I am back to Kampar. That night, I dreamt a weird dream. I had been suddenly slipped down from my bed, and all I know after that, I fallen asleep right after falling. I didn’t care to even craw onto my bed to continue my sleep, I just sleep on the floor. The next thing I know….
It’s morning. As usual, the Saturday morning will be a market walk. I will cycle to market, make my round…looking at those delicious foods that I had not been eating since I left Kampar…
Hmm….As I cycle around, I noticed that something amiss…BUT what the problem? I couldnot figure out. There a lot of people at that time. Normally Saturday will be quite congested during 10 am and above. People will wake up a bit later to go for yum cha at the market.
I stopped at Oi Mei’s place. I stepped in for a ‘Cham shuet’-tapau. Hmm…there is still something amiss though…I still cannot figure out. All I know, the vision at the market quite blur…Maybe it’s because of haze again. Haze is really troublesome…it can block our vision from 100 m to 5m…
Anyway, I made my move after I tapauED my Cham shuet. I happily cycle toward the street, whereby we can see Kampar KFC building. At this corner, I saw my friend. I called her, but she didn’t reply my calling. I felt weird, I make a quick U-turn, and pat her shoulder. She then turn at me…and I had the greatest shocked! I didn’t see her face! But…but…how come I know she is my friend? Among all people I see just now, why I could not really realise? What had happened. There is no voice. My calling just now was like a dream. I am now speechless and I dont even dare to near my friends a step nearer. Without saying anything, I cycle toward the market again.
Now, I see…actually…what is amiss in here. I could not even see a single face for all those at the market. That’s why I felt weird at the first place. It’s not haze, it’s not vision being blocked, it’s actually different! All is different! Why this is like this? I could not believe my own eyes…I am like having the greatest shocked in my life! I must be dreaming though…that’s what I told myself. But then, this friend of mine reached in front of my in no time…uttered something that even shocked me! ” Peng, you don’t be afraid. This is still Kampar. But it’s just different as in phrase…This is HELL. You are in HELL now. Don’t be afraid. People at HELL still live life as normal at the real world. But at here, the only different is that you are now having no face features, just like us. You are already dead! You died yesterday night, when you fall from your bed. You didn’t realise this, as you haven’t return to the point…the point where you passed away. This means…you need to go to your house now. You will know what had happened, and this is real. I am not telling lies.”
Huh?! What the…? I am dead? But it’s like a dream? I remember I fall from bed, but I could not recall I am dead? And now I am dead?
I cycled with all my strength to reach my house at Aston Settlement, and to my horror…there…my funeral…there my family, there my relatives, and there my dog, and there my house, and there myself…lying motionless at the coffin! And, where are my friends? My family decided not to let any of my friend know…as previously, I left a note in my diary…If one day I would die at early age, I would not want to see my friend in sorrow…I don’t want them to shed tears for me. I don’t want to leave a bad memory in their mind. I want to preserve the living moments with them, I don’t want them to see me dead! And…now I suddenly realise, it’s been heart-breaking to see yourself dead, with non of your friend seeing you for the last time! But as it was my wishes too…I guess however heart-breaking I am, I will still don’t want to see them to send me out.
There I realised, I am really gone. There I realise, I am actually not in heaven, there I realise it’s easy to be dead, there I realise, dead is not so horrible, the horrible that matter is…after your death, you still see your death.
I knew, I am not dreaming, at that moment…
Slip…slipp..slipp…Yer…what’s that? Argh…my Lucky chai saliva…He is in my room licking me and I m now sleeping on the floor!
Huh?! Am I dead or alive?
I see Lucky chai so real…I can touch him…I can still hears verhicles sound passing by the road in front of my house, I can still hear the radio’s sound…It’s MYfm…and I can still hear the machine rolling, mixing the cincau at the back of the house?!
Ok…I am dreaming? But it’s so real?
Then I walked outside, I still saw the haze, I still see…..faceless human!
Woah…! I am dead for sure and for real!
Tutt tutt tutt…..What…the….?!
I am awaken by the sound of my alarm. Ok, this is for real. I am really dreaming in my dream. And I am actually at Kota Kemuning house. Not at hometown. I am not at hell and I am not dead.
But hey…this dream is so so…unpredictable. I am not sure why…but there must be a reason why…
So, what’s your dream tonight?
I had dreamt to be in HELL…and I dreamt that I am dead!