It was a cloudy day. My parents and I were on our way for a vacation outside the country. I remembered my dad was driving, my mom as usual, checking out the list of places we would visit and the list of important things that we should bring, such as our passport and visas. I don't remember if any of my other siblings were joining.
I only remembered, after hours and hours and hours of driving to the immigration checkpoint,
Me :"I think I forgot to bring my passport".
Mom : "What? you forgot your passport? Did you lose it somewhere? Or you've misplaced it somewhere in the luggage?"
Me: " I forgot to bring my passport...I think I left it behind!!"
Mom : " OMG, Fiona!"
Me: " Arrhh! how? how? how? How to go? I didn't bring my passport!"
Mom: "We almost reach the checkpoint! We can't turn back just to get your passport! Where did you put it?"
Dad: "Maybe you can just report it and say you lost it, maybe they'll let you through..heheh!"
Mom: "Are you crazy? How can they let people in like that?"
Me: " Aaaaaaa..how how how..huhuh..I left it the drawer. I left it in the pouch I brought to Indonesia the other day, and I was thinking it could be dangerous to carry it around while I'm still in the country...so I put it in the drawer for safe keeping..huhu..."
Mom: (sigh...)
There was silence...and we could see that the checkpoint is already near. Suddenly, dad drove to the quarters of the immigration officer and we saw a shorter version of a long house and there were people on the verandah.
Me: (thinking) wow...there are 'orang ulu' here...
Suddenly I woke up..yes, It was all a dream...a dream to go on a vacation in Maui to see the Maoris in New Zealand, in The Philippines..but wait! We drove?? (unbelievable) and WAIT! We were on our way to Maui?? In The Philippines?? WHOAA...Maui to see Maoris?? (what the...??)
I remembered asking; "Where are we going?"
Dad replied: "We're going to Mauri to see the Maoris in New Zealand."
Me: "Really? We're driving to New Zealand to see the Maoris in The Philippines. Cool!"
When I woke up, although not fully conscious, I was still thinking about Maui, The Philippines, New Zealand and the Maoris. Then, I : "What kind of fishy-ness my sub-conscious brain was up to? Crazy! Maui to see the Maoris"
As far as I know, Maui is one of the island in Hawaii...apa pulak pasal Maori, and The Philippines. Gila..mimpi bodoh..
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