Cuba cakap betul-betul

Tinggal sorang-sorang memang tak best. Takde orang nak disakat, dimarah, digomol. Takde orang jugak nak suruh kita tolong itu, tolong ini. The only best thing is I'm at home, my own place.

Bosan, maka weekend haritu pegilah ke drive-thru McD teluk cempedak. Bila bagitau mama aiman je yang saya ke drive thru, belum start cerita dia dah gelak dulu. Hampeh!

Flashing back when we were in Sydney, one of the halal McD located just about 10 minutes walking distance from our home. Jadi selalu la jugak ke situ.

Girl: "Yes sir, what would you like to have today?"

Me: "Can I have / I would like to have one medium big mac meal, ... "and the order continues.

That's how they speak, similar to how they write, despite the Aussie accent. Macam kita, bahasa buku dengan bahasa percakapan harian is like totally different, kecuali mungkin filem Yusuf Haslam.

Masa baru mula-mula first time order drive-thru kat TC's McD tahun lepas:

Girl: "Selamat datang. Sila order encik."

Me: "Boleh berikan saya satu big mac meal yang besar, ... " and I went on with Bahasa BAKU. Frankly, it was natural, bukan saya sesaja. Masa tu memang mama aiman dah dok tahan-tahan gelak tutup mulut.

OK back to last weekend. Saya dah ada satu glass coke. Jadi saya nak lah cari sebiji lagi untuk mama aiman. Keboringan dan digabung dengan sedikit lapar petang Ahad itu saya pun ke drive-thru McD TC. Tried to act cool this time.

Girl: Selamat petang encik, sila order

Me: Err, saya nak glass meal.

Girl: Ya?

Me: Glass meal satu.

Girl: Encik nak apa?

Me: Glass meal.

Girl: Encik nak gelas aje ke?

Me: mmm, ok, tak, dengan Big Mac.(kemudian terus belagak cool sampai habis order, glass meal je pun)

Well, I do have this problem making orders at drive-thru. I tried to sort of rehearse the dialogue in my mind everytime while in the queue, but it does not help. Something always went wrong. Sigh!

Rindu sangat kat budak ini, adik dia dan tak dilupai mama dia. Will be bringing you all back to Kuantan this weekend, yeay!