Shuttlecocks

My brother and I were playing badminton without a net. Being the expert jaguh badminton that I am, 12 shuttlecocks laid motionless on the roof. I fetched for the ladder and climbed the roof to collect the shuttlecocks. Shuttle. Cocks. The moment I laid hands on the gutter, my whole body convulsed like mad. I realised that I was being electrocuted and pushed myself away from the gutter with all the strength I managed to muster.
Down went Afiq Deen, ladder and all.
I opened my eyes and realised that my body was numb. The state I was in reminded me of the numb object that looks and feels like my right arm after a whole night of neglecting its bloodflow. Thankfully, my mouth was fully operational. Saiful panicked and poked my lifeless limbs with his racket. Why isn't he running for help? I intended to be courteous but "Oi babi bongok! Pergilah mintak tolong!" came out.
After a minute of recollecting the many times I fell from great heights and survived with minor cuts and bruises, a rush of hot healthy blood filled my limbs. I was relieved. Relieved but still colvusing and shivering. I went to get a glass of water to drink, ignoring the trace of blood that sketched the kitchen tiles. I collapsed there and then and cried. It wasn't an emotional-oh-god-I'm-still-alive-cry. The water I drank felt like a sea of microscopic needles going through my throat and into my stomach. Even as my innards agonised with pain, I made sure that no one caught any glimpse of me crying.
I walked around. I went outside. I told Saiful "Lain kali kalau abang kena electrocuted and jatuh dari bumbung, Aful kena lari panggil orang and.... lepas tu, check kalau abang okay."
"Faham?"
I wished he'd just nod and reply with a curt "Faham" but he went all Oprah on me. I sat down listening to his justifications, his tears pouring like rain on a car's windshield. After half an hour, his long-winded justifications evolved into a fit of anger. Owh man...
He ended up merajuk-ing the whole night.
I'm just thankful that I'm alive.

7 comments:

RITZ CHEWAN said...

Is this a new script or the real thing? I'm happy you're alive and well to blog about it though... :-)

Afiq Deen said...

real thing laaaarh!hahaha. it was traumatic but funny.

mlle said...

Oh Tuhan!
Thank God you are well now. Is this the second or the third post you wrote about your fall from great height. The architecture project sounds frightening enough but this one could take your life!
Please take good care of yourself Afiq.

Afiq Deen said...

not like it is something to bragged about but I survived 4 major falls.

I don't know, maybe I'm just accident prone.

Hopefully takde long term damage.

tia said...

kita kena mende yang samala afiq..tp i kena masa i nak iron baju..takde org tolong lagi..and sama macam afiq, i jadi macam kaku, termangu and blur masa kena and satu badan sakit..lepas tu, i jadi pelupa..ingatkan la ley ada super power ke..tp memang sah tu cuma cerita kat tv je..nothing happen..except terlalu pelupa and rasa macam ada sisa electic yang tertinggal..semoga afiq sihat sejahtera.. peace.

Afiq Deen said...

kene electric toksah cakaplah, hahaha. Iron, periuk nasi, washing machine semua dah rasa. tapi ni first time electric dan jatuh. Selalunya jatuh atau elektrik.

Mr NAEmnzr said...

electricity makes u creative perhaps...

take care of ur self.
kalo slalu jatuh sgt,better gon n make medical check up,if got anything lar...