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You are driving along a main road. It is quiet. There are not many cars. And no car behind you. You relax and you want to enjoy the leisurely drive and soak in the surrounding view.

Then you see a car at a junction wanting to turn into the main road. The guy doesn't seem to be in a hurry as well. So everything's cool. But as you reach 20 metres from that car the driver decides to make a mad dash for it. He comes out just right before you pass him. Because of that you need to put on your brakes to avoid collision. Walhal dia boleh tunggu sekejap sehingga saya melepasinya dan keluar sebab tidak ada kereta lain pun yang ada di Jalan Athinahappan pada waktu itu.

Lantas terganggu keharmonian mental dan fokus saya sebentar. Timbul rasa marah di atas kekurangan akal pemandu itu untuk berfikir.

Lalu untuk cuba melupakan perasaan stres yang tidak diduga itu, saya terpaksa ke 7-11 berdekatan untuk membeli Slurpee biru besar satu. Sejuk aisnya sampai memberi pembekuan otak sementara (atau dalam bahasa Jawa temporary brain freeze). Sesudah sedut empat lima kali, baru saya rasa lega. And free from anger.

Dan saya pun meneruskan perjalanan dengan hati yang suka.

Kejadian di Alamanda

Yesterday I went to Alamanda to get the Baskin Robbins Wednesday Pink Deal. Baju, tudung jam semuanya warna pink kalau adik kat kaunter tu tak perasan jugak memang la. Kalau dah teringin sangat tu sorang-sorang pun on je. Actually when you think about it, sometimes it's best to go alone when you crave for that something to eat. Tak payah share. Heheheh gila tamak tak ingat right?

On my way out while walking towards my car in the parking lot I saw from afar a man kneeling in front of a Kancil. Or was it a Viva. I'm not so sure. In front of my pink Mini Cooper. OK that was deep wishful thinking (this is a little subliminal message so I hope you're reading this my little Bobo). In front of my purple Putra. He seemed to be looking at the car fender. Or so I thought. Dari jauh nampak kurang jelas. Mata pula sudah semakin rabun.

It was when I approached my car that I realized that he wasn't kneeling in front of his car. But that he was in fact a very vertically-challenged man standing and waiting for his friend who was in the car. And smoking a cigarette.

Well here's the deal. I felt somewhat quite disturbed with the whole ''orang kerdil menghisap rokok'' scenario. I'm not here to judge or anything but just to share the mixed feelings that I had when experiencing this situation. On one hand, there was a voice in my head that said ''Apa la mamat ni. Dah cacat pun nak hisap rokok lagi ke''. Hence it remained only a tiny voice talking in my head because had I said those words out loud to him memang confirm aku kena pukul. But on the other hand there was another voice that argued with suara kecil Cikgu Bedah tadi, telling us that hey this guy is a normal person too thus should be treated as such. Kalau dia nak hisap rokok itu dia punya hak lah. Kalau dia tak dibenarkan hisap rokok sebab dia kerdil, bukankah itu satu diskriminasi terhadap golongan OKU?

Jadi itulah dia sedikit sebanyak konflik dalaman yang saya hadapi sewaktu bersemuka dengan seorang lelaki kerdil yang menghisap rokok di kawasan meletak kereta di Alamanda semalam. Sekian. Terima kasih. Have a nice day y'all.

7 Golden Rules of Life

1st
Don't let someone become a priority in your life, when you are just an option in their life.
Relationships work best when they are balanced.

2nd
Never explain yourself to anyone.
Because the person who likes you doesn't need it, and the person who doesn't like you won't believe it.

3rd
When you keep saying you are busy, then you are never free.
When you keep saying you have no time, then you will never have time.
When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow, then your tomorrow will never come.

4th
When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.
Choice is yours.

5th
We make them cry those who care for us.
We cry for those who never care for us.
And we care for those who will never cry for us.
This is the truth of life, it's strange but true. Once you realize this, it's never too late to change.

6th
Don't make a promise when you are in joy.
Don't reply when you are sad.
Don't take a decision when you are angry.
Think twice, act twice.

7th
Time is like a river.
You can't touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.

Perbualan di kala sedang minum teh misai kucing

It is customary at the spa where I am the designated Gadis Kaunter every Sunday to serve Java tea to the customers before and after they go for their beauty treatments. So yesterday was no exception.

I served the three ladies who came in the afternoon. A mother and her two daughters. Two of them came for traditional massage.

They sat across from each other so while the daughter was sipping her tea, her elderly mum saw the brand name at the bottom of the cup. She immediately called me.

-Eh. Aku ingatkan Byford tu jenama spenda. Ada jugak cap ni untuk cawan ye Nak.
-*terkedu* Haaa ye la makcik. Cap je sama tu. Syarikat lain.
-Gamaknya le ye.

Tapi memang iya pun. Saya dapat set cawan tu percuma semasa membeli berkotak-kotak spenda untuk bapa dan adik saya sempena promosi jualan Aidilfitri dua tahun lepas. Kalau anak murid saya tahu cerita ni, mesti mereka akan berkata, "Madame ni...kot ya pun agak-agak laa."