Why you so like that, ah ?

I don’t know why I suddenly remember this.

This story happened when we were living in Leicester then and Abang was about 6 months old. When we were living in Nottingham, our local supermarket was Sainsbury’s and therefore when we moved to Leicester, eventhough there was a perfectly nice Tesco in the middle of the city, we still walked past it to go to Sainsbury’s, situated at the fringes of the city, near the bus depot.

This is Beeston... To go to Siansbury's we have to walk past Dixon... maybe about 3 minutes walking. However, Dixons seems to be on the wrong side to me... Gambar tahun berapa ntah ni.

I suppose we were used to it, familiar with the products and all. Plus we do have Sainsbury’s Loyalty Card.. Ha ha…

So anytime we needed to stock on supplies, we would wheel Abang out in his stroller and the 3 of us would walk through to the city, sampai Sainsbury, do our shopping and pay.

It is not that far really because we ourselves lived in the city kan, but then to walk for like 30 minutes (more if I decided to look in Next or Dororthy Perkins or H&M or worse masuk The Shires, the only mall there, mau jugak 2 jam.. kah kah…), hands laden with goods, that is another thing.

Leicester City.. although I cannot remember that clock tower... Hmmm.... But it looks like to be near the Haymarket....

Luckily we have Abang’s stroller and what could a set of parents do but hang some of the bags at the stroller’s handle … or whatever it is called lah, a normal practice kan, done by parents all over the world.

Anyway, pada suatu hari, we went to Sainsbury’s as usual. Kamil stocked up on bottled water sebab air kat UK tak sedap. Well tak sedap untuk tekak Malaysian lah. I saw him piling both handles of the stroller with the water bottles. As I was busy transferring groceries from the cart to the counter, I pointed it to him, requesting that he transfers some in the basket underneath the stroller.

“No lah… okay tu… Tak berat…” Jawab laki ku yang tak mo percaya kat bini.

Tak sampai 5 saat, stroller tu terbalik dengan anak ku yang tembam membam sekali kat dalam tu.

Tak menjerit. Dengan aku dengan shoppers lain dengan pekerja Sainsbury’s.

Gambar hiasan. It didn't happen in this particular Sainsbury's.

I got to him in lighning speed. Not Edward Cullen nor Superman could have done it better than me. I plucked him with my heart already at my throat, only to be greeted by his smiles. Suka lak dia. Si Kamil *&&%**## pushed back the stroller up right and it fell again. The crowd gasped. Bangang lah mamat ni. As I have said earlier, the back of the stroller is too heavy from the weight of the water bottles. Saja je nak tambah drama.

After assuring the concerned mat sallehs that my baby was fine, Kamil paid up (red faced of course) and mulalah sesi aku mengamuk sakan sambil gelak. I dunno why I do that sometimes. Aku panas hati ni but aku gelak… Stupid really because it lightens the gravity of the situation somehow and therefore Kamil escaped lightly.

But he didn’t. A week after that, a mere week after that in the local newspapers bahagian Surat Pembaca, a reader from LEICESTER wrote a letter warning parents against hanging their heavy shopping bags on the stroller as last week he/she saw a stroller terbalik kat Sainsbury. He/She then advised that it is prudent for parents to carry the bags on their own as they safety of baby in the stroller is at risk.

Korang rasa Mat Salleh tu cakap pasal sapa ?

Sapa ?

Sapa ?

Kamil tak mengaku.

It has been a week, he said.

Sayang aku dah hilang that piece of newspaper.

Hmmm… hilang ke atau sengaja dihilangkan oleh seseorang yang sekarang dah separa botak ?

So sekarang, malu dak ? Tak pasai-pasai kami pi Tesco lepaih tu.

Tak mau dengaq cakap lagi !!!! Tak pasai-pasai masuk paper.

Tesco. Sainsbury's is nicer, really.