Jalan2 Cari Makan

This was posted back in 2008 about how I was featured in TV for eating at the right place and the right time :).

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A few years back (I think it was in 2003 or 2004, or maybe even as way back as 2002), a bunch of us went to have lunch at a restaurant nearby our office building. I can’t even remember the name of the restaurant, but it was a Malay restaurant (some names that come to mind are Teratak, Serai and Kuali but I don’t think any of them is correct). I also can’t remember who I was with but I know Huzaifa was there. He was one of my best buds and we were almost always assigned on the same jobs. I don’t know why I only remember him among all the other people, but I am positive he was there.

Anyway, while we were enjoying our food, Maria Tunku Sabri and her crew came in for her programme Jalan2 Cari Makan. She started interviewing some of the customers there and lo and behold, they stopped at our table! So, she started interviewing us – me included. I didn’t think much about it ‘coz I thought no way in the world I would be selected among all the people interviewed. Until… a few weeks after that, my colleagues came to me and said, “Hey, I saw you on TV!” and I was like “Huh? Seriously?” And they were like, “Yeah, yeah!” So, I was kinda like a celebrity for awhile. Heh!
The only thing was, I didn’t see myself on that programme. So, I was wondering how I looked (yup, still vain), what I said (did I blab something nonsensical?) and whether I had something stuck in my teeth (well, we were eating at that time).

After a while, it died down. And then, for some reason, after a few months, they aired the same programme again. And again people came up to me and said they saw me on TV. I, on the other hand, was wondering how in the world everybody who knew me saw me on TV, but I didn’t get to see myself on TV. But then again, I was to blame for not being interested in watching TV3 at that time (still not, by the way).

So, imagine my surprise when I walked into my MIL’s house last weekend and my brother-in-law said, “Tu dia, personaliti TV kita!” I was like, “What the heck is he talking about?” So, he told me they saw me in that same programme. And I was like, “What? They aired that again after so many years?” Obviously, I still didn’t get to see myself on TV. Sigh!
Yesterday, when we were out for lunch, my boss said, “Hey, I saw you on TV! And I thought ‘Wow! This girl can really talk!’” So, ok. One of my questions was answered. I didn’t blab anything nonsensical. She was even convinced enough to try have a meal at that restaurant because of me! Which is kinda cool. But, I told her that it was already a few years back and I don’t even know whether the restaurant still exists.

But, I’ll let you into a little secret. I think the reason Maria Tunku Sabri chose me to be on TV was because she liked my purse at that time. She even touched it and asked where I got it from right before she interviewed the people at my table. The purse was actually a birthday gift from Farah Diba from my UiTM days and truthfully, I’m still using it. So, thank you darling!