Smog and curry

The smog is back. On Sunday afternoon, ada bau2 asap je kat hidung ni. And i thought, ni mesti kerja org2 gomen bercucuk tanam ni..i was riled! The only thing that was holding me back from jumping into the car and cruising kat tepi kebun tu (lagak cam stalker) was the spots on my face. Imagine twenty big 'jerawat batu' on the face plus putih2 calamine lotion tu. I looked hideous! (Since the local paper didn't publish my grouse, i was contemplating of writing to Pak Lah..not that he'd bother i'm sure. Little did i know that there was man-made peat fire near Dengkil).

When i was on leave (ceh, mcm sekarang tak on leave) i contemplated to menyahut seruan kerajaan of taking the public transport. Not so much of trying to be a good citizen but trying my best not to add pollution to earth (bunyi cam bagus je!)(rasa cam deja vu pulak, have i told this story before?). So one day i decided to check out the route to work. Off i went, all fresh around 9am, i hopped onto the ERL (RM19 return i think). So far so good. Nyaman je dlm train, org pun lawa2 (a ah, the steward and stewardeses airline yg van tak ferry the employees around). So far so good...Then tiba KL Sentral i had to make my way to the monorail station. Adoi, kena turun tangga yg sebesar 2 bontot i je, (kaki gue dah capek dah by this time), lalu celah2 bazaar, cross the road to get to the monorail station. At this time ketiak dah start bau kari (from the mamak restaurant nearby). Boleh tahan lagi ni...then got the monorail (RM2.50 one way) after 5 stops kut, alighted. Turun mega tangga, 5 mins walk to the big gate (entrance to work place) and another 5 mins walk nak sampai bawah bangunan i. Mak tuan!!! Masa tu dah takde catwalk2 dah. Ketiak dah belengaih kata org! Terus singgah canteen tibai 1 can of coke and 1 cornetto (RM4 altogether). Kata la i get to save about RM10 taking the public transport instead of driving, itupun lepas minus coke and other jajan to soothe and encourage niat murni ni, mungkin dapat save RM5 sehari je kut. But, i was hot! I smelled of curry, and i looked like i have been dragged through the bush, backwards!!! Sorry Pak Lah, i think i shall take the car, menghabiskan duit bayar petrol and tol as well as polluting the environment. I draw the line at smelling like curry.

(How people manage to look 'not hot and bothered'while taking public transport aku pun tak tau).