A BONE OF CONTENTION

Cumbersomely reinstalling the newly charged battery, papa couldn’t help thinking about his forthcoming mandatory sawit run this coming Friday. His 4WD pick up of which has been stationary for the good part of nearly six weeks had given the dead battery problem, that’s the reason for the extra ‘heavy work’ earlier on. The truck seems to start well so the trip wouldn’t be much of a problem, Insyaallah..
Somehow his thought diverted to the quite heated discussion old fempan had with jinair the thursday night last week. Papa was then wrought with pressing the appropriate keys on his just acquired laptop. Quite a level of skill needed to reasonably chronologised the entire enterprise.
Papa did not really hear what the topic that was berated upon but the ‘gist’ that he got was its something to do with the esoteric being the overlord off all things-as contended by fempam and the fantastical possibilities that can be derived should all people, transcending entire borders dividing the world, acted in concert for the just one and only time in order to achieve that epic water-shed like heavenly inspired outcomes- as lectured by jinair.
Meanwhile, outside, a congregation of much animated young people was shouting and hooting at each other. Must have been an informal group meeting of some ‘multi level ‘ business, excited at the unexpected profits generated through their unremittingly efficient thus all the more effective networking. Such exhilaration, if only papa was twenty five years younger!
Inside, a near demented fempam vehemently defended his position with the unusually somber but stoic jinair not at all relenting- even a bit. Mexican ‘stand off’ like, the whole woeful affair concluded itself whence fempam and delpam excused themselves midway, citing reasons of having to be early at office tomorrow due to increased workloads. Papa went home nearly three in the morning after maneuvering the indeterminate laptop thingy with jinair as his teacher and guide.