Sunday, February 20, 2005
On 19 Feb, tat was yesterday, da supervisor invited 10 volunteers of West Coast Student Service Centre for a CNY dance n dinner. It starts at 7pm but we went there from WESSC at 7.30pm. I reached WESSC at 6.45pm plus n minus. While i was at WESSC waiting to go to West Coast C.C at 7.30pm sharp, my bouncy friend: Mujib called me at around 7pm. :) We talked of course!
It has been a long time since he called. I couldnt even recognize him! He sounded like my sec sch friend: Firdaus (Bob) n he used a private number to call me. So i thought he was Firdaus calling me up just 2have a great chat. But gosh! I was wrong! It wasnt Firdaus! He was MUJIB!! Alamak! Mujib, if u r reading this, i wld like 2say sorry again for not recognizing ur voice coz u sounded different n sounded just like Firdaus! Lucky Mujib gave me some clues.
First, he asked (translate 2English): "How many outside friends u have?" I answered, "Outside friends? Hmm.. not counting from Informatics, Thames?" He went: "Yeah". So again, I think. I told him tat I have a lot of outside friends mostly girls n only a few guys. When he heard me mentioning da word 'guys', he asked further who are they. I told him, Nasrin, Mujib, Harris, Mokhtar n Rashidee. And he further added: "Da name 'Mujib' sounds familiar, like as if I knw da person." So, definitely I knw tat muz be him >> MUJIB.
I apologized 2him coz I couldnt recognize his voice. He was ok coz he said he hadnt been calling me only smsing me so he understood if i couldnt recognize his voice. Moreover, he used a private number 2call me. I have a few friends who has private numbers: Firdaus(Bob), Nazrul(Alun) n a few others. And also, I seldom called him. I only called him n my other friends if I have some problems. Last year, there ARE a LOT of PROBLEM happening 2me. After tat, we kept on contact through SMS.
We chatted for about 15 mins. He told me tat Kak Lenny, my 'kakak angkat' who is his cousin-in-law, is now pregnant. ALHAMDULLILAH. She got married on 28 December 2003 n she is now pregnant for da third time. Da first 2 time, da pregnancy didnt work out. Hopefully for dis 3rd pregnancy, everything turns out well. :)
At 7.30pm sharp, we got ready n headed down 2 WEST COAST C.C.When we reached there abt 10 mins later, wat a lot of pple!! There are like close to 3000 pple!! Majority of them are definitely Chinese. There are some Indians n Malays as well. I saw... Mohd Khabir n family! He was frm my sec sch. He was in da same batch as BAIKHAKKI KHAIZAN. Me senior, da two of them junior. By one year only lah. My family knws Khabir's family well. Strangely, me n Khabir didnt talk 2each other when we were in sec sch. He mixed around with his mates of da same batch n talked 2 some of da coolest seniors. I wasnt cool back then. I became popular after I joined Talentime. Only then, he did talk 2me but only for a while n then no communication after tat. Dont u find it odd coz his late maternal grandmother n my maternal grandmother were best friends during their 'kampung' days, n we (da grandchildren) happen 2b in same sch didnt talk 2each other?
During da CNY dinner n dance, Khabir noticed me! His table was directly across ours (da volunteers) n he was looking around n he saw me n he smiled n nodded. I smiled back. Hmm.. back in sec sch, he didnt even smile at me. Well, all of us had grown up.
I CANT BELIEVE DA SUPERVISOR OF WESSC KNOWS Khabir's maternal GRANDFATHER, Tuk Leman!! He told 2da volunteers dat Tuk Leman is his president or sumthing. Gosh! Great! Wat a small world.
Then, I saw another friend of mine from Informatics. Khairul. He was one of da malay guys serving different kind of dishes 2da malay families. He went 2our table quite a few times but I didnt manage 2distract him or say 'Hi' coz i dun wan da other younger volunteers 2 'anggap' me as 'gatal, tak leh jumpa lelaki'. Oh plezz.. But then again, I shldnt care ryt? Just say HI to Khairul, since he's my friend. And I did after...
I went 2da toilet. YUCKS! Dirty! So, i decided not 2go, just bear with it n did once i got home! Hah. And when I was abt 2sit down, Khairul came 2our table again 2serve another dish for da night. Then I distract him n he nodded n said 'hi' n i asked him, dun knw if he could hear me coz our table was very near 2 a big amplifier. I asked him, if he worked 2help serve da dishes. I dun knw if he heard me so he just nodded.
