Car wash - not an easy task

"Balik nanti, ya and li gi basuh keta dulu before buat benda lain", that what abah said to us, both ya and I after we had our breakfast at Bukit. Not really sure why abah so eagerly urging both of us to wash our car, but I guess, it must be because all the car at home, and I mean all of it, need a shower. So, being a good child, we both nodded, but not sure either the message really went into our head, as usual..hehe. It is a Sunday, and of course, it supposes to be a holiday, especially for me, yang mana, not all Sunday is a holiday.

As predicted, as sampai aja umah, all of us were doing different things. Mak with her internet, I was with the paper,abah eager nak gi kebun and ya nak tukar tayar keta. As time went by, the car still outside, no sign of bathing time coming soon for all of them.

As I was relaxing, watching the always will be funny episodes of Friends on Astro StarWorld, quietly I was feeling guilty for my car. It had not having it shower since I guess maybe 1 months, and maybe it was just a simple shower without proper washing involve, macam mandi kambing.

So I called ya on the phone, where she was sleeping comfortably in her room upstairs. “Ya, jom basuh keta jom”. “Alaa…ya penat laa,,ya nak rehat..” “Ala..li nak basuh keta nih, jom laa basuh sekali..”, persuading ya very hard to join me. “Alaa…ya pun nak gi site esok, buat kotor aja..tak nak laa”, Ya replied and the line was off. Hmm….at that time, I was a bit divided.. Should I just stay in the air cond room at the middle of that afternoon, or should I give my car a bath? I guess, it is a very simple choice to make, but somehow, I went the other way round.

I went out in the hot afternoon sun, and half hearted to wash my car. But as I have nothing else clever to do, I decided maybe I should continue does it. So, I eagerly searching for the car wash shampoo and stuff, yet after looking all the places, I only found nearly empty car wash shampoo, and that’s it. “Ohh.,.sabun cuci keta kita dah habis laa….”, abah replied when I called him on the phone. Nearly demotivated, I was stepping in the house, when I looked back at my Savvy in that blazing sun.

There is no shine to it. No sparkling reflection of sun can be seen. My savvy seem gloomy and depress. My car, look tired and down. It looks so hopelessly…hopeless… At that moment, I suddenly, feel guilty to my car, which had been there for me since before my professional exam. My Savvy never really let me down, no matter what. Had to work early in the morning, stranded in jams, standing in the blazing sun, heavy ran, and sleeping in the cold and outside the house, I pity my savvy. Without my savvy, I will be like a bird without wings, something like a penguin or a kiwi.

So I grabbed that nearly empty car wash shampoo, mixed with a “special” washing ingredients and ensemble the power “kauther” water pump. All ready, I turned the pipe open, and …fountain of water shooting directly to me from a hole in the pipe. A very good start indeed.

So the car showers session start. I had to remind you all, that , the last time I had wash a car, was about in 2005, in that early years when we moved to our Bangi house. That means I nearly leave this “showering” job to Kak Uswa,Abah, or even the Indian, the malay or the bangle that eagerly want to do it, token by money, over the last 4 years.

Shooting the power jet water, I focus to all "visible” nook and cranny, trying to cover every single thing, and shooting it with eagerness to clear the mighty dirt. As the first initial shower is done, I quickly grab the sponge and scrubbing my special ingredients to my savvy, starting from the front, to side and to back. I have to admit, I’m not a good massager, but for my savvy to get my touch that is totally priceless…

I remember expert said that the “massaging” session suppose to be in circular motion, and suppose to have combination of softness and firmness. I was seriously don’t care about it, as my mind was thinking how hot it was. Took a long of time to clean the tyres, nevertheless, no matter how hard I try to clear the tiny corner of the spot rim, the dirt still there. “Nah..nobody will realise it”, saying it to me.

By the time, I finish massaging and scrubbing the dirt out, and ready for the rinse, the soap was already dry, leaving trail of dirty water and shampoo on the body. Arghh, that mean I have to redo it again. That time around, I was changing my strategy, by directly rinsing it after finish washing part by part.

Time to dry the car, I realised that orange towel that abah usually use to dry the car, is no where to be seen. Try to search in the store room, in the kotak barang abah, at the back, already tawaf rumah 2 kali, I decided for desperate measure of using dry kitchen towel. And because again, the car nearly dried, I have to rerinse it again, and dried the car a bit harder. And when the last part of the car was dried, I was drowning in my own sweat.

I stood back to see the result of my hardship. It was pretty clean looking, until I realised the lowest metal part of the car, was still looking orangey and dirty. And no….I didn’t grab the water hose and wash it. I ended went nearer to the car, so that the lower part can’t be seen, so that I only see the “cleaned” car, hopefully feeling contented. Yet deep inside, I know it is still not clean. Like orang dah mandi, tapi celah kankang berkurap, huhu. But despite that, as I mentioned, I just ignore it….Biarlah berkurap celah kangkang, at least I cleaned the most important part, hahaha. What people see is the most important, betul tak??.. Nevermind, next time I will do it better, with the proper car wash shampoo, proper towel and an improved strategy.

As I stepped in to the house and cooling myself, I realised how I took for granted all this things before. A “simple” thing like car wash, is not as simple as it seem. I remembered, waiting for carwash, and wondering why the people were taking a long time just to wash the car. Now, I realised it is not that easy, infact to get that result, it need lot of effort. And wondering, do the hardship worth the RM10 given to them. What I know, and what I learnt, washing car, is not as simple as it sound and it seem, infact it is rather a hardwork.

Hopefully next time, I will do a better job….or will there be a next time…hahaha…we will see.,..