When Alcohol Speak

For past six months i've been away from home, found a new chapter of my life out there. today is Burning Paper rehearsal schedule (which is a metal band that i was joined as additional bass player) but i can't attended coz they didn't text me the studio address, so i decide to go to my hometown in Kelapa Dua Depok to meet the boys after they finished the rehearsal.

I've meet the boys at our usual spot for hangout after we rehearse, there's an old homies (read: senior) i haven't see the for past few month, he just drop by on the way home from his job, one of other homie let's call him Mamang want to buy some "drink" and the old homie agreed and give him few bucks for buy the "drink".



An oldskool activity of hangout i think...but i feel not in to it but it's cool with it, one liter is dried and the alcohol octane haven't quite enough to get they drunk so they want it more, they sent the younger to buy it again, the old one seems pick up a phone call and step a side lil' bit to avoid noisy chatter, i assume his girlfriend calling and he want little privacy to talk.

The "drink" is arrived and the second round is about to begin, it's quite annoyed me so i decide to get a glass of tea as a reason instead i have to join the second round, when i back to the boys with a glass of hot tea the old one seen to be forced to go home by Mamang,

i ask the old one
"where you're goin' dude? take lil' bit time will you"

and suddenly he's snapped and say
"are you threaten me!?"

i'm quite suprised, what happen to this dude? and he kept saying the same question over and over and his voice getting high that indicate he's pissed off.

What the fuck happen to this dude!? i'm questioning in my head,
suddenly Mamang try to defend me and his voice getting high too

"Dude what the fuck is wrong with you?" to the old one.

instead of answering Mamang question he's grab and pull my windbreaker collar and asking me in challenging tone

"Do you wanna fight me!??"

oh shit! this dude is drunk and he's getting out of control i said inside my head, Mamang and another homie step forward to defend me one more time and the other try keep the old one away from me, the old one seems ready to have a fight and he's try to grab me again but he missed, he grab the homie who try to keep our distance, and what happen? the stupid drunk asshole thought it was me.

Shit! this dude is pathetic ! he's drunk and pissed off without reason and he's acting like fighter that everyone fear for him, in an instant Mamang pull his arm to step aside and counter his dare to fight, this shit it's getting worst so i'm step forward to the old one,

i embrace his shoulder and talk smoothly

"Ey dude i'm not gonna fight you, no one gonna fight you, what is the fucking reason that make we have to fight dude? we're homies right? why you think we have to fight for?"

and finally Mamang and other homie try to persuade him too.

Few homies try to avoid this circumstance they don't want drag into this awful situation, some run to the warnet nearby, some getting away few feet from where we stand. After long persuasion to the drunk finally he's calming down and ask apologize to me and other homies but still grumbling and lil' bit pissed, shit dude! this is year 2011 but i feel like in 90's or something, when he totally calm i left him and seems he already forgot what happen earlier.

When i comeback after few minutes, suddenly he want to go home and realize it's a 03:00AM and in the morning he have to get back to work, so he ask Mamang to drive him home coz he's totally drunk and start loosing body control, when he and Mamang left, everyone seen the drama start to mock around to what happen earlier, they put jokes on it some mocking on the old one "Stupid Old Asshole!" said one of them, and i just make a laugh on it.

I wondering and tell to my self, Maybe this is why god forbid human to consume alcohol, coz when human consume alcohol they have more tendency to show their weakness, dis-reputation when they loosing their conciseness.

To the old one, i hope you don't get drunk in a wrong place, in a wrong time with a wrong companion.

May god forgive us all.