my car's air-cond broke. firstly, the cute mechanic said that it would be free cuz he juz needed to 'ketatkan' some thingamajiggy. then it turns out that it was the compressor that was broken, so he had to charge $650 + $0 upah service. sigh..
so i told ayah about it and i felt so guilty... SIX HUNDRED BUCKS!BAAANYAKK TUUU... i told ayah that i would pay half of it (only), so i asked min to drive me to the atm to withdraw the last of my pennies, which left me with $18 to survive in Kuala Lumpur for a week. i was all pumped up and ready to puasa for five straight days and ask some people for my janji-melayu hutang. no big deal.
as i was handing over my last moolahs to ayah, he said "give it to your mak". so i gave it to my mak and mak asked me "ada duit ke tak?", of course la i said "ada".
then ayah said "but u said by the end of the month selalu tak cukup". so i said "ala, bleh survive."
PASTU I KENA MARAH. "kaklang, ure not earning yet. tak payah nak bayar apa-apa. nanti dah dapat gaji baru la boleh kasi mak ngan ayah duit every month" [cliche tak?]
i argued, "tapi anis nak start pay for sume benda sikit-sikit"
mak said, "tak payah la. nah, amik balik duit ni"
"taknaaaak!" [theehee! that's my four-year-old self emerging]
"AMBIK!"
i whimpered, "..ala.." so i HAD to take my money back. sigh.. "thank you.."
am i not the LUCKIEST GIRL ON EARTH? especially in the financial department. eventho kena marah, tapi marah yang ada reverse effect cuz im gaining from it. best ada parents yang understanding, albeit my tak-kepuasan hati. takpe! takpe!
aniz halimi 26 years blessed subang jaya malaysia ________________
a woman, kinda lost a phenomenal average a solid stick a spoiled daughter a spastic fiancee a silly friend an evil do-gooder a male chauvinist hater an environmentalist a naive fearless driver a religious window shopper a music worshipper an oprah wannabe a confused conversationalist particular about kek batiks a luvly God-made aniz