Episod Cinta

EPISOD CINTA

Pertemuan kau dan aku malam itu
Sungguh tak kuduga sayang
Bagaimana hati ini sering saja
Gelisah sepanjang masa
Bila kupandang wajahmu
Hatiku berdebar bagai guruh
Yang menerjang didalam dada
Mencengkam
Bersamamu kini setelah
Segalanya kukatakan
Cintaku dan kasihku hanya dirimu
Senyumanmu sayang kau beri
Bersama belaian yang mesra
Itulah mulanya cinta kita…
-Flybaits-

Am I sounding corny..? Well, that’s one of the first “our song” for me and hubby. And why the mushi-ness you ask? Well, yesterday, 14 December 2006 marked exactly 21 years since he and I first met each other. Yes, you read that right..21 years..! I AM old huh?! Ye-lah, what do you expect, we met when I was 17 and he was 20. Dec 14, that date is something we’ve always acknowledged and celebrated - at times even more so that our wedding anniv because on that fateful night, both our lives changed forever.

The friends who were responsible for introducing us are still in our lives but they are not privy to my blog. And for those of you who do read this and don’t know the history, why don’t I bore you beginning right about now….he he..

I knew him only as the brother of so and so, who was a guy going out with somebody who was a friend of a friend. Are you still with me..?? ok, who cares, this is my blog, I write lah what I want kan, so long as I don’t ruffle any political or religious feathers, right or not..?

Anyway, let’s cut it lah. There was this new year dance at the club and me and a few frens were planning to go. This friend was also planning to invite a few of her other friends who had just returned from umrah the nite before. (of all things..balik umrah, pergi new year dance.,tak tau le) I went to the dance with a guy friend, whom to me was just a friend but me to him…that one never mind lah, different story.. eh, are you people bored yet?

So, then we met, at the steps of the club entrance. No sparks yet, but the nite got interesting and to put it plainly, I pretty much left the dance with him, the other guy must have been less than thrilled…thank goodness they are also friends, went to asrama together and all. It’s just me and him yang tak pernah jumpa dan tak pernah kenal.

We all went out together after the dance, but somehow there was something there, you know la. Anyway, I spent the nite at my girlfren’s place and so did he and the rest of the gang so we kinda spent the rest of the evening together lah. Eh, but don’t la let your imagination run wild ok..! Anyway, he was different and for the record I must say he was more smittened than I was..ha ha…..!! He began calling, and sending me these mushy cards, eh, hello, 21 years ago where got sms all…still good ole Hallmark ok..!

Then a week or so later I was going on this train trip with my family to Penang. And the nite before we spent hours on the phone. By his birthday in January things got cold because I realized there was kinda another ‘party’ so I backed off. He wooed me again come Valentine’s Day and showed up at a birthday bash I had that April. After that he pretty much made sure my mom warmed up to him and despite a period of me saying no,no, no and even me having a brief something else with someone else, he kept on pushing.

As a matter of fact, I just couldn’t seem to shake him away.

He’s different. A lot of our values were almost worlds apart, he was just not my kind I said. But the chemistry was too strong and his persistence was not easy to resist. Deep within me I knew the differences were going to make things difficult but he just kept on pursuing and pursuing. True enough, years later those different sets of values threatened what we had built and many a times I wanted to run, sometimes almost literally.

But by the Grace of God, we persevered, and now as we look back, although for awhile the ride was awfully bumpy, in the end doa and love conquered all. Mom used to say getting married is easy, staying married, now that’s the tricky part.

Tonite we went to a spontaneous dinner and had a good time, after which I was totally surprised when a lady walked up to me with a small bouquet of roses..he had signed the card, “To my sayang, Happy 21^st Fourteen.. love, boyfriend…”

So friends, if you’re still with me, now you can understand why the mushi-ness… aahhh…love is bliss..