Already running super-late for a media preview of CJ7, I brisk walk into GSC Mid Valley, and stop short when a rat scampers across the lobby. Scampers – I like that word. It’s a good thing I’m not afraid of rodents, but everyone else around me is. As the women scream and dart into faraway corners, I watch with amusement as the men stand their ground… carefully keeping their distance as well.
Already running super-late for my media preview of CJ7, I brisk walk towards the designated cinema hall, and stop short when the rat scampers past me and traps itself between me and the closed doors of the cinema I need to get into. The women are all safely hidden away by now, and the men and I watch with amusement as the rat runs around in circles in an effort to find a way out… carefully keeping our distance.
Just because I’m not afraid of it doesn’t mean I’m going to go right up to it and shoo it out of my way. It eventually works out an escape route. I should have taken a photo. But if it were a monitor lizard crawling across the lobby, I’d have told Stephen Chow to stuff it and gone straight back to my car.
The movie wasn’t half bad, by the way.
Happy Chinese New Year!
