You know when your relatives
haven’t seen you for quite some time, there’s always a group of aunts and elder
cousins who just love to bombard you with questions about your love life? Here’s
an excerpt from that kind of conversation (based on first-hand experience):
Aunt 1 :
Rachel! Anak adi’ doctor tau nih… (see translation below)
Me : *Smiles sheepishly*
Aunt 1 : 4th
year sudah ko ka? Bla bla bla… Dah ada boyfriend ko? Kenapa mummy ko cakap tak da?
Me : o.O
Aunt 2 : Belum ada?
Kenapa belum ada lagi neng?
Mother
: Hmm… pandai ka tidak dia tu
flirt dengan orang. I cannot imagine la Rachel flirting with anybody…
Aunt 1,2,3...5 :
Hahaha~
Aunt 3 : Uih,
jaga-jaga ko neng. Masa student ni la
ko mula mencari. Nanti ko grad, tak ada laki berani
datang dekat lagi sebab ko sudah
jadi doctor. Takut mereka mau mengurat. Nanti join club
“Forever a
Bachelorette” la ko tu nanti…
Aunts & some unidentified persons
: HAHAHAHA! (and on they go teasing me about it)
Seriously aunties? Like I
haven’t gone through enough already for choosing this profession as my future
career? -_-‘
And mother. She used to just
smile and throw the hang-on-there glance at me, now she chirps in the
conversation too? Traitor much?
Ok, fine. I admit I’m very
slow at picking up hints that a guy throw at me when he’s trying to tell that
he has this I-like-you-more-than-a-friend kind of feelings towards me. I mean,
come on dude, I think the hints were too subtle! My processor is kinda sloppy
in this section. By the time I finally realise it, it would all be too late and
I’d be too shy to clarify my findings. On the other hand, when I have that kind
of feelings towards a guy, I’d be too embarrassed to confess it. No wonder I’m
still very single. Meh.
But seriously people, I
don’t think I’ll end up joining that ‘club’ anyway. Why? Because I’m young, and
I have plenty of time! Hehe. And also because I believe that my Mr. Rib Owner
does exist. Now who on earth is that? Behold, ladies and gents, introducing…the
romantic side of Rachel!
*Imaginary background
music: I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden*
Are you familiar about the
story in the second chapter of the book of Genesis in the Bible, the part where
God created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs? Yup, that’s the idea. I believe God
created me from my very own Adam too (ooohh), which could be anyone. Anywho, I have a feeling God must have
blessed him with a generous amount of patience and tolerance before He created
me, just so he could bear this klutzy personality of mine. Hehe.
I suppose he’s out there
somewhere, searching for his lost rib, so to speak. Of course I’ll meet some
other guys who I thought might be him. But I think when you actually found someone that you can really connect to, you'll have some kind of intuition, telling you that that's THE person you're meant to be with. Besides, as a believer, I trust that my dear Creator Himself will tell me who is the right person for me. I will find him, sooner or later. I
just hope it won’t take forever. But if it just happens to be that God made me
so special that He did not create me from any Adam, I’d still be content
because I have a perfect lover called Jesus. J
Note to my dear Mr. Rib Owner:
Whoever you are, albeit all
the shenanigans you might have to deal with, do give me some obvious hints so
that I won’t miss you when you happen to come around. Just please don’t make
them too jaw-dropping that you would scare me away. I look forward to the day we’re
finally going to meet…or perhaps we've actually met before?
Lun Bawang – English translation:
Anak adi’ Young lady/man
Tau Our/Us
Nih This
Neng An endearment name for girls
* Anak adi’ doctor tau nih --> This young lady doctor of ours (or something like that)
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