maRtiN’s cUbicLE: The Chronicles of “Being Grown Up” and “Growing Up”…

but before that, let’s take a look back to approximately 365 days ago, to one of my blog post, dated jan 04 2006, titled "2006: 361 days remaining…" here’s the link to the post… on that last nu year post, i was wondering of where will i be at the next year-end blast… i was also thinking that by the end of 2006, i will be in somewhere in other school, parting with sph friends… huehehe… n finally by last night, that question was answered: i spent my nu year’s eve wondering around spore, searching panicly for my lost laptop…

yep… i lost my laptop for about 2 hours on that new year’s eve… n what’s worse, there was S$10,000 inside that laptop bag buat bayar tuition fee, rent room, ama daily needs… so here’s the story… gw balik ke sg tuh naek lufthansa which landed here at about 11pm (sg time)… trus bareng2 ama yenni n erlina (who both stay like 200 meters away from my residence) i boarded a taxi from T2 changi… gw taro tas laptop gw di deket kaki gw at the front passenger seat… n pas turun di depan peace mansion (apartment gw), i forgot that i put my laptop disitu… kan gw cape n ngantuk juga gitu… jadinya gw turun dari taxi cuma bawa koper gede gw ama backpack… sampe2 di kamar, gw baru nyadar klo tas laptop gw kaga ada!

panik, gw nelpon yenni… n eventually they dropped off from the taxi already… duh… n then yenni told me to call 100 to ask for changi passenger service n transcab telephone number… trus gedegnya tuh pulsa gw bisa2nya pas bgt abis… damn… then i ran to the nearest 7eleven, yg ternyata pas banget keabisan voucher top-up starhub… trus gw lari ke another 7eleven… n untungnya mereka punya tuh voucher…

after i topped-up my card, gw nelpon n transcab… which lamaaaaaaaaaa banget ga diangkat2… n then… bunyi fireworks terdengar dari esplanade… happy freaky new year to me… selamat, anda melewati malam tahun baru dengan deg-degan kehilangan laptop n a whole lot of money… haha… trus, still in panic, i ran to the nearest taxi stop… meanwhile, i called yenni, asking her to help me call both the transcab or the changi passenger service… n then i boarded on one of the transcab… pas gw mo nyuruh itu sopir taxi buat calling ke operator dia lewat pagingnya, eh malah telpon gw yg dari tadi ga nyambung2 itu dengan sukses nyambung… jadilah gw buat loss report ke operator taxi itu… trus dia paging-in taxi2 gtuw… nanyain ada tas laptop ketinggalan gtu ga di taxinya… after 3 sets of paging without any positive answer, i felt hopelessly dead…

eventhou operator tadi promised that she’ll keep paging n will call me if my laptop was found, gw mikir another solution… akhirnya i decided to go to changi… sesampenya disono, gw ke tempat tadi gw naek taxi naas itu n tanya sama uncle2 disitu… i explained the situation n asked them whether or not they keep track of the coming n boarding taxis from that place… n ternyata they didn’t… trus i went to the police station @ changi… make an official loss report there… gw mikir "duh mati gw… gimana klo ga ketemu…" cause more importantly than the laptop is the singdollars there…

n finally, in the midst of my hopelessness n silent whispering prayers, yenni called me… she said klo operator transcab nya udha nelpon ke dia, delivering the good news… jd ternyata yenni juga udha berhasil nyambung ke transcab nya… tapi masi deg-degan juga gw… masi ada ga tuh duitnya… huhuhu… n ternyata orang singapore emang jujur2… duit n laptopnya masi utuh… huehehe… langsung deh gw ke sofia hostel buat ambil tuh barang naas…

hduh2… ngga lagi2 deh kelupaan gitu… amit2 dah… thanks bangget buat yenni ama erlina yg bantuin gw temuin nih laptop… hehe… dipikir2 tolol banget yah gw bisa ketinggalan benda sepenting ini… anyway, thanks God banget ini benda ketemu… coba klo ngga… mo ngomong apa gw ama bonyok gw… duhduhduh… ngga lagi2 deh… amit2… hahaa…