Ku petik bintang - bintang...

By the time you read the title, I am sure that song by Kenny, Remy & Martin will be playing in your ears, well, some part of it, if not all...

This song was famous back then in the mid 80's, as it is still now if you're a fan to a certain radio station that plays retro music.

This particular song, however, reminds me of those 'darker nights' during those days in SMSKn. I'm talking about blackouts here - power outage as some would call. They were those times when we got excited as the preps were cancelled during power outage. Normally, when these blackouts occurred, mesti ada kutu yang starts singing this song, albeit horribly out of tune...and somehow the stars seemed brighter during those moments - as if reminding us about this song. Well, either that, we could be so excited and we felt a spontaneous urged to sing this song as it seemed so appropriate for that moment.

I must confessed that even today, after more than 20 years had passed, I still have that urge to croon this song whenever there was power outage. However, I dare not sing it out loud, else my kids would think I have 'buang tebiat', or worse still, scares the hell out of them - ingat kena possessed kut, sebab tiba2 start nyanyi bila blackouts - and tak sedap pulak tu...

To Mr. Kenny, Mr. Remy and Mr. Martin, we thank you for the song – it had brightened our dark nights.

Kupetik bintang-bintang
Biarpun banyak halangan
Rela tempuhi segalanya
Onak yang kupijak bagai tak rasa

Kusedar sejak mula
Tiada jalan yang mudah
Tapi kuyakini di dalam hati
Akhir terkota jua sumpah dan janji

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