2 Sikat Pisang.

Have you ever been caught off-guard? tongue-tied with totally nothing intelligent to answer? Situations like these always leave me with thoughts of what I could have said or not say – and what differences it might have made.

So I arrived, went down the car to pick *someone* up – for the first time. DING DONG!, the e-gate opened by itself. And before the main wooden door was fully opened, before I took off my shoes and step in, before I could see or say Hello to anyone, the Commander’s order come already…

“First time coming ar… You better not come empty handed! Must as least got bring 2 sikat pisang in exchange for my lil sis!”

But of course, my immediate response was “2 sikat don’t have la, 1 batang got la. Just share to nibble ok?”. Lucky I managed to not spur it out having spotted a senior citizen (The Mummy) in the vicinity.

The could-have-been fast response…

“She where got worth only 2 sikat pisang. But at least 8 biji nenas ma…”

But I had to say very fast (before everyone could stop laughing at the commander’s initial demand), clear and loud or else it won’t enjoy its optimum effect. But it the joke will be on that *someone*.

Or I could have diverted the joke back to the initiator.

Oh… I thought only need to bring bananas when catching a monkey from the Botanical Gardens. I never know monkeys live here too…”

But after 48 hours of thinking, this is the best I can come up with…

“She is not worth 2 sikat pisang la. Nor is she worth anything tangible. And I know I can never afford her heart for whatever its worth. That’s why I bring nothing today except this honest heart – to try exchange for hers…”

Too bad its not funny.