At first i thought i nak buat wordless Wednesday tapi akan merasa kena carut dgn Esah. We are two peas in a pod, so, i can actually feel what she is thinking (btw, telepathy comes from endless communication; be it verbally, bbm-ing or whatsapp-ing and a few years of practise. Contrary to what many people think, it's not innate yeah, unless you are conjoined twins or something).
Anyway, i sent my *beet-mobile to the service centre recently, to replace the seatbelt at the passenger's side. Little D did her Houdini act and got herself entangled. Makin lama seatbelt makin ketat, pinggang dah jadi macam kerengga..and i very well couldn't leave her alone in the car past Maghrib sampai menunggu paknya balik. So, i cut the seatbelt into two.Benda ni berlaku dah lama...mahal nak ganti dan sungguh la membazir wang. But of course my lap Esah setiap kali balik Msia dia sound kat i pasal seatbelt gimmick i tu. Hence....Btw, i digress....anyway, nak cerita yg beet-mobile baru launch model baru. Lawa... Kenkadang tengok cam porshe (ni bukan i cakap tapi salesman tu) and kenkadang i tengok depannya cam chrysler. Sungguh la menggelitis hati i! So i bbm Esah yg masa tu tengah panggang babi hutan kat tengah hutan S'wak..'you, i feel like buying something' i cakap. 'Vavi la kau!' katanya..(which made me assume yg dia tengah panggang vavi hutan tu). Jadi tak sempat i nak bagitau dia what i was thinking of purchasing that day...i must have circled the beet-mobile at the showroom tu 10X while waiting for someone to tend to my car sampailah salesman tu cakap, 'puan, nak test drive tak?'. Oh! the rev of the engine yg senyap tu on MEX highway! You wouldn't think it's just a 1.2cc (turbo though)....terasa2 the wind blowing in my hair (walaupun keta tu bukanlah convertible). If only we're not moving house at the end of the year ($$$)...I discussed about the car at home.
A few days later my mum rang. 'Are you having a problem?' tanyanya (if only she knew how much). I cakap napa? She told me that the kids told her that i'm getting a new car yg ada tv. Ewah! Pandai pulak bebudak tu tokok tambah about the tv thing. I said no lah...well, i did, for 5 minutes think i might.. She said, 'tu lah. I was telling your dad, ni budak ni beli benda baru mesti ada problem ni..lagi2 keta sekarang pun masih baru'. Terdiam sekejap i...my mum knows me well..mungkinkah all that i've purchased in the last 3 years adalah symptom jiwa kacau i? The handbags, the bling blings, the present (odd looking and not really a conventional) car, kain2 buat baju yg tak bertempah (and masih tersepuk duduk dlm almari), the new house (even though it's co-own)? Once i did a spring cleaning of my wardrobe and disposed a few of my handbags to my sister (errr..collection tak besar mana ye...nothing like yours Ani BNS). Mum asked, why did you buy them if you hardly ever used them? Bebalik bawak handbag Jakarta mali (handbag ke sekolah). And why do you buy all these material when you knew you might never turn them into baju? 'Errrr...because i can (buy)' kata ku.
So, no, i didn't buy the beet-mobile last week..but i got those dlm gambar tu. Why? Because those shoes are a symbol of my FREEDOM.
Freedom from oppression (whatever this means)
Freedom from sakit2 belakang and lutut
Freedom from rasa nak bunuh diri when the lift at work is not functioning
Freedom from unwanted fats (no, i'm not a bear hence extra layer of fats is really not required for the coming winter months)
Freedom from having to come up with all sorts of excuses when kengkawan ajak berjalan utk charity (sapalah tu kan?)
and most of all, i want the freedom a pair of running shoes gave ForrestGump when jiwanya tengah kacau.
P/S Selepas 2 malam kasut2 tu dok dlm kotak tepi katil, i pun telah menyarungnya and bawak jalan2. Dr. B (my dimpled chiropractor) sungguh la bergumbira dan berbesar hati bila dapat tahu diri ini ingin berexercise - he tailored kan pulak my walking/running regime. Eh eh..dia ni chiro ku ke personal trainer? Rasa lagi stress pulak sekarang ni pasai kalau tak lari kang i have to come up cite dongeng nak persembahkan kat dia.
*beet-mobile is not a typo. My car is the colour of beetroot (dekat2 la).
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