You Need To Calm Down

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'You need to calm down'.

I mentally scolded myself.

Anxiety was spiking.

But what do you do when you just lost your phone? 

So careless.

And I was so near to the Out-Pro area.

UGH.

I rushed back to the auditorium. Searched where I sat.

Nothing.

I asked the big shots if anyone had my phone.

Nothing.

I went back to the Out-Pro area. In the hot sun.

Heard a shout from the back.

'DONT CUT THROUGH THE PARADE SQUARE'

I couldnt give any fucks, you idiot.

I went back, reevaluating everything.

Saw one of the laojiaos. Approached him and told him my situation.

He was sympathetic, and gave some reassurance.

But it ended off with.

'Most probably someone already stole it.'

Great.

I continued back to the Out-Pro area.

And looked around.

700 people... how TF was I gonna find my phone.

I decided to just queue and out-pro.

While queueing, another few laojiaos looked in my direction.

One of them asked.

'You lost your phone?'

Great, news is already spreading.

'Yeah'

'Wah good luck man, its going to be impossible to find.'

'uh yea okay.'

'Come I try call'

*no signal*

'Oh yea, I put it in airplane mode.'

'you what... oh'

Yup.

I joined them in the queue, and they tried getting through to my phone.

The malay seniors in the back helped out as well.

It was an embarrassing situation to be in.

But I was desperate to fix this.

'Let me see if i can find with the app.' the Malay SGT behind me offered.

He took out the 'Find My IPhone' App

I logged in, but to no avail.

'Its okay... thanks.' 

I out-pro'ed and walked away.

Evaluate... evaluate... fuck my life.

I decided to find my bunkmates who were in the queue. Went all the way back. and finally found them.

More reassurance.

Tried calling again.

And again.

'What phone is it?

'IPhone 8.'

'OH SHIT.'

Yep.

Same reactions.

I was close to giving up.

'You know what, I'll do one more sweep.' I told them.

I was gonna rush back to the auditorium in the hot sun. 

And then I came across some familiar faces.

Friends I made from the past week. I asked one of them if he saw my phone.

'OH. I saw xxxxx picking a phone up just now.'

I was relieved.

Finally. A lead to where it is.

That was all I needed.

I borrowed a phone, pen, paper, and took a call.

Turns out that dude was already in the Grab to Tampines.

Fuck. Oh well.

Didnt matter, at least this was going somewhere.

And there goes my Friday.

A really long silly one.

TGIF.

Love, Eran.

Current Song Mood: Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down

You are somebody that I don't know,
But you're taking shots at me like it's Patrón.
And I'm just like, "Damn!
It's 7 AM."

Say it in the street, that's a knock-out.
But you say it in a tweet, that's a cop-out.
And I'm just like, "Hey!
Are you OK?"

And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression,
But I've learned the lesson
That stressing and obsessing
'Bout somebody else is no fun.
And snakes and stones never broke my bones.

So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!
You need to calm down.
You're being too loud.
And I'm just like,
"Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!
You need to just stop.
Like, can you just not step on my gown?
You need to calm down."

You are somebody that we don't know,
But you're coming at my friends like a missile.
Why are you mad
When you could be GLAAD?
(You could be GLAAD.)

Sunshine on the street at the parade,
But you would rather be in the dark ages
Just making that sign.
Must've taken all night.

You just need to take several seats
And then try to restore the peace
And control your urges to scream
About all the people you hate
'Cause shade never made anybody less gay

So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!
You need to calm down.
You're being too loud.
And I'm just like,
"Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!
You need to just stop.
Like, can you just not step on his gown.
You need to calm down."

And we see you over there on the Internet
Comparing all the girls who are killing it,
But we figured you out.
We all know now.
We all got crowns.
You need to calm down.

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!
You need to calm down.
(You need to calm down)
You're being too loud.
(You're being too loud)
And I'm just like,
"Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!
You need to just stop.
(Can you stop?)
Like, can you just not step on our gowns.
You need to calm down."