AUUUUUMMMMM!!!

I was driving at 100km/h from Section 9 to Section 7. I stopped by kedai koyok (fyi kedai ni dinamakan kedai koyok sebab pada suatu hari si abg cashier kat situ pakai koyok belambak gila kat muka dia. silap besaq la nampak kat aku). Anyway, singgah kedai koyok beli air mineral. Masuk keluaq kedai macam penyamun punya cepat. Aku cepat-cepat park kereta, brought the mineral water and ran to my house.

As soon as I went into the house, I looked at the watch. 8.15pm. Ok I better hurry! So I went into the bathroom, mandi lebih kurang, keluaq mengadap TV.

Yes, it was the SEA Games. Malaysia VS Indonesia was about to start in a few minutes.
Aku beli nasik beriyani kambing and kebab for Ijah. I brought the food, sat excitedly in front of the TV and called my best friend, Ijah, "Ijah cepat oi nak start dah!"

Ijah came out with a novel in her hand.
For the record, I salute Ijah for her skill of doing two things at a time. Remember the giving direction and telling Tamil story incident? (Refer to my entry "KIRI! KANAN! TERUIH!) Tonight it was watching football and reading novel. The best part is, these things have NOTHING in common at all. It's like water and oil. Again, I salute you Ijah - TERUIH!

Back to the story. So kami pun duduk la depan TV tu. Baru aku nak suap nasik, Indon dah bagi satu gol! Masa tu rasa macam nak lempaq nasik dengan kambing tu kat TV tu ada jugak. Tapi I said to myself, takpa, banyak masa lagi. Lagipun, sat lagi aku jugak yang nak kena sapu simpan nasik yang aku lempaq tu. So takpa, sabaq. Makan dulu.

Setelah lama menunggu, Malaysia tak bagi gol lagi.

Aku tengok Ijah sambil kata, "Haish Ijah! Panaih aih aku tengok game nih!"

Ijah jawab, "Sabaq, Anis, sabaq. Lambat lagi nak habih ni."

Aku balaih, "Tak, aku panaih sebab makan kambing ni."

Then I noticed Ijah gave me this aku-rasa-nak-cekik-budak-sekoq-ni-rah look. I ignored it, and kept watching the game.

After a few attempts, there was still no goal from Harimau Muda.
And there I was, sitting there soaking my hands in the rice. I refused to wash it because I didn't wanna miss the goal. Tapi aku dah give up menunggu. Basuh ja rah! Dok buat macam dapoq umah aku besaq padang bola. Padang guli pn tak sampai.

Lepas aku basuh tangan dengan pinggan makan aku, aku cepat-cepat dok depan TV balik.
Ijah masih kusyuk baca novel. Sesekali bila aku menjerit masa Malaysia or Indon attempt nak score goal, baru dia tengok sambil menjerit sekali.

Then, something amazing happened. Malaysia scored a goal. Indon 1 and Malaysia 1. Yahoooo!! Aku dengan Ijah lari keliling hall, imagining ourselves at the stadium. We could hear the entire neighbourhood cheered as well. It was amazing.

Then we went back to the game, hoping that Malaysia would score again.
Indon was desperate to score another goal, but Malaysia's defense was undefeatable. Then suddenly, Indon scored a goal! I was frustrated that I looked at Ijah and said, "Aku nak masuk tidoq rah!"

Ijah tak tau nak kata apa. I could see the frustration in her eyes, but I wasn't sure whether it was caused by the Indon goal or that novel she was reading.

Then suddenly, a miracle happened! The linesman confirmed that it was offside. The goal didn't count! Wohooo!!! Happynya aku masa tu, tahap rasa nak buat kenduri doa selamat punya.

Aku nampak Ijah macam blur sket. She opened her mouth and said, "Offside tu apa?"
Isk deni.. buat malu ja. OFFSIDE pn tak tau?! Bila aku nak explain kat dia, baru aku sedaq yang aku pun tak berapa sure OFFSIDE ni apa sebenaqnya. Argh! Baru ja hari tu adik aku Ake (masih single, handsome banget tengok la kakak dia) explain kat aku OFFSIDE tu apa! I knew I should've wrote it down somewhere!

"Tak pa la Ijah. Aku explain pun hang nanti pening nanti," aku bagi jawapan cover kat Ijah.

Then we waited and watched and waited for another goal from Harimau Muda.
Sepanjang game tu, ni adalah antara ayat-ayat yang dok keluaq:

"Aku rasa bersalah nak sebut nama Fakri ni."

"Si Thamil ni dok ingat dia belakon dalam cerita Tamil ka?!!"

"Khairul Fahmi dok tangkap bola tu mcm dia tangkap aku!"

"Si Bonai ni dok jampi serapah apa kat goal ni panggei jin ka?!!"

"Ala bola kena jaring pulak! Yang gol Indon ni nak kena ada jaring buat apa?! Tiang aja tak boleh ka?!"

90+ minutes and masa tambahan pun dah habis. Still no goal from either side.
Yup, masa yang dinanti-nanti dah tiba. Penalty.

Ijah and I were standing the whole time during the penalty kick.
I can't imagine how the coach was feeling at that moment. Lutut aku dok belaga dah punya la ketaq. Nak amik result SPM pun tak macam ni dulu aih punya terok. Intense gila siot!

Lepaih hang tendang pi aku tendang mai, tiba la tendangan penentu samada Malaysia menang atau tak.

Baddrol, the team's captain, moved forward. Make this count, please!
He kicked the ball and ""GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ijah and I were running around the hall again, cheering, expressing our happiness.
Not long after that, fireworks started to fill the dark sky to celebrate Malaysia's victory. It was so beautiful.

It was an awesome game. It was even more awesome because my best friend was there with me, laughing, and yelling and getting angry at Indon players (sometimes the referee and linesmen) for no valid reason. It was truly a memorable and special night.

And to Harimau Muda, well done.

Well done for not giving up easily.
Well done for a game well played.
Well done for winning the gold medal.
And most importantly, well done for making us see how different races, religions and cultures come together for one thing we all love - MALAYSIA.

AUUUUMMMMMM!!!

Harimau Muda team.
How old is Baddrol, by the way? (Jenoh Ijah nanti GAVISCON dengan aku)

Kami anak MALAYSIA! *sniff*