Murphy’s Law
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 
I was buying phone cards in a retail store at Shang. A sign says “Out for lunch.” So I browsed through shops in the vicinity while waiting. I checked every so often to see if the counter girl has come back. No, not yet. I was deliberately patient in an attempt to beat Murphy’s Law which rule our lives most of the time but thirty minutes passed and not a shadow of her in sight so I decided to buy somewhere else. I know it’s pointless but just to drive home the idea, I came back just after a fleeting five minutes, just five minutes or so. There, as clear as daylight, by the counter, behind clear glass, she was fixing her hair, admiring herself, turning left, right, eyes glued at her pocket mirror; she pouted her lips, blink blink. Murphy’s right!!!
