We love and forget, we love and forget

When her face was the prettiest — and it looked warm, like love in the morning — i had told, “Baby, i asked Sarah* to design something for me, kinda like her design.”

“Oh yeah? Design apa Baby?”

“I ada nombor phone dia. Dia kasi i tau.”

“Design apa Baby?”

“She told me kan, she tak kenal Zack* sangat. Weird.”

I remember, i remember telling my Baby everything except about the job, except about what i had asked Sarah to design — or even if i did tell my Baby, i think i didn’t elaborate enough on the details but was being proud, excessively, more than enough — that i had Sarah’s number and Sarah was a hottie of the year 2008, what months i forgot, which months i forgot, how many months i forgot, but she was the famous hottie of the year 2008, in a famous blog, read by thousands of Malays everyday, stalked by hundreds of Malays who wished they were born Caucasians or Chinese — any race but not Malay — , including me. But oh well, not everyday.

Not everyday i read famous blogs. Not everyday i wish i wasn’t born a Malay.

“But Ovi kata kan baby,” i continued, “Sarah is Zack’s ex-girlfriend.” And added, “Pelik kan Sarah told me she didn’t know Zack that much when i told her to send my regards to Ovi and Zack.”

Ironic, i thought. Sometimes i’m too proud being a Malay, sometimes i hate the stereotype but i thought, i was being the perfect example of a proto-malay : I mengumpat, dan jaga tepi kain orang. Bagus tu. But it was fun, to chill a little bit and not to take things too seriously. Lay back, mengumpat is the new way to relax. Being a serious Malay can be tiring, so chill, i thought.

“Baby, you suka jaga tepi kain orang kan?” She told me.

“No la. I was just curious why she told me she didn’t know Zack that much while Ovi told me she’s Zack’s ex.”

“Maybe dia malas nak cerita.”

“I wasn’t asking. I just told her to send my regards to them. Then dia cakap dia kenal Zack macam-macam tu je, tak kenal rapat sangat.”

“Baby, kalau i pun kan, i taknak mengaku i penah kawan dengan you. If anyone asks me about you, i’ll tell them i tak kenal you sangat.”

“But why?”

“Because you blog about everything.”

(and because i macam kampung suka mengumpat jaga tepi kain orang, kan? ahahahahha. but celebrities and hotties are for mengumpat =P)

*Sarah and Zack are not real names.