25 minutes too late
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007What
do you do when you lose your key(s) in a shopping mall?
-Freak
out and throw items in your bag to the floor and start digging?
-Walk
calmly to the information counter and ask them to holler the info to public?
-Don’t
bother cos hey you can walk home and have that workout you’ve always said you
wanted to do.
Sis4:
“Ko lari laju gile abg2 tu pon xleh nak kejar ko. (if I were a bloody
pickpocketer I’d make a filthy rich living out of this :p). Aku memang tak larat
la nak kejar, dah tu dorang ikuuuut je blakang aku”.
Rase best lak cam ade
personal bodyguard kat shopping complex haha.
OK
so I lost my car key kat Equin Park smalam. Aku sedar
lepas solat sebab aku dgn sis4 nak terus gerak untuk amek bapak kat airport. WTH
remote pagar-kunci umah attach skali dgn kunci kete tu. Freaking out didn’t even
begin to describe my feelings. Forget about info counter it’s too far away and
since no one holler about a missing key that means the key weren’t there lah.
In
truth I was sprinting like mad tak cukup tanah nak lari. (I have never been
glad to be an ex-sprinter in my entire life than this!). Aku dah terlajak time
yg spatutnye. I should’ve been on the road 15 minutes ago to catch plane bapak
and I’m still inside the building.
Lari pecut satu hal, trying (re-read: TRYING)
to balance my flying body dengan slipar jamban yg licin tapaknye lagi satu hal
(and please don’t ask me why I wore that). Thank GOD aku tak tergolek dog in any of the department yang aku larikan
tu. Hilang kunci kereta is embarrassing enough
TQ…
Aku
hanya try out baju kat fitting room 2 department. Arcadia kat utara, Scarlet kat selatan. Aku
pergi due2 fitting room tu, tanye kat akak2 yang jage counter. No one saw. (Yes I’m sure I looked
crazy enough running from one end to the other with the shopping bags). I even
ran ke parking lot to make sure kerete ade lagi ke tak and lari balik ke dalam
mall again.
Aku
pegi ke arah sorang guard ni and asked if anyone handed in a car key. He said
no and hollers his other mates. I left him and ran back ke Scarlet to double
check the room. Dorang dok roger2 antara dorang and by the time aku selamat
tawaf ke-2 aku, ade 5 orang abang guard kumpul tepi aku. Eeeekkkkks I feel like an artist lak haha *dush saiko*
Dah
3 kali tawaf fitting room tu (macam orang gile), aku stop tengah2 kat center of
the complex and force my forgetful brain to think. (my
memory’s failing me seriously). Aku teringat yang dalam
salah satu fitting room yang aku masuk tu, ade hanging bolt yang patah(!). Aku lari semula ke fitting
room due2 department tu. All the rooms are perfect(!).
Kat
maneeeee?!!! (extremely frustrated OK!)
Like
me, bapak hates waiting. So if I’m a monster kalau tunggu orang, imagine bapak
monster tunggu orang lak haha. Shut up.
ZOMG Ti-Zed!!!
I
dashed like mad from tengah2 mall tu ke arah Ti-Zed which was like far and I’m
out of breath and I’m thirsty and WTH still no one inform via the mall speaker!
Aku sempat pusing, nampak 3 orang abang guard ikut lari. I don’t have time to
worry about their pace.
Naik
juling aku selongkar fitting room kat Ti-Zed tu. Aku jumpe bilik yang ade bolt
yang patah, but NO key. Aku lari ke
counter tapi takde orang. Aku baru teringat untuk bernafas. ~inhale, exhale~. Ok not working. Aku panggil staff yang
tengah jalan lenggang lenggok, “dik (fuh) ade nampak kunci (fuh) kete dalam
(fuh) fitting room tak? (fuh).
Staff:
“Warna hitam?”
Hitam ke? Aku: “Ha’ah”.
(Who
cares what color it is kalau bukan aku punye orang lain punye la tu).
Sementara
die tengah pikir, aku pusing blakang and saw abang2 guard tu baru sampai kat
dept ni and 2 more are coming from other side of the mall which is kinda freaky
to have them wait on you.
Aku
taktau la nak gambarkan prasaan time nampak budak tu keluarkan kunci kete aku
dari cash register die. Ok I’m late for bapak. I thanked the staff profusely
and wished to God no one remembers my face after today.
On
the way keluar dari Ti-Zed, abang2 guard tu dengan obedientnye menunggu and aku
tunjukkan kunci that says ‘I have the key so you can stop running after me’ sbb
aku dah tak cukup nafas nak bercakap. Well after all they’d done, I still
managed, “Terima kasih banyak2 ye, mintak maaf nyusahkan”.
Guard2:
“Same2. Nanti kontek2 la abang gune walkie talkie ye dik”.
Oh
yeah I forgot; MEN(!) *rolls eyes heavenwards*
Next
time I’m going there, remind me to wear brown paper bag over my forgetful head. Anyway. Aku drive mcm ha-shim on the road and still got 5 minutes to spare sebelum bapak keluar. Haha yeah for driving camsetan..:p
Bapak is unwell. So can’t type much now. Will update later. Astalavista people and pls don’t be arse like me on the road.