Meandering Thoughts…

**Might contain spoilers, depends on how you see it.
To be safe, proceed only if you’ve finished Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.

I hate people who skip to the back pages of a book to know the ending without reading the whole book first.

But more than that…
I hate people who skip to the back pages of a book to know the ending without reading the book AND announce it to other people!

My sister and I went to get a copy of The Deathly Hallows two Saturdays ago (July 21st, the day of the release) at Kinokuniya KLCC, all excited and eagerly anticipating. While taking our own sweet time deciding between the adult or children’s cover, and choosing the most perfect and pristine copy  there was, my Harry Potter world came crumbling down, thanks to a pair of stupid, blumbering trolls standing beside me.

“Aiyaa…he didn’t die lho…”
“Of course not..he’s da hero, maa..!”
“Yeah lho… see, I tell you… V********  sure die one…”
“Eh..but dis guy **** also died! And ***** and ***** too!”

My dream of finding out the story for myself and to be deliciously surprised was stattered in an instant.

“I HATE people who lompat, terus baca ending! Bisinglah!”
I announced savagely, loud enough for the trolls to hear. But sadly, being of troll descent, their thick skin simply bounced off my attack.

I edged away from them before they give away anymore  spoilers. As I lifted my head to avoid colliding with people, to my horror of horrors, everyone else (well, almost everyone) were also flicking thru the back pages.

NNNOOOOOO0000000oooooo…..!!

My sister and I grabbed our book and ran to the check-out counter.

Thinking we were safe, we strolled around, window shopping. Then I had to make a pit-stop at the ladies room.

I could feel cold trickles running down my body as if somebody had put a Disillusionment Charm on me. Some hag in the room was showing off and talking at the top of her voice.

“I told you, it’s sure going to be like dat. And why did Dumbledore had to go and *bleep* *bleep* * bleep*? Why did they have to make D**** die too, haa? And… and…”

By this time, I was making desprate attempts to signal my sister from across the room.
“Stuff your ears! Stuff your ears!”

Oh my……

We should have anticipated all these stupid people.

If you are one of them, better run and hide before I see you.

Run and hide, you git!
Run and hide before I curse you!

CRUCIO!