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nami

Uhh aku rasa takut.. terasa bagai ada tali sedang menjerut ususku. Mengapa? Sebab tahun baru semakin dekat. Lagi 15 hari, muncullah 2010. Aku takut kerana masa depan begitu kabur bagiku. Dulu aku sendiri, kini masih sendiri. Bagaimana hari esok ?? yang lebih aku takuti, kadang-kadang aku tidak berperasaan pun terhadap perkara ini. Aku masih boleh relax, walaupun ramai rakan taulan sudahpun berkeluarga, dan aku masih sendiri. Tidak dinafikan, ada ketika-ketika yang aku akan terasa blues bila memikirkan isu ini. Tapi kebanyakan waktunya, aku masih bersahaja.



Dan waktu ini adalah waktu sahabatku blues datang bertandang. Ya, pastilah kerana 2009 sudah nak tutup kedai, jadi dia datang menjengah.



Bila blues datang bertandang, aku selalu bersembang dengannya, mengapa susah sangat jodoh nak datang cari aku? Sesatkah dia? Atau kami saling berselisih semasa masing-masing sedang membuat U-turn di highway? Atau dia sedang mencariku di kanan sedangkan aku sedang mencarinya di kiri? Atau dia sedang duduk mengutip syiling 50 sen yang terjatuh semasa aku sedang memandang ke arahnya lalu aku terlepas pandang?? Huu itulah dinamakan jodoh belum sampai.. ada juga kemungkinan jodohku sudah terkorban di tengah jalan? Sebab itu sampai sekarang aku tidak ketemunya?? dan pernah juga beberapa kali aku tersalah orang. mengapa aku ditemukan dengan orang yang salah? Sungguh banyak persoalan yang blues tidak dapat memberikan jawapan kepadaku.



Apa kurangnya aku? Burukkah? Terukkah? Blues memandangku atas ke bawah, luar dan dalam. Dia geleng-geleng kepala. Adakah kau terlalu memilih? Tanya blues. Aku membulatkan mata. Tentulah!! Balasku pantas dan tegas. Kita cari pasangan seumur hidup, mestilah kena pilih. Mana boleh main tangkap muat. Mesti mahu tangkap – ukur, muat tak? – kalau muat barulah sumbat. Kalau tak muat lepaslah balik. Pemancing ikan pun lepas balik kalau terpancing ikan kecil. Nak memancing, mestilah mahu ikan besar.. ikan apa yang kau cari? Jerungkah? Tunakah? Lumba-lumbakah? Tanyanya lagi. Aku tak mahu ikan besar, nanti kail aku patah.. kalau pun kail aku teguh, aku sendiri ditarik ke laut dan lemas. Aku cuma mahu seekor ikan yang cukup untuk kubuat lauk untuk makanan tengahariku. Kalau dapat ikan besar, Alhamdulillah.. boleh masak lebih bagi dekat jiran sebelah. Blues angguk-angguk kepala, mungkin setuju dengan metáfora yang kuberikan. Mungkin juga dia tidak begitu setuju, tapi malas untuk memanjangkan isu.



Aku memintal-mintal hujung rambut blues, sambil fikiran jauh menerawang entah ke mana. Sesekali aku mengeluh, seringkali disusuli dengan keluhan blues yang rimas dengan kelakuanku. Blues yang semakin rimas denganku, semakin menjengkelkan aku. Lantas kujentik dahinya dan lesaplah blues dari pandanganku. Aku mengeluh lagi.



Dari ekor mataku, aku ternampak azam sedang melayang-layang diterbangkan angin. Lantas kugamitnya ke mari. Dengan semangat sekali dia terbang dan duduk bertimpuh di hadapanku. Tahun ni teruk kan? Tanyanya spontan. Keningku terangkat bagai kening The Rock. Macam mana kau tahu? Dia gelak-gelak sinis. Dari batu 5 aku dengar kau mengeluh tak henti-henti, selorohnya. Aku mengeluh lagi. Dan dia tergelak lagi.



Tahun 2008, banyak betul pencapaian aku dalam hidup, mulaku. Azam mendengar dengan tekun. Tapi tahun ni, aku rasa aku tiada pencapaian.. kehilangan tu, adalah.. Aku menjeling azam. Wajahnya agak berkerut, tidak faham apa yang aku maksudkan. Aku tak nak ulas, kalau kau ingin tahu, pergi lah baca entry blogku yang lepas. Ujarku acuh tak acuh. Azam menjelir lidah padaku, mungkin tension dengan sikapku.



Tahun depan, banyak benda akan berubah. Aku akan balik ke main office, tidak lagi dihantar bekerja di client site di cyberjaya. Aku akan mula terlibat dengan projek baru, yang semestinya amat sukar. Dan mungkin akan ditugaskan pegang sekurang-kurangnya 2 projek sekaligus, sebab projek tengah banyak, dan team kekurangan tenaga kerja. Jadi, kerja akan semakin teruk tahun depan. Kemungkinan untuk kerja sampai malam setiap hari memang amat tinggi.



Bukan kah itu perkara bagus?? Bukankah itu yang kau harapkan sejak kau dipaksa masuk ke support team? Azam mencelah. Betul, memang itu yang aku inginkan, sebab kerja sebagai support, aku tak banyak belajar. Aku suka boleh masuk balik project team. Tapi, kalau terlalu kerja lebih macam tu, tak dapat lah aku tumpukan pada kerja luarku. Giliran azam pula menjongket kening bagai The Rock. Aku pun mengulas, macam ni.. aku dan kawan-kawan aku baru mula kompeni sendiri. Sebelum ni kami buat part-time, kerja dengan orang untuk buat duit lebih. Tapi sekarang kami dah mula buat sendiri, harapannya, suatu hari nanti software house kami akan maju. kalau nanti aku kena kerja teruk kat ofis, susah lah aku nak beri komitmen pada kompeni aku.




dan lagi, impian aku tahun depan, nak mula aktifkan dana pelancongan ke luar negara pula. walaupun malaysia banyak tempat menarik, tempat-tempat yang menarik hati aku, dah pun aku sampai.. pulau tioman, perhentian, redang, cameron highland, pulau langkawi (christmas nih). untuk tahun depan, aku dah pun beli tiket ke krabi/phuket. kalau panjang umur, sampai lah aku ke sana. alangkah best kalau boleh pergi europe ke, jepun, korea.. dan aku juga berimpian nak scuba diving, mungkin ke Sipadan (tapi mungkin ambil lesen di perhentian).




nah, banyak impian yang ingin dicapai. jadi memang aku kena berusaha jayakan T******h bersama teman-teman seperjuanganku.




hm.. bolehkah aku bertanya sesuatu yang off-topic? tanya si azam. aku angguk. mengapa kali ini gaya penulisan kau serupa blues? adakah kau baru saja disampuk blues? aku senyum. ya, betul. blues baru saja singgah memporak-perandakan perasaan aku. maklumlah, sudah hampir tahun baru. sebab itu lah aku boleh ternampak kau merayau-rayau, sebab ini musim kau terhangat di pasaran, selorohku. azam tersengih bangga.




tapi, gaya penulisan aku begini mempunyai sebab lain di sebaliknya, tambahku. aku bercadang untuk mula menulis. mungkin kau tak tahu, tapi sewaktu aku masih bersekolah, aku pernah menyiapkan 2 buah novel. hehe, walaupun tidaklah sebagus mana, tapi aku punya peminat di kalangan kawan-kawan adikku (dia curi-curi bawa novelku ke asramanya). dan sambutannya agak bagus, ada beberapa orang yang bertanyakan hasil baru dariku. tapi aku adalah seorang yang malas, setakat itu saja usahaku. dan kini, aku mula terasa ingin mula menulis. masih banyak yang perlu aku pelajari, dan aku perlu banyak ilmu untuk jadi penulis, jadi aku perlu banyak berusaha. tapi memang suka membaca. jadi, asalkan aku punya masa, insya Allah aku boleh jayakan hobi ini.




hairan kerana tiada respon dari si azam, kutoleh ke arahnya. lah.. sudah pun tertidur. agaknya terlalu bosan dengan gaya penulisan ku ini. perlahan-lahan supaya tidak mengejutkannya dari lena, aku lipat azam menjadi origami berbentuk bunga ros, dan kumasukkan ke pasu bunga. ya, pastinya tidak akan layu..


nami
i still hv 10 minutes before balik time. huu this week is my evening shift week. so i get off work at 12 midnite. yea.. i hv it tough.. the work sometimes really tough, really boring. huu but i hv to endure it. this oct 28 is my first anniversary in A****o. come to think of it, this is the first time i stay this long in 1 place. hehe what to do.. i've been bonded. another year to go~~ azra, gambare!!!

hmm it's already october. we're coming to the ending of 2009. woaa time really flies.. many things, yet not much things happened. (err which one is it ady???) hehehe what i meant to say is, quite a lot of things happened. the most significant, the most major thing is, i lost a best friend this year.. it was really painful, i hurt a lot and was depressed for a long 7 months. (tho not the whole 7 months i suffered)

(i ady got home, showered and ready for bed - but i hv this urge to finish my writing. so here we go..)

when i knew i was going to lose my best friend, i was sad and lonely - normal thing. but then, when she was so suddenly gone, like totally gone, whoosh disappeared, i was totally shocked. like really really shocked. i was mad, felt like i was betrayed, frustrated. and thus depressed. after that i joined some outdoor activities, gain new friends, new experiences, and i somehow recovered. i learnt to forgive my now-ex-bestfriend. and i began to relax. this all are thanks to my best friend - Bart. my best girl since like 15 years ago. she gave me moral support and was there for me. really thanks Bart..

so for me, the saying - "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" really serves its purpose. i think i have grown inside. i learnt quite a lot. like i said before, i learnt to forgive her, to forgive myself, to love myself. i stopped being harsh to myself. i used to think that i am a hateful person. like i am the most annoying person on earth, that no one loves me. but really, when i'm in my normal self, i can think clearly. those feelings only came to me when i was really depressed. i thought, every time of the month, i will become a hateful person. but truth is, this month, i dun hv that time of the month. it is time, but none of the negative feelings come to me. you see, i'm totally recovered!! what a great relief.. i hope this stays.. i really hate those times of the month. i want to return being a carefree, cheerful person i once was. only thinking of my anime, manga, novels, living in my own little world. but heck, dream on.. not gonna happen. sighh

but well, the adult me is still ok. i still enjoy myself, tho not everyday is enjoyable, it's still ok. i'm happy with the current me - tho i still have blank spaces in my live. but heck.. i will fill in the blank spaces if i find the missing pieces along my journey. life IS a journey..
nami
Last weekend I went camping with my best friend Bart. We went with a group of friends (who were total strangers at first, but soon we got there, everybody clicked together. Of course, most of them are Bart’s friends..) The destination is Sungai Lembing, Kuantan, Pahang. Saturday 00:00, we departed on a chartered school bus. Though I was so damn tired, I barely got much sleep during the journey.

We reached our first destination – Bukit Panorama (dunno the name is Panaurama or Panorama.. but I feel more comfortable using Panorama.. feel free to correct me :P ) anyway, we reached there at about 5am. There was already a group of elderly people starting the climb. The uncles and aunties and grandpas and grandmas, each of them with a stick and a torch light, fully-equipped with high-spirit began their journey at 5am. And us, after refreshing ourselves – go to toilet, etc, later began our journey. The climb wasn’t hard, but a pretty long one. Hehe we had to pause to catch our breath a few times.. by the time we reached the top, a lot of people already there. Malays, Chinese, Indians are all excited and chatty, waiting for the dramatic appearance of the Sun. Photo shooting began, then we performed Subuh prayer and waited for the sunrise, and more photo shooting. But we were not so lucky. The sun was hidden, maybe by cloud or haze, I’m not sure.. tho we missed the chance to watch the sunrise, I still enjoyed the view. Clouds are everywhere. Hehe reminds me of the adventure at Sky Island by Luffy and the gang. Hehe only One Piece fan knows what the heck I’m talking about.

Then we started trekking down the hill to our bus, went to Sg Lembing town and had breakfast. After our pick up lorry arrived, we started to load the lorry with our bags and whatnot, and also ourselves into the lorry. Whoa I tell you.. it was one hell of a journey~~ really the worst part of the journey. The road was small, rocky, uneven, winding, sloppy and whatnot. And we had to endure it for MORE than one hour!! Whoa my b*tt was aching all over.. huuu… After the hellish journey, we reached our campsite at around 12pm. We set up the camp, had our packed lunch, performed Zohor + Asar prayer, and finally took a loong afternoon nap. After taking our nap only we throw ourselves into the water. Ahh so refreshing. The water is not as I expected though.. but it was still ok..

That night we had BBQ dinner. Grilled lamb, beef and chicken, with nasi.. dunno if it was fried rice.. but it was really delicious. Both sauce for lamb and chicken also were fantastic~~ cayalah K’Jue!! We all had a very satisfying dinner!! Woohoo~~

After done eating, we hang around chatting, drinking coffee, kuaci, more coffee, more laugh, more coffee.. everybody was having a blast!! I stayed until 12, then took my leave..

The next morning, after some light breakfast, we began our journey to rainbow waterfall. We started trekking at around 8.30am and reached the waterfall at around 9.30am. The trekking trail was quite challenging (well, at least for me). We had to trek on rocky track, crossed small stream, hutan, more rocky track.. and walla we’re there!! A lot of people already gathered and in position. Here also people are excited and chatty. Everybody was waiting for Miss Rainbow to show up..

Around 10am (not really sure, maybe earlier) the rainbow showed up. Whoaaa everyobody was so excited and started to take photos. Then I climbed a bit higher to get a better view. And sure it is, the higher, the better view I got. I saw the rainbow very clearly. Subhanallah.. then I joined my group taking shower at the waterfall. The water was not really suitable for swimming.. so we just had a shower.. and there I can see really, really awesome view. I can see a clear mini rainbow in its full shape. err parabola?? hehe dunno how to describe it. if I move my head, the rainbow will follow my gaze. hwaa.... I was so lucky I got to see this view..

satisfied, we started trekking down to our campsite. after that we throw ourselves into the water, had another round of bath, packed everything, then loaded our bags and ourselves onto the pickup lorry. ohh this time, I chose to ride the hillux. hehe it shud be more comfortable than the lorry. or so i guessed... it was more or less the same.. huu the ride still rough. I got sand all over my face, in my mouth, and I started to cough a little, then they told me to go sit in the car. lucky~~~ wahhh it was so comfortable, got air-cond some more. Why din they tell me earlier, if they still got space in the car. Hehe but I enjoyed half the rough journey earlier tho.. chatting and laughing with the rest.

We reached Sg Lembing town at around 2pm I guess, then we hang around, had ABC (air batu campur – a type of ice cream, not sure the name in English), more photo-shooting, and finally at around 4pm we departed to KL.. tired as I was, I wasn’t able to get a nice long sleep. Only dozed off now and then. After having a rest at R&R, as we continued the journey, we began our karaoke session. Haha everybody (I think) was having fun. We reached KL at around 9pm, after a bit chit-chatting and said our goodbyes, we got on our separate ways.

I really had a LOT of fun. And made many new friends. Ureshii~~ (^_^)V