Ni semua M Nasir punya pasal

Sejenak aku dikejutkan
Bersama ombak cinta luka
Perpisahan melanda kita
Hanya kerna peristiwa itu

It has been years since I heard this song by Gersang. Imagine my surprise when I came across the lyrics (courtesy of IU) in one of my emails at Christie’s. At that point, I left London and its cold streets behind and was transported to sweltering hot bus stop at the back of John Little. Like all teenagers do, Lat started to sing this hit and we were having a laugh when suddenly tears started to fall down IU’s face. I won’t go into details why because it is not my story to tell.
So powerful was that memory for that whole day I was smiling. I was not thinking of the sad tears but all that song embodied. My young life, my wonderful friends, precious memories of my school days – my heart lifted and soared! Don’t you find that snatches of a certain song will unlock the memory bank faster than a speeding bullet?

Demi cinta ku pada mu
Kemana pun kau kan ku bawa
Ke hujung dunia ke bintang kejora

We so know that these words had such special meaning to IU too that when Cikgu Bahri played the most wonderful piano rendition of this, our eyes immediately swivelled over to IU.

I became mad again about those 80s rock songs – the last time we went back to Singapore, I was running around trying to find all Wings and Search compilations. Even obscure songs from Hanafie Warren “Terperangkap Dalam Sinaran” and “Biarlah aku pendam saja perasaan ku, I sanggup menunggu dan membisu” pun aku sambar; because they reminded me of Perjumpaan Hari Raya.

It’s all on my Ipod now and nothing is stranger than listening to my ipod while on the bus to work. The winter sunshine streamed into the upper deck and I was all buttoned up to my chin with a hat and scarf on. The bus trundled along Knightsbridge, passing shoppers English and tourists alike streaming out of Harrods, students coming off the bus coaches to vist the V & A and the National History Museum and what do I have blasting in my ear? “Isabella adalah kisah cinta dua dunia. Mengapa kita berjumpa namum akhir berpisah. Siang jadi hilang ditelan kegelapan malam.Alam yang terpisa.Melenyapkan sebuah kisah…”