The quest of the missing books

Hati aku tak boleh tahan benda-benda tragis macam buku-buku yang hilang. Its disturbing you know.

Jadi buku ibarat perempuan, bezanya sekarang aku ada masa untuk cari buku tetapi tidak perempuan. Not yet.

So I went to Kino earlier today and started looking for some books. First on the list Immortality by Kundera, a philosophical novel with paradoxes and provocations.

Jalan menuju ke arah rak buku dan cuba cari. Even finding the book I wanted was a great challenge, jadi perlu tanya the customer service personnel. So she showed me the book, masalah pertama selesai.

Lagi satu buku dan hati aku akan puas.

Tak tahu kenapa, tapi semua buku yang aku cuba cari tak jumpa. Satu petanda mungkin that I shouldn't be spending my money on some fucking books. Tapi aku tak peduli, I'm on a quest, the madness is here with me. They only way for you to stop me is to kill me but I doubt a person would dare to kill another person for wanting to buy books with his own money. Just forget it.

So I made my way to the information counter and there she was, a cute girl. Okay now I sounded like a bimbo. Tapi tak apa, tak selalu.

"Excuse me, can you please help me with a book that I want".

Dia pandang aku dan kata:

"Yes".

"Its Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer".

Dia tekan-tekan papan kekunci dan tiba-tiba tersenyum...

"We should have one over here".

She lead me to the shelf and tried to look for it. Tapi tak ada. Dia panggil kawan dia dan cuba cari lagi, masih tak ada.

Dalam nada separuh serius aku kata:

"Maybe Miller dengki dengan I today so dia tukar the title of his book to 'Tropic of Capricorn'"

And one of the girl said:

"No, that's another book by him"

"I know, it was just a joke".

Aku tak faham kenapa orang sekeliling terlalu serious? Atau lawak aku memang tak kelakar?

Kalau tak kelakar tak apa, its just that aku rasa rugi sebab tak minta nombor telefon perempuan yang aku tanya mengenai buku Miller.

Tapi tak apa, I placed an order for that book. Going back there in another 4 to 6 weeks, kalau buku tu ada.

Jadi Miller akan jadi penyelamat aku?