Kosong lived up to his name...

when he couldn’t fulfil a promise. Perjanjian Kosong or Empty Promise.

We know of ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’ then A friend Missing in Action is a friend INDEED! (sarcastic tone)

I have offered Po Kuan (in both of our blogsites) to volunteer as an election agent. I never expected her to ask me to be by her side on nomination day!

On Saturday afternoon, I was with my wife on our way to PJ, with a carload of foodstuff (like Hakka khau yoke and Yim Kai), cold box with fish, kitchen utensil and even some plastic stools, for a home-cooked meal for some relatives the night before Beng’s flight back to UK. Just before reaching Jalan Dato Abu Bakar (Section 16), I suddenly realised that I have forgotten to bring along the house keys! Frantically, my wife called her nephew, who stays in the house, and asked if he was in. He said he was only 10 minutes away. Then she called Beng and he happened to be at Jaya 1, a brand new re-development which I have yet to set foot. So without even stopping, we managed to find the place and he was right there waiting to hand over his set of keys.

I was still in a state of uneasiness for having forgotten something so important (btw, any of such forgetfulness, I have to bear full responsibility) when I received a call while driving past the playground behind the Section 14 market. I took the call without looking at the name of caller. It was Po Kuan asking me for some help. She asked me to accompany her on Nomination Day (next day) and I have just arrived in PJ! I felt terrible for being in the wrong place when she actually needed my help.

I felt honoured that she thought of me for the purpose of filing her nomination papers yet I had to say sorry as we were supposed to drive Beng to KLIA the next morning to check in hours before his flight at 10.45am.