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Trick or treat! My company organized a Halloween party for our guests at Zouk KL a few weeks ago – or if you’re being anal, last year.

And like any Halloween party, everyone had to wear a costume for the party.

Even the employees (me included) had to come in a costume.

So to avoid getting fired for coming in plain clothes in the spirit of Halloween, I got an awesome costume for the party. Guess what costume I got?

I went as a Jedi Knight!

I rented it from Costume World in Pelangi Damansara. It’s a good place to hunt for costumes, if you’re interested, as they have a huge collection of outfits, ranging from a complete attire of a Chinese vampire to a Ultraman suit (which is really, really awesome).

Anyway, during the party, I was working outside the club (since you know, loud music and expensive drinks aren’t my thing) all the time, welcoming the guests and giving them a goodie bag each. I also put my lightsaber away so it wouldn’t hinder me.

And there’s this promoter girl who stood beside me that night.

No, I didn’t hit on her. But I did want to hit her after she failed to guess what I was wearing.

At first, she guessed I was some sort of ghost.

Okaaaaay, to be fair, at that time my hood was up so I can see the slightest resemblance there and to be even fairer, I didn’t have my lightsaber with me. So I forgave her. I then took down my hood and told her to try again.

She guessed again, “Then, are you a Kung-Fu master?”

……………

Okaaaaay, Jedi wears a monk-like outfit so I can also see the slightest resemblance there. But I found her lack of pop culture knowledge disturbing, so I gave her the biggest hint that I was from a popular movie franchise – a REALLY popular movie franchise.

She got excited and said, “Ohhhh, I know! You’re from Lord of the Rings.”

……………

Miss, did I really look like a two feet tall hobbit to you?! And I was wearing shoes! SHOES!! That’s it, you shall not pass! @#$%^@!

As I almost lost faith in humanity, she seems to finally get it. She uttered these words:

“Aha! You’re Harry Potter!”

……………

Yes, she did say that – HARRY FISHING POTTER. She’s lucky that I wasn’t really Harry Potter; I would have given her the Avada Kedavra curse.

As I completely lost faith in humanity, I took out my lightsaber, struck a Jedi-ish pose and told her that I was from Star Wars… which she then said she have never watched it before.

How could you not watch Star Wars?! It’s like… It’s like… I quote Marshall Eriksen from How I Met Your Mother:

I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.