I Wish Upon a Star

[Dedicated to DH] – originally published 3rd June 2002

Publishing this as Sept is our anniversary month. This year is our 23rd anniversary  💕

It was autumn, cuti sekolah one week kot, kami berkumpul. That three room apartment was like “malaysia hall” to us, tempat berhari raya, berkumpul time cuti etc. Tapi petang tu aku was moody & jumpy. Ada terasa hati dgn somebody kot, tak ingat sangat dah the reason. Guys tengah bising main game, PC pun ada orang conquer, tak boleh nak chatting. Kat dapur pula dah ada dua tiga orang girls masak dinner; tak muat dah nak menyelit.

Mati kutu tak tau nak buat apa, aku ajak dia keluar. Aku baik jugak dengan dia, dia amik berat about me especially pasal study. Tapi takdelah sampai tahap best friend. Cuma kalau mengadu test ni susah, prof ni banyak songeh, etc kat dia tu bolehlah. Lepas maghrib, kami keluar, ingat nak pi mana-mana shopping complex. Tapi takde apa nak beli, so, we were just cruising along the river. Sampai tempat yang ada org sikit, park kereta & keluar.

Ada jugak orang-orang kat situ yang tengok sunset. Kami stay sampai lah sunset habis, I told him why I was moody, dia bercerita pasal apa pun lupa. Then the stars were out and the sky was clear that night. Dia tunjuk constellation yang dia tau, and vice versa. Then aku ternampak something moving very fast up there. Mula-mula ingatkan shooting star, tapi benda tu pusing sana sini bukan constant trajectory, tak lah tu. Tak tau lah apa, pelik jugak because it was like light years away but moving sooo fast. Kami perati sampai benda tu hilang, about 10 minutes gak kot. And I did see a shooting star later.

Bila dah rasa agak-agak lapar tu, kami balik lah, takde sapa pun perasan kami hilang. I still remember that night, it was special because I fell in love with him. I didn’t tell him, not right then anyway. When I did tell him a few months later, he told me that he didn’t remember. Of course, there was nothing out of ordinary to him about that night. But for me it was magical, for that night, I’ve found the love of my life…