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A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way
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"Yayy!"
"Quantas First and Business Class, that's the way we go!"
"C'mon Quick Ems."
"Coming Dan...What kind of brother are you? Might as well help me with the bags!"
"Alright, alright. Hand them over."
"There you go. The blue one's lighter, so its okay I'll carry it; but the black one's a little heavy and slowing me down."
"Anyways, now that this is sorted, let's go."
"Dibb's on the window seat! The view is going to be absolutely great!"
Daniel badly wanted the window seat but he was very unselfish towards his twin sister Emma. They were about to leave for Melbourne. They'd be seeing their parents after a long time. They had been on an culinary educational trip to Singapore, China, Pakistan, Paris, Brazil, RSA and the UAE. They were now boarding the plane for back home from Sharjah International Airport.
On the way back, they had a stopover at Suvernabumh International Airport, Thailand. They spent their time exporing every nook and cranny of the Duty Free. They picked some gorgeous silver necklaces and an amulet for their younger sister, a photo frame with super-annunated looking bronze edges for Mum, and a red-coloured air freshener to go with Daddy's new Alpha Romeo.
Once they had landed, Emma felt as if all the energy had been drained right out of her. Daniel too, was extremely exhausted due to the long itenary. Outside the airport, they were greeted by whole-heartedly with bear hugs and kisses by their parents and sister.
Unfortunately, one of the roads which led to back home was closed for maintenance and there was VVIP movement taking place on the diversion, therefore they had to park their car in a shopping mall and take an MRT back home.
Wracked, Dan fell asleep leaning against the MRT doors. He didn't mean to, but his body betrayed him. After the train pulled to a halt, and the doors slid open, BANG! ; Daniel slammed head first, straight into the ground. Startled due to the sudden

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