I thought I was stupid when I couldn’t bend in my cheongsam and Angela had to help me put on my stilettos.

I thought I was stupid when I lost both my room key and my mailbox key and had to run around getting replacements.

I thought I was stupid when I tripped on the stairs going up, fell, clambered up another two steps then fell again.

But nothing beats the stupidity that I am when, thinking I would do some reading for my Intro to Chinese Civilisation class tomorrow, I pulled out my textbook, ONLY TO FIND THAT I HAD BOUGHT THE WRONG BOOK.

I was searching through my shopping bag for a book of Chinese poetry authored by Watson, and to my chagrin couldn’t find any book of poems. So I pulled out my receipt to check what were the books that I bought because I distinctly remember buying all 5 of the books needed for that class.

There was no title with the word poetry in it.

Puzzled, I rifled through my books again, and came up with…

Out Of Many – A History of The American People Fourth Edition.

Wtf.

It didn’t even have anything to do with China.

I had somehow bought an American History book instead of a Chinese History one.

I looked at my receipt again, at least thanking my lucky stars that I could return the book and get the rightful one.

There it stated on the receipt:

“Through Tuesday, February 1, all you will need to return course books is the Odyssey receipt. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT A RETURN WITHOUT THE RECEIPT.

“From Wednesday, February 3, to Tuesday, February 15, you will need the Odyssey receipt as well as a form from the Registrar’s Office certifying that you are not enrolled in a course (current schedules will not be accepted) – you may return books purchased for that course only. No books are returnable after Tuesday, February 15 (including books purchased after that date).”

Not only do I have to lug the bloody heavy book back to the bookshop to return it, I have to get a form from the Registrar’s Office to return it.

I already have a notorious name with the Registrar’s Office, because it’s right next to the Residential Life office, where I went to get a new room keys.

My reputation is gone.

I am going to eat Maggi to anti-depress myself now.