When I was in Welly, I was a bit trained and tuned to (at least TRY to) being ‘green’—being green to me applies to recycling, keeping the places around u clean of rubbish, use less paper and lesser plastic instead use reusable shopping bags—im sure there’s a lot more to being-green but…well…ehee.
So when I came back to msia; to kl particularly, i was back to--everything that I bought will be in plastic bags. Every shop I went: my item(s) will be put into plastic bag(s); no matter how small the number or the size of that item(s), ……….at first I thought..takpe la. Then...The guilt just mounts up.
and so, I tried to say no to plastic bag once while buying some thing from some shop somewhere. When I saw the kakak behind the counter took out a plastic bag to put my item in, I say, em…takpe la..tak nak plastic bag..terima kasih…and then she quickly give me this look…dahi kerut2..and ask tanak plastic bag? *rolling eyes immediately followed* maybe due to causing her trouble to paste SOLD stickers to my items. aiyah…i don’t know what to say to that kakak la…tsk. My originally good intentions turn to anger towards her. aiya…
But worry not. I didn’t stop there. I try to bring big bags for outings n the reusable shopping bags that I brought from welly (just in case I miss shopping in welly). N thank God no other similar or worse 'rolling eyes incident' happened after that... Just minor weird glances…hehehe well, it’s a start. Jusco is promoting this say-NO-to-plastic bags campaign which I think kind of cool…
Which reminds me of this incident...I was driving with my mom. Suddenly she threw a food wrapper out of the car window n I was like “mommyyyyy, yuuu douunntt deuuu tthhaat…~” no. just kidding. No fake English accent with her. No English too. Nanti dia marah. Dia cakap ya la aku tau la aku tidak pigi sekolah, kau jangan la mau temberang. Hahaha Ain’t my mom the most adorable mommy everrrr??... She’s a bit insecure…but I can tell you all, she might not be formally educated, but she is one really chherrrdddiiikkkk person…anyway. Back to the story: mak..mana bole buat macam tu…and then she say alaaaa…tu na *pointing out at roadsides pavements*…ko tengok itu di tepi2 jalan, memang suda kotor pun…then I said, iya memang la ma tapi kan nanti mama pun tambah…biar la orang lain jahat, jangan la mama juga kan..she said hmm…hehehe
These two stories meant nothing but to remind me n anybody out there that it has to start somewhere. No I don’t mean to boast that I use reusable shopping bag or to tell something bad about mommy—that’d b ridiculous, my mom is the nearest example that I can use to portray that we should remind people who are close to us—I just think that, we live in a society with a mind frame that has been trained to be ignorant about some things that are actually very important. I’m just hoping that those who realize these small but important gestures can make small reminders to others too. Like u, readers. I believe that any changes have to start somewhere. No matter how small our steps are, a step will still make a difference.
Anyway, on a totally different note, I just want to share another thing: it’s quite amazing that, these Mars Volta songs only get to me after years of being in my playlist. Damn. Hahah Nad gave me these like in 2007 but I haven’t really listen to them seriously until now… hehe it’s so nice to give in to something ‘new’ and ‘fresh’ at times like this…berkejaran dengan masa. Tiba2 ada yang indah mau masuk dalam kepala. mmg indah music ini...Nice~. Thanx Nad.