2.2.09

I Am Sengal Ubi

This is the real Sengal Ubi. Please ignore the shorts I wore.

During the Chinese New Year break, while I was walking alone in Kajang, I bumped into a lady and the following conversation happened.


Lady H:
Eh, awak Sengal Ubi kan?


Me:

(Surprised and was wondering how she knew me) Ye saya. Auntie ni siapa?


Lady H:

Auntie H***i. Auntie ada baca blog awak. Sebab tu auntie kenal awak.

Me:

(Shocked) Oh! Ye ke. Thanks la sebab baca blog saya.


Lady H:
Auntie suka dulu awak tulis pasal politik especially on your support to the opposition. It shows how matured your mind is. Tapi kenapa sekarang awak dah stop tulis pasal semua tu?

Me:

(Blurred) Bukan dah stop, tapi takde mood nak tulis pasal semua tu.

Lady H:
Dulu awak ada tulis dua skrip teater kan? Kenapa tergantung?


Me:
(Had to memorize back my previous entries) Ada. Bukan tergantung, tapi saya tak start pun buat lagi.


Lady H:
I like reading that script (I think she made this one up). I work in a publishing company. Bila awak dah siapkan skrip tu dan terfikir untuk terbitkan, bagi tau Auntie ok? Ni kad auntie (she took her business card from her bag and gave it to me). Siapkan la skrip tu. Awak ada bakat.

Me:

(This time I'm really blurred) Ok. Nanti apa-apa saya contact Auntie ok?


She then made her leave and I rushed to one of the kiosk to get some waffle.


Me? A writer? Not in a million year time.

I could hardly finish up my written assignments and how would it be possible to have a publishing script done?


I told this story to Aie and Acap and they laughed at this part:
"Eh... Awak Sengal Ubi kan?" And that is how I am known to others.

And I won't mind people calling me Sengal Ubi in public next time.

11 comments:

c h o c o l a t e i.c.e said...

hey bro..

why not..selambe je..

bukan-nye utk di jadi kan kerjaya ko pun..

klu auntie tu kate ade bakat..so..pe salahnye..grab la peluang tu..

xrugi pun..lalalala~

Sengal Ubi said...

Bob. Aku pun terfikir jugak why not? Macam DJ selalu cakap: boleh kalau kita nak.

c h o c o l a t e i.c.e said...

So..pe lagi..

esok..capai henset..koling auntie tu..bg green light.

weekend2..bowing2..ade idea..stat menulis balik..

pilihan di tgn anda..

boLeh kaLau kita nak-kan..

Sengal Ubi said...

betul. Boleh kalau kita apa anak-anak?

Nak...

Pandainya...

miss said...

Wah.. semakin famous.

Ada watak tambahan Aie dan Acap dalam menukuhkan plot cerita ini.. he he he

Hmm.. menulis.. Idea yang menarik.. tapi hati-hati.. Bukan la menuduh auntie itu menipu, mungkin dia jujur dan ikhlas.

Ada juga cara lain. As for a start kalau berminat, hantarlah skrip tu ke majalah 'Tunas Cipta'. Siapkan skrip dan hantar kepada editor berserta surat rasmi (ala-ala cover letter). Untung-untung tersiar, dapat honorarium /saguhati. Tapi kenalah konsisten menulis.

Tak berminat tulis cerpen?

Sengal Ubi said...

tulis cerpen? to write a short story pun saya termenung lama nak cari idea. used to write a lot years ago in school, as a form of self-expression. sekarang baru saya nak panaskan engine tu balik. it's going to take time.

bagus juga cadangan miss tu. dapat honorarium (betul ke eja) boleh belanja adik-adik, papa dengan mama buddy dengan auntie-auntie buddy. hehehe~

i guess i'm going to start all over again.

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miss said...

hahah.. writer's block. ermm.. menulis ni macam marathon.. kena selalu panaskan badan.

selalunya karya yang tersiar akan diberi saguhati. Kalau cerpen URTV, dulu untuk satu cerpen RM 150. Kalau untuk mingguan mahal la sket.
Okay.. what.. lepas duit poket. Plus, it would make a great resume. We already had a singing lawyer (e.g: arwah sudirman).. why not a 'writing' engineer haha.. Cuma kena konsisten la dalam berkarya.Biasa la.. nk breakthrough memang mencabar sket..

Farani Mustafa said...

Awak ada bakat.

Awak memang boleh pegi jauh..

Tapi dik, tiket bas awak kata sampai sini je.

Ko turun skrg!

Nurul Nuha said...

amir, ko sangat femes wooo! ;)

Mr Final said...

kenape tidak... tulis jek skrip tuh.. bkn nak jnji nak bg Mr Final bace ker... buku panduan pon dah beri pinjam kan.... sad.. skrip yg ditunggu xkan terhasil