Bubblegum Love.

21 May

In the building where i work, there is this small shop that has witnessed my presence literally, every single workday of mine. It is my only favourite place in all the floors this building has. I come here to turn my sour days into sugar. I come here to empty my pocket, to fill my empty brackets.

“Uncle, chewing gum yang boleh tiup belon besar-besar tu ade tak?” I asked for a bubble gum this morning.

Yang itu takde la, yang ini sahaja ade,” He showed me a 5 cent chewing gum.

“Auntie, Uncle cakap chewing gum yang boleh tiup belon besar-besar tu takde,” I’m always good at making sad faces and forming alliance.

Ade dekat situ la. Uncle tunjuk dia chewing gum tu,” There, i bought love. Not with my cents and dollars though.

My dollars and cents have never bought me things that i needed. They, as always, have only bought me things that i wanted. But never everything.

This morning, i wanted bubble gum. I didn’t get it.

Yesterday morning, i wanted to get up early to work. I didn’t get it either.

Every morning since the past 2 years, i always wanted a wicked girlfriend who would slap to waking up, or to tickle me to peeing my pants. I have never gotten that. Perhaps not yet.

So this morning, this small shop offered me what i needed;

A bubble-gummed love, in the form of a 5 cent chewing gum that could never blow a real bubble.

Accidental happiness, i guess. When the bubbles don’t shape but the smile does.

8 Responses to “Bubblegum Love.”

  1. Farah 22. May, 2008 at 12:24 am #

    Mana bubble nyer?

  2. kiah 22. May, 2008 at 9:17 am #

    kalau yang jirus sebaldi aiq tamau ka?

  3. mIcheLLe 22. May, 2008 at 3:57 pm #

    !!!!!!!!your header has you on it!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D
    remember the time when we were in the office and we said that it looked like you t____T

  4. Firdauz takes 5 22. May, 2008 at 4:50 pm #

    Farah sayang : bubble takde, should have titled it 5 cent chewing gum something-something. but then i thought, bubble gum lagi cute kan kan kan.

    cik kiah sayang kuasa 2 : tanak! :p

    michelle sayang kuasa 3 : oh yeah baby, but lately this hair dah macam out of shape.

  5. Farah 23. May, 2008 at 12:01 am #

    Tak jugak…

  6. Firdauz takes 5 23. May, 2008 at 10:46 am #

    Farah sayang – 1 markah : tak kawan u dah =(

  7. mIcheLLe 23. May, 2008 at 2:43 pm #

    hahah what shape is it now I must go and see!!! lopsided already ah

  8. Firdauz takes 5 23. May, 2008 at 10:04 pm #

    Not yet, but getting messier and out of control :(

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