Sambil isi minyak kereta lap cermin sekali

Last night on the way home after dinner I stopped at the petrol station to fill up. Dan sementara menunggu minyak dituang penuh, saya mengambil kesempatan untuk mencuci cermin kereta saya yang penuh berhabuk itu. I used the windscreen cleaner blade thingy, busy sliding that thing horizontally across the windshield when I heard the young man whose car was at the petrol pump beside mine call out to me.

-Akak! Pinjam stool kejap.

a) I was blocked from his view from the waist down by my car.
b) He was having difficulty cleaning the windscreen of his car because it was a big SUV and he was a little...ehem...vertically challenged.

Hmmm. Apa nak jawab ni?
-OK. Datang la sini ambik dik.

So he came over and started some small talk while on the way to my car.
-Itu la kan kak susah kalau bawak kete besar-besar ni bila nak cuci kena guna tangga la stool la...eh?? Laaa akak tinggi! Tak aci la.

Saya hanya mampu tersenyum lebar. Lama saya tersenyum padanya. Nak tahan gelak pun ada.

-Eleh eksyen la tu.

Ye dik. Akak ni tinggi. 5'11''. Pakai pulak kasut tumit tinggi 3". Rasanya dah sama tinggi dengan Stone Cold Steve Austin dah tu. :-)

Short semester exam

A couple of days ago I invigilated an exam session and while going around the hall checking their attendance, I noticed that one of the students had not one but two calculators on the table. So out of curiosity I asked him why.

-Kalau satu kalkulator habis bateri saya ada yang lagi satu ni Madame.
-Oh. Tapi kalau dua-dua pun habis bateri?
-Ohhh jangan takut Madame. Saya dah pikir dah.

And he took out some spare batteries from his pocket.

Lord Baden Powell always said "Be Prepared". And I bet this student was a Boy Scout when he was a kid.

Melepas

I just got to know that my training at the Naval Base in Lumut got cancelled. Kaciwa! My fantasy of seeing a class full of men in white uniform habis punah. Down the drain. Yes we chicks dig men in uniform. I'm sure all of us do. Cuma ada yang tak nak cakap je. Setakat senyum sorang-sorang bila tengok NCIS atau JAG.

Another reason why I think the Malaysian Navy is uber cool:


Their elite Paskal squad team members wear hot pink berets. Yes. Pink. Mereka lelaki yang mempunyai keyakinan diri yang cukup kental. Gagah berani tidak takut mati and yet so in touch with their feminine side.

So now that the Navy men are no longer in the picture, I would need to find a substitute. Apakah badan beruniform lain yang rasa-rasanya OK dan setanding dengan kesegakan abang-abang TLDM? TUDM? Tentera Darat (tapi baju depa warna hijau celoreng macam tak hensem je?)?

Ataupun PBSM? Uniform putih juga kan?

Dan ahli silat? Cukup gagah perkasa tak? :-)