it took us about an hour to reach Teluk Batik by keping's kancil. after unpacking all the stuffs we brought - spaghetti and kuah, drinks, agar-agar, pinggan-mangkuk and newly bought tikar, we eagerly jumped into the sea. we're among the earliest, only a few people were there having their mandi-manda. the sea water was cold and salty of course. but it was great, having good time with besties, mandi-manda like that. we were acting like we're in our primary school (you can never imagined how childish we were/can be). hanging around the rented pelampung (ber-5) while our foot busy kicking the water to make us move, laughed wholeheartedly like we'll never encountered the tears (at the moment, at least), sand-castling, and all we did was enjoying the moment and making that beach ours.

'kusangkakan panas sampai ke petang, rupanya hujan di tengah hari...'

sedang asyik berseronok dalam air, tiba-tiba... zzzz (konon-konon mcm kene electric current). my oh my, sungguh pedih. saket. kakiku kepanasan. i hurried to the beach, to check what happened to my right feet. the other 4 followed, examined my 'bintat' feet.

'Why, why, why??' lebih kurang mcm tu lah their expressions mase tuh.

'Ade something gigit. saket. siyes saket!' i exclaimed.

then we saw a pakcik, went to the shore and catched the thing that gigit me. it was a jellyfish. a BIG one i tell youuu... the pakcik's sons then buried it in the sand later on. dalam hatiku: 'padan muka! sape suh gigit aku?? dush.dush.dush! pang.pang.pang! rasa nk pijak-pijak je. penyek-penyekkan dia.' (sambil berimaginasi)

i was stung by a gigantic jellyfish. gigantic = of giant size. yes, that jellyfish sungguh sangat besar. i was terribly in pain. seumur hidup aku, ni la first time rase saket yg teramat seperti itu. mahu menanges but there's no tears rolled down. mereka suruh bersabar. aku cuba. sabar. sabar dan sabar. tp masih saket. wuuuuu...

aimi called her mom, telling the situation, asking what to do. (kantoilah, pegi Teluk Batik x bgtaw mak). her mom urged us to go to the clinic. (kalo mak dia x suruh pon aku tetap akan pegi, saket punye pasal.)

then i called ma. telling her i'm at Teluk Batik (juga kantoi, x bgtaw b4 datang). here's our conversation:

me: ma, ore kt Teluk Batik ni..

ma: heh, mano?

me: Teluk Batik, mandi laut.

ma: g jale sokmo..

me: hee.. arini cuti..

ma: cuti gapo pulok?

me: cuti sbb jubli perak pemerintahan sultan perak.. perak jah cuti..

ma: oh..

me: ma, ore kene ketik ko apa-apa ni..

ma: heh? apa-apa? tu la galok lagi..

me: ..... :(

ma: gatal keno ketik ko gotu tuh. pah tu nk wak gano tuh?

me: meta ag nk g spital.. xdok gapo eh, xsoh risao. (walhal tgh tahan saket. tahan air mata)

ma: ho, g spital cpt2.. maen gak lg..

me: yela2.. ok lah. bye.

wanie rinsed my feet with mineral water before i go for a shower. luckily there's an akak, she came to us and a bit concern laa about what happened. she gave a tip, rinse the feet with urine. i did it, with mine of course. asalkan nk hilangkan bisa punya pasal. but still, painfullllll!

then, bergegas ke hospital. that akak and her husband showed us the way. thanks akak and abang! oh ye, they're kelantanese. the way they talked obviously indicates their nationality. the power of budu i guess. hehs ;)

sampai je kt emergency department we went to registration corner. a registration staff asked me 'kenape jalan mcm tu? kaki kene ape?' and i replied 'kene sengat ngan obor-obor. sakit...'that staff: 'ish. bahaya tu, boleh bawak mati tuh'
me:'mati?alaaa.. cepatla, jumpe doktor.. xmaw mati lg niii..' '
that staff: 'dah2, cepat masuk jumpa doktor'

masuk wad kecemasan. i sat on a chair near the doctor on duty. sambil mengaduh, dgn muka dalam kesakitan yang amat. lalu dpt attention doktor itu.

the doctor: kenapa?
me: sakit, kena sengat dgn jellyfish
the doctor: nnt kita inject ye. tunggu kejap..

me: ok (nk kate ape lg kan..)

ade la sorang abang gatal yg keje kt dlm wad kecemasan tuh. ape ntah tugas dia.. menggatal kot. mcm2 tanye aku.. antara perbualan plastik antara aku dan abang gatal tuh:

abang gatal: ni kenapa ni? moyok je muka

aku: sakit la, kena sengat ngan obor-obor. (takkan laaa aku nk senyum?)

abang gatal: la, mandi pantai ke?

me: ye lah (obor-obor ade dalam sungai ke?)

abang gatal: laa, nape mandi pantai? mandi la sungai ke.. kt swimming pool ke..

me: ............

abang gatal: doktor, nnt cucuk dia dgn jarum yg paling besar ek..

then, the doctor called me, asked me to lie down on the bed, dia mahu inject. before that he sprayed vinegar on the infected area. pedisss wooo... then he injected me, kat lengan. sakit sikit je kalo nk compare ngan sakit kt kaki tu, tapi sabo je lew~ dh nasib!

mase tgh tunggu-tunggu nk amek ubat tu tibe-tibe abang gatal tu datang. lalu bertanya: ni tunggu ape lg kt sini?

me: tunggu nk amek ubat lah.

abang gatal: amek ubat bkn kt sini, kt depan sane (yg lokasinye kami x tahu)

me: oh, manelah tahu.. nape x bgtaw awal2? kami bknnya orang sini, mana tahu sume2 tu..

abang gatal: dah tu x tanye.. ni haa, bg kt kawan awak yg pakai tudung itam. yg ni plak bg kt yg pakai tudung coklat. heee..

(patut kan, aku bg nama abang gatal. kan3?) aku layan jek abang gatal tuh sbb x maw ingatkan kesakitan yg sgt dahsyat itu.. sbb tu la plastik!

on our way back to utp, terpaksa singgah kt kedai jap sbb ade awek cun nk beli barang. terpaksalah aku menunggu seorang diri. bkn dalam kereta tp di kaki lima depan tmpat parking kete. nape x tunggu dalam kete? panas! dan aku x tahan panas. mase tu punyelah tension. bayangkan, kaki saket gilerrrr, kene menunggu org, dlm keadaan panas plak tuh. mulalah ingat kt mak. i needed her sooooo bad tp itulah, what to do.... kami dipisahkan jarak yg amat jauh. suddenly some tears rolled down.