Lana wanted to buy a brand new laptop just because everybody else had one. However she didn’t have any money. She went to the Chinese herbal medicine shop where they had vacancies for a sales girl. They said her income would be based on how many bottles of herbal medicine she sold. Therefore she worked hard, managing to sell bottles upon bottles of herbal medicine. However it was still not enough, the money she got that day was too little. It would take too long to accumulate until it was enough to buy a laptop.
She decided to quit that job on that very day. On her way home, a fortune teller approached Lana. The fortune teller gave Lana her business card. Out of curiosity, Lana decided to use all the money she had just earned today to know if she would ever own a laptop and how she found the money to but it. The fortune teller took out her fortune-telling cards and flipped it open one by one. She kept silent for a while before saying "Find money, yes ..but rugby must play!". Lana did not understand, but the fortune teller refused to say anything further until she added more money. What a rip off! Lana thought. Feeling furious, she stormed out of the room.
She went back to her flat hoping to see any job vacancies posted on the bulletin board. While she was scanning the wall, she found there was a rugby tornament this evening and who participates and wins will get Rm3000 each. Wow! She thought. This is more than enough for me! Maybe this was what the fortune teller was talking about. So she went not even knowing how to play rugby. When she reached there, she immediately went to the registration counter. There, she was asked to fill in a form in pencil. Since she had none, she had to take one in the jar. As she was reaching her hand toward the jar of sharpened pencils, she was suddenly knocked hard on the head by a rugby ball. The impact was so hard she fainted.
Then, what seemed like forever, she finally regain consciousness. The first thing she saw was a guy in a leather jacket hovering over her, appologizing repeatedly to her. He said he was practicing and wanted to throw the ball at his friend, but his friend did not manage to catch it in time and instead it flew towards her head. He helped her up but she was still dizzy. Quickly dismissing him, she proceeded to fill in her form at the counter but the people at the counter appologized and said that places were already full.
She was so upset. She went home feeling so down. As she was walking, she found a silver locket with an inscription on the floor. It looked expensive. She thought of going down to the pawn shop to see how much she could get out of it. Suddenly out of nowhere, the guy in the leather jacket called out to her. She felt like slapping him. However, when he asked what was she doing, she still politely explained to him. He said he could get a second hand laptop for only Rm 500. Lana said she didnt have any money at all. The guy then suggested to give the locket and her handphone and it would cover the whole cost. Since she wanted the laptop so badly, she gave it to him. He then told her to wait there until he came back... The problem was he never came back. She waited until night fall. In the end, she laughed hysterically to herself and went home.
The next day Lana was seen completing her creative writing assignment in the library using the library's computer, typing away, looking unnaproachable and minding no one.
The end...
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