After almost 15 days in Sabah..now I'm back in Penang....back to work..back to the reality..wake up 5 days a week to go to work to earn money to survive into the wild world....leaving Sabah after meeting and get to know several new friends ....is never be an easy thing to do...although the moment we had was just a day or less than an hour..this sweet memory will always be commemorated in my life to come..good thing I managed to get some of these friends' numbers and thanked God for the simple but pleasant memory I had in Sabah....to start the working life today in the year 2009 was not easy and I was kind of moody..masih mood cuti yang mau relax...
Bride and groom's closest family
Spending the last couple of days in Sabah was a great fun and memorable to me...even better to make me remember of my childhood moment..it was 2nd Jan 2009..I went to Sutera Harbour to attend my relative's wedding...there I met few of my relatives that I had never met before...of course, I had met some of them.....actually, I was not supposed to be in the list of guest for that ceremony but for some reason God has shown me his miracle by swapping someone's place with someone else....my sis's BF should have been the one to attend the wedding but due to some last minute trip he had to do..the seat that was meant for him was left empty...thus my Sis, also my Bro were asking me to come with them....I rejected the offer as I didn't bring any formal nor suitable clothes for that kind of ceremony...meanwhile, my mum sent a text to me asking if I'm going...I replied "inda tau lagi..teda baju jg..." sort of la...she suggested to borrow from my Bro and coincidentally, he himself offered his shirt for me (cara dia mau pujuk kasi kawan dia pigi la ni..haha...)
Datuk Pairin menyanyikan 2-3 buah lagu malam tu..one of the last person leaving that night
I was at a workshop in Inanam, chatting with a mechanic at the moment this 4 ways communication occurred...I sent my bro's car for a "medical checkup" and been given a couple of medicines to make amend of the current state of the car....changed the water pump, a hose and the timing belt (most probably the timing belt has never been replaced since the car was bought..it was already in a nyawa nyawa ikan...in the other hand, the previous water pump had been replaced with one of Thailand's production..haha..inda heran la rosak..) spent more than 3 hours at the workshop chatting about cars with the mechanic as well as fixing the damaged parts..by the time it was fixed, it was already past 4pm..went home and resting.....get prepared for the wedding..berdandan la...
My lis Sis..yang semakin gendut kuat makan..haha.
My bro came later that evening from work then we left the house after 30 minutes time giving him time to berdandan juga..haha...reached Sutera Harbour earlier than my Sis...we had to wait as we're not sure if I have a reserved seat or not...malu starring kalau masuk pigi sign tu guess book tapi tiada nama dalam list..haha...my sis arrived quite late (I think it was over 20 minutes later) Yeah..we 3 siblings went in and checked in for a table number....we were arranged to be seated at table no 6..but entah la...kana kasi rearranged to seat at table no 5...with people that I'd never met except my bro and sis..haha....my sis is quite fond with 2 of our cousins there..so we were kind of 'save' juga la..inda juga macam stranger in a strange crowd...minum and makan macam biasa bila buat wedding di Sutera Habour la...sedap tapi belum lagi sampai nasi suda kanyang..kanyang beer sama liquor pun lain lagi..hehe..
Gadis-gadis di meja no 5
Then suddenly..a cute girl was standing a meter away from me unloading small-small boxes of souvenirs out of the big box...I looked at her and coincidentally, she looked at me....as a complete stranger, I smiled at her...she responded with a smile as well...then few minutes after..she came and sat next to my bro...I was at the middle between my bro and sis ba...and there was one empty seat available next to my bro..entah la siapa yang inda datang tu...she sat there and chatted with my bro...she must be my relative as per observation..duh..mimang la..haha...after a while she became a permanent guest at that table...she ate and chatted with my bro and my sis..then began teasing me...as a pemalu, I thought of several ways to melarikan diri dari kana bawa menari..haha..yeah..I did well at first...pretending to not to stop enjoying the sweet and sour fish on a small white plate...I knew she was just joking teasing me but it went even wild..haha...the second time, I lost my virginity as pemalu when my sis helped her tarik me, forcing me to stand up and walked heading to the wooden dance floor menari sumazau..I was a virgin pemalu ba and I was not even drunk to dance yet...haha.and that was the first time for me to dance at Sutera Harbour..I'm not a wedding crasher di mana ada kawin di sana la muka saya ada..haha....from that onwards we danced continuously for couple of rounds...alternately, I took a chance to rest and melarikan diri lagi...for the first time, I was feeling a little nervous when she took my hand invited me to have a slow dance with her...wahaha....I just met and knew her for a couple of minutes ba...she's an aunt to me....that's her status to me...jadi balik-balik lah tu "mesti dingar cakap aunty tau.." plus the support she received from my Bro and Sis..apa la daya ku..aku terpaksa merelakan and apparently, it was a good moment to know my aunt juga kan..so whilst we were dancing and dancing...I took the chance to ask few questions about her....jejak kasih la ba kenen...she's short with a nice cute eyes which also 4 years younger than me....looking at her whilst chatting reminded me of something...I'd seen these 2 big eyes before...the look at her face suddenly become so familiar to me.....still I couldn't come up with anything....I ignored my curiosity and continued chatting and dancing with her 'till the night was over...before we left...she held my hand and hugged me couple of times...well because she's my aunt then I guess people would not mind, I was wrong..few of my first encountered relatives thought that I were her BF..I laughed and teased her for being a naughty aunt..haha...after all, I think more than 70% of the guests there were relatives from one root to another...even uncle Pairin was present that day to attend her nephew's wedding...
I don't know how, we ended up as the last person to shake people's hands before leaving the building that night..bediri di entrance door say good night and bye kenen...overall that night was great and it went all well...got the chance chatting with some of my grandmothers and aunt/uncles...before we headed to our own separated ways..we exchanged mobile number and took several more pictures together...a hug and a red rose from her before she left..then few minutes after..I received a text message from her..something that I would have never expected...I could only smile and told my bro that our naughty aunt just sent me a text of she's missing me...aunty muda (sumandak) dan naughty pandai mesej macam tu juga..then once I was at my bro's home....we were still chatting via text messages...It must be an angle who came and helped me remembered 'her'....I remember that 'eyes'..yeah..it must be her and it was so coincident that after almost 15 years..we met once again in a way that I would not have expected...refer weird fact
no.6 of the
Shocking Truth post..I asked her via text if she were the girl I was thinking about....she was.........still, we're relative and although I only knew her for couple of hours...I felt that there will be a chance for us to know more about each other in future to come....at least something good came out of the wedding that was meant not to be fun for a total stranger or a reserved seat taker like me....haha...thanked god for the miracle moment I had to start with the year 2009...cheers!
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