1989
August 29, 2006 by haziamyperspective
Sejati
Itu yang kau ucapkan
Bila janji kugenggam
Bawah pohon kemboja
Yang sekecil kita
Menanti
Di mahligai mainan
Kita bina bersama
Dari dahan yang rapuh
Usia perangkap kita
Remaja kita tinggalkan
Namun aku masih
Menggenggam janji
Tinggal kenangan
Gagal segala impian
Tinggal bertanya
Erti sejati
Kenangan itu
Hanya mainan bagimu
Tinggal bertanya
Erti sejati
Yang telah engkau janjikan dulu
Song: Sejati
Artist: Wings
Sejati was so popular when I was a teenager. I specifically remember hearing it at a coffee shop when I was in Cameron Highlands with my parents soon after my SPM examination. I was clutching my year book, looking through the pages over and over again. I knew that I would not get to see my friends from boarding school as often as I used to or not at all. We parted a few days earlier after the whole batch had to re-sit our Bahasa Malaysia SPM examination.
Suddenly, I realised that I had a classmate who lived there. Based on the address in the year book, my parents and I decided to drop by. It took us a while to search but we got to his place in the end. It was a beautiful, scenic village up on the hills. His father own a large piece of land where they grew vegetables. I remember how big the cabbages were. I think my classmate had just came back from Friday prayers. He was shocked to see us. And my parents were also equally surprised because they thought my friend was a girl. That was the last time we met.
Recently, I heard that he had just returned after residing in Melbourne for 10 years, without ever coming back for a visit. There were two versions of his stories flying around: first was he married a local and left his wife and kids there. Second was he had a relationship with his boss’ daughter.
Was I glad that I made that phone call just now. It felt so good talking to him. He too couldn’t believe that he was really hearing my voice after so long. He said that I was the first girl from our batch that he had spoken to in more than 10 years. And apparently, I was the first girl from our school to drop by at his village which explained why he was taken by surprise.
And he denied both versions of the story, he was still single. We spoke for around 40 minutes and agreed that we should meet up in person to properly exchange stories. Naturally, we conversed as if it was just yesterday. On the contrary, we had 17 years of catching up to do. He’s back for good and he’ll be in KL for a while.
He mentioned having to start from scratch while our friends were already well-established. Quite a number of the guys were owning their own business. I said not to be so sure, some of us were still as mess up as ever. I couldn’t wait to see him.
