A buddy for Bud

This post is a tribute to Michael Na, a true friend, always was there in some really bad times. Always funny, and always lost though having a GPS (which apparently mistakenly thinks Mike's car is a bicycle!)

last nite :
Mike : Yeaah jangan sedih2 la Ka... Udah ga usa dipikirin, tidur aje gih sana!
gw : Iyeee gw pengennya sih getooo, tapi gw ga bisa tidur nih, bete abis gw!
Mike : Aduuh Ka... Kalo eloe di sini sih ya, dah gw ajak minum loe! HAHAHAHA...
gw : he? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... *ini temen koq solusinya gini ya? hahaha...* Aduh iya ya Mike, coba ada eloe yeee, kita dah cabut minum2 skrg!
Mike : Iya sih loooe, dah maen ke sini lagi lah kapan2!
gw : Iye siiiih tapi kapaaaan, gw kan skrg lagi kerja sampe taon depan gini.
Mike : Iya kapan2, tapi eloe musti ke sini lah. Udah jangan sedih lagi, inget2 aje gw giginya lagi berdarah2 lagi berusaha makan pempek...
gw : HUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...


Iya ya, Mike, jadi teringat, udah hampir setaon yang lalu gw kenal loe, man! Thxgivin 2006 tuh, ngunjungin Oman dan Eswin, eeh dikenalin ke eloe! Gw masi inget nanya "Eh ini lagu apa ya?" pas lagi malem pertama gw dateng tungguin si Oman bolak balik tuh mall tempat kita nonton Borat, terus eloe asal banget jawab "To the left!" Hahaha, padahal nama lagunya "Irreplaceable" by Beyonce. Hari pertama yang gw inget dari kenal eloe adalah eloe anak juragan jahe! Hahaha...

Terus kita ke Blacksburg, Virginia. Lagi jalan dari Balto ke VT, tenga malem ditilang padahal si Oman baru berteori "di bawah 80 sih ga mgkn di-stop-in.." Hahaha parah banget... Gw masi inget, we were running 78 in a 65 zone (gilaaa nyesek banget). Terus kita ber4 ngaco banget gitu gw masi inget, dah pagi2, kaya jam 1.

Terus sampe2 tempatnya si Eswin bukannya tidur, malah buka bir sambil maen drinking game. Hahaha, gw masi inget, eloe orang liat aturan maennya di internet, nama gamenya Hockey. We ended up playing that game though kita tau si Eswin alergi sama alkohol dan si Oman ga minum banyak. Aturannya tiap kalah minum segelas bir (dituang dari kaleng bir geblek itu... hahahaha...). Don't remember how, we ended up teaming up together, and Oman was with Eswin.

Daaan, berapa kali kita kalah, Mike? Hahahaha... Memalukan!!! HAHAHAHAHA... Aib banget! But emank gw dah siap tuh malem (gw emank lagi mo minum banyak), pasrah aje kalah minum terus... Lucu abis sih kita... Kayanya eloe juga dah siap minum banyak padahal gw inget, besokannya eloe musti cabut wisdom teeth! PARAH LOEEE!!! Kalo dokter eloe suruh "blow", damn it ini orang sebelom surgery malah mabok?!? Hahahaha...

Terus jadilah malam laknat itu, gw tidur dengan senang, karena tujuan minum banyak kesampean. Terus gw inget dari kamar gw (yang notabene adalah kamarnya Erik!) kedengeran suara eloe orang bertiga... Apalagi suaranya Eswin, hahaha, parah abis... Dia bilang terus "Gatel banget!" HAHAHAHA... Terus muncul suara eloe "Mo digarukin, Win?" Gw langsung terrified dengernya! HAHAHAHA... Gw teriak dari kamar gw "GILA YA LOE ORANG!!!" Terus eloe orang bilang "eh kedengeran loh dari kamar sana..." HAHAHAHA, terus kita ber4 semua ngakak... BEGO... Gw inget eloe masi tanya lagi "Mo ikutan kita di sini, Ka?" NAJONG!!! HAHAHA...

Paginya gw inget si Eswin anterin loe cabut wisdom teeth (bener kan eloe cabut 2 sekaligus?), gw diajarin ngedrum sama Oman, terus gw dianterin jalan2 keliling VT, terus kita beli makanan balik. Gw masi inget lucunya si Eswin yang bete gigi eloe berdarah di bantalnya, dan sebetapa dia hampir pingsan! HAHAHA, serius itu lucu banget, gw ketawa ga berenti2... Terus, eloe ga bisa makan sampe jam berapaaa (gara2 ngantuk kan dibius gitu pas surgery) terus siangnya eloe ngabisin ice cream 1 pint karena cuma itu yang bisa eloe makan! Yang laen terlalu keras buat gigi loe... HAHAHAHA... OMG... Gw inget besokannya eloe dah makan pempek dengan kondisi gigi yang baru dioperasi setelah jalan2 seharian di Aquarium Balto (inget "ikan Mike" yang mulutnya gembung2). Salut sih gw Mike, emank hebat sih loe! PARAH...

It has been always a fun fun fun trip until the crash on the stupid highway, yeaah, let's not talk about that, shall we... I still feel bad for "PANTAT". Btw, I'm still wonderin if your carbon-skinned car has been done built already... Guess you don't have enough time now for it anymore, do ya.

Anyway, one thing I remember from the trip is that YOU, MIKE, is one of my best drinkin buddies (and lookin at which university I'm goin to and how much I drink despite my small size being, I guess you know already eloe definitely bukan satu2nya orang yang pernah minum sama gw!) SERIOUSLY! So, YEAP, really lookin forward to stupid drinkin games another time, DEFINITELY we have to meet again one day to drink together! And anyway I thank you for the one bottle of beer in the middle of the day a coupla months ago when I visited you again in Balto for a day. Thanx for the treat, it was nice. Next time it's gonna be on me :) Heey btw how about you goin down south to Louisiana? You should've known how they drink in Bourbon Street in New Orleans (which apparently is only 20 mins drive from where I am), rite?

Anyway, thank you, you were there when I was in the worst times of my life lately. Thank you for the time and willingness to listen. I know I was stupid one time or another, but yeaah, thank you for being patient and always rational. Thank you for the "slaps in the face" to see reality.

Anyway, Mike, Fyi, I did drink today, just a light one though, a can of BudLite (I know I know... but it's still better than nothing rite?) It didn't really help, but I think I will try to go out the end of this week, see if I feel any better.

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update : Dang it I really miss Smirnoff...

super new update (per Sept 21st 2007 8:28 PM) : YEAAH nice Smirnoff grape with D, my roomie. We had fun :) Lookin forward for the Sangria we bought (imported from Spain! hope it holds the originality)