Friday, December 30, 2005
sigh
There's nothing so different about bumping into people at Orchard Road. It's the town and the hot-spot in Singapore...so you occasionally spot familiar faces here and there. But I know that bumping into the two very people I had been avoiding for weeks, months even, has all the difference in the world. And even them, Fahrul and Nila, knew that.
Zal, who couldn't keep his mouth shut even if his life depended on it, told them where i was working. So by luck, they came two minutes after i punched out of work and managed to catch me. I thought i would try to sneak away again b4 I realised that the chance of me hiding from them was as high as me becoming the Manager at McCafe. They both stood right in front of me, Fahrul smirking and Nila flailing her arms out as though ready to hug me. But as i stared at them, the first words that come out of my mouth was, "Baek ah korang. Datang McDonalds abeh minom air KFC?" -_- I have to admit, i'm eloquent when i'm in shock.
I guess i couldn't run away forever. And the dynamic duo isn't mad at me as i thought they would be after the Zafir episode. The KFC drink was in Fahrul's hand when he mocked me for betraying them all. Him. KFC. Me. McCafe. And he actually has the guts to talk about betrayal.
Nila has all the right in the world though to be mad at me. She was with Zafir before i stepped in. And i had hated the bitch. But i guess we both grew out of it and there are just some things you can't share without ending up being friends with each other. Well, Zafir is one of those things, in our case. Lols.
We were in the MRT when the both of them told me of all their new conquests. Ever since i stepped into TK, my law-breaking days were over. Gone were the days when i was part of their conquest. Gone were the days when i could walk happily under the block, knowing that the peeps i would be likely to see hanging around there were either Zafir, Aiman, Zal, Nila, Fahrul or Ana. Gone were the days of my unprofitable lifestyle.
Fahrul broke into the chorus of "Butakah Cinta" in the bus while Nila pummelled him nonstop going, "Eh bodoh ah kao Rul. Diam lah sial. Memekak. Eh puki. SHADDAP. Cheebai. DIAM LAH KAMBING. FAHRUL. Sial ah kao." That's dear Nila for you. Profanities and curses are her mother tongue language.
Before i got to my block, i told Fahrul and Nila that i appreciate them coming to see me, despite all that has happened with Zafir. Nila half-smiled and said that a jerk never stopped being a jerk...and that apparently was Zafir's life philosophy. Fahrul laughed and said some day we will all moved on to bigger and better things in our life. On day we will all look back and laughed at our yer2-ness, our setep-ness, our nonsense, our basikal breaking days (i wasn't involved. i swear. I watched from afar jer. Haha), our tak berfaedah times wasted and we will all realised how we are just stupid kids with unfulfilled dreams trying to act as though the we're the cleverest creatures ever to inhabit this planet.
I couldn't belif how true his words are. I guess the future matters after all. I told Fahrul that i shall come back one day and surprised them all.
"Id. Ako tak raser kao boleh surprise ako lagi. Kao dah surprise ako terlalu banyak dah." I didn't know if Fahrul was talking about Zafir or about the fact that we met again. What i do know is - my friends are growing up. One by one. All of them.
And so am I.
12:07 AM
