My Misteri Nusantara

PHD brings the worst in people. Ni orang yang I kenal la...yang tak kenal tak tahu lah pulak.

Ada yang sanggup cerai bini serta merta. Cerai serta merta tu tak apa lagi (eleh....with men, apalah nak diheran kan...macam anak ex MB Perak tu yang boleh pi tinggal bini masa ngandung) yang berebut pasu Sarawak tu yang aku tak tahan tu.

Ada yang sejak 2,3 menjak ni dok cerita hantuuuuuu aje. Pehal kau? Kau tu dah le dok kat PJ nun yang famous (ni kata my sister lah ye..entah betul, entah kan tidak...since my sister ni kat mana-mana pun dia kata ada hantu..bawah katil anak dia pun ada hantu katanya) and popular hantus sighting.

Since Kiah is in her hantu mood....ni I nak cerita sikit kisah misteri nusantara I few month before I datang ke Tanah UK ni (ni masa student dulu le) When I was in NCUK, I took up a part time job in Section 14 McD..alaa...dekat Cold Storage tu. So pada satu malam yang hening ni...I was on a late shift and nearer closing. Only take out is allowed while we finishes the cleaning. I was at the cashier and serving.

I think dekat nak midnite gitu...adalah sorang budak pompuan ni datang, beli Mekciken & Choc Milkshake. She looked like she just finished prektis bolajaring and wearing her Sri Aman t-shirt (punyalah vivid nya memory I youuu...) One thing that I remember the most about her is that she made no eye contact at all with me. She came, she ordered, I served, she paid and she blah.

Then I realised she left her Snoopy wallet (ko hingat tak Kiah...time ni kan wallet Snoopy ni famous) on the counter. I picked it up and gave it to the supervisor. Adalah duit $10 dalam tu and few coins and her blue IC. So the supervisor told me that he will keep the wallet in the office and leave notes for others. We were very sure that the girl will come and collect it.

Few days after and I'm on my last shift before I pergi UK. While changing into my Uniform (masa ni McD uniform merah belang-belang) I saw the Snoopy wallet on the notice boad yang my supervisor letak in a plastic wallet and lekat kat dinding. I tanya my supervisor, eh..budak tu tak datang hambik ke wallet dia? My supervisor kata, entah..tak ada pun.

Ada this guy yang sama kerja dengan I dengan kepochi nya gi lah tengok this wallet and look at her IC. He said, ala...minah ni dok kat Sec 17, dekat rumah I. So sebagai public spirited citizen kononnya...kitorang pun plan lah nak hantar sendiri kat rumah minah ni. My shift finished at 6pm, so this guy nak belanja I minum and we thought on our way to gi minum, we can look out for rumah budak pompuan ni lah. Just nice we arrived rumah budak pompuan ni after maghrib.

So, I pun picit lah loceng kat tembok gate rumah tu. Then a lady open the sliding gate and I can see her neck sticking out. With this guy tunggu dalam kereta, is my task lah gi pulangkan wallet Snoopy tu. So when there's no sign for that Makcik to come and open her pagar for me to come in, I had to shout...Assalamualaikum...so and so (nama minah tu seperti yang tertera kat IC nya) ada?

Then the Makcik walked to her gate. Looking very puzzled. Cari siapa? Of course la masa ni I macam dah malu, ye la..malu lah...macam lah I kenal they all kan?? and wave at her the Snoopy wallet. I pun dengan malu-malu nya...tak Makcik..saya kerja kat McD, saya nak pulangkan wallet ni...si So and So tertinggal kat counter.

Instead of makcik gi bukak the pagar for me, she went it and come out with her husband tagging along. I looked at my friend in his car and he was making this faces..like apahal...and I pun lagi lah gabrah...pehal lak sampai nak bawak laki keluar...

The Pakcik dengan suara macam pecah rumah nya asked...siapa awak ni..mana kenal So & So (si tuan punya wallet Snoopy)

I had to explained. By this time, I dah macam fed up dan rasa nak balik, in my mind thinking..nyesal pulak aku volunteer nak buat baik....and rasa macam nak cakap aje..ambik lah wallet ni balik..saya tak curi pun duit dalam tu...but the Pakcik ajak I masuk. I signalled this guy to ikut sekali and while walking into the house, the guy and me keep looking at each other with our 'apahal???' expressions.

I gave the wallet to the makcik. She opens it and started crying. Then the Pakcik took the wallet from her and took out the IC and some cards inside. He passed on the IC to the wife and the wife started kissing the IC between sobs.

Me and the boy....masih lagi dengan expression 'apahallll?'

To cut the story short....we both didn't go for the drink as planned. He sent me straight back to my hostel. I told my dorm mates what just happened. Malam tu, after Isyak, I terus baca Yassin. I can't sleep after that. I was so terkejut..it took me years to get over the shock.

I have no intention to reveal the name of the girl who owns the Snoopy wallet. Her parents told us that she died 6 months before, on her way back home after Netball game. She parted with her friends because she had wanted to singgah to McD. She got run over by a motorbike while crossing the road. Her parents said that she must have been holding her wallet at that precise moment because that is the only thing of hers that they haven't found.

So Kiah...if you think cerita pompuan amoi or any of those unsettled departed soul kau tu seram...mine was unthinkable. Spirit jalan keretapi kat Beseri tu pun tak leh lawann.

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