I was more than happy when suddenly the ambience in the car changed. Haibah is in the house! Not only her, Agus and Lela are sitting quietly behind. I was driving to Kuala Tahan on my post-call day. I was tired and nearly dozed off while driving.
Hi guys. No answer. Semua macam tenggelam dalam fikiran masing-masing. Apehal.
Where are we going? asked Haibah.
Kuala Tahan. A.K.A road trip for us. Thanks to my husband who lives too far away (3 hours drive if no traffic), we can have our time together! I bought new CD guys.
Lela continue to bite her nails. Oh, but you promise last time, we were going to see some old clock towers around New Zealand.
Hey, that was old story. Forget New Zealand already. We are here in Malaysia. Wee... I'm excited to go to Taman Negara. There's rafflesia, gajah, tapir, ulat gonggok, babi hutan, big trees, sungai lidah bercabang. And I guess you guys can dress up like orang asli. Hihihi.
Agus quickly sits up, looking more alive. His eyes sparkling in excitement. He loves the idea of pretending. Have you seen real orang asli?
Nope. I haven't. I wish I could follow my husband during one of his visit into kampung orang asli. Unfortunately I do have a job in Sungai Buloh. But I heard a lot of story about them. You would stare at them Agus. But don't make it too obvious. Their facial bone are different. Their skin colour too. Their body position and bloated belly.
Can we change our face?
Haha. You guys are not Mansur. I know he is a shifter, but do you want to look like somebody else? It's spooky. I wouldn't recognize you and don't blame me if I left you there. At this point , all three of them already mocking me in disagreement.
Fine. Change you face, but please nothing too hideous ok. Nothing with too many facial hairs or snake-like hands. Deal?
Nuha, you sure know something they say about Karak Highway right? Don't you feel afraid of seeing something there.
Err Haibah. I think you should know that the one spooky road is the old road. Not many use that road. It's over there, you have to go through that exit. But I won't suddenly drift towards there. And I am driving during daytime only. Besides, I have you guys. Who would dare to join?
I change the car transmission to auto-pilot and join my friends joyfully.
