I wrote this story two years ago. Reading it again makes me look even stupider.

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My car broke down last week. That was the first time in two years. It happened when I was in a hurry to the college in the morning, when I realized that I was a stupid driver who knew nothing about a car, not wanting to learn more about the “soul” of a car, stupidly waiting for the bad moment to come and panickedly react. Well, I am always that way.

So, I ended investing my money to ever sucking taxi drivers for two days to my workplace, which cost me nearly RM60. Too much for a stupid error. But, my stupidity worsened when I wanted to send my car for repair. I just didn’t know how. Did my car need to be towed? Whom to call? What to do? Where to send? A lot of ignorant questions which could have been avoided had I been more equipped with proper knowledge and a little intelligence. So I sought assistance from my friend.

“How do I send my car to a mechanic?”
“Just call Sahabat EON lah and they tow your car for free,” said my friend with a look of boredom on his face. I was thinking: Sahabat EON?
“Errr… I don’t think I am one of their sahabats.”
“What insurance do you have?”
I was hesitant and answered unconfidently, “Kurnia Insurans.”
“Then call them!”
“Errrr…ok.”
“Look.. like this lah. I heard Kurnia Insurans is not good. Why don’t you just call EON and ask them to tow your car. I think they can accept instant membership.”
“Mmmm… okay, I’ll do that.”

So, I surfed through the Internet, got their number and called. Sadly, the response was unexpectedly disappointing.

“Sorry sir, we cannot do that, and there’s no such thing as instant membership,” explained the serious operator.
“Why?”
“You have to fill up a form first, only then we can tow your car for free.”
“Can I get it done today?”
“No, it takes three weeks.”

Mama mia.

Disappointed, I hung up. And I just realized that there was one more obstacle: my car was registered using my sister’s name. So, I thought (thought!) I could not use my name and had to go through other troublesome processes to get my sister’s details in order to fill up a form. So, I was considering a quick action: just call any mechanics on earth! So they came to my apartment, checked my car, and found out there was a problem with a relay of the fuel pump (whatsoever!). Luckily, my car needed not to be towed. The cost: RM185.

I was so relieved my car was then startable. On the following day, I was walking toward my car when I realized that there was a strange sticker at the back of my car. It stated:

SAHABAT EON
Toll Free : 1-800-188-999

p.s. Moral of the story – Jangan Tak Pandang Belakang (Look at your back).

Two years ago, I wanted to celebrate my friend’s birthday at Cameron Highlands. My friend and I had never been to this great place. To make it adventurous and elegant, we decided to go there by ourselves using my car. We did not mind the risks because believed that we were determined explorers. So confident and thrilled, I could not stop talking and smiling during the whole ride, imagining all the exciting events waiting for us. After about 2 hour journey on the highway, I turned into a kampung street. Suddenly, I thought I was lost. So, I pulled over and asked a Chinese man selling fruits beside the street.

“Tumpang tanya Uncle, is this the right way to Cameron Highland?” I asked. He looked confused and said, “This is not the way to Cameron Highlands.”
“So which is the right way?”
“You should go through Tapah, not Bentong!”
“Hah? What!?”

I did not believe what I heard. To double check things, I called my boss and asked for her direction. When I told her where I was, she laughed hysterically. I was furious. After going through a stimulating drive on Karak Highway, I was told that I had to go back to KL and made my way to PLUS highway. Only then I realized that I was totally at the opposite side of Cameron Highlands!

That was so unimaginably stupid. I did not blame my friend for it was, in the first place, my idea and I was the driver, so I was supposed to know better than him. And I should’ve asked my other knowledgeable friends about this. Instead, I blindly followed my instinct and successfully made myself an idiot.

Of course, we never made it to Cameron highlands on that lucky-turn-pathetic day. To undo and compensate the damage, we went to Bukit Tinggi, which I ‘accidentally’ discovered on Karak Highway on our way back to KL (what a fortunate rescue!)

As a matter of fact, that was only one of the many stupid moments in my life. Nothing was more admirable compared to the next pathetic story I am about to tell you. There was another incident when I was doing my shopping at a supermarket. I was in dire need for a creamer. I was looking for a condensed milk when colourful cans of F & N caught my attention. So I hurriedly bought a dozen of them. Happy, I quickly made myself a hot Nescafe at home, only to find out later that the supposedly condensed milk was actually evaporated creamer for baking cakes!

With a stylish RM9.00 hair-do at He-Cut Shop done by a professional mamak with a free bottle of mineral water, Cekmi finally released at least 82.5% of the tension accumulated during his final examination period.

He could now study without much hair-rising headache. And he could now spare much of the time wasted in the morning getting a right hairstyle for his studies. Less worries.

Isn’t he perasan cute? Mawi FC must be smiling. World!