Primary memories

Went to Jusco Cheras for lunch [jauh gile la lunchkan] when I saw this box containing few tables that claimed can whiten your shirt. And some other products for under wear and entah hape hape lagi. Apaaa? Whiten your under wear, mungkin lebih senang untuk menggetik di dalam gelap bila underwear sudah putih fluorescent.


Oh, anyway my point is how lucky today kids are. I mean during my time, I only had the privilege of having my baju whitened by nila. Which logically is doesn't make sense. Kau amik baju putih rendam dalam kaler biru baju putih boleh bertambah putih? Hey, as weird as it sound it did work ok except when my mum tercelup baju dengan lama dan baju bertukar menjadi biru. Atau lebih keji bila guna nila serbuk, baju ada tompok biru. Apakah ini?


And I still remember the preparation that emak did for me before I enroll primary 1. She wrapped my brown coloured exercise book with brown kertas minyak. Not tracing paper but the kertas minyak that look yellow brownish. I remembered asking her why and she told me it's to protect my exercise book and not to worry, everyone is doing it as if it was an in thing that time.


So the next day, I had my first day in school and aha, I was the only one that had my exercise book wrapped with kertas minyak. Everyone used plastic or some fancy wrapper. My exercise book was the ugliest.


When I get back I told my mum and she said " Oh, ye ke. Time mak blaja dulu, cikgu mak suruh balut pakai kertas minyak tu. Semua orang suka sebab cantik"


I just nodded that time sebab aku baru 7 tahun kan but now when I think of it, I was like


Apaaaa. Zaman mak blaja duluuuuuuuuuuu? Tsk, patutla aku sorang je yang buat


Hey, but my emak sanga ko-ol ok. She teman me until I finish my class and during recess I don't have to main rebut-rebut with other pelahap kids because she already bought me a mangkuk of mee kari with air sirap 20 sen.


Even she selalu nilakan my baju until biru, I think she is the greatest.