One week ago:Mum: Hey you. You left your pendrive in your shirt pocket lah... I didn't see it, so it got a thorough washing from the washing machine.
Me: What?
*completely surprised, having not even noticed the pendrive was missing in the first place* Mum: Yalah. I always check your skirt pockets, but not your shirt pockets. Mana tau you keep things inside there and forget to take them out...
*hands me the pendrive* Anything important inside or not?? When I shook it, water droplets were still coming out from it... Scared later spoil ledi...
Me: Oh, uh. Nevermind... I have the files saved in my computer.
Mum: Aiyah. Go and dry it and try and see if it can still be used or not...
*shoots me a look that seems to say '17 years old nya, forget things so easily ledi... haih...'*After plugging it into the computer, I found it to be perfectly fine, thank goodness. Plus, it's really clean now.
Today:Me: *searching high and low* Oh noo... *goes downstairs* Ma, did you by any chance see my pendrive? I think I left it in my shirt pocket again... *sheepish grin*
Mum: Really? Go and check. I didn't wash the clothes yet.
Me: *searches* Don't have wor......
Mum: Where did you last have it?
Me: I KNOW it's not in my KRS shirt pocket because I didn't bring it to school yesterday. So it must be in the white shirt...
Mum: Maybe it dropped somewhere?
Me: Maybe ar.... but I KNOW I didn't bring it to school yesterday... so it must be somewhere around... it's DEFINITELY not in my KRS shirt loh........
*after mum and dad help search around for a while*
Me: Oh well... nevermind. It'll turn up....
Later:Mum: Oi! I found your pendrive!!
Me: Really?? Great! Where was it??
Mum: In your KRS shirt pocket.
Me: Oh. Oops.
Mum: Keep insisting it's not there summore. Haiyah you...
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Moral of the story?
When your daughter tells you she 'DEFINITELY didn't put it there', ALWAYS check 'there' FIRST!
:P
Just replace Hobbes' first dialogue with 'Have you started studying yet?'