SMART

SMART bermaksud bijak.
SMART TAG bermaksud tag yang bijak.
Pengguna SMART TAG bermaksud pengguna tag yang bijak.

Ini penaakulan mantik yang mudah, bukan?

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Pagi tadi. Di Plaza Tol Bangi. Nak masuk Bangi.

Kereta depan sekali tersangkut di booth SMART TAG.
Kita panggil saja ia Kereta Bengap 1.
Tiada kredit kata skrin LCD tol itu.
Aku yang beratur di tempat ketiga nampak.
Kereta Bengap 1 berundur dan kautim dengan penjaga booth untuk top-up kreditnya.
Palang diangkat. Settle.

Kereta depan aku tersangkut di booth SMART TAG.
Kita panggil saja ia Kereta Bengap 2.
Tiada SMART TAG kata skrin LCD tol itu.
Aku yang beratur di belakangnya nampak. Jelas.
Kereta Bengap 2 berundur dan penjaga booth menunjukkan cara menggunakan SMART TAG dengan betul.
Ya encik, panel infrared harus menghadap ke depan dan kad Touch N Go menghadap pemandu untuk membolehkan SMART TAG berfungsi.
Palang diangkat. Settle.

Giliran aku tiba.
Tit-tit bunyi SMART TAG.
Palang diangkat. Settle.

Apa yang susah sangat?

Sila rujuk penaakulan mantik pada perenggan awal entri ini.
Pada yang berkaitan, sila muhasabah diri. Jangan menyusahkan orang lain.

MITOS

Huiii... sakittt... diorang pakai kapak aku dengar.
Tengoklah kau punya liat ke tidak.
Ada jugak yang kena pakai gergaji.
Itu belum kalau kes buta lagi.
Kau punya buta ke tidak?

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Mana ada sakit? Macam kena gigit semut je.
Semut apa? Semut hitam ke semut api?
Semut api la...
Sakit jugaklah kalau macam kena gigit dengan semut api.
Kena gigit kerengga lagi sakit.
Kerengga ke semut api?
Lebih kuranglah tu...

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Mula-mula kau duduk atas batang pisang.
Lepas tu dia asah pisau.
Lepas tu dia tarik kulup kau... zup!
Berdarah-darah, balut.

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Satu pagi, di sebuah klinik di Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras.

Mohd Fairudz Hamdan! Jerit nurse.
Aku bingkas ke bilik air untuk salin kain pelikat.
Cilakak, macam mana aku boleh jadi peserta pertama nih? Bukan tadi kata aku nombor 2 ke?
Berdebar jugak jantung aku masa tu. Aku syak budak yang sepatutnya yang pertama tadi takut datang awal, tak pun dah lari dari rumah.

Tak sampai berapa minit, acara pun selesai.

Aku keluar dari bilik rawatan dalam keadaan terkengkang-kengkang. Kat luar, dah ramai budak-budak menunggu. Semua berkerumun tengok aku. Bapak diorang dah tersenyum-senyum.
Sakit tak? Sakit tak? Semua tanya soalan yang sama.
Aku tersengih sambil berkata: Sakittt... hahaha...

Budak-budak yang bertanya tadi jadi pucat.

Mohd Firdaouz Hamdan! Jerit nurse.
Hah, giliran adik aku pulak.

Tapi, hairan juga bila aku tengok takde pulak kapak, pisau, gergaji atau batang pisang kat dalam bilik rawatan tu tadi.

LEARN

I've always believed in learning through mistakes. It's the best way of learning and doing things right the next time you're doing it. Well, at least to me.

Here are some from my personal experience.


Photo of Oriente Station Lisboa roof borrowed from Wikipedia.

Choosing Computer Science over Architecture for my Bachelor's Degree is somehow my most regretted decision, in life. It still haunts me on how different my carreer and life would be if I chose the latter option. But later I realized that my computer skills are quite "useful" for my carreer today. I also made some fortune out of it.

Wanting the best of everything for our child is what most parents want. Wanna bet? But sometimes, the best to us is not necessarily the best for our child. In fact, Mikael is not that choosy over his toys. He'd rather push my mom's little rattan chair than his Playskool walker I bought.

I'll never go wrong if I go basic. Be it with clothes, footwear, food, working methods or even a split-second decision. I used to love massive printed t-shirts in my wardrobe because I thought I'd look cool in it. But it just didn't work for my personality actually. So now, I'm going as plain as possible. Top to toe. Inside-out.

Never mouth-fight any idiots. It's just a waste of time. I once can't stand people who just love to hurt my feelings through their stinky mouth. I've always responded with loud and sharp words that'll make them turn red. Yes it was worth it. But just for that very moment. I end up losing friends through that behaviour. But now I just don't give a damn to such idiots. I'd rather walk away or smile cynically.

You'll only find a few good friends in your lifetime. And that is so true. My friends who call themselves as my friends sometimes doesn't act like friends. Friends doesn't turn their friends down. And that's a deep one from me, sincerely. Honestly, now I no longer care because I myself is already a hip person. Hahaha.

Alright now, that's enough of me for today.