when a friend commented on how people hardly say "NO" when i requested for things, i was taken aback for a moment.
the person in me, now, reminded me a lot of mama. the part of her that iwished thought i would never inherit.
when i was a little girl, mama always taught me that "you've got nothing to lose, so why don't you just give it a shot and ask? sape malu, die yang rugi".
sometimes she would ask as blatantly stupid questions or she'll do something yang a normal person wouldn't do.
like going to the payment counter and asked whether she can still use the months-gone expired metrojaya voucher now, just because she has been busy with work and misplaced it and somehow just managed to find it recently. there i was, standing beside her, turned red and dare not to make an eye contact with the salesgirl - and unbelievably, she said YES!
the person in me, now, reminded me a lot of mama. the part of her that i
i malu nak mengaku ade talent tuh!!!
*blushed*
*blushed*
when i was a little girl, mama always taught me that "you've got nothing to lose, so why don't you just give it a shot and ask? sape malu, die yang rugi".
sometimes she would ask as blatantly stupid questions or she'll do something yang a normal person wouldn't do.
like going to the payment counter and asked whether she can still use the months-gone expired metrojaya voucher now, just because she has been busy with work and misplaced it and somehow just managed to find it recently. there i was, standing beside her, turned red and dare not to make an eye contact with the salesgirl - and unbelievably, she said YES!
i guess we being normal human beings- we aren't that rigid, like robots, where white is white and black is black. of course rules and guidelines were made BUT aren't those meant to be broken anyway? *chuckles*
in an everyday routine, people do make some exceptions once in a while. and you, yes you, might be the lucky one.
like today, being the typical missF, she forgot to bring her railcard when we rushed to the liverpool street station 30minutes before the morning lecture- to purchase our train tickets for the easter bungee-jumping trip. and being a regular train user, she was all set to come again after lunch with her railcard. i hardly use the train and if she said so, i thought, yalah confirm kenot buy for her lah!
so i went to the counter....
guy: what can i do for you?
moi: can i ask you something?
guy: ...just something?
moi: can i purchase tic to blablabla.....?
guy: yes you can.
moi: can i ask you something else?
guy: what?
moi: can i use this voucher i got from the rail company?
guy: *rolled eyes* yes, if it's still valid.
moi: *clearing the throat* can i ask you one last thing?
guy: you got another question? i thought it was just "something".... you should have said, many things!
moi: *laugh* [and yes, i asked if it's possible to buy 2 tickets for young person railcard holders when i only have 1 railcard with me at the moment.]
of course by now you all should already know the answer he gave me -
YES YES YES! *chicken dance*
[although he claimed that he doesn't do this normally because he trust no one! awwwww he trusted me- a stranger. God bless him.]
maybe mama is right! what's wrong with asking?
in an everyday routine, people do make some exceptions once in a while. and you, yes you, might be the lucky one.
like today, being the typical missF, she forgot to bring her railcard when we rushed to the liverpool street station 30minutes before the morning lecture- to purchase our train tickets for the easter bungee-jumping trip. and being a regular train user, she was all set to come again after lunch with her railcard. i hardly use the train and if she said so, i thought, yalah confirm kenot buy for her lah!
so i went to the counter....
guy: what can i do for you?
moi: can i ask you something?
guy: ...just something?
moi: can i purchase tic to blablabla.....?
guy: yes you can.
moi: can i ask you something else?
guy: what?
moi: can i use this voucher i got from the rail company?
guy: *rolled eyes* yes, if it's still valid.
moi: *clearing the throat* can i ask you one last thing?
guy: you got another question? i thought it was just "something".... you should have said, many things!
moi: *laugh* [and yes, i asked if it's possible to buy 2 tickets for young person railcard holders when i only have 1 railcard with me at the moment.]
of course by now you all should already know the answer he gave me -
YES YES YES! *chicken dance*
[although he claimed that he doesn't do this normally because he trust no one! awwwww he trusted me- a stranger. God bless him.]
maybe mama is right! what's wrong with asking?
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