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Bab 57

                 

Dear Miss Yu Yang,

            It has been four years since I left Uniqlo Suria KLCC as the store manager. A lot of things have changed. I am now working with Malaysia Airlines. It's quite a transition and I am still adjusting. It's not easy but I'm doing my best to cope with it.

            How are you doing, Miss Yu Yang? I heard you already found a new boyfriend. Congratulations. I have good news as well. I am getting married in two months time. You won't believe who's my future wife is going to be. It's Adda! Adda will be my wife. She left her fiancée because he cheated on her one week before their wedding day. Who would have thought, right?

            Adda accepted me because she knew all this time, I have feelings for her. Plus, she's my best friend's sister. So, that's a bonus point already. I hope you can come and visit us on our wedding day. We can have a reunion with the rest of the Uniqlo team.

            Earlier, I mentioned about how a lot of things have changed. I'm sure you're going through some changes as well, right? My mother passed away three months ago because of cancer. I am still in shocked. She won't be able to attend my wedding day and that's making me sad. But I'm grateful that before my mom died, my sister has found herself a new boyfriend. She no longer wants to be a lesbian. She's planning to get married next year. I fully support her decision because I know, my late mother would have feel the same.

            Adda's brother is now a successful businessman after he decided to stay in KL. He is now the owner of a burger stall at Shah Alam. He's planning to open up few more stalls by the end of this year. Not sure why I'm telling you all this but I just don't know who to talk to.

            I kinda miss you. Do you know that you've taught me a lot? I am grateful that we managed to cross path few years ago. Clearly, we met for a reason. And I still want to thank you for persuading me to reapply for UMC although at the end of the day, I left the company anyway.

            How ironic. I wanted to be the manager so bad and when I become one, I realized that it's not for me. I realized that I was made for something more. I'm not saying that by joining Malaysia Airlines, I will become something more. It's so hard to explain actually. I just hope that you would understand.

            My friend, Naeem, has always been the one who supported every decision I made for my career. He supported my decision to be the UMC and when I told him that I can no longer work for the company, he asked me to apply for Malaysia Airlines as his friend told him that there was a vacancy there.

            Change is inevitable. You never know what's gonna happen to you. You never know what's gonna happen tomorrow. Just like how we lost Raff before. It was an unfortunate event. And I'm sure you still remember him as I do.

            All this time I thought being the manager at Uniqlo will be my endgame. I guess I was wrong. I used to think that Uniqlo chained my wings to fly. I wasn't aware that, I was the one who chained myself. And now that I remove the chain from my wings, I could fly wherever I want. Oh how wonderful it is to finally be able to...fly.

Yours sincerely,

Adli.