2014 - Flight 654 KUL - DOH 0440 GMT+8

Aku benci long flight.

Okey tak jugak.

Aku benci long flight dan aku ada di seat economy while both of my parents heavenly duduk kat business class. Like, okay I get it you two want to have your good time but HELLO! Dahlah aku seorang je kat situ.

It's been awhile since I went to Doha by the way. To be exact, four years. Aku datang sini dulu masa kakak aku mula masuk belajar and now we are going there for her graduation.

It was a midnight flight or in aviation, they call it 'red eye' flight. Everyone sleeps soundly and I envy that. I envy people who has healthy sleeping routine. Aku can literally berguling from atas katil sampai halaman rumah yet nothing can make me fell asleep.

Thank God I got all the rows to myself. At least, more or less, aku boleh angkat the armrest and actually baring or lunjur kaki.

IFE pun so-so je. All movies yang ada pun mostly aku dah tengok. I mean, after all it's almost dawn. People are all busy asleep.

"Tak tidur ke?" Aku terdengar suara seorang lelaki menegur aku. Aku mengangkat mukaku dan melihat seorang pramugara menegurku mesra.

"Oh, hahaha. Memang susah nak tidur."

"Faham. Chill je. Sampai Doha nanti pun gelap lagi. By right, throughout the flight memang akan gelap je."

Aku menganggukkan sahaja.

"Hungry?"

Jujurnya ya. Tak lama lepas terbang tadi, they did serve some food but aku ni adalah sejenis manusia penuh rakus so haruslah aku dah lapar balik.

"Tak sangat." Asian culture is we almost say no even if we are. "Abang takde kerja ke?"

"Dah everyone tidur and also, hari ni my crewmates semua perempuan. Jadi, boring sikitlah. Ada crew laki tapi dia in-charge first class pula. By the way, you travel alone?"

"Nope. Parents kat business class. Saya anak pungut so dorang biarkan saya sorang je duduk ekonomi."

"Kesiannya dengar."

Baru hendak mengajak borak lagi, dia terpandang seorang penumpang memanggilnya.

"Kejap eh!"

Dia pergi ke arah penumpang itu. Aku perhatikan sahaja. Dia melayan penumpang itu cukup mesra. Ada masanya, dia memandang ke arah aku seraya mengenyitkan mata.

Dia pergi ke galley semula. Aku decide untuk memakai headphoneku semula dan memasang lagu daripada MP3 player aku.

Baru hendak sakan mendengar lagu, aku dikejutkan dengan seseorang meletakkan potato chips di hadaan aku. Oh, abang pramugara tadi.

"For you. It's a long flight so I believe you gonna need that."

"Oh, that's very thoughtful."

"Kalau nak apa-apa, just let me know. I mean, it's my duty anyway to make sure all the passengers are well-fed, right?"

"Abang dah lama jadi FA?" Entah, tiba-tiba mood friendly aku datang.

"Dekat dua tahun jugalah. Habis SPM terus apply. Tak expect jugalah dapat awalnya. My friend seorang tu dah fifth attempt baru dapat. Tengok rezeki jugalah actually."

Aku angguk lagi.

"Actually night flight ni best tau. Kerja tak banyak since everyone nak tidur. So lepas buat service, lepak jelah kat galley tu."

Okay, he is friendly.

"Again, lapar lagi tak?"

"Since you asked, to be honest yes. Very, actually. Tak cukup kut makanan tadi tu."

"Lah ya ke? Then kenapa tak mintak? Ada je meals lebih tu. Nak reheat balik tak?"

"Tapi macam boring je meal tadi tu. Takde menu lain ke?"

Dia ketawa kecil. Dia memandang sekeliling sebelum memberi isyarat 'be right back' kepadaku.

Tak lama selepas itu, dia kembali dengan satu bekas makanan di tangannya. This meal clearly looks different from meal yang aku makan tadi.

"Crew meal. My meal, actually tapi since sebelum kerja tadi dah makan nasi kenduri my mom bawak balik so basically full already. You can have it. Cuma, don't tell anyone about this okay?"

"Eh, takpe ke ni?"

"By right tak boleh but biar jelah. Just jangan sampai orang tahu jelah. Worse, my flight supervisor tahu."

"Okay, I'll guard it with my life."

Dia ketawa sahaja. "I'll come back later, okay. By the way, just call me Wira."

Aku pandang tag nama dia. Adiwira. Damn, that's a fancy name.

"Pretentious gila kan? I know that."

"That's a nice name, though."

"Well, thanks I guess. And you are?"

"Uqasyah. For short, panggil Qasy je."

"Now that's a nice name. Okay, enjoy your meal, Qasy. See you later, okay?"

Aku senyum sahaja.
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