Ka Mate

I had one of the best days of my life last Saturday, 12th June 2010.

It all started from morning when I woke up I realized that papa was getting better from the gum infection and able to eat properly.

Due to the uncertainties in the office, many of us applied for new jobs to have a backup in case the board decided to sell off the company and I had an interview on that Saturday in Kuala Lumpur. It was for the post of Marketing Executive. The owner is a wonderful man with open concept of dealing with the employees. Though the basic salary is not that what I expected, still it's very tempting due to the fact that the commision will definitely help a lot in my monthly obligation and expenses. But I can't jump into conclusion yet, I need to re think and re value the whole thing before I commit myself. Anyway the interview went so well that I consider it as one of the best interviews I ever went to.

My sister accompanied me to the interview and we took the off day to do much more things and the best part was that most of our activities that day were spontenous.

I brought my sister to Subang Parade to get her a baju kurung or kebaya for my brother's wedding reception to be held end of July. The one she really liked was gone and we went to many other shops but nothing that really suit to what she wanted and so we put that on hold and went to McDonald to have lunch.

It was during that lunch that we were entertained by this 5 piece all ladies band on the stage organized by Yamaha Music. There was also a session of how to play the guitar, all kind of guitars and I can't helped but thinking about someone. Anyway, just before we left, the MC announced that the very popular local band named PopShuvit will be performing in 30 minutes time and my sister and I was speechless. We were about to witness one of the best bands Malaysia ever produced and this band is so popular in Japan that they got the Japanese girls went crazy over them. We stayed at McDonald and had the best seats right across the stage. When PopShuvit went on stage, our hearts were beating so fast. I mean these guys not only good but they are so good looking too! They performed their top 3 songs that made them so famous and we enjoyed every moment of it. It felt like in a real concert and at the end of the show, my sister went to get autographs from the band but sadly was that, of all the days, it was that day that we forgotten to bring our camera!!!!!!! we were so frustrated but left with smiling faces anyway.

While at the parking lot, we were still stunned over what we had witnessed and kept talking about it until suddenly my sister screamed: OMG! WE MISSED SOMETHING EQUALLY IMPORTANT, DRIVE NOW, WE NEED TO GO TO THE STADIUM!!!

Yes!!!! I almost forgot!!!! New Zealand All Blacks was in town and they are going to play in an hours time!!! All Blacks is my all time favorite team and I'm crazy over the Hakka dance! I never watched them played live before and this was gonna be the first time ever.

When we reached the stadium, it was almost full with people being so excited but we haven't got the tickets and it was expensive and my best buddy Sue was waiting for me at home to go to do our eyebrow trading!!! oh shit!

I drove fast to Sue's house and the moment she got into my car, I told her about the game and to my surprised she said: WHAT ARE U WAITING FOR? FLY WOMAN!!!!

When we reached the stadium again, there were more and more people and suddenly my sister screamed: IT'S 20 Ringgit only!!!!!!!

Oh I can't missed this and so I sent my sister to get the tickets while I went to find parking and God is great, I just need to make one turn, there was a nice parking near the stadium!!! Sue and I quickly ran to get my sister and when we entered the stadium, the crowd went crazy and screaming even louder!!! The All Blacks just walked in to the field with their signature jersey and Jonah Lomu was one of the players!!!!

We quickly found our seats and this was another history in my life, I WAS GOING TO WATCH THE HAKKA DANCE LIVEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! I've been watching Hakka dance for such a long time in youtube and I adore the passion and spirit of the Kiwis.

The world famous All Blacks is not only a brilliant team but they also have this tradition of performing the Hakka dance a.k.a the Warrior dance before any games and on that awesome Saturday, All Blacks made it happened to me. They took my breath away. But one thing I was kind of dissapointed was that my all time favorite player, the 2003-2004 World Cup Captain, Tana Umaga, was not in the team. Tana is Ronaldo for soccer. If you watch Tana performs Hakka in youtube, you will have the goosebumps and will be speechless for a while because he is not only a good player but he has this attractiveness that captured my heart and I'm still in love with him though he has 4 daughters and loyal to his wife!

Anyway, the game was fantastic. It was against World Selection and both played extremely well. Jonah Lomu did dissapoint the crowd few times but he still showed his skills that made him New Zealand's most treasured players.

Sue, my sister and I were so estastic that we didn't even bother about the sun. It was a bloody hot day but All Blacks made it a beautiful day. We left the stadium with even bigger smiles and many many wild imaginations and very satisfied women!!!! ha ha ha

I sent Sue home and we totally forgotten about the eyebrow trading but that's ok. My sister and I went to my aunt's place to shower. Due to the facts that we forgotten how 'wet' we were at the stadium and all the sweat really made us felt so uncomfortable! Had a good and cheerful chat with my aunt and cousin and after an hour we left to the Indian's stall to have our dinner.

By that time I was already exhausted. Sue joined us wearing something that was like ready to party and my sister kept giving me hints that she still wanna enjoy the rest of the day outside from the house. I knew what was in their mind but neither one of them will be going anywhere without me. Sue, from out of the blue suddenly said: D, I'm going to rp, let us finish the day with more good times, please go.

And so I drove to RP.

RP is our favorite hangout. It's a club with live bands, food and drinks of course and all of my friends hang out at this amazing club, even my boss too!! It's like the club CHEERS in Boston, just like in the tv. It's a place where everybody knows your name. Or to be exact, our second home! hahaha. We found good friendship in this club and many things happened in this particular club too.

So we reached RP around 10pm. Everyone was there and the spirit of world cup was high. Everyone was smiling and laughing. The new live band came to us and we had so much fun talking and playing around. We watched the game of Argentina vs Nigeria and witnessed the goal by world's greatest footballer, Lionel Messi from Argentina and the brilliance of Nigeria's goalkeeper, Enyeamba.

By 12am, 3 of us were starting to see the stars around us and that showed it was time to end the day.

I reached home by 1.30am and it was a smooth journey home without any roadbloacks that often gives us trouble and it ended with 'good night papa' and I smiled myself to sleep that night.

It was truly a blessed day. It will remained in my heart as one of the best days of my life.

It's a special day because for the first time after so long, I devoted the whole day to myself.

My life is getting better. :)
Alhamdullilah.