Setiap kali terdengar lagu ini, mesti teringat momen ini ... lying on the living room floor kt rumah kedai Paroi Jaya, late 1995. masa tu baru balik from USA. Lagu ini berkumandang dari mini compo Sony den masa tu.
Hmm, random memories.
lagu ini memang puitis dan mendayu ... based on puisi Jentayu Usman Awang
One of my earliest kenangan of PPP life happened in my early weeks as a student there.
One weekend, me and Errol went to watch Kevin Costner's Robin Hood Prince of Thieves at Rex KL. You know that movie due to that Bryan Adams song, Everything I Do (I Do It 4 U), the megahit.
After the movie, we caught the last bus to Shah Alam Sek 18, from the famous bus stand klang. It's not there anymore, the Pasar Seni MRT station is, but it used to be the hub of KL intra travel.
Dalam bus, terjumpa la a few iu10 guys as well, budak2 track 2. I was excitedly chattering to them about how cool the movie was, a bit noisy. Errol tried to calm me down masa tu :p
This event happened in the year that my friend, the pilot, el Capitan Megat got married.
Sometime that year, I met Hana, Megat's future sister in law.. now current la, at rumah VI Bdr Tasik Permaisuri, at a makan2 that Vi azel did. Oklah, immediately I was attracted..so borak sikit2 dengan dia. Masa tu she was a law student at UM if am not mistaken.
As usual, my angau went overdrive :p and I think it was obvious a bit, esp to Errol. So, the gang including yours truly was invited to elKapitan majlis in Alor Setar. I was going there with Errol in his Alfa, and it was agreed that he would pick me up at templer before naik ke Utara.
On night before trip, I texted Errol told him that I wasn't going. Of course, he was like disappointed la, but I kind got cold feet of possibly meeting Hana there in Alor Setar. Ahaks, cold feet.
The next morning, I called Errol and told him that I was going. And then later text him tak jadi. Then later text him am going. And later text him I am going. A few times this happened, until Errol replied, " kau pergi ke tak pergi, I am picking you up karang!"
So, yeah, he did pick me up later that day, in his Alfa. Kena kutuk tu standard la : D
masa ke alor setar tu, this song was playing all the time in my head
We arrived at Megat's house around late petang. Majlis kenduri kat luar rumah tu dah over, so we went inside.
The pengantin were taking pics posing kt ruang tamu, then I saw her.
Dressed in gorgeous sky blue kebaya, leaning against a pillar, watching the picture taking session, she saw me, gave a look and said these words, " I thought you were not coming."
THUNDERBOLT.
that was the only feeling I can describe :) nothing really mattered at that moment. I can barely remembered what I said, something about things, etc. but I ingat at that moment I wore my Kobe 2000 hrc cap, my adidas NZ all black jersey and jeans.
It was a blur what happened after that. We talked for a short while, then she had to join the family photo session.
And the guys, Ace n Errol, had a good laugh when I told them masa tu : p siap tanya megat tu whether she was single masa tu. She was, katanya, and it upped my hopes, kononnya la.
Malam tu we slept at Seri Malaysia, Alor Setar.
Lepas tu? Nah, nothing happened la .. not for a lack of effort, tp she was not interested. Later, she got married to another guy, and now she is a lawyer, working for the Feds : D
But for that thunderbolt moment, I will always remember her :)
