Bau Ketiak masam Tengik Baceyn

Di waktu musim panas (summer), bertambah lah bau ketiak masam tengik baceyn yang datangnya dari sesetengah individu. Hairan sungguh, kalau di musim sejuk(winter), tak ada lah pulak macam nie, tiba saja musim panas nie, bukan nak kata kalau yang berbau tu duduk sebelah kita baru bau, kalau yang sibusuk tu masuk kelas sejam sebelum pun kita boleh tau. Sesungguhnya, bau ketiak ni unique, boleh kenal bau busuk individu yang mana. Saya cukup tak faham, orang yang bau ketiak nie, tak perasan ker dia bau mcm tong sampah basah. Bau macam daging busuk pun ader. Kekadang ader juga yang bau mcm stokin basah busuk direndam dalam bawang masam. Macam-macam bau ader lah.

Tak faham saya, kenapa lah dorang nie? Mandi tu renjis-renjis jer ker? Kalaulah dah tahu bau mcm tong sampah kalau berpeluh, pakailah roll-on dekat ketiak, mandi dan gosok betul-betul dan pakailah syampoo dan minyak wangi. Malah, bukankah best kalau panas-panas nie kita mandi. Bukannya kena bayar pun bill air dekat negara macam Amerika nie.

Saya cerita pasal bau ketiak nie sebab ader lah sorang ni, sahabat X yang sering suka melepak dengan saya. Saya tak kisah lah kalau masa musim sejuk dulu. Tapi baru-baru nie, sungguh kurang menyenangkanlah.  Kekadang, bau ketiak tu sangatlah tengik, sampai sesak nafas saya. Rasa nak muntah pun ader. Malah kalau lalat hinggap pun, mau pitam lalat yang hinggap tu.

Masalah dengan sahabat X nie, mcm maner lah kita nak tegur. Boleh lah cuba-cuba bagi teguran secara halus dan berkias. Tapi boleh pula si X nie, buat tak faham. Takkan lah kita nak cakap kat dia..."Woi, ketiak lu bau macam tong sampah lah oii". Segan pulak lah kawan tu. Ada sekali nie, sahabat X tumpang kereta saya untuk pulang kerumahnya. Saya dah kurang sedap hati, sebab memang tahu lah baunya akan melekat dalam kereta saya. Jadi bila dia masuk tu, saya cepat-cepat buka tingkap keempat-empat tingkap kereta saya. Lepas tu, saya cakaplah..."Awak ada bau tak bau macam tak senang", dengan cara yang berkias-kias bahasa. Dia pula terkerut-kerut dahinya. Saya ingat, dia dapat lah message yang ingin ku sampaikan. Lepas tu dia kata, mungkin pasal kasut  dia yang dah buruk ni,  dah lama dia tak basuh. Ler, ader ker bau kasut pulak. Orang nak bagi tahu dia yang dia bau ketiak, kasut lak yang dia ingat. So, terpaksa lah saya memberi teguran yang kurang berkias sikit, jadi saya tanya lah dia. Awak mandi tak tadi? Mr. X lak pandang saya macam tak faham. Lepas tu tergelak, dan kata, mesti lah mandi, apa kena mengena bau kasut dia dgn mandi nie, dia kata. Ler, tak faham jugak. Sebab tak faham juga, saya pun berputus asa lah nak tegur dia. Saya pun segan nak bagi tahu. Jadi, saya tahan aje lah nafas dan drive laju-laju. Yang pasti, tingkap terbuka dan aircon mesti tutup. 

Saya pun takut juga kalau-kalau bau mcm terung busuk ataupun bawang busuk. Jadi, saya pun pastikan, yang saya selalu mandi dan pastikan baju yang dipakai tu kering dan tak berbau. Ditambah lagi dengan minyak wangi untuk memastikan yang kita nie tak lah berbau tengik. Jadi kepada sahabat-sahabat yang lain, jangan jadi macam sahabat X. Kalau kawan-kawan ader bagi teguran berkias tu, faham-faham jer lah. hehehehe

Summer is here!

Yes, the spring semester is over, and for students like me, its an indication that summer is here. The sun is out and smiling again, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming and the deers are out and about running in the wild. As the nature surroundings becomes alive, the Kent State University oddly becomes dead. People are on their summer break, parking lots are empty and there is nobody left in the department except for foreign graduate students like myself who dreading the research work that we have to do and administrative staff who just can't wait for the day to be over.

Because of the summer break, some facilities in the Kent State University are close.  They are temporarily close or their hours of operations are shorter. This includes the gym, which is currently closed for maintenance and will reopen on the 26th of May with shorter hours of operation. But that did not stop me from my daily routine. So rather than going swimming, Paul (my exercise buddy) and myself started the habit of running. At about 6.30, I would park my car at the department, and we would run to a reserve park own by the biology department for ecological research here in Kent. I believe the park is used by the ecology and biology researchers, but it has  a nice trail for the public to use and run and enjoy the outdoors. The trail brings us all the way to the Kent State DIX football stadium. 

Along the trail, there are blooming flowers, and sometimes, we are lucky enough to see a deer enjoying the green during the summer. We tried to get closer to the deer, however, it got scared and ran away disappearing in the midst of the forest. I guess, deers are not very social beings. Along the trail, there are also a few rabbits, ducks and gooses running around. We are not the only ones running though, some people cycle, some veterans walk romantically together, and there are also young couples walking their dogs. Most of the time you see single jocks running with their Ipod.

We usually head back before 8 since it would be almost dark by then. Anyways, can't wait for the gym to be open again. While it is nice to run outdoors, i do suffer from allergies, and outdoor running just make my eyes puff up and my nose clog up. :) So that's it, a short update from me. I know I haven't written anything in my blog for  a while, I have been busy with research work and all. So buh-bye for now...and see you later on my next blog entry.