an extra ordinary day

My henpon started ringing at 5am this morning.  Macam biasa, i tutup & sambung tidur; and the next alarm rang at 5.30am, and next at 5.45am.  I memang pasang alarm berkali2, tapi biasanya i'll get up from bed at 6.15am or 6.30am.  I did the same this morning.  Woke up at 6.15am and was in the shower when PK called at 6.22am informing me that she can't go to work today.  As usual, kalau PK tak keje, i prefer to commute with ketapi instead of driving.  It was still early, i could've made it to the station on time; but, today is a special day; it's a day before puasa, and everything seems to be extra ordinary...


1.  I did the usuals, got myself ready for work, cleaned the house sambil lari sana sini, and then i realised that i couldn't find my house keys.  I searched everywhere, in and out of the house sambil tepon PK membebel2.  At last i found it...in my own pocket!

2.  I ran down the stairs dengan sampah kat sebelah tangan; dah sampai bawah baru i sedar yang kaki sakit sebab ada luka kena gigi Jack.  Kalau jalan terus memang tak selesa sebab kasut tu kena kat tempat luka; so ran up again to change to another shoe...kasut kerok yang i beli hari jemaat hari tu.  Dah start berpeluh2 dah ni.

3.  I drove the car to the last station, tempat selalu i naik ketapi (sebab kat situ mesti dapat seat).  I couldn't find any parking sebab dah lambat and parking dah penuh.  I had to go out of the parking area and decided to just park my car by the main road.  I was already halfway walking to the station when i realised that it's not a good idea; i mungkin kena saman.  Sayang pulak nak bayar saman, baik le i kumpul buat pegi tengok konsert pilharmonik.  So, i turn back and drove the car to the other nearest station.  I missed the turn to the parking and had to take another u-turn further up, jalan pulak jam...maklum la, dah lambat.  Anyway, i managed to find a parking the nearest i could to the station.  Time ni dah rasa macam nak patah balik rumah je ni.

4.  That station is the second one from the end (yang sepatutnya i naik tadi), but, by the time i berjaya naik kerusi semua dah penuh.  I had to stand.  Semakin banyak stop, semakin ramai orang naik.  In the end i had to stand by the door, meleperkan diri seleper mungkin, and i was just like an inch from the person standing in front of me.  Nak bernafas pun kena tahan2.  Nasib baik awal pagi, orang semua wangi2 lagi.  I dah start rasa menyesal; apasal la tadi tak pusing balik rumah je?

5.  Either my Sentuh&Pergi card wasn't functioning properly or it was the machine, or the system yang gila pagi ni.  I had to change to other lane yang panjang to touch the card sebab the machine couldn't sense my card.  Beratur lagi...

6.  Disebabkan waktu tu dah peak time, orang sangat la ramai.  I yang sememangnya tak suka croud ni dah rasa macam sesak nafas dah.  My body was deviated in the next train; kepala tempat lain, kaki kat tempat lain.  Luckily it was only 3 stations to reach office.  I was already very tired.  The first thing i wanted to do is run to the pantry and minum sebaldi air.

7.  I had a call from a long lost friend in the afternoon.  I can hear that she was extremely shaking.  I dah berdebar dah...ye la, mana tau ada hal2 sedih ke apa.  Rupa2nya, dia panik sebab Stebeng call dia.  Cehhh...buat penat je panik.  I pulak yang di marahnya sebab tak warn dia yang si Stebeng ni ada kat m'sia.  Cik kak ni i rasa ada menaruh perasan kat kawan kitaorang si Stebeng ni, tu yang panik tak tentu hala tu.  I yang baik hati ni (sesekali kena mengaku) tetap jugak tepon dia walaupun dia tak pernah nak tepon i.  Idak le i ni nak berkira ke apa, tapi kalau dah sepuluh kali tepon sekali pun dia tak boleh nak call i, dah tentu la i rasa tak suka kannn.  Dah tu boleh pulak tulis panjang2 kat my pesbuk wall, tapi taknak call.  Boleh pulak dia tanya i tadi, apasal i tak call dia balik bila dia tak jawab call?  Kalau bukan sebab Stebeng tadi memang takde le dia nak call i kan.  People can be unbelievably selfish sometimes.  I admit that i would not return call to any unknown number, tapi kalau it's a familiar number, i akan call balik; and i would definitely answer my friends' call walaupun pukul 3 pagi, kecuali kalau i tak dengar henpon tu berbunyi or i mengigau & campak the phone away; selain daripada tu jangan le bagi alasan2 takut kalau call nanti mengganggu i ke apa.  I takde laki, ok..

8.  Other things at office are as usual walaupun ramai yang takde.  I went back secepat yang boleh, when i touched my access card, it was 5.31pm; tak sempat nak babai me_cnor pun sebab dia tengah sibuk dengan TokAyah dia.  I dah berbunga2 harapan dah bila tengok ketapi tak ramai orang.  Sempat le jugak dengar ada cik kak dua orang tengah dengan seriusnya berbincang pasal kuih raya; tat nenas, semprit segala.  Rasa je nak cakap...'kak, esok baru nak start puasa'.  My Sentuh&Pergi card couldn't be detected again masa nak keluar.  The queue was quite long sebab kena manually scan kad tu kat kaunter.  Kalau tau gini baik la i beli tiket je, lagi cepat.

9.  I berjaya duduk after a few stations in the next train.  Nasib baik teringat i parking kat station lain hari ni.  I pun singgah jap beli goreng pisang singgit when another familiar voice beside me kata 'dua ringgit ye'.  Ohhh...apasal pulak la hari ni boleh tersama dengan orang seopis pulak ni...  Ada ke patut i di tuduhnya saje buat2 tak nampak; padahal idak ke dia tau yang i ni kalau berjalan memang takde masa nak tengok2 orang sekeliling, kalau boleh nak rempuh je semua orang.

10.  I thought that was the end of the misery.  Then i realised that pasir budak2 tu dah habis and nak tak nak i have to go to PK's place.  Dengan saki baki tenaga yang tinggal 5% je, terpaksa la i mengendong beg pasir yang berat tu naik atas.  As i was dragging my feet up the stairs, i realised that ini la antara masa2nya yang i boleh guna ayat ni : '...kalau ada laki kan senang..!'


I hope tomorrow will be just an ordinary day; walaupun esok hari yang special.  Selamat menyambut Ramadhan!