9 Jun 2003: 11:45AM Sensei sedang menulis sesuatu di papan hitam, tanganku pantas menyalin nota mengenai 'imaginery pointing vector' ke dalam bukuku. Namun, sejak kelas bermula, fikiranku melayang jauh... sekejap memikirkan keluargaku di Terengganu, [edited], sekejap memikirkan nasibku dalam peperiksaan seminggu lalu. Aku kurang bersemangat pagi ini kerana baru tidur selama 3 jam 45 minit gara2 last minute report. Tapi aku tidak menyalahkan sesiapa, aku yg terlalu cuai menghabiskan masa.

Tiba2 telefon bimbit di dalam poket jeans ku bergetar(vibrate... ape ntah perkataan dlm bahase Melayu), fikiranku yang tadi jauh merantau merentasi beberapa lautan kembali ke kelas. "Nih mesti Ayib nih, nak tanya pasal gerai jualan semasa University Festival hujung minggu nih", detik hatiku. Aku keluarkan telefon dari poket dan biarkan saja di tanganku... selepas 20 saat, "Please leave your messsage after the beep within 20 seconds". Tiba2, suara wanita Jepun yg menjawab, "I'm Miss Takayama from Mitsubishi Research Institute, this must be Ahmad Shuhaimi's cellphone. If you're free, please call me back at 03-3277-4501". Hatiku tidak sabar2 lagi menantikan kelas untuk berakhir lebih kurang 15 minit lagi.

Selepas siap memasukkan buku ke dlm beg, aku memainkan (replay) semula voice msg tadi sambil berjalan pantas ke International House. "Mesti ada perkara penting utk diberitahu", getus hatiku. Fikiranku mula memikirkan tentang resume yg aku hantar ke MRI (Mitsubishi Research Inst.) beberapa minggu lalu. Kucai yg di berjalan di sebelahku ibarat patung bernyawa, aku sendiri pun tidak faham apa yg sedang diperkatakannya. Benakku sedang asyik memikirkan panggilan tadi...

Sebaik saja tiba di lobi International House, aku pantas pergi ke tepi tingkap kerana di situ lebih sunyi. Tanganku mula mendail nombor tadi... "ring ring... ring ring...".
"Hello, this is International Project Department of Mitsubishi Research Institute, may I help u please...".
"Hello, may I speak to Miss Takayama please".
"Hold on please"...
"This is Yasuko Takayama speaking..."
"I'm Ahmad Shuhaimi..."
"Yeah, I leaved u a message just now. Thanks for calling me back. Actually, I want to inform you that u've been chosen at the first place for the internship program at NEC Corporation, congratulations. But, after checking your schedule... u've written in your first resume that you're free from July 20 till Aug 20. This internship is available from August 18 till 29."
"I've no problem for that"
"Is is okay?"
"Yeah, its okay... actually, my summer holiday is up to August 31. So, I'm available during the period."
"Okay, so I wanna inform u again about the internship program at NEC Corporation. U'll be placed at NEC Tamagawa, Kawasaki... just not so far from Tokyo. You'll have a room at NEC's hostel and all of your expenses'll be paid during the period. "
"Oh, I see..."
"So, I really appreciate if u could send me your 2nd year exam result certificate issued by your school by today. Please send by fax to me as fast as you can 'coz I'm gonna bring that certificate to NEC headquarter in Minato-ku, Tokyo this evening."
"Okay, I understand"
"Do you know my fax number?"
"Hmm... sorry I don't know..."
"Okay, I tell you... please get it noted somewhere, 03-3277-4503"
"Okay, 03-3277-4501. There're 2 Malaysian students for this program, who's the other one? May I know his/her name?"
"We've picked a girl for the second one, but I cud'n tell u yet her name 'coz I can't contact her phone at the moment. I need to ask her first whether she would like to join the program or not. If she can't, I'll pick another one."
"Oh, I see..."
"There'll be a lot of documents mailed to you so make sure u check your mailbox frequently. If there's anything u don't understand, please contact me directly."
"Okay, I undestand."
"That's all, hope to see u soon. Bye."
"Bye."