Sunday, September 09, 2007

A Reason to Celebrate




Sometimes it is fun to find reason to celebrate over something. It may sound foolish to you, but right from the morning when I filled up gas at BHPetrol in Kuang, I told my wife that I was looking forward to witnessing the mileage on the speedometer of my car to read 88,888 km that day. It’s not an everyday thing to see that, you know. A few years ago, my Honda Accord saw the mileage clocked the same number the time I was on my way from Pekan to Rompin, Pahang.

Anyway, the time I passed through Jln Sungei Besi, I kept switching my focus between the ticks of mileage on the speedometer and my driving, perhaps with less attention to the driving. For an apparent purpose, I watched it with a little anxiety. And finally, in between stealing the look with the road ahead…. Bingo!!! It hits the magic number before my eyes as I barely passed the exit to Jln. Kuchai Lama. Fireworks like what were seen in Putrajaya recently blasted in my head. My way of celebrating was just allowing a tinge of bliss and ecstasy to fill me up for a moment, happy. I smiled, feeling some kind of triumphant over nothing. Silly me!

It is funny how our mind works and sometimes it manipulates you for eccentric things too.

And sometimes, a twist only known to the Almighty, something calls for celebrations without reasons too. Perhaps that’s what happened to my wife’s best friend, Zalila. If you read in my three previous-entry, the name Zalila would ring your bell and you’d find what I wrote about her – about her husband passed away.

My wife told me a few days ago, Zalila was somewhat baffled by the recent happening she has got. It has been close to 4 years already since her husband’s passing in late 2003 but then in the past weeks, her husband’s name surfaced again.

The inscrutability started after she received a letter that was addressed to her late husband, Hassan, from a corporate company based in Rawang, Selangor. It is said that Hassan’s name was in the list among the winners for a lucky draw organized by that corporation. Zalila never had known that her late husband entered any competitions or meant to be drawn in any raffles when he was alive. And true enough, he never did. His name just came up in the computerized random selection from the database.

When a gift delivered to you out of the blue, in the name of free thing, anything will do, but when we are talking about a Naza Citra car, it is more than what one is bargaining for. Right, Late Hassan had won a Naza Citra. Actually, it is as easy as nullifying the winning when the winner had died before the line up of winners were drawn and announced but that was not the case for Zalila. Although quashing out the upshot is always a legal option, the auditory of the draw had practiced stringent pronouncement that concludes no changes for the winners. Thus, Zalila as the beneficiary was then entitled for the prize.

It’s not hard to understand why the company is giving out prizes to people as I know it too well on the strategy to play around with the accounting spread sheet in an effort to reduce business tax and make the authority in the Inland Revenue unhappy. Well, that’s another story altogether. The point here is what has been delivered to Zalila, of which she never had thought of before.

A wealth dropped from the sky for her. Since she is now driving her new CamPro Proton Waja, she had suggested accepting cash for the value of the car. And to her surprise, it was agreed by the company to pay her cash instead of delivering a car. For no apparent reason, she is now RM 80,000.00 richer.

Well, I had a good reason to celebrate with my 88,888 number while Zalila celebrated her lesser number from mine with only 80,000 and until now she is having hard time to find good reason for it.




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17 comments:

Aku Bukan Bidadari said...

Selamat menyambut ramadhan gab with ur love ones...

arZOoo said...

selamat berpuasa gab......

Anonymous said...

Tuan Gab,
Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan.

Unknown said...

GABS...:)

Ramadan Kareeem....

hehehehe.....lovely to see u smiling with glee.....over numbers.
Sorry, but i choose the lesser number of 80,000 which zalila has won over urs. hehehehe

idham

UglyButAdorable said...

bro gab, salam ramadan and mabruk to zalila..ader la blessing in disguise in everything...

anggerik merah said...

Salam ramadhan to you and family.

Wow...if I were Zalila I would be in the same position of finding good reason to celebrate.

Theta said...

Gab Sir,
A Ramadan Kareem to you and your family.

As for your interesting account, funny how serendipity works! Indeed, Allah works in mysterious ways!

ManaL said...

Her hubby mustve loved her so much that he prolly wished that his wife and family wouldnt suffer much after he had left the world.

And as for u, sir, lotsa 8s..that is a sign that u gonna bring more prosperity to people around u.

Ramadhan kareem to u and family.

Makcik Runner said...

can i have her number coz i really want her to be my lucky charm...hehe. many times trying to win myself a car and still no luck yet! does that tells me anything?

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum....

dear...SIR GAB....coz everybody keep calling u with that title..

i don`t know u at all but... it`s a story to tell... semua yang berlaku ada hikmah yang tersembunyi disebalik setiap kejadian...
Allah maha pengasih dan penyayang...
May all ur dream come true...and about that number..it`s just a number..... everything is in God`s hand...

Husna

simah said...

personally, i am glad to hear that zalilah traded the car for cash.... it is not the matter of money really... it is the matter of ...well....as she is driving the car.. the mind cant help but to think that her late hubby had won the lucky draw....the pain of losing him ..the pain of missing him... it can slash thru the heart like a pain no other....

Al fatihah to her hubby...

and congrats to u! Such a simple matter of numbers can make u happy...that is so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeee...upon reaching that metre number..does that mean u will change to a new car now? :0)

lama tak datang sini (summer holiday n all)... i have missed a lot of ur wonderful entries...

Salam Ramadhan from my family n i here faraway...take care!

Anonymous said...

Her (late) husband is probably still looking out for her from the afterworld.

In the name of rezeki, Allah works in mysterious ways and the rezeki will come from various sources.

Have a blessed Ramadhan to you and family !

m i n e r a l . . . said...

slamat berpuasa, maaf zahir batin..errr number is juz a number rite?
berhati2 d jln raya yer :)

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum..hi tn. gab..selamat berpuasa dan hari raya aidil fitri..hati-hati di jalan raya... teringat laksam pasar malam

m i n e r a l . . . said...

abe gab, naik sawang penuh dah nie.. busy bebenor arr abe nih :) hehehe
... i mis the "wkekekekek' abe gab :)

nanies said...

hai gab..lama tak update bz ek..nani nak ucapkam selamat hari raya aidilfitri..itu saje

~ GAB ~ said...

Sorry guys for the late reply. I appreciate you guys for dropping by. It has been a busy month for me in this Ramadhan. Plenty of things came up, a lot of things need to be cleaned up, many loose ends need to tie up.

Now I am prepared to make an annual journey back to the hometown in Kota Bharu for Hari Raya. As usual, it is nothing less than fun for us anticipating the trip, especially my kids.

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