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that Malacca trip that week

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Took leave yesterday because I predicted I was gonna be tired and true enough, I was.

The trip to Malacca was a-okay. Minor problems like the stalling of the relatives' van but other than that, it went pretty smoothly. Yan's car was fantastic and my family didn't have to deal with any problems.

SO.

I had two die-hard fans there. A 7 year-old called Shafiq and an 8 year-old called Faiz. FYI, Faiz is my uncle by status, cos he's my dad's cousin.

So when I first made my grand entrance, Faiz and Shafiq were giggling and nudging each other like two excited schoolgirls. A few hours later, both of them approached me and Shafiq said "Kak, Faiz kata kakak hensem!" (?)

Me: Hensem? Hensem tu apa? (Eksyen tak tau ah)

Them: Hensem ahh... Elok lah rupa makna nya tu hah...

Me: Oh! Kalau perempuan tak boleh cakap hensem. Hensem untuk lelaki ajer tau... Kalau kakak, pretty. Ataupun beautiful ataupun gorgeous. (Received blank looks from them). Tapi pretty pun ok. Ok? (Cheyywah).

Shafiq: Ohhh... Kakak pretty lah... Faiz suka kakak.

Me: (beams. Kids. Always so honest.)

And days after that, they tagged along wherever I went. So glowing lah the feeling. To have loyal stalkers who adore you because you're hensem slash pretty. Haha... And Faiz a.k.a my uncle by status refers to me as 'Kakak Yang Rambut Kuning tu hah..."

The wedding went fine. We had to deal with the scorching heat and wets armpits but I made sure I didn't make much hand movements. But lucky we didn't have to rewang-rewang all. Tak payah nak sebok-sebok potong cili-cili dan bawang-bawang.

OH! And you must be wondering if I moved my bowels during the weekend. Guess what??

I DIDN'T!!!

Yay for me! So there I was on Friday night, whole of Saturday and the most of Sunday, tahan-ing my bowel movements. I passed with flying colours. Quite impressive, I must say, controlling your bowels for 3 days - (You try. My track record was 5 days!! But that was 13 years ago. In Malacca also) - Just so that I didn't have to use their toilets. I'm not snobbish lah I swear, but I just can't stand it. That's cos I went to the toilet once when I was nine and it was those kinda toilets that was built of wood and the floors didn't quite go all the way down, hence leaving some space for chicken heads/duck heads/chicks/and whatchamacallits to freely surprise me with their appearances. Tsk. I feel so violated lah cann...

So I kumpul banyak-banyak and bombed everything out sekaliGUS on Sunday night and the whole of Monday morning. Hahaha... A tad gross, I know. All the ayam kampung, betik muda and sambal belacan, all OUT I tell ya, out! So satisfying. Hurhur.

Next trip, maybe to Pahang because another aunt of mine by status is getting married. When I was there, everyone asked my grandma and parents when am I getting married. "Hah... Ni Awin bilao lagi mau kawin. Tak lamao lagi lah ni hahh..." When they made such comments, I just tersengih-sengih macam kambing kat tepi jalan tu hahh...

(By the way, I'm lovin the Malaccan accent. I'm practising it at home and pissing my family off. I do a pretty good job, I feel).

the enigma was spotted at 18:26