Life has been so hectic, stressful and somewhat frustating that after a session of consolation with Kak Meli I realised that I badly need some spiritual switch-up. Coincidently, my feng shui reading for the month of August has also indicated that this month is a good month for a personal and spiritual development.
Thus for the last few nights I have been reading a devotional book written by Joel Osteen. After reading a few devotional stories from the book which then followed by a prayer session, I felt somewhat light-headed and my spiritual self slowly re-energised. So for those who are on Facebook, you might noticed that I have been quite active lately either updating my status, finding out what friends are doing or commenting on some old memorable pictures plus chatting and finding out from friends who are furthering their studies abroad or locally - just to motivate myself to do the same.
Admittedly, it is not right to chat on Facebook during office hours. However, unlike other public chatroom, in Facebook, you chat among your friends and social circles. And trust me, in current situation, especially now with Meli not there to lecture or update me, I badly need my friends' supports, opinions, jokes and latest news update so that I would be able to rise above obstacles. Sometimes it can be pretty lonely as we climbed higher on the career step ladder. If my KSU know how to use the Facebook, I am sure he will create an account.
There is also another reason why I love to check my Facebook at every opportunity. It is because of this picture taken during our conventional warfare training in Paradise Camp, Kota Belud between 1998-1999. Everytime I saw this picture, there will definitely be new memory to laugh about.
To Suna, Syariah and Suhaila, aku rasa time kita ambik gambar nie ada mau 5 hari bah kan kita ndak ada mandi. But that time, sebab kita semua pun letih menggali kubu sehari semalam none even bother the smell, the dirt, the lumpur and as seen in this picture ada siap peluk2 lagi.And kebetulan time tu, it was like sekejap hujan and sekejap panas kat Kota Belud. Oh Tuhan, imagine, that night, sleeping guna poncho under a very heavy rain and the rocky soil served as our bed. It was a miracle that I managed to get a few winks.
I still remember time kita kena gali kubu untuk pertahanan. Kan time tuh group RAMD pun buat eksesais yang sama. Tapi dia orang dah siap pilih kawasan bawah bukit di mana tanahnya lembut whereas kita kat atas bukit yang tanahnya berbatu-batu. It only took them 2 hours to siap their kubu and it took us 24 hours to siap ours hehehe. Paling aku sakit hati, aku dengan Kho Ban Huong kena kubu mortar yang paling besar itu. Kho asyik tetido masa gali kubu. It was like at certain time me and Kho were so in full blast in completing our kubu and then suddenly si Kho tiba2 static. Ya tuhan, tetido rupanya ... last2 azizani yang tolong aku siapkan kubu.
Yee Phin and Krishnan yang kena buat kubu untuk machine gun which is a few feet below ours pun make me laugh like hell. Bersungguh bah si Yee Phin gali but setiap kali cangkul dicabut mesti keluar batu sebesar bola bowling hahahaha. Michelle, small she may look, tapi dia punya energy is 10 times of Kho. Habis dia gali kubu, dia tido bawah poncho, sekali pandang macam beg mayat. Adakah si Heng mau masuk dia dalam lubang kubu(r) hehehe
Then I think there was a night that kita jadi sentri and tiba-tiba somebody saw ada pokok bergegar dan bergoyang-goyang. Rupa-rupanya it was Razman who was also on duty for other company yang menggigil kesejukan.
Jangan lupa Cikgu Suhaila, kisah kita dengan Minah Kelate sorang tu. Aku kan duty medic so dia kan reported as casualty hehehe. Tapi they way aku tgk dia aku rasa sakit dia nie bukan sebab demam atau asthma tapi menahan sakit nak buang air besar selama I think more than 2 days? Ye lah macam kita dua, asal ada air untuk cebok, masuk jak dalam hutan dan fuhhhh lega. Aku memang tak boleh lupa kenangan kita meneman dia buang sisa pepejal nun jauh ke dalam hutan, jauh daripada pandangan kasar skot-skot kita. Walaupun dia masuk jauh ke dalam hutan to do her business masih kedengaran jelas bah bunyi-bunyi dia buang angin secara bertubi-tubi sampai ko bilang ... "wah, lama bah dia sudah menahan tuh Jaime"
Aduh... tak tahan aku ketawa sambil-sambil aku mengarang nie. Pardon the change in the different usage of slang. Sometimes, there are stories that are best told in Sabah dialect.
Disebabkan 5 hari tak mandi and disebabkan cuaca sekejap panas dan sekejap hujan, maka bermulalah episod menggaru-garu di kalangan kita. Aku rasa tak kira apa kita buat, mesti tangan kita akan menggaru. Tido menggaru, berbincang menggaru, buat serangan pun sempat menggaru, marching pengunduran menggaru, time baris menggaru hahahaha ... tapi aksi menggaru paling hebat dipegang oleh si Suna sampai Abe Hasse kata, itu tandanya yang datang menggigit nyamuk jantan hahaha
Banyak lagi cerita di sebalik gambar tu ... tak larat sudah I ketawa nie and jam sudah pun menunjukkan pukul 1.15 pagi. Ok mie signing out.
