window ans she saw no one inside. "Dad's not yet home..." she thought. So she went in the front of the door and mumbled "Alohomora" and the door opened. That spell is so useful, she thought with a weak smile. Then she slumped into a black bauhaus chair with some red throw pillows in the living room. "Sigh, what a day. A hell lot of things happened. Things that are so hard to feel and i am so despaired" Jamie told herself with so much anguish in her. Then she turned on the living room TV and watched a bit of Finneas and Ferb on Disney Channel, Viva( a German music channel) and a German subtitled documentary show about the Igorot mummies somewhere in Northern Philippines on the Discovery Channel but they seemed to make her get out of her bad mood. Then at exactly 5 o'clock, a scrawny, business attire clad guy with glasses who seemed to resemble her very much - her dad Percy- arrived at their doorstep and opened the door.
"Hey Jamie, how's your day?" he asked in Cantonese. When Jamie is talking to her father and some relatives, it is always in Cantonese and to everyone else, English or German.
Jamie just looked at him and said "Oh, it was fine. yours?", "It was well." her dad said smiled. "Are you ready to know where are we going this summer?" he asked. Oh yeah, the summer vacation i almost forgot about it, Jamie thought. "We're going to England..." her dad said with a really big grin. "England?? Dad, that is so cool!!! We're going to Madame Tussaud's, Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace. " Jamie cried out with joy. "Oh, what airlines are we taking? Lufthansa? British Airways? Virgin Atlantic?" she added. "Well, we're not going there by air. Too expensive, not even by magical means coz it's risky but something you'll enjoy better." he said. "Then what?" Jamie asked. "We're going on a roadtrip..." he beamed. "Really?! that's great!!! Then we'll pass by lots of places along the way like Paris, Brussels and the beautiful countryside... it'll be awesome." She temporarily diverted herself from her heart ache she is having now. From then on, she thought she should move on by just thinking about other things instead, like the anticipated roadtrip that will happen within a month with her dad.
December 28, 2008
Jamie noticed that Aslana, Denise and Mara are wearing the same kind of clothes- lacy, pink hoodies, black camisoles, mini skirts and high heels and matching shocking pink handbags as well. Aslana threw a scowl on Jamie and then Denise and Mara sniggered spitefully that made Jamie and Raimund annoyed. "Just ignore her..." Raimund muttered to Jamie as they hurriedly go to the cafe. Then they reached the cafe and got their food. While they were eating on the same table, Aslana came and then in a split second, around Aslana and her friends was crowded with people. Jamie wondered what on earth is going on so she and Raimund went near to hear about something.
"Friends, it is real that me and Johannes became together..." Aslana arrogantly said.
"Then where's the proof?" a girl asked, "Yeah, we've been seeing obscene pictures of you guys but they were maybe just photoshopped." another one said. "She's just a poser" a guy said and then the crowd began to be noisy until Aslana raised a photograph of her with Johannes, intimate with each other.
"You call this fake?" she asked, eyebrows raised. then everyone became silent. Even Jamie couldn't believe her own wizard eyes, she feels like Aslana did something with the picture that involves magic but no way!! Aslana can't do magic... She's a muggle like everyone else around her. So Jamie just felt silent and her heart was crushed. Like her whole world crumbled as she saw what the muggle she most hated exposed something seemed unbelievable to her, something that would break her immature teenage heart that used to "fall" for muggle guys who are impossible for her to be with. Aslana's very lucky, she badly thought. for the whole day, she feels downtrodden and in despair. She doesn't participate well into the discussions in all her lessons after that awful recess time and she wasn't feeling good during lunch and the after lessons activities.
Then at 2:30 they got out. Seeing his best friend being unusually downcast for the whole day made Raimund worry about her so he tried to cheer her up while they're together at the subway station near their school to go home. "Don't worry Jamie, maybe Johannes isnt the right guy for you at all. Who knows Aslana's heart will break soon because of him. you know these celebs-such womanizers. you'll see soon." Raimund said as they get on the train but Jamie just looked at him with a tearful pair of eyes. "Sigh, look Jamie, i promise that we will throw a house party at my place when they're over. We'll have a kareoke party, invite Sammy Deluxe, Tokio Hotel and Cinema Bizarre over so it'll be fun. We'll all laugh at their doom and despair. We're gonna be "Three cheers for sweet revenge." like Gerard Way...Oooh, imagine Sammy singing Bohemian Rhapsody!!!!" Raimund said optimistically and what Raimund said hilariously made Jamie feel a bit better but still she feels like broken so Jamie smiled faintly and she felt so grateful at least she got someone who understands her so she hugged Raimund tight and told him "Even though right now, Aslana's in Johannes' arms, at least i still got you as my best friend."
In Raimund's part, it really feels great to have a friend who appreciates him. In all these years before he met Jamie, he never had a real friend who will accept him for who he is and then he met Jamie, another loner like him. The train arrived at the next station and this is the station Raimund had to get down since he lives two blocks away from the station so Raimund bid good bye to Jamie and she said good bye to him. Raimund walked away with some people who were going out of the train and he was gone. The train's doors closed and it moved to its next destination which is Jamie's station and it will be five minutes away. Five more minutes of melancholy and this time without the light shone by her worried best friend. The train stopped and Jamie stood up. She walked out of the train and then made her way against the crowd and she got out of the subway station. She noticed the clouds above as dark as her broken heart as she was crossing a few streets and then arrived at her house. She looked in the window ans she saw no one inside. "Dad's not yet home..." she thought. So she went in the front of the door and mumbled "Alohomora" and the door opened. That spell is so useful, she thought with a weak smile. Then she slumped into a black bauhaus chair with some red throw pillows in the living room. "Sigh, what a day. A hell lot of things happened. Things that are so hard to feel and i am so despaired" Jamie told herself with so much anguish in her. Then she turned on the living room TV and watched a bit of Finneas and Ferb on Disney Channel, Viva( a German music channel) and a German subtitled documentary show about the Igorot mummies somewhere in Northern Philippines on the Discovery Channel but they seemed to make her get out of her bad mood. Then at exactly 5 o'clock, a scrawny, business attire clad guy with glasses who seemed to resemble her very much - her dad Percy- arrived at their doorstep and opened the door.
"Hey Jamie, how's your day?" he asked in Cantonese. When Jamie is talking to her father and some relatives, it is always in Cantonese and to everyone else, English or German.
Jamie just looked at him and said "Oh, it was fine. yours?", "It was well." her dad said smiled. "Are you ready to know where are we going this summer?" he asked. Oh yeah, the summer vacation i almost forgot about it, Jamie thought. "We're going to England..." her dad said with a really big grin. "England?? Dad, that is so cool!!! We're going to Madame Tussaud's, Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace. " Jamie cried out with joy. "Oh, what airlines are we taking? Lufthansa? British Airways? Virgin Atlantic?" she added. "Well, we're not going there by air. Too expensive, not even by magical means coz it's risky but something you'll enjoy better." he said. "Then what?" Jamie asked. "We're going on a roadtrip..." he beamed. "Really?! that's great!!! Then we'll pass by lots of places along the way like Paris, Brussels and the beautiful countryside... it'll be awesome." She temporarily diverted herself from her heart ache she is having now. From then on, she thought she should move on by just thinking about other things instead, like the anticipated roadtrip that will happen within a month with her dad.
December 28, 2008
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