Thursday, October 23, 2008

"Looming dark clouds ahead"

I saw in the papers, many times, especially of late, about "looming dark clouds ahead". Obviously, they were referring to the terrible terrible world economic recession.

I saw those clouds alright. Looooooming....

A view from where I work. I was standing at the window, hoping to snap a pic of lightning. (Too much Discovery Channel!!)

Looking at that staircase, it reminded me of a dream I had two nights ago. I was driving our Mazda 2 tailing behind another car, apparently driven by Tamhid. He was with the little ones and we were on some village roads in Malaysia. From the main road, he made a left turn into a one-lane street. I turned too, BUT he's gone. So I kept on driving and told myself, "Couldn't be. How could I lose him?" I continued driving and at the same time, looking at the scenic kampung houses, padi field, a small mosque and then suddenly I reached a dead end. Well, not really dead lah. There was a staircase, something like the one in the picture above, except that it was wider and shorter.

Here's the funny part of the dream - I got out of the car, somewhat searching for network, and called him,

Me: "Eh where are you?? I'm lost. Which way did you go?"

Tamhid: "Huh? Lost? How can you be lost, you were right behind me, what."

Me: "I kat tangga. I ask you eh, this car can go down staircase or not?"

Tamhid: MANA BOLEH?!?!?! (how can?!?!) Mana ada TANGGA?! (Where got staircase?)

Me: Hah?! Cannot eh? Then how? No gear for staircase eh? (began to panic)

I started to walk around aimlessly looking for him, and when I came back, (this was the saddest part) the car was gone. Stolen. Panic again. Gotta find the car before Tamhid finds out.

Before I found the car, I found Tamhid and the girls. They were eating in a "PWD Kallang airport canteen" together with..... Abang Ijal and family. What were they doing there?!?! Apparently they were presenting a car-plate to Tamhid with the word "OHLINS" with lots of heart shapes around it. By the way, OHLINS is a branded part/accesories for bikes, like the one on Hid's Hayabusa.

Weird. But funny.

Anyway, back to the looming dark cloud. Something happened this morning that has caused my heart to be looming too. The person who is supposed to be my role-model "played" me out.

4 comments:

madame blossom said...

yes.. we need time out.. and lunch times and tea breaks.. lots of breaks.

Anonymous said...

kak dadha!

the mazda, the staircase and the turun part .. its a dream eh!?

hahahha .. cute!

=)

Edleen said...

Dearest Cousin,

what telah happened?
dark clouds will loom be it naturally or with Life situation. we have to face it nevertheless.

got some nice Girly stuff for your girls.
call me and come pick it up and at the same time you visit us! ;)

see you and Take Care!

hugs to your Girls :)

Raudha Robu said...

Blossome,
Look at you, getting lots of breaks. How envious. I guess my time will come.

(Ok. I confess. Im plain jealous of Tamhid's all-guys night out. I want to do just that - go for teh, balik pukul 3 pagi, dont think of anak2 and spouse, talk cock with friends. Like what he is doing right now.Pffftt)

Fiza,
A'ah. A dream. Kelakar kan? Most of my dreams are comedy. Hee hee.

Ed,
Oh Ed. You are always the positive ones ah. Pls lah, pass me some of those vibes. I need them.
Go over? Its been in my list, man. Seriously. Its easier when we were much younger and 'singler'. :)