kek resepirahsia

I received a message from a client at KampungJagung; "En T kata, boleh tak bawak kek ResepiRahsia sebijik dua untuk refreshment masa meeting". We were supposed to have a meeting/briefing with a group of rakyat KampungJagung next week. I couldn't help but grin. Kalau i duduk kat tempat dia (the messenger), what would i do? My boss suruh mintak orang yang nak datang meeting bawak makanan. Not just any makanan, specifically stated cake. Not just any cake, kek ResepiRahsia. I think i would faint in embarrassment. Mungkin kalau i tak sayang duit at that time, instead of menjatuhkan maruah (exaggerate tak?) i would rather buy the cake myself. I'm not putting the blame on the messenger. I knew that the instruction came from the boss. I totally understand that as a junior, siapalah kita nak membantah kata2 tok ketua kita. The blame should be put on the tok ketua.


It reminded me of the days when i was working in a different job sector before. I've worked both for the 'kuli' company which is a contractor and also for the 'boss' company, also known as the consultant. It's a totally different scenario. Working as a contractor buat kita sentiasa sedar diri, selalu kena hormat pada consultant. When i say hormat, it goes to the extend bagi sesetengah orang sampai membodek & memberi apa2 shj yang consultant nak. Working as a consultant pulak boleh buat sesetengah orang besar kepala. Mintak la apa saja, biasanya contractor akan cuba jugak bagi so that consultant boleh sign & kerja boleh jalan dengan lancar. Bagi sesetengah consultant, asking for favour which includes money is just peanut. Apatah lagi setakat nak suruh belanja makan.


For me, it's the same situation dengan rakyat KampungJagung. They have the mindset that they are the boss. Buat la apa sekalipun, salah la macamana sekalipun... they are always right. They are taught by the tok ketua that asking favours from the kuli is not wrong. I pity the freshgraduates. Baru nak belajar hidup bekerja, kepala dah disogok pulak dengan anasir2 negative macam tu. No wonder they have attitude problems. No wonder diorang berlagak.


I've asked PK the other day if we will be just like one of them kalau dari dulu2 kami bekerja di KampungJagung. PK said that she don't think we'll change. We'll just be like mc#1; despite sifat2 cerewet dia tu, i do respect him for being humble. I know that it is unfair to label all of them macam tu. My friends (i only have a few friends at KampungJagung) are all nice peoples. It all depends pada kita sendiri. How we think, how we were brought up and how/what we choose to be. Till this moment, i realise i'm not a suitable candidate to be rakyat KampungJagung; even otherwise, i know i should choose not to be.