Birds sing after a storm;
why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

Yesterday tale: The 1st train arrived after almost an hour of waiting (KTMB was having Gangguan Perjalanan, as they called it), but I couldn’t get myself in. The 2nd train arrived; after 2 stations, got myself a seat, was settling down, started reading, and suddenly “Harap maaf, tren ini mengalami kerosakan dan akan menamatkan perjalanan di Stesen _______. Penumpang diharap turun di Stesen _______ dan menanti tren seterusnya untuk meneruskan perjalanan ke stesen _______ dan _______.” Aku gembira betul melihat ramai penumpang yang marah2. For a moment, I felt like they were all my friends. So we were all strangers, tapi at least for that moment, we shared the same sentiment dan perjuangan: KAMI BENCI KOMUTER BUDUH (Read: Bila komuter pandai, kami tidak benci).


Eh aku dah tersasar topik. Ngee. Aku sebenarnya nak tulis bahawa aku seringkali merasa amat kagum pada working mothers. How do they do it? Juggling career, rumah tangga, diri sendiri. How is that even possible? Especially di kalangan working moms yang kena amik public transport la, especially public transport yang buduh. Those yang ada kereta menjalar, apartment tengah2 KL, dan ada 24 hour maid, tak aci la. Memang kurang sangat letih. Hebatnya para ibu. Gagahnya. Kerja, balik nak layan hubby & anak2, nak tengok2 rumah, nak jenguk2 studies anak2, nak pastikan anak2 pandai solat & mengaji. Susahnya. Memang it seems ada a new breed of super woman sekarang ni, say Angelina Jolie: a hottie, a devoted mom, one of the most highest paid actress who can fly her own plane. Tapi minah Jolie ni ada maid, ada orang nak uruskan hidup dia & anak2 dia, yang penting: Ada $$$$$$$. Mana aci. Super woman di hatiku tetap para ibu yang normal. I wish aku akan dapat jadi working mom yang lebih mudahla; Ada kereta, tinggal dekat dengan workplace, ada maid; life would be much, much easier. Anyways, tabik Padaiyappa kepada kaum ibu.


Speaking of Padaiyappa, siapa yang tak paham, mesti tak pernah menonton filem hebat ini. And if you have not watch Padaiyappa – Rajnikhant with his suave hairstyle, his smooth words, lemparan rokoknya yang bergaya, his sleek toss of selendang, his rebellious, genius ideas and especially his unique tabik – then you have not given yourself a treat of a good movie. Go rent and watch Padaiyappa, people! My friends & I love, love, love it! Teehee!