The Nose

"I recognise the nose"..

Glurrrpp..Who is this? In the middle of my conversation with friends from industry during seminar's break just interject with 'the nose' word.

I stared at her with puzzle looking face. "Ya, hidung you.  Memang you ni Ida kan...."

And when the kelate slang started to sip in, I gave a quick guess.."Sape yer,  sori la, I tak ingat..Sekolah Zainab ke?"

"Tak ingat ke?" - Does not cross my mind - "It's me la, Ti.. Muniyati"

Aarrgh then I remember and gave her a long glance with a big laugh.  Aku ingat ni bukan kali pertama orang tegur aku sebab kenal hidung aku... So I concluded that 'the nose' is pretty unique la kan..

So there I was meeting my classmates of more than 30 years.  As usual la..meeting long lost friends start a bit here and there about what has been and what is now...We started to reminsce the days that had gone by...

Back at home, I just couldn't help thinking again about my encounter with old classmate I met at the seminar today, who I last met in Los Angeles California during student days - nearly 30 years ago. Dejavu... I travelled from Stockton to LA to meet Ti and my other good friends Na.  At that time Ti study somewhere else but her boyfriend was in LA.  Na in NY also came down to LA.  Its normal for students to meet up in LA, because they normally kick-off their holiday break in Disneyland before they venture somewhere else.  So that's what we did - we explored LA, then moved on to Arizona to explore the great Grand Canyon (best uniques scenery with many shades and colors), Hover Dam, Death Valley, and what have you, then went on to Nevada to visit Las Vegas and Reno.  I remember we travelled 5 people - me, Ti, Na, Sabri and Kamil. It was a memorable journey, and it just come fresh in my mind when I met Ti today (too bad no pics - those analogue days just gone without storage in SD Card).  We talk about many things...but we also talk about the five friends travelled together 30 years ago - So after nearly 30 years, what story do we have for this five fellow?

Me:  Did you married to Sabri?

Ti:    Yes I did, but not to the same Sabri we met in LA.. Ex-Sabir duduk sama taman dengan I, but we pretended we don't know each other..I'm happy with the new Sabri

Me:  You know Na married to a Canadian kan..

Ti:     Yeah..I heard from the facebook la..What about you?

Me:   I'm married to nobody you know la..Anyway you remember Kamil? He, me and Na work in same company.  Na migrated to Canada now.. Ingat tak masa kita travel tu Kamil minat kat Na.  Well, we all ended working in the same company, but really we barely say hi to each other.. So now its only me and Kamil in same co..

Ti:     Hmm..never expect that we can met again to talk about this ye..

So that's the end of the short but beautiful reunion.. and the funny thing is she ended with a question; "Da, sori la I nak tanya you ni...you 'bobok' serupo dulu lagi ko?" Ha..ha..ha...Orang masih ingat aku orang paling bobok kat Sekolah Zainab..lepas 30 tahun - aku punya brand stays there..

So that's life.  I know I wouldn't take an extra effort to call her for lunch or anything in the future.  I just said to her, just in case we met again here for the meeting or something, we go for the lunch ya..Looking back at the past is really 'feel-good channel' (tayangan berulang-ulang kali).. But you can't look back too long because future is moving too fast a pace..

So thats how life is.  Its amazing how life is intricately planned by the Creators, that sometimes it criss-cross vertically and horizantally, sometimes it's overlay, sometimes you just leave the story for good... 

I'm loving it...

Note: Bobok = kenakalan yang melampau