
firhan
i miss school. i miss school breaks, the tak sedap canteen food, bitchy teachers, nonsense rules. i miss everything about it!
my baby brother is having a school break - CNY. so he's living at my house now, just the 2 of us. i think he's enjoying it a lot because i allow him to do everything n not doing anything. he doesnt have to do chores and spend most of his time with friends.
yesterday, he called me from my dad's house asking a favor to send him to PAVILION. i was surprised! adik aku nak pegi pavi? dengan sape? friends, he said. WOW. this is his first time! (i think). his bestfriend came from sg buloh to meet up with him n other friends. this boy used to be his closest friend in class before he moved to another school.
so okay la, i picked him up and send him to pavi. on the way there, i was 'asked' to pick up his other friend at the LRT station to go together. while driving to fetch his friend, firhan was telling me how happy he is bcoz daddy gave him rm50 for a day out. hahahahahaha. i remember those days when i first got big bucks for an outing. sooo cute seeing how happy he was. of course la kan, duit blanje sekolah 2 ringgit je. just because nak keluar to a mall, dapat rm50. budak mane tak excited. i just smiled at him and thought (tunggu la kau dah besar nanti bile dapat rm50 mesti kau bising kat daddy sebab tak cukup!).
on the way there i gave him some tips about budgeting. go eat at a familiar fast food u guys know, like KFC. even the food court there is expensive for schoolboys like u guys. in case they want to experience drinking at coffee shops, i taught him how to buy a drink there - dont expect self service, go to the counter, order a frap, pay n wait at the other counter. he was so excited and asked soooo many questions! takut punya pasal. hahahaha so cute!! at the end, he said he doesnt want to go to coffee shops. malu. hahahaha. yea la, all this time we parents buy everything for him kan.
then after dropping off at pavi, i helped h looking for a workshop to service his car. cuti cny i guess, semua workshops tutup. kesian dia. we searched all the places we know n only 1 shop opens, but provides only standard service. kalau nak check2 problem we have to wait coz those mechanics are on leave. now i realized how susah it is kalau CNY. coz we always go to chinese. but yg tak paham, kenape melayu pun tutup? tanak bisnes ke? haih.
at 5pm i went back to pavi to picked him up. i was waiting in my car at the taxi area next to True Fitness and opposite Topman. so i told him that i was outside, right across Topman and told him to find the boutique. i thot he didnt know topman. surprise, surprise, he knows andddddddd he's actually in the boutique. wow. ok, i guess his friends are just shop-hopping instead of shopping. haha.
then i saw him. walking straight to my car with his friend who's double the size of his height (all of his friends are really really tall to compare to his height). fyi, my brother is 15. but he is so small he looks like 12. i'm serious. its not just the height. the face is still immature enough to tell he's 15. so when he was walking so cute to my car, i noticed a GREEN shopping bag.
i menjerit in the car okay.
i was so shocked to see topman's bag in his hand. i mean, all his life, everything he wears, everything, kitorang yg belikan. either my parents, my abang or me. never in his life to buy it on his own. i was so surprised, happy, excited like its will never happen to him. i know he'll go thru that phase someday. but its a shocked! imagine ur seeing a 12 year old boy who's soooo small carrying a topman's bag. hahahahahahahaha.
he bought a t-shirt, size XS. luckily it fits him well. "ni kite nye first black t-shirt". awwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!! my baby brother is all grown up. like how a girl should have a black dress. i guess its the same with boys. black. hahahaha. he said his friend wears topman - top to toe except for his converse shoes. he wants to follow his friend step by step.
this is how it started. according to him, his friend is topman freak. when his friend wanted to shop in topman, he asked my brother to buy something too because he's so malu to shop alone. so my brother, clueless as he is, took a tour in the shop n caught on a basic v neck T with buttons. since he didnt use his money that my dad gave him besides buying a soft drink earlier, he decided to buy that t-shirt. then he saw a nice pair of jeans. but the smallest size is 27. he said his school pants size is 26 (hahahahahahahhaa. so cute, comparing it with ur school pants). he took the pants to the fitting room thinking, y not just try.. who knows he might fit that jeans. sadly, when he went to the fitting room, the retail person said, "tak payah la try seluar tu. besar tu, tak muat pun". KURANG AJAR. MANE TAK SEDIH ADIK AKU YG BARU 1ST TIME NAK SHOPPING SENDIRI NI. really, he was very upset with that. but he didnt mind it that much coz he knows he doesnt have enough money to buy it. he wanted to try n see how it looks n maybe tell daddy to buy it. at least he was happy he got his t-shirt.
i was really pissed off with the way the retail person said to him. if i was there, i think i might just slap the person's face n ask him/her to apologize to my brother. u can't stop ur customers from trying. dont judge. this boy may be the minister's son (ecehhh). yea but stupid retailers have to learn some manners.
after sending his friend, firhan quickly change into his new tee in the car. hahaha. so so cute.
i took him to a kopitiam. his first time too. he was like 'woahhh'. pointing at the menu and asked, "toast ni pagi je ke boleh order?" hahahaha. ni bukan mcd dik. he really liked the kaya butter toast. its everyone's favourite anyway.
todayyyy, firhan woke me up at 10.30 n asked me to send him to his friend's house. early in the morning??? urghhhh. they're doing this english study group, ORAL. hahaha. i wonder how it goes? speaking english with ur friends seems like a cute group work. then he has futsal in the evening. expect me to pick him up at his friend's house and send him to the futsal court (n then i go back home) and when he's done, i have to pick him up again.
1 thing i can't tolerate. ur 15! u can find ur way to go to places on ur own! lrt ade, bas ade... n i know ur loaded, get a cab!! tak nak. in his small head, he thinks that wherever and whenever he wants to go, he always have us to send him. like, no early notice! tau2 suruh hantar. tanak hantar takpe, kite suruh daddy hantar. then tak pasal2 i get a call from daddy asking me y cant i send firhan? u kan tak buat ape kat rumah, takkan tak boleh hantar firhan? urghhhhhhhhhhh!!! tak pasal2 i have to ulang alik so many places just for him. nak feed him lunch n dinner lagi. asyik2 kena drive him like my boss.
firhan u should thank God for having a sister who loves u so much.
p/s: my brother is among those who types LiKe tHiz