Rant & Raves

“FREEZE!” shouted the LAX airport security officer, gun pointed at the suspect.

“Put the bags on the floor slowly, and walk away from the bags with your hands in the air!” shouted another officer, and the K-9 German Shepard was barking frantically at the suspect.

After the suspect put down his luggages on the floor slowly and raising his hands into the air, another airport security officer shouted, “Now back off, slowly, and get on your knees!”

When the suspect complied, one of the seven airport security officers got near and handcuffed the suspect. Two of the officers got down to the luggages, and opened the luggages as slowly as possible for the fear of explosive or other dangerous materials. The two K-9 dogs were still barking frantically until the officers gave them the command to be quiet.

“WHAT THE….” exclaimed one of the officers after opening the luggage.

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About two months before the incident, a Malaysian student in the University (the name of university will remain anonymous) in the States announced that he was going back home for vacation. A native Penang kid, he was friendly and very accomodating to all his friends. Since its a tradition that we all bring a little of something from back home, mainly food-related stuff (because it was difficult to get some of the ingredients in USA), he was asking his friends if they wanted something.

We compiled a short list for him because there was something which we wanted, and he took the list and flew off happily because it was such a long time since he last went home to see his family. All went well until 1 day before the incident.

The day before, he went on to the market to buy some of the stuff. While he was at the market, one of the merchant packed a package, and added something in powder form, into the package. Without realizing it, the guy put the whole package into the basket and continued shopping for the items in the list.

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In the luggage, the airport security officer found few packages that got the K-9 dogs barking, and also the list:

Item 1, Penang Asam Laksa, is a spicy noodle. Item 2, Durian, is a fruit. Durian, by nature, has an extremely strong ordor.

No wonder our friend got guns pointed at him and almost got arrested at the LAX airport.

Note:
This is based on a true story which was witnessed by a friend who accompanied the guy back to the university. Also, we wrote the list as a joke. But he showed that he was a true friend by buying those items.