Esok 31 Ogos, hari kebangsaan Malaysia. Dah 48 tahun dah kita ni merdeka. Aku di lahirkan 1 tahun selepas merdeka. Jadi tak tahu perit getir orang-orang dulu memerdekakan negara ni. Hubby was born in 1957 tapi susah nak kira jugak sebab masa merdeka tu dia baru 4 bulan lebih saja. Tak reti apa lagi masa tu. Cuma yang reti minum susu dan tidor, oblivious to masalah negara masa tu.
Jadinya kami dan generasi kami ni dah tahu banyak kesenangan dari kesusahan untuk mendapatkan kemerdekaan. Dengar cerita mak, ayah, datuk dan nenek tentang zaman Jepun dan orang putih pun boleh setakat dengar saja, susah nak menghayati keperitan hidup mereka masa tu. Mana tak nya celik mata negara dah merdeka, tak payah dok sembunyi dari Jepun takut kena tangkap dan dia bawa bekerja membina landasan keretapi "maut". Atau tak payah sembunyi takut diperkosa oleh tentera Jepun macam dalam cerita Embun tu. Atau cerita-cerita tentang makan ubi kayu kerana tak punya beras dan sebagainya.
Tambah-tambah generasi sekarang yang senang nak makan, fastfood merata2, sebut saja apa nak makan semua nya ada kat Malaysia ni. Jadi food haeven pulak lah tu. Kalau kat sana sini kita dengar ada kebuluran, kat Malaysia makanan kadang2 terbuang. Negara pun aman, tak ada huru hara, Alhamdulillah. Banyak dah kemajuan yang kita dapat tengok dan rasa. Banyak dah anak2 kita yang pandai-pandai, yang dapat peluang macam-macam dalam pelajaran dan lain2. Ramai jugak dah jutawan-jutawan di kalangan kita.
Tapi kadang kala, bila dah terlalu senang kita mungkin jugak terleka. Kita asyik dok citer sapa dapat AP dan banyak mana, lupa yang ada jugak orang kita yang kebulur, tinggal dalam kotak, makan nasi dengan air garam, dan lain-lain. Leka kita sampai ada yang tak takut mati dah dok asyik racing haram malam-malam. Khayal dengan macam-macam dadah yang juga menjadi tersangat canggih. Leka dengan mengejar dunia, sampai adab sopan kita dan anak2 pun tak terdidik, tak di praktik lagi dah. Asyik dok concentrate berapa A diorang nak dapat dalam exam kan.
Aku ni pun nak kata patriotik sangat pun tak jugak. Dah puas dah pak menteri dok suruh pasang bendera, aku tak pasang pun. Tapi bukanlah tak patriotik, kalau orang caci Malaysia, aku marah jugak. Kalau tengok report macam2 kat mana2 yang tak elok sakit hati jugak. Cuma tak tunjuk saja lah. Aku syukur aku dapat jadi rakyat Malaysia, senang segala serbi. Nak makanan halal senang, nak solat mana2 pun senang. Nak jalan-jalan makin tak senang sebab minyak dah naik. Tapi aman selalu. Aku doakan negara kita ni sentiasa aman dan damai, senang nak cari rezeki dan buat amal ibadah.
Untuk semua, kat sini aku nak ucapkan
SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI KEMERDEKAAN NEGARA KITA YANG KE 48,
KEPADA SEMUA RAKYAT MALAYSIA DI SELURUH DUNIA.
DOAKAN KESEJAHTERAAN NEGARA KITA INI.
Aku akan sibuk selepas hari ini. Jadi blog ni pun tak akan ada update untuk beberapa hari. Insyaallah bertemu kembali selepas ini.
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Ini apa yang Kampo tulis kat komen box. Terlalu indah kata2nya, menghiris perasaan hingga hampir mengalirkan airmata ku. Terimakasih po yang tak terhingga. Jadi di sini aku paparkan;
Nyanyian Kemerdekaan ...
Tatkala muncul hari peringatan
Tiga satu bulan lapan
Kau kibarkan Jalur Gemilang
Pada cermin dan bonet kenderaan
Berkibaran
Melayang
Bertaburan di atas jalan
Digelek diinjak tayar-tayar hitam
Dan di situ berakhirnya kegemilangan…
Tatkala muncul hari peringatan
Tiga satu bulan lapan
Kau cacakkan jalur gemilang
Di hujung laman
Berkibaran
Sendirian
Tak siapa yang memandang
Sehingga ia reput dan carik penuh koyakan
Tak siapa yang hiraukan
Dan di situ berakhirnya kegemilangan…
Tatkala muncul hari peringatan
Tiga satu bulan lapan
Kau anjurkan lumba haram
Berkejar-kejaran di jalan-jalan persekutuan
Dengan bendera kebanggaan berkibaran di belakang
Sehingga kau terkorban
Melanggar merempuh lori melintang
Dan mayatmu di selimutkan dengan Jalur Gemilang
Dan di situ berakhirnya kegemilangan…
Tatkala muncul hari peringatan
Tiga satu bulan lapan
Kau balutkan tubuh telanjang
Dengan jalur-jalur keghairahan
Sambil memberikan senyuman
Makna kemerdekaan yang dalam
Dalam helaian majalah tempatan
Dicampak dibuang
Dan di situ berakhirnya kegemilangan…
Tatkala muncul hari peringatan
Tiga satu bulan lapan
Kau bersorak riang
Menjerit melaung
Tanpa kau faham
Makna kemerdekaan.
Berakhirnya malam itu
Berakhirlah kegemilangan di situ
Tatkala muncul hari peringatan
Tiga satu bulan lapan
Aku sedekahkan surah Penghulu Al-Quran
Kepada Tok Janggut,
Datuk BahamanMat Kilau,Tok Gajah,
Hj. Abd. RahmanDatuk Maharajalela,
Tunku Abdul RahmanRentap,
Si Pitung dan para pemimpin
Kesatuan Para pejuang yang hanya tinggal nama
Hanya tinggal cerita
Hanya tercatat pada buku sejarah lama
Dan kegemilangan terus berpanjangan
Sehingga ke akhir zaman.
~po.
August 30, 2005
August 28, 2005
Salah Siapa?
Hari Khamis, malam Jumaat baru ni Angah ada bawak 4 orang kawan dia tidor di rumah kami. Siang-siang dia dah beritahu aku pasal tu. Aku kata OK lah sebab dia dah beritahu awal tu. Sebabnya pada hari Jumaat diorang ada tournament, jadi yang datang tumpang tidor kat rumah ni yang tinggal kat Penang Island sana. Datang training hari Khamis terus tinggal sampai Jumaat. Susah kalau diaorang nak balik rumah dan nak datang pulak pagi-pagi esoknya. Tournament tu kat Stadium di Bertam Kepala Batas (dekat dengan kampung Pak Lah).
Aku tak kisah sangat diorang nak datang menumpang ni. Tapi yang aku tak berapa sedap ni adalah perangai anak2 remaja sekarang ni. Nak kata biadap tak boleh, tapi nak kata tidak pun tak boleh.
Dulu-dulu zaman aku remaja, kalau ada orang datang bertandang, atau kalau kita bertandang ke rumah orang, lebih-lebih kalau kita menumpang tidor kat sana, kita akan berjumpa dengan tuan rumah. Bersalam dan bertanya khabar. Masa nak balik pun sama. Tapi ni tidak, jadi rumah aku ni macam hotel pulak. Aku balik, bukan diorang tak nampak aku masuk rumah, sapa pun tak mai bersalam. Masa aku masak untuk diorang pun tak ada sapa nak mai nak jenguk muka nak tanya khabar. Bukan depa tak biasa datang, walaupun ada yang baru datang. Tapi setiap kali datang aku nampak macam gitu lah gayanya.
Anak2 aku, kami train untuk datang bersalam dengan tetamu especially kalau tetamu tu saudara mara yang datang. Lepas tu diorang nak disappear, it's OK, tetapi semasa tetamu nak balik dipanggil semula untuk bersalam dengan tetamu tadi. Samalah kalau ke rumah kakak ipar atau saudara mana tu kenalah make sure diorang bersalam dengan orang-orang yang lebih tua.
Ia lah aku balik masa diorang dah masuk rumah, mungkin tengah mandi atau solat ke apa. Itu tak kisah, tapi kalau nampak tuan rumah it is only courteous to salam. Ini tidak, buat derk je tu.
Esoknya, pun sama, hanya dua orang je yang keluar tolong buat kerja prepare food untuk diorang tu. Angah bawak balik 10 bungkus bihun untuk di goreng untuk diorang masa tournament tu. Anak-anak dara ni buat sandwich sardin. Aku pun lepas dah goreng bihun, aku pergi mandi dan siap. Aku cakap aku kat Angah aku akan hantar diorang sebab tak sampai hati nak biarkan naik bas dengan barang-barang yang banyak tu. Lepas tu bas bukan sampai ke stadium, kena menapak lebik kurang 1 km lagi dari bus stand ke stadium.
Tapi bila sampai di stadium, cuma anak-anak gadis yang dari kampung aku saja yang tegur dan cakap terimakasih, datang salam cium tangan. Yang lain, yang tidor kat rumah aku, makan dan naik keretaku langsung tak datang salam atau ucap terimakasih. Bukanlah aku mengharap sangat cuma aku rasa agak biadap bagi sesiapa pun yang dalam keadaan macam ni akan terasa kesal dengan sikap anak-anak remaja kita ni.
Salah siapa agaknya ye? Mak bapak diorang ke? Aku ke sebab aku tak tegur diorang ? Atau aku nampak serius sangat sampai diorang takut? Tapi kenapa yang dah biasa tu boleh pulak cakap "terimakasih makcik" ? Kita hanya dapat mendidik anak-anak kita, anak-anak orang lain? Anak-anak aku pun bukan lah perfect tapi, tak lah sampai tak reti nak appreciate budi orang.
Aku tak kisah sangat diorang nak datang menumpang ni. Tapi yang aku tak berapa sedap ni adalah perangai anak2 remaja sekarang ni. Nak kata biadap tak boleh, tapi nak kata tidak pun tak boleh.
Dulu-dulu zaman aku remaja, kalau ada orang datang bertandang, atau kalau kita bertandang ke rumah orang, lebih-lebih kalau kita menumpang tidor kat sana, kita akan berjumpa dengan tuan rumah. Bersalam dan bertanya khabar. Masa nak balik pun sama. Tapi ni tidak, jadi rumah aku ni macam hotel pulak. Aku balik, bukan diorang tak nampak aku masuk rumah, sapa pun tak mai bersalam. Masa aku masak untuk diorang pun tak ada sapa nak mai nak jenguk muka nak tanya khabar. Bukan depa tak biasa datang, walaupun ada yang baru datang. Tapi setiap kali datang aku nampak macam gitu lah gayanya.
Anak2 aku, kami train untuk datang bersalam dengan tetamu especially kalau tetamu tu saudara mara yang datang. Lepas tu diorang nak disappear, it's OK, tetapi semasa tetamu nak balik dipanggil semula untuk bersalam dengan tetamu tadi. Samalah kalau ke rumah kakak ipar atau saudara mana tu kenalah make sure diorang bersalam dengan orang-orang yang lebih tua.
Ia lah aku balik masa diorang dah masuk rumah, mungkin tengah mandi atau solat ke apa. Itu tak kisah, tapi kalau nampak tuan rumah it is only courteous to salam. Ini tidak, buat derk je tu.
Esoknya, pun sama, hanya dua orang je yang keluar tolong buat kerja prepare food untuk diorang tu. Angah bawak balik 10 bungkus bihun untuk di goreng untuk diorang masa tournament tu. Anak-anak dara ni buat sandwich sardin. Aku pun lepas dah goreng bihun, aku pergi mandi dan siap. Aku cakap aku kat Angah aku akan hantar diorang sebab tak sampai hati nak biarkan naik bas dengan barang-barang yang banyak tu. Lepas tu bas bukan sampai ke stadium, kena menapak lebik kurang 1 km lagi dari bus stand ke stadium.
Tapi bila sampai di stadium, cuma anak-anak gadis yang dari kampung aku saja yang tegur dan cakap terimakasih, datang salam cium tangan. Yang lain, yang tidor kat rumah aku, makan dan naik keretaku langsung tak datang salam atau ucap terimakasih. Bukanlah aku mengharap sangat cuma aku rasa agak biadap bagi sesiapa pun yang dalam keadaan macam ni akan terasa kesal dengan sikap anak-anak remaja kita ni.
Salah siapa agaknya ye? Mak bapak diorang ke? Aku ke sebab aku tak tegur diorang ? Atau aku nampak serius sangat sampai diorang takut? Tapi kenapa yang dah biasa tu boleh pulak cakap "terimakasih makcik" ? Kita hanya dapat mendidik anak-anak kita, anak-anak orang lain? Anak-anak aku pun bukan lah perfect tapi, tak lah sampai tak reti nak appreciate budi orang.
August 25, 2005
Jumpa-Jumpa, Makan-Makan
Disclaimer : Sapa2 yang dah tak tahan dah nak baca entry pasal makanan ni baik stop sini saja. I won't be responsible for the drool that suddently dropped onto your lap.
Actually, segan jugaklah nak tulis cerita pasal makan ni. Nanti you all kata AuntyN ni tak de cerita lain asyik, makan, makan, makan. Tapi kalau tak cerita tu nak cerita apa lagi kan. Aku ni bukan ada projek-projek besar yang aku buat yang boleh dibanggakan. Itu yang hubby selalu kata aku selalu waste time on the internet. Dari dok chat atau surf tu buat lah projek apa-apa. Tapi kan nak buat projek apa, aku pun tak tau. Dah lah idea tak ada, modal jauh sekali. Kalau mega projek tu mesti nak mega modal jugak kan, kalau mini projek tu, nanti tak berbaloi pulak, buat lekat celah gigi je tu. Mak oi, ambitious nya aku ni. Need to start from small lah kan tak kan terus nak berlari sedangkan nak berjalan pun tak reti lagi..
Jadinya buat hari ni nak cerita pasal makan-makan jugaklah.
As you all know MakAndeh and Brood are in the North. Naturally we did make a date to meet up. When we chat, when she was in Alor Star, I was telling her the Mee Udang I took Ayu Narfy and her mom. I have to use the nicks because there are a few AYUs around the blog. Let me digress a bit OK. There are Puteri Ayu, Ayu Narfy and Ayu (Kawan Delinn), just to name a few. Awat mak pak depa suka sangat nama Ayu aku pun tak tau. Even anak kakak ipar aku pun ada nama Ayu. Sebab nama Ayu tu ayu gitu agaknya, banyak ciri keMelayuannya, nama yang menggambarkan kelembutan seorang wanita. Ladies, betul ke tu?
Anyway, since last Saturday, aku ni dok jumpa-jumpa kawan-kawan dan makan-makan lah. Saturday bawak Ayu Narfy dengan mak dia pi makan mee udang, aku semawa kat MakAndeh and brood bila diorang datang Penang. dah set date dan time nak jumpa dengan MakAndeh, ada pulak another blogger kata nak ikut. Dia YM aku boleh ke ikut, I said no problem kalau MakAndeh kata OK.
Jadinya, malam tu aku bawak anak-anak, MakAndeh dengan Brood, Jiwarasa datang solo, sebab dia kalau weekday dia memang solo. Jiwarasa pun terlambat sampai kami dah habis makan dia baru nampak muka. Itupun pertama kali dia jumpa kami. Terimakasih kerana share belanja malam tu. Dah balik rumah aku baru realise aku tak tanya pun nama sebenar En Jiwarasa ni, jadi kena pakai blogger's nickname sajalah nampaknya.
Mak-mak asyik sembang anak-anak sampai naik boring jugaklah. Kesian depa ni. Tapi tak bawak pun kesian jugaklah sebab cuti sekolah asyik terperuk kat rumah tu. Dalam minggu ni aku dah dua kali makan mee udang tu. I hope it was a good experience for MakAndeh and brood. Untuk anak-anak aku, diorang dah pernah pergi tapi dah lama dah so lupa dah, ada yang kata dah pernah, ada yang kata belum lagi. Kami pun bukan selalu makan kat situ pun. Sekali sekala je tu.
Petang semalam, salah sorang dari my former classmate (Fiscone 76) called aku. Dia kata dia masa tu ada kat the Summit Hotel di BM tu. Since dia duduk overnite saja aku bawak dia pi makan lah. Tak, aku tak bawak dia pi makan mee udang dah. Teruk nanti kolestrol aku naik dek penangan mee udang 2 malam bertutut-turut. Aku bawak dia pi makan di Key's Char Koey Teow di Seberang Jaya. Dulu gerai tepi jalan saja, sekarang dah jadi macam foodcourt dah tu. They are doing really well there, aku rasa bangga jugak tengok kegigihan tauke Char Koay Teow tu sampai ke tahap itu. Bukan Melayu tak boleh berniaga sebenarnya, dia ni aku rasa salah sorang yang berjaya, bertapak dari kecil, sehingga ke tahap sekarang.
Sembang kami pun rancaklah. Zue ni dah kematian suami sejak 3 tahun dulu, anak dia semuanya lelaki 5 orang dari 23 tahun ke 13 tahun yang kecil sekali. Aku tanya dia antara classmate kami sapa yang paling awal kawin. Kata dia si Ras tu lah, sebab anak dia tu dah 24 tahun. Si Ras ni adalah tomboy kelas kami dulu. Gaya saja tomboy tapi wanita sejati. Jadi kami yang "lady-like" ni pun kalah dengan dia ni. Itulah yang dikatakan jodoh pertemuan dia tangan Tuhan. Walau sudah bertudung tapi masih jugak nampak ke"boyishness" dia tu. Hensem tau anak lelaki si Ras tu.
I was telling Zue, that we were so engrossed in reminescing the past we forgot to update ourselves with our current situation. She was also suprised when I told her that I had met a lot of new friends on the internet. I am trying to compile all my friends contact numbers and keep on updating them from time to time.
Since hubby tak ada di rumah this week, Ayin dok teman aku tido malam kat bilik aku. Bukan takut, sajalah suka2, nak manja2 dengan anak pulak. Setiap malam dia diorang datang bilik aku either lepak-lepak tengok TV, chat dengan Kak Long or main computer games.
(Ayin & Sya depan PC kat bilik)
Jerebu pun dah OK dah, sebab hujan selalu minggu ini. Aku pun suka sebab tak payah nak siram pokok banyak2 dah. Cuma yang ada kat bawah bumbung saja yang siram tu. Tak penat sangat. Relax memanjang. Nampak gaya nak kena cari hobby yang lebih baik ni. Nak buat apa ekk? Aku ni bukan jenis yang suka buat cross-stitch dan yang sewaktu dengan nya. Masalah jugak tu...
Actually, segan jugaklah nak tulis cerita pasal makan ni. Nanti you all kata AuntyN ni tak de cerita lain asyik, makan, makan, makan. Tapi kalau tak cerita tu nak cerita apa lagi kan. Aku ni bukan ada projek-projek besar yang aku buat yang boleh dibanggakan. Itu yang hubby selalu kata aku selalu waste time on the internet. Dari dok chat atau surf tu buat lah projek apa-apa. Tapi kan nak buat projek apa, aku pun tak tau. Dah lah idea tak ada, modal jauh sekali. Kalau mega projek tu mesti nak mega modal jugak kan, kalau mini projek tu, nanti tak berbaloi pulak, buat lekat celah gigi je tu. Mak oi, ambitious nya aku ni. Need to start from small lah kan tak kan terus nak berlari sedangkan nak berjalan pun tak reti lagi..
Jadinya buat hari ni nak cerita pasal makan-makan jugaklah.
As you all know MakAndeh and Brood are in the North. Naturally we did make a date to meet up. When we chat, when she was in Alor Star, I was telling her the Mee Udang I took Ayu Narfy and her mom. I have to use the nicks because there are a few AYUs around the blog. Let me digress a bit OK. There are Puteri Ayu, Ayu Narfy and Ayu (Kawan Delinn), just to name a few. Awat mak pak depa suka sangat nama Ayu aku pun tak tau. Even anak kakak ipar aku pun ada nama Ayu. Sebab nama Ayu tu ayu gitu agaknya, banyak ciri keMelayuannya, nama yang menggambarkan kelembutan seorang wanita. Ladies, betul ke tu?
Anyway, since last Saturday, aku ni dok jumpa-jumpa kawan-kawan dan makan-makan lah. Saturday bawak Ayu Narfy dengan mak dia pi makan mee udang, aku semawa kat MakAndeh and brood bila diorang datang Penang. dah set date dan time nak jumpa dengan MakAndeh, ada pulak another blogger kata nak ikut. Dia YM aku boleh ke ikut, I said no problem kalau MakAndeh kata OK.
Jadinya, malam tu aku bawak anak-anak, MakAndeh dengan Brood, Jiwarasa datang solo, sebab dia kalau weekday dia memang solo. Jiwarasa pun terlambat sampai kami dah habis makan dia baru nampak muka. Itupun pertama kali dia jumpa kami. Terimakasih kerana share belanja malam tu. Dah balik rumah aku baru realise aku tak tanya pun nama sebenar En Jiwarasa ni, jadi kena pakai blogger's nickname sajalah nampaknya.
Mak-mak asyik sembang anak-anak sampai naik boring jugaklah. Kesian depa ni. Tapi tak bawak pun kesian jugaklah sebab cuti sekolah asyik terperuk kat rumah tu. Dalam minggu ni aku dah dua kali makan mee udang tu. I hope it was a good experience for MakAndeh and brood. Untuk anak-anak aku, diorang dah pernah pergi tapi dah lama dah so lupa dah, ada yang kata dah pernah, ada yang kata belum lagi. Kami pun bukan selalu makan kat situ pun. Sekali sekala je tu.
Petang semalam, salah sorang dari my former classmate (Fiscone 76) called aku. Dia kata dia masa tu ada kat the Summit Hotel di BM tu. Since dia duduk overnite saja aku bawak dia pi makan lah. Tak, aku tak bawak dia pi makan mee udang dah. Teruk nanti kolestrol aku naik dek penangan mee udang 2 malam bertutut-turut. Aku bawak dia pi makan di Key's Char Koey Teow di Seberang Jaya. Dulu gerai tepi jalan saja, sekarang dah jadi macam foodcourt dah tu. They are doing really well there, aku rasa bangga jugak tengok kegigihan tauke Char Koay Teow tu sampai ke tahap itu. Bukan Melayu tak boleh berniaga sebenarnya, dia ni aku rasa salah sorang yang berjaya, bertapak dari kecil, sehingga ke tahap sekarang.
Sembang kami pun rancaklah. Zue ni dah kematian suami sejak 3 tahun dulu, anak dia semuanya lelaki 5 orang dari 23 tahun ke 13 tahun yang kecil sekali. Aku tanya dia antara classmate kami sapa yang paling awal kawin. Kata dia si Ras tu lah, sebab anak dia tu dah 24 tahun. Si Ras ni adalah tomboy kelas kami dulu. Gaya saja tomboy tapi wanita sejati. Jadi kami yang "lady-like" ni pun kalah dengan dia ni. Itulah yang dikatakan jodoh pertemuan dia tangan Tuhan. Walau sudah bertudung tapi masih jugak nampak ke"boyishness" dia tu. Hensem tau anak lelaki si Ras tu.
I was telling Zue, that we were so engrossed in reminescing the past we forgot to update ourselves with our current situation. She was also suprised when I told her that I had met a lot of new friends on the internet. I am trying to compile all my friends contact numbers and keep on updating them from time to time.
Since hubby tak ada di rumah this week, Ayin dok teman aku tido malam kat bilik aku. Bukan takut, sajalah suka2, nak manja2 dengan anak pulak. Setiap malam dia diorang datang bilik aku either lepak-lepak tengok TV, chat dengan Kak Long or main computer games.
(Ayin & Sya depan PC kat bilik)
Jerebu pun dah OK dah, sebab hujan selalu minggu ini. Aku pun suka sebab tak payah nak siram pokok banyak2 dah. Cuma yang ada kat bawah bumbung saja yang siram tu. Tak penat sangat. Relax memanjang. Nampak gaya nak kena cari hobby yang lebih baik ni. Nak buat apa ekk? Aku ni bukan jenis yang suka buat cross-stitch dan yang sewaktu dengan nya. Masalah jugak tu...
August 23, 2005
Syaer Si Isteri Di Kampung
Ni tempias dari Kak Teh's syaer mode lah ni....
Tercetus kisah si isteri yang walang,
Merindu suami bernama Awang
Dua purnama sang suami pulang
Namun rindu sang isteri tidak berkurang
Lain pulak cerita di seberang benua
Isteri ditinggal seminggu sahaja
Pergi ke kota kerana bekerja
Isteri terasa lega adanya
Ciuman di beri di kedua pipi
Sambil berpesan menjaga diri
Semua tanaman jangan dibiar mati
Perlu disiram petang dan pagi
Hati isteri mulanya gembira
Dapat bersenang sekeringat dua
Namun bila malamnya tiba
Kamar menjadi kurang ceria
Mula isteri menghitung hari
Rindu sudah dapat dirasai
Guling di peluk dingin sekali
Tiada dengkuran menghibur hati
Tiada lah lama suaminya pergi
Bukanlah pulak jauh sekali
Tak perlu merintih berperi-peri
Habis tugas dia kembali
Doa buat para suami
Agar tugas selamat dijalani
Seperti apa yang di kehendaki
Allah sentiasa memberkati
Rindu isteri sentiasa membara
Menunggu suami pulang segera
Pastikan di sambut dengan mesra
Agar kasih bertaut semula
Isyy, isyyy, isyyy, jiwang sungguh aku ni no?...
Tercetus kisah si isteri yang walang,
Merindu suami bernama Awang
Dua purnama sang suami pulang
Namun rindu sang isteri tidak berkurang
Lain pulak cerita di seberang benua
Isteri ditinggal seminggu sahaja
Pergi ke kota kerana bekerja
Isteri terasa lega adanya
Ciuman di beri di kedua pipi
Sambil berpesan menjaga diri
Semua tanaman jangan dibiar mati
Perlu disiram petang dan pagi
Hati isteri mulanya gembira
Dapat bersenang sekeringat dua
Namun bila malamnya tiba
Kamar menjadi kurang ceria
Mula isteri menghitung hari
Rindu sudah dapat dirasai
Guling di peluk dingin sekali
Tiada dengkuran menghibur hati
Tiada lah lama suaminya pergi
Bukanlah pulak jauh sekali
Tak perlu merintih berperi-peri
Habis tugas dia kembali
Doa buat para suami
Agar tugas selamat dijalani
Seperti apa yang di kehendaki
Allah sentiasa memberkati
Rindu isteri sentiasa membara
Menunggu suami pulang segera
Pastikan di sambut dengan mesra
Agar kasih bertaut semula
Isyy, isyyy, isyyy, jiwang sungguh aku ni no?...
August 22, 2005
The Blind Date
Ailin, jangan jeles no? Aunty date your Mom and your sis last Saturday. The others, please drool to see what we eat OK, when Ayu put up the photo? (In my haste, I forgot to bring my camera with me).
I got this SMS from Ayu on Friday
Ayu : Aunty free tak nak pi makan esok? My mum baru balik last night
Me : Sat! nak tanya "bos" hehehe
Ayu : Hehe, mintak cuti for a few hours lah. keke
Me : (a couple of minutes later ) Yahoo!! Boleh pi date, jumpa pukul 4pm kat mee udang OK?
Ayu : Yeay! ok!! I'll call you if I can't find the place. hehe
Me : Maybe I'll wait for u in front of the mesjid Sbg Jaya?
Ayu : OK ! That would work.
Me : My car no is P** 1****, c u at about 4pm
Ayu : Ours is P** **, see you!!
All set then. The blind date with the girl who went target practice in Oklahoma. I have no gun to offer only mee udang!!!. How would that be compared to the time she enjoyed herself in the boonies. So I just hope and pray that I have got an aura as good as Mawi, for her to like me at first sight.
As promised, I met up with her at the appointed place. I was about 10 minutes later than them. I hope they didn't mind. The first sentence Ayu's mom said to me was "Kat mana lah jumpa dengan anak I ni?" She was dumbfounded I think that we could know each other virtually and was ready to have a meal together. I just told her she was in the US and I am in Malaysia. Ayu's mom looks younger than her age, she is friendly and I can get along well with her. We just seem to hit on like we have known each other before. Even Dato Fadzilah Kamsah who were sitting at the next table was ignored by us.
We ordered mee udang and bihun for Ayu's mom. I hope they enjoyed the meal, it wasn't much really but, I enjoyed their companies. Both Ayu's mom and I had the air kelapa (from the fruit itself, eventhough we do know, at our age, ayaq nyiok is a total no no). Minum dulu, sakit urat tu sapu minyak later kan. We ordered another drink each after that. We talked about a lot of things, Ayu and I were explaining how blogging works etc., we kind of persuade her to learn. So daughters beware, if your mom does eventually learn to blog, all your secrets will no longer be secrets I think hehehe. And I would welcome another makcik to join us the "golden ladies bloggers". But I am sure if she ever blog, Ayu's sister will surely blame me for her time spent in front of the PC. If she does, I think she will be a great hit. So Ayu and Ailin, I like your mom, will try to keep in contact if I ever go to Penang Island (if she is around).
Ayu, I hope you have a good taste of mee udang and my company the other day. If you think you want another dose of the succulent prawns, before you go back to to the US, please give me a call. We can go there again. Or want to try Mee Ketam Kuala Juru next?
I got this SMS from Ayu on Friday
Ayu : Aunty free tak nak pi makan esok? My mum baru balik last night
Me : Sat! nak tanya "bos" hehehe
Ayu : Hehe, mintak cuti for a few hours lah. keke
Me : (a couple of minutes later ) Yahoo!! Boleh pi date, jumpa pukul 4pm kat mee udang OK?
Ayu : Yeay! ok!! I'll call you if I can't find the place. hehe
Me : Maybe I'll wait for u in front of the mesjid Sbg Jaya?
Ayu : OK ! That would work.
Me : My car no is P** 1****, c u at about 4pm
Ayu : Ours is P** **, see you!!
All set then. The blind date with the girl who went target practice in Oklahoma. I have no gun to offer only mee udang!!!. How would that be compared to the time she enjoyed herself in the boonies. So I just hope and pray that I have got an aura as good as Mawi, for her to like me at first sight.
As promised, I met up with her at the appointed place. I was about 10 minutes later than them. I hope they didn't mind. The first sentence Ayu's mom said to me was "Kat mana lah jumpa dengan anak I ni?" She was dumbfounded I think that we could know each other virtually and was ready to have a meal together. I just told her she was in the US and I am in Malaysia. Ayu's mom looks younger than her age, she is friendly and I can get along well with her. We just seem to hit on like we have known each other before. Even Dato Fadzilah Kamsah who were sitting at the next table was ignored by us.
We ordered mee udang and bihun for Ayu's mom. I hope they enjoyed the meal, it wasn't much really but, I enjoyed their companies. Both Ayu's mom and I had the air kelapa (from the fruit itself, eventhough we do know, at our age, ayaq nyiok is a total no no). Minum dulu, sakit urat tu sapu minyak later kan. We ordered another drink each after that. We talked about a lot of things, Ayu and I were explaining how blogging works etc., we kind of persuade her to learn. So daughters beware, if your mom does eventually learn to blog, all your secrets will no longer be secrets I think hehehe. And I would welcome another makcik to join us the "golden ladies bloggers". But I am sure if she ever blog, Ayu's sister will surely blame me for her time spent in front of the PC. If she does, I think she will be a great hit. So Ayu and Ailin, I like your mom, will try to keep in contact if I ever go to Penang Island (if she is around).
Ayu, I hope you have a good taste of mee udang and my company the other day. If you think you want another dose of the succulent prawns, before you go back to to the US, please give me a call. We can go there again. Or want to try Mee Ketam Kuala Juru next?
August 19, 2005
CSI
I like CSI, yes, the TV series CSI=Crime Scene Investigation. I know a lot of you out there like CSI as well. In fact if time permitted I would watch all the 3 CSIs. CSI, CSI=Miami and CSI=NY. But I like the original CSI the best. Maybe it was the "chemistry-trained" in me that make me like the series so much. I am fully aware that since it is a TV series that they are potrayed as a very glamourous job, those acted the parts are potrayed as being such noble and professional criminalist or chemists as they are called in Malaysia.
Last year when I restricted my daughters to watch TV during the week-nights, I would still allow them to watch CSIs. Kak Long's interest in chemistry grew by watching CSI. Hubby does not like it because he said it is a slow show, no action. He prefers action packed, people shooting bullets at other people or smacking people's anatomy with their fists or legs. Too violent.
I remembered between third and final year in USM, we had a chance to do a practical or industrial training. I was very interested in analytical chemistry at that time. The lectures was an old, small size and disabled man (tempang, but the type with very strong willpower). He used to work in the Jabatan Kimia Pulau Pinang before he applied to further his study and became the lecturer in USM. A friend Ainon and I were accepted to do a practical training in the Chemistry Department (near the GH) in Penang during the holidays. If not mistaken we were there for 6 weeks. So we had the chance to actually be hands on with the work of the Chemistry department (2 weeks at each lab). We were not allowed to do even enter the crime lab for obvious reason.
2 weeks each were spent in the labs, strating with the microbiology lab where they will have to cultivate and study spores, algae and microorganism. More on the food and water contamination for those sample sents for evaluation by other government department (DOE and the likes). At that time this lab was run by a lady chemist. Then we were in the water lab where they calculate the BOD and COD of the water samples. Maybe Hana Kirana and OOD will be able to give a proper definition of the two terms. I think with more polluted rivers all over Malaysia, this lab is busier now then previously. The next lab which we were able to enter and help with actual work was the food lab. We heard that the staffs (they were understaff then) were looking forward for us to be there for 2 weeks. Free labour, who don't want right?. This lab would analyse the dye stuff used in the food whether they are what the manufacturer claimed that they were, the % of rice as per claimed on the packet, whether the tea leaves were added with colourings, those kind of stuff.
On the last day of our stay there we did request to enter the crime lab. Due to the fact that the lecturer used to work there, we were given the permission. I can actually relate the way the bullets were matched in CSI and in the crime lab was very similar. Using the microscope to match the groove made by the fired bullet. At that point DNA, were not as popular as now, and finger prints were still being matched manually by samples.
Back then, most things were very manually done. Even the chromotogaphy was done very manually for the die to be seperated in their different "wavelength". I hope the instruments have been upgraded. To see the CSIs do their jobs so fast and efficient with the help of the most sophisticated gadgets and software, I wonder whether our Chemistry Depts are as sophisticated. I wouldn't mind working in such environment potrayed in the CSI. In fact I think I would have loved it. I would be able to actually practice my chemistry knowledge. But, being a criminal chemist is a stressful job, you really have to be so thorough to be able to handle all the questions posted in court by the defense lawyer. I was told that one of the Chemists in Penang at that time, wrap and re-wrap the evidence 8 times!! to make sure she wrapped the right thing. It was troublesome because the evidence need to be sealed when they are brought to the court.
On the funny side, I was told sometimes by some people that they can "open up" to me because I seemed to have asked the "right" questions. I remembered some of my friends used to tell me their problems. Maybe I am just a good listener or maybe I also a good CSI ?
To those who like CSI which CSI character do you like?
I like Grissom, my daughter Kak Long like the DNA guy in CSI, what his name? I can't remember.
Last year when I restricted my daughters to watch TV during the week-nights, I would still allow them to watch CSIs. Kak Long's interest in chemistry grew by watching CSI. Hubby does not like it because he said it is a slow show, no action. He prefers action packed, people shooting bullets at other people or smacking people's anatomy with their fists or legs. Too violent.
I remembered between third and final year in USM, we had a chance to do a practical or industrial training. I was very interested in analytical chemistry at that time. The lectures was an old, small size and disabled man (tempang, but the type with very strong willpower). He used to work in the Jabatan Kimia Pulau Pinang before he applied to further his study and became the lecturer in USM. A friend Ainon and I were accepted to do a practical training in the Chemistry Department (near the GH) in Penang during the holidays. If not mistaken we were there for 6 weeks. So we had the chance to actually be hands on with the work of the Chemistry department (2 weeks at each lab). We were not allowed to do even enter the crime lab for obvious reason.
2 weeks each were spent in the labs, strating with the microbiology lab where they will have to cultivate and study spores, algae and microorganism. More on the food and water contamination for those sample sents for evaluation by other government department (DOE and the likes). At that time this lab was run by a lady chemist. Then we were in the water lab where they calculate the BOD and COD of the water samples. Maybe Hana Kirana and OOD will be able to give a proper definition of the two terms. I think with more polluted rivers all over Malaysia, this lab is busier now then previously. The next lab which we were able to enter and help with actual work was the food lab. We heard that the staffs (they were understaff then) were looking forward for us to be there for 2 weeks. Free labour, who don't want right?. This lab would analyse the dye stuff used in the food whether they are what the manufacturer claimed that they were, the % of rice as per claimed on the packet, whether the tea leaves were added with colourings, those kind of stuff.
On the last day of our stay there we did request to enter the crime lab. Due to the fact that the lecturer used to work there, we were given the permission. I can actually relate the way the bullets were matched in CSI and in the crime lab was very similar. Using the microscope to match the groove made by the fired bullet. At that point DNA, were not as popular as now, and finger prints were still being matched manually by samples.
Back then, most things were very manually done. Even the chromotogaphy was done very manually for the die to be seperated in their different "wavelength". I hope the instruments have been upgraded. To see the CSIs do their jobs so fast and efficient with the help of the most sophisticated gadgets and software, I wonder whether our Chemistry Depts are as sophisticated. I wouldn't mind working in such environment potrayed in the CSI. In fact I think I would have loved it. I would be able to actually practice my chemistry knowledge. But, being a criminal chemist is a stressful job, you really have to be so thorough to be able to handle all the questions posted in court by the defense lawyer. I was told that one of the Chemists in Penang at that time, wrap and re-wrap the evidence 8 times!! to make sure she wrapped the right thing. It was troublesome because the evidence need to be sealed when they are brought to the court.
On the funny side, I was told sometimes by some people that they can "open up" to me because I seemed to have asked the "right" questions. I remembered some of my friends used to tell me their problems. Maybe I am just a good listener or maybe I also a good CSI ?
To those who like CSI which CSI character do you like?
I like Grissom, my daughter Kak Long like the DNA guy in CSI, what his name? I can't remember.
August 17, 2005
Honeymoon Ke Ni?
Isyyy, isyyyy, isyyyy, makin menjadi pulak dua orang tua ni. Apa hal sampai tak keluar bilik langsung tu!!!!!. Tak malu kat anak-anak ke?
Apa nak malu aih, anak-anak semua pi sekolah, mak balik rumah dia, yang ada bibik saja dok buat kerja kat luar tu. Apa lagi makin menjadi lah tu.
Alahai, korang ni, mesti fikir yang bukan-bukan kan? Atau pun tak tau hujung pangkal. Apa lah yang si auntyN ni dok merapu ni no?...
Actually, kelmarin aku tak pi kerja sebab kurang sihat kan. Hubby pun dia sejak dari Isnin dah memang cuti. Kata dia nak kemas rumah sebab nanti nak kenduri. Lambat lagi? Minggu depan hubby nak pergi outstation seminggu, bila balik mungkin banyak sangat nak buat jadi dia nak kemas lah sikit-sikit mana yang termampu sebelum dia pergi. Dah dia tengok aku pun nak ponteng kerja, dia pun naik malaslah nak pergi kerja jugak tu.
Lepas dia hantar anak-anak ke sekolah, dia masuk balik bilik tidor. Badan dah rasa lemah tu, lepas solat subuh aku tarik balik selimut tu.Dekat pukul 9.30 pagi baru bangun breakfast kami dua orang. Dah tu hubby dok print kad jemputan. PC kat dalam bilik tidor jugak. Aku tolong lah jugak, aku print dia potong, buat simple saja, tak payah keuar banyak belanja, sebab duda kawin janda je kan. Shah mula tu tak nak buat kad pun, tapi kami ingat senang nak buat memanggil jemputan tu, tak payah nak explain banyak-banyak jadi buat jugak lah kad tu. Dah almost siap hubby call abang long, tanya nak kad yang dah siap. Abang Long datang ke rumah. Sambil sembang, sambil print , sambil aku dok chat, sambil hubby dok potong dan lipat kad.
Lepas tu, aku mandi ingat nak keluar pergi klinik, dah ayin called suruh ambik dia kat sekolah. Dia pun dua tiga malam dok sakit kepala, jadi aku tangguhlah nak pergi klinik tu sebab nak bawak Ayin sekali. Lepas ambik dia kat sekolah pukul 2.30 petang baru aku pergilah. Merengkok lagi atas katil, terlelap jugaklah sampai pukul 2.00 baru sedar. Itupun hubby kejutkan tu. Bangun solat zuhur then keluar ambik ayin, terus ke klinik. Aku cakap badan lenguh-lenguh, doktor periksa blood pressure tapi normal je lah katanya. Dia bagi ubat ajelah. Lepas ke klinik, singgah makan kat kedai makan dengan ayin, beli mee kari untuk hubby, balik rumah makan ubat. Masuk balik bilik berlabuh atas katil lagi sambil tunggu azan Asar. Itu je lah kerja aku seharian.
Petang, dah asyik duduk memerap kat dalam bilik tu, aku dan hubby ingat nak keluarkan peluh sikit, kami buat kerja bersihkan laman lah sehingga maghrib tu. Berpeluh jugaklah jadinya. Tak lah mandom sangat dah rasanya. Selepas maghrib, ingat nak online dah kena deny dengan streamyx. Laaa, aku lupa bayar bill rupanya. Esoklah nampak gayanya.
Semasa dok prepare dinner untuk hubby tu, tiba2 loceng pagar berbunyi. Aku suruh Syia tengokkan, dia kata ada orang tanya mama. Aku pergi tengok, ada sorang lelaki dengan 2 anak dia datang. Dia intorduce sapa dia dan kata dia nak pinjam duit kat aku. Katanya ada kematian, mentua dia meninggal di Kuala Kedah sana tu. Nak pinjam dengan taukey tempat kerja, taukey tak nak bagi. (Aku agak dah terlalu banyak dah memnjam, kut). Dia ada kata dia jumpa abang long aku, abang kata dia pun tak ada duit. Jadi dia mai cari aku lah. Aku tak berapa kenal dengan dia, tapi serba salah jugaklah jadinya aku ni. Sebab, kalau tak terdesak tak kan dia sanggup nak cari kami, kan. Orang yang dia tak berapa kenal, tak bagi pun tak boleh jugak (Am I so gullible after all?). Aku cuba call abang long tak dapat. Masa abang long datang, aku tanya dia, dia kata tak ada pun orang tu datang cari dia tu. Apa-apapun, dah kesian aku bagi jugaklah. Dia mintak RM250, tapi aku kata tak adalah (entah dia pun tak percaya tu, biar lah kan). Aku cuma bagi RM100 saja. Dia kata 5hb nanti dia bayar balik. Aku pun tak sure nak dapat balik ke tak, kalau tak ada tu kira sedekah sajalah, dah rezeki dia kan.
Dah asyik memerap memanjang kat dalam bilik seharian siang tadi tu, hubby dok gelak sambil kata yang kami ni cuti, honeymoon kat dalam bilik. Honeymoon apa nya dah tua-tua gini ni kan? Kalau muda-muda dulu tu asyik cari peluang je lah nak berhoneymoon macam tu kan.Hehehe.
Apa nak malu aih, anak-anak semua pi sekolah, mak balik rumah dia, yang ada bibik saja dok buat kerja kat luar tu. Apa lagi makin menjadi lah tu.
Alahai, korang ni, mesti fikir yang bukan-bukan kan? Atau pun tak tau hujung pangkal. Apa lah yang si auntyN ni dok merapu ni no?...
Actually, kelmarin aku tak pi kerja sebab kurang sihat kan. Hubby pun dia sejak dari Isnin dah memang cuti. Kata dia nak kemas rumah sebab nanti nak kenduri. Lambat lagi? Minggu depan hubby nak pergi outstation seminggu, bila balik mungkin banyak sangat nak buat jadi dia nak kemas lah sikit-sikit mana yang termampu sebelum dia pergi. Dah dia tengok aku pun nak ponteng kerja, dia pun naik malaslah nak pergi kerja jugak tu.
Lepas dia hantar anak-anak ke sekolah, dia masuk balik bilik tidor. Badan dah rasa lemah tu, lepas solat subuh aku tarik balik selimut tu.Dekat pukul 9.30 pagi baru bangun breakfast kami dua orang. Dah tu hubby dok print kad jemputan. PC kat dalam bilik tidor jugak. Aku tolong lah jugak, aku print dia potong, buat simple saja, tak payah keuar banyak belanja, sebab duda kawin janda je kan. Shah mula tu tak nak buat kad pun, tapi kami ingat senang nak buat memanggil jemputan tu, tak payah nak explain banyak-banyak jadi buat jugak lah kad tu. Dah almost siap hubby call abang long, tanya nak kad yang dah siap. Abang Long datang ke rumah. Sambil sembang, sambil print , sambil aku dok chat, sambil hubby dok potong dan lipat kad.
Lepas tu, aku mandi ingat nak keluar pergi klinik, dah ayin called suruh ambik dia kat sekolah. Dia pun dua tiga malam dok sakit kepala, jadi aku tangguhlah nak pergi klinik tu sebab nak bawak Ayin sekali. Lepas ambik dia kat sekolah pukul 2.30 petang baru aku pergilah. Merengkok lagi atas katil, terlelap jugaklah sampai pukul 2.00 baru sedar. Itupun hubby kejutkan tu. Bangun solat zuhur then keluar ambik ayin, terus ke klinik. Aku cakap badan lenguh-lenguh, doktor periksa blood pressure tapi normal je lah katanya. Dia bagi ubat ajelah. Lepas ke klinik, singgah makan kat kedai makan dengan ayin, beli mee kari untuk hubby, balik rumah makan ubat. Masuk balik bilik berlabuh atas katil lagi sambil tunggu azan Asar. Itu je lah kerja aku seharian.
Petang, dah asyik duduk memerap kat dalam bilik tu, aku dan hubby ingat nak keluarkan peluh sikit, kami buat kerja bersihkan laman lah sehingga maghrib tu. Berpeluh jugaklah jadinya. Tak lah mandom sangat dah rasanya. Selepas maghrib, ingat nak online dah kena deny dengan streamyx. Laaa, aku lupa bayar bill rupanya. Esoklah nampak gayanya.
Semasa dok prepare dinner untuk hubby tu, tiba2 loceng pagar berbunyi. Aku suruh Syia tengokkan, dia kata ada orang tanya mama. Aku pergi tengok, ada sorang lelaki dengan 2 anak dia datang. Dia intorduce sapa dia dan kata dia nak pinjam duit kat aku. Katanya ada kematian, mentua dia meninggal di Kuala Kedah sana tu. Nak pinjam dengan taukey tempat kerja, taukey tak nak bagi. (Aku agak dah terlalu banyak dah memnjam, kut). Dia ada kata dia jumpa abang long aku, abang kata dia pun tak ada duit. Jadi dia mai cari aku lah. Aku tak berapa kenal dengan dia, tapi serba salah jugaklah jadinya aku ni. Sebab, kalau tak terdesak tak kan dia sanggup nak cari kami, kan. Orang yang dia tak berapa kenal, tak bagi pun tak boleh jugak (Am I so gullible after all?). Aku cuba call abang long tak dapat. Masa abang long datang, aku tanya dia, dia kata tak ada pun orang tu datang cari dia tu. Apa-apapun, dah kesian aku bagi jugaklah. Dia mintak RM250, tapi aku kata tak adalah (entah dia pun tak percaya tu, biar lah kan). Aku cuma bagi RM100 saja. Dia kata 5hb nanti dia bayar balik. Aku pun tak sure nak dapat balik ke tak, kalau tak ada tu kira sedekah sajalah, dah rezeki dia kan.
Dah asyik memerap memanjang kat dalam bilik seharian siang tadi tu, hubby dok gelak sambil kata yang kami ni cuti, honeymoon kat dalam bilik. Honeymoon apa nya dah tua-tua gini ni kan? Kalau muda-muda dulu tu asyik cari peluang je lah nak berhoneymoon macam tu kan.Hehehe.
August 15, 2005
Morning Sickness
When I was studying in ITM, the boys were usually late for the morning classes, especially if the class started at 8.00 am. The girls were always punctual. The chemistry lecturer Mr Lee, usually asked what happened to the boys, were they sick or something. My answer to him was, they had "morning sickness", much to his ammusement. I explained that since they were sick in the morning then it was morning sickness.
Today, I got my own morning sickness. It could be due to the haze or maybe the trip to see Pak Ya again last Sunday. Let me digress a bit on my week-end last week. My brothers and sisters came back for a wedding. My 3rd brother and family stayed at my home. And on Saturday evening they went to have their feet massaged by Pak Ya. My SIL Kak Lang (Abang Lang's wife) went again on sunday, which I also followed along. The normal practice is to have the urut for 3 times within a short span of time. Mine had been delayed for 3 weeks already.
The last time I had my feet massage, my body was aching and I had similar reaction this morning. Together with that aching body, I felt like vormitting and my stomach full of gas. Meloya and angin merosoh (kata orang utara lah no) dalam perut ni. I had my breakfast with hubby and Abang Long this morning so I could not understand the nauseas feeling.
I decided that I had to come home and rest, so I did. I have been sleeping almost the whole day today and not sure whether I am going to work tomorrow. Feel slightly better, but maybe a visit to the doctor would be a good idea. Oh no!! The morning sickness is only because I was feeling sick in the morning, I don't think that I am carrying anything in my tummy except for some anak cacing.
Take care of yourselves wherever you are especially in Malaysia with the haze and all.
Today, I got my own morning sickness. It could be due to the haze or maybe the trip to see Pak Ya again last Sunday. Let me digress a bit on my week-end last week. My brothers and sisters came back for a wedding. My 3rd brother and family stayed at my home. And on Saturday evening they went to have their feet massaged by Pak Ya. My SIL Kak Lang (Abang Lang's wife) went again on sunday, which I also followed along. The normal practice is to have the urut for 3 times within a short span of time. Mine had been delayed for 3 weeks already.
The last time I had my feet massage, my body was aching and I had similar reaction this morning. Together with that aching body, I felt like vormitting and my stomach full of gas. Meloya and angin merosoh (kata orang utara lah no) dalam perut ni. I had my breakfast with hubby and Abang Long this morning so I could not understand the nauseas feeling.
I decided that I had to come home and rest, so I did. I have been sleeping almost the whole day today and not sure whether I am going to work tomorrow. Feel slightly better, but maybe a visit to the doctor would be a good idea. Oh no!! The morning sickness is only because I was feeling sick in the morning, I don't think that I am carrying anything in my tummy except for some anak cacing.
Take care of yourselves wherever you are especially in Malaysia with the haze and all.
August 12, 2005
After 29 Years!!!
After 29 years!!! Yes, it has been that long since my classmates and I left the boarding school in Johore Bahru. Before we left, we actually promised to meet again like after 10 years. But possibly because, none of us really make the effort to keep all the contacts and update all the changes in addresses, we drifted apart. We were busy trying to make a name for ourselves in the career world as well as building the family etc, etc. Excuses after excuses, will not actually eliminate the fact that we did not try to keep in contact with each other. Only a few within groups were in contact. Many we have lost, not knowing where they are right now.
From my old pictures there were 36 of us in the class, but in my list right now there are 39. There were 2 students from Sabah who were not around after LCE and one of the Trengganu girl, did not want to be in the Science class, she prefered to go into Arts Stream. I can imagine my friends jaws dropping "who do we forget?" you girls may be asking. We all forget Saadiah actually.
Fast forward, the re-union was actually thought off when NS came to Penang a few months back ( I wrote how I and another friend went to have dinner with her). NS actually set the date to be 6th August because Moon is coming home from the UK. But we just let it ride until almost the last minute before confirming the date and venue. Aya and her husband Dr A were nice enough to be the host.
I travelled from Penang early Saturday morning, it was a good date since I could kill 2 birds with one stone. Send my daughter back to her college and at the same time join the re-union. I was the first one to arrive at Aya's place at around 2.30pm. We were supposed to gather at 3.00 pm. Hubby sent me to the place and left me there. The girls did not want to join in since they know that when mama meets her friends, they will be forgotten. "Mama lupa diri tu nanti, kata diorang". Can they blame me? So they left with their father to SIL's house.
I was met by Dr. A, Aya was no where to be seen, according to him, she was performing her solat as she had just arrived from Kuantan. I asked permission to do the same and was shown into a room. After, we had finished our solat then only Aya popped in to see me. She was told that someone from Penang had arrived and couldn't figure out who. We hugged and start talking and later adjourned to her kitchen. She told me that 6 August was the 5th annivessary of her lost (her only son passed away on this date). Despite that, she and Dr A were very accomodating. Bless you Aya and family and Al-fatihah to arwah.
Soon the others started to arrived, one by one and we were shreiking so loud as we hugged each other. Wow, it was really a moment to remember. As I was hugging my friends Ayin called to tell me that she and Angah were going to see the AF3 final concert with their cousin brother and sister. I was like intermittenly interupted while talking to her she passed it to her baba. I told him, I'd be fine and I would get a lift from one of the ladies to go back to SIL's place.
Not all of my friend came to the re-union, only 19 of us. Supposedly, another one who came all the way from JB was supposed to join us, but she was locked-in her aunty's house unfortunately. Deed, we were really sorry you couldn't come, we even suggested that you climbed out of the gate. But, at our age? Surely tak sesuai kan? Hehehe. We missed you anyway.
Some came with husbands, some with children and some with both. Many also, like me who came single. OMG, we did manage to really be so loud. I was very thankful, my hubby and children were not there, because I was then able to mingle freely with the girls. Riuh rendah dah sampai tak ingat suami dan anak-anak dah tu!!!!
I recognise all of them, but alas there were a few who did not recognise me. Basically most of us looked the same, albeit the "kembang semangkuk dua tu" and of course the mature lines (I am not saying wrinkles OK, :-)) on our faces. But looking back at the photos, I must say I looked different, older and wiser to the world. I don't blame them for not recognising me.
At the gathering I again felt the warmth and the love that we had for each other. We were a naughty lot, very boisterous and loud, our classes were always at the corners or directly above the headmistress office. But that did not stop us for being so noisy and naughty. We were still very loud when we gathered, reminescing the good old days. We were very close, so much so that we hug and kiss each other when prep time was over and we were just going back to our hostels. Just going to apart for a few hours before we would again meet in class the next day. :-) :-) Jiwang betul kami dulu-dulu tu.
Now, although most of us are still working there were a few who have retired and become full time housewives. We did not feel that the status was the stumbling block between us. We were just Fiscone (Five Science One) 76 as we called ourselves. Eventhough there were Doctors, lecturers, teachers, GM of a GLC, a factory worker (me) and housewives, we were just so happy to be in each others company.
I and Kay (cewah glemer nama hang ni) brought our old albums and Kay's album no longer looked like an album when she left. We were able to see who changed and who didn't.
To Aya and Dr A - thanks so much for having us at your house. Hopefully our loud chatter did not cause the neighbours to be apprehensive. You both were really hospitable. You put away your sad memory just to accomodate us.
Dara-dara pingitan beraksi di porch sekolah
Class of Five Science One 76
Tarik nafas, control ayu......
Makcik2 beraksi dengan second generation (not all)...
From my old pictures there were 36 of us in the class, but in my list right now there are 39. There were 2 students from Sabah who were not around after LCE and one of the Trengganu girl, did not want to be in the Science class, she prefered to go into Arts Stream. I can imagine my friends jaws dropping "who do we forget?" you girls may be asking. We all forget Saadiah actually.
Fast forward, the re-union was actually thought off when NS came to Penang a few months back ( I wrote how I and another friend went to have dinner with her). NS actually set the date to be 6th August because Moon is coming home from the UK. But we just let it ride until almost the last minute before confirming the date and venue. Aya and her husband Dr A were nice enough to be the host.
I travelled from Penang early Saturday morning, it was a good date since I could kill 2 birds with one stone. Send my daughter back to her college and at the same time join the re-union. I was the first one to arrive at Aya's place at around 2.30pm. We were supposed to gather at 3.00 pm. Hubby sent me to the place and left me there. The girls did not want to join in since they know that when mama meets her friends, they will be forgotten. "Mama lupa diri tu nanti, kata diorang". Can they blame me? So they left with their father to SIL's house.
I was met by Dr. A, Aya was no where to be seen, according to him, she was performing her solat as she had just arrived from Kuantan. I asked permission to do the same and was shown into a room. After, we had finished our solat then only Aya popped in to see me. She was told that someone from Penang had arrived and couldn't figure out who. We hugged and start talking and later adjourned to her kitchen. She told me that 6 August was the 5th annivessary of her lost (her only son passed away on this date). Despite that, she and Dr A were very accomodating. Bless you Aya and family and Al-fatihah to arwah.
Soon the others started to arrived, one by one and we were shreiking so loud as we hugged each other. Wow, it was really a moment to remember. As I was hugging my friends Ayin called to tell me that she and Angah were going to see the AF3 final concert with their cousin brother and sister. I was like intermittenly interupted while talking to her she passed it to her baba. I told him, I'd be fine and I would get a lift from one of the ladies to go back to SIL's place.
Not all of my friend came to the re-union, only 19 of us. Supposedly, another one who came all the way from JB was supposed to join us, but she was locked-in her aunty's house unfortunately. Deed, we were really sorry you couldn't come, we even suggested that you climbed out of the gate. But, at our age? Surely tak sesuai kan? Hehehe. We missed you anyway.
Some came with husbands, some with children and some with both. Many also, like me who came single. OMG, we did manage to really be so loud. I was very thankful, my hubby and children were not there, because I was then able to mingle freely with the girls. Riuh rendah dah sampai tak ingat suami dan anak-anak dah tu!!!!
I recognise all of them, but alas there were a few who did not recognise me. Basically most of us looked the same, albeit the "kembang semangkuk dua tu" and of course the mature lines (I am not saying wrinkles OK, :-)) on our faces. But looking back at the photos, I must say I looked different, older and wiser to the world. I don't blame them for not recognising me.
At the gathering I again felt the warmth and the love that we had for each other. We were a naughty lot, very boisterous and loud, our classes were always at the corners or directly above the headmistress office. But that did not stop us for being so noisy and naughty. We were still very loud when we gathered, reminescing the good old days. We were very close, so much so that we hug and kiss each other when prep time was over and we were just going back to our hostels. Just going to apart for a few hours before we would again meet in class the next day. :-) :-) Jiwang betul kami dulu-dulu tu.
Now, although most of us are still working there were a few who have retired and become full time housewives. We did not feel that the status was the stumbling block between us. We were just Fiscone (Five Science One) 76 as we called ourselves. Eventhough there were Doctors, lecturers, teachers, GM of a GLC, a factory worker (me) and housewives, we were just so happy to be in each others company.
I and Kay (cewah glemer nama hang ni) brought our old albums and Kay's album no longer looked like an album when she left. We were able to see who changed and who didn't.
To Aya and Dr A - thanks so much for having us at your house. Hopefully our loud chatter did not cause the neighbours to be apprehensive. You both were really hospitable. You put away your sad memory just to accomodate us.
Dara-dara pingitan beraksi di porch sekolah
Class of Five Science One 76
Tarik nafas, control ayu......
Makcik2 beraksi dengan second generation (not all)...
August 09, 2005
Tawassul
Nazrah tanya apa itu tawassul dan macam mana nak buat. Kat sini aku explain sikit apa yang aku faham darii kaset Ustazah Siti Nor Bahyah tu.
Tawassul bererti perantaraan. Ini bukan bermakna kita meminta atau berdoa kepada ulamak atau nabi-nabi dan rasul-rasul. Doa dan permintaan adalah kepada Allah.
Ada 2 jenis tawassul.
1) Menggunakan alim ulamak atau para nabi/rasul. Kerana kesempurnaan sifat mereka, dan ketakwaan mereka, kita menggunakan "perantaraan" mereka untuk menguatkan permintaan kita semasa berdoa. Di sebabkan kita mungkin tidak se alim mereka, jadi kita dibenarkan mentawassulkan doa kita kepada mereka.
2) Menggunakan amal saleh yang kita pernah buat sebelum ini untuk mengukuhkan doa kita. Misalnya, kita pernah membela seorang anak yatim, dengan sebaik-baik mungkin. Mungkin lebih baik dari anak kita sendiri. Segala haknya kita jaga. Tiba-tiba terjadi satu kecemasan kepada diri kita. Kita boleh berdoa, menggunakan tawassul kepada amal saleh yang kita telah buat (membela anak yatim itu). Jika Allah redha akan amal saleh itu, pinta dia makbulkan doa kita.
Lilheaven ada bagi link untuk tawassul ni.
http://www.alinaam.org.za/dhadith/qna/tawassul.htm
http://www.calgaryislam.com/imembers/pdf/manhaj/15.pdf#search='tawassul'
http://www.brunet.bn/gov/mufti/irsyad/pelita/2001/ic82_2001.htm
Cara untuk berdoa menggunakan tawassul ini seperti berikut.
http://www.duas.org/tawasul.htm
Terimakasih kepada lilheaven kerana telah berusaha mendapatkan banyak maklumat di atas. Sesiapa yang lebih arif di harap dapat berkongsi lebih banyak maklumat. Sama-sama kita ingat memperingati sesama kita ni.
Tawassul bererti perantaraan. Ini bukan bermakna kita meminta atau berdoa kepada ulamak atau nabi-nabi dan rasul-rasul. Doa dan permintaan adalah kepada Allah.
Ada 2 jenis tawassul.
1) Menggunakan alim ulamak atau para nabi/rasul. Kerana kesempurnaan sifat mereka, dan ketakwaan mereka, kita menggunakan "perantaraan" mereka untuk menguatkan permintaan kita semasa berdoa. Di sebabkan kita mungkin tidak se alim mereka, jadi kita dibenarkan mentawassulkan doa kita kepada mereka.
2) Menggunakan amal saleh yang kita pernah buat sebelum ini untuk mengukuhkan doa kita. Misalnya, kita pernah membela seorang anak yatim, dengan sebaik-baik mungkin. Mungkin lebih baik dari anak kita sendiri. Segala haknya kita jaga. Tiba-tiba terjadi satu kecemasan kepada diri kita. Kita boleh berdoa, menggunakan tawassul kepada amal saleh yang kita telah buat (membela anak yatim itu). Jika Allah redha akan amal saleh itu, pinta dia makbulkan doa kita.
Lilheaven ada bagi link untuk tawassul ni.
http://www.alinaam.org.za/dhadith/qna/tawassul.htm
http://www.calgaryislam.com/imembers/pdf/manhaj/15.pdf#search='tawassul'
http://www.brunet.bn/gov/mufti/irsyad/pelita/2001/ic82_2001.htm
Cara untuk berdoa menggunakan tawassul ini seperti berikut.
http://www.duas.org/tawasul.htm
Terimakasih kepada lilheaven kerana telah berusaha mendapatkan banyak maklumat di atas. Sesiapa yang lebih arif di harap dapat berkongsi lebih banyak maklumat. Sama-sama kita ingat memperingati sesama kita ni.
Adab Berdoa
Kita banyak berdoa, tetapi adakah Allah menerimanya? Sudah kah kita fikirkan kenapa doa kita tidak di terima? Kalau tidak di terima kecewa kah kita? Sudah kita berbuat sesuatu untuk doa kita diterima Allah. Adakah kita telah mengikut adab-adab berdoa sebaik mungkin supaya doa kita diterima Allah?
Hubby beli kaset ini dan aku dah dengar berulang kali. Aku nak share dengan semua sedikit sebanyak yang ada dalam kaset ini supaya kita sama-sama boleh memperbaiki diri. Sebabnya kita selalu berdoa, tetapi kadang2 tak nampak macam termakbul doa kita tu kan. Aku bukan lah nak tunjuk pandai cuma rasa nak kongsi sedikit sebanyak yang aku dapat tu. Insyaallah dapat memberi manafaat kepada kita semua, termasuk aku sekali lah ni.
Menurut Ustazah Siti Bahyah Mahmood (yang popularkan urut cakar harimau tu lah) ada 19 adab untuk berdoa untuk kita praktikkan supaya Doa kita di terima Allah. Apa yang aku paparkan kat sini hanyalah summary saja ni. Kalau nak dengar pergi lah cari sendiri.
1. Pastikan makanan, minuman dan pakaian, adalah dari sumber yang Halal
2. Ikhlas dengan Allah semasa berdoa. Ikhlas ni maksudnya, buat apa yang
Allah suruh dan tinggalkan laranganNya. Ikhlas bukan sahaja untuk berdoa sebenarnya dalam segala ibadah dan perlakuan kita.
3. Seeloknya didahulukan dengan wudhuk. Sekiranya kita tidak boleh berwudhuk masih juga boleh berdoa.
4. Digalakkan solat sunnat 2 rakaat dahulu sebelum berdoa.
5. Mengadap kiblat semasa berdoa.
6. Membuka telapak tangan dan angkat paras bahu semasa berdoa.
7. Berdoa dengan suara yang perlahan dan lembut. Kita bukan menyeru pada yang tuli atau yang jauh, Allah mendengar apa yang kita pinta. Berlemah-lembutlah dengan Allah semasa berdoa tu. Suara tidak terlalu keras dan tak terlalu perlahan.
8. Jangan terburu-buru dengan Allah. Kita meminta dengan berdoa, kita mesti bersangka baik dengan Allah bahawa doa kita sentiasa di dengari dan dimakbulkan. Ada 3 cara Allah makbulkan doa kita.
a) Dengan serta merta
b) Ditangguhkan untuk di makbulkan di hari akhirat
c) Dijauhi kita dari mara bahaya dan bala bencana.
9. Dahulukan meminta doa untuk diri kita sebelum kita mendoakan orang lain.
10. Meminta doa dengan bersungguh-sungguh. Jangan berdoa seperti ini Ya Allah, berikan lah aku petunjuk jika Engkau suka" Sebab Allah boleh buat apa yang Dia mahu, kalau kita berkehendakkan sesuatu mesti bersungguh-sungguh meminta dengan Allah.
11. Jangan sombong dengan Allah semasa berdoa. Kita banyak berdosa, jadi digalakkan kita menyebut kesalahan kita semasa berdoa. Seperti Nabi Adam semasa berdoa, baginda berkata "Ya Allah, sesungguhnya aku telah menzalimi diri aku....."
12. Ulangi hajat kita sebaiknya sebanyak 3 kali ketika berdoa.
13. Jangan berdoa tentang perkara yang haram (seperti nak minum arak, nak menang judi) atau untuk memutuskan silatur-rahim. Selagi kita tidak berdoa ke arah ini, Insyaallah doa kita akan di makbulkan dengan salah satu cara macam dalam no 8.
15. Berdoalah untuk hajat yang dari sekecil-kecil sehingga sebesar-besarnya. Setiap apa yang kita pinta pastikan kita pinta dari Allah. (e.g nak cepat dapat jodoh atau nak naik pangkat dll)
16. Jangan berdoa kepada perkara yang mustahil (e.g ketul emas di bawah bantal apabila bangun tidur). Allah tidak suka kepada orang yang melampaui batas.
17. Seorang imam, tidak boleh hanya meminta doa untuk dirinya sahaja. Mesti menggunakan perkataan yang merangkupi semua jemaahnya.
18. Berdoa dengan bertawassul (perantaraan) dengan orang alim. Dahulu, sahabat nabi bertawasul dengan saidina Abbas (bapa saudara Rasulallah). Selepas Abbas meninggal dunia, sahabat2 bertawasul dengan Rasulallah sahaja.
19. Bertawassul dengan perbuatan baik kita apabila berdoa. Misalnya jika kita dalam kesusahan yang teramat kita boleh berdoa sambil bertawassul dengan perbuatan baik yang pernah kita buat dahulu. Seperti, mendahului memberi makan kepada ibu bapa sebelum mamberi anak-anak dan keluarga makan.
Adab-adab di atas tu bukanlah in any particular order of importance. Aku rasa ramai jugak yang dah tahu cuma aku ingin mengingatkan diri aku, anak-anak aku dan sekelian yang membaca akan adab-adab berdoa. Semoga segala doa kita akan Allah dengar dan makbulkan. Amin.
Hubby beli kaset ini dan aku dah dengar berulang kali. Aku nak share dengan semua sedikit sebanyak yang ada dalam kaset ini supaya kita sama-sama boleh memperbaiki diri. Sebabnya kita selalu berdoa, tetapi kadang2 tak nampak macam termakbul doa kita tu kan. Aku bukan lah nak tunjuk pandai cuma rasa nak kongsi sedikit sebanyak yang aku dapat tu. Insyaallah dapat memberi manafaat kepada kita semua, termasuk aku sekali lah ni.
Menurut Ustazah Siti Bahyah Mahmood (yang popularkan urut cakar harimau tu lah) ada 19 adab untuk berdoa untuk kita praktikkan supaya Doa kita di terima Allah. Apa yang aku paparkan kat sini hanyalah summary saja ni. Kalau nak dengar pergi lah cari sendiri.
1. Pastikan makanan, minuman dan pakaian, adalah dari sumber yang Halal
2. Ikhlas dengan Allah semasa berdoa. Ikhlas ni maksudnya, buat apa yang
Allah suruh dan tinggalkan laranganNya. Ikhlas bukan sahaja untuk berdoa sebenarnya dalam segala ibadah dan perlakuan kita.
3. Seeloknya didahulukan dengan wudhuk. Sekiranya kita tidak boleh berwudhuk masih juga boleh berdoa.
4. Digalakkan solat sunnat 2 rakaat dahulu sebelum berdoa.
5. Mengadap kiblat semasa berdoa.
6. Membuka telapak tangan dan angkat paras bahu semasa berdoa.
7. Berdoa dengan suara yang perlahan dan lembut. Kita bukan menyeru pada yang tuli atau yang jauh, Allah mendengar apa yang kita pinta. Berlemah-lembutlah dengan Allah semasa berdoa tu. Suara tidak terlalu keras dan tak terlalu perlahan.
8. Jangan terburu-buru dengan Allah. Kita meminta dengan berdoa, kita mesti bersangka baik dengan Allah bahawa doa kita sentiasa di dengari dan dimakbulkan. Ada 3 cara Allah makbulkan doa kita.
a) Dengan serta merta
b) Ditangguhkan untuk di makbulkan di hari akhirat
c) Dijauhi kita dari mara bahaya dan bala bencana.
9. Dahulukan meminta doa untuk diri kita sebelum kita mendoakan orang lain.
10. Meminta doa dengan bersungguh-sungguh. Jangan berdoa seperti ini Ya Allah, berikan lah aku petunjuk jika Engkau suka" Sebab Allah boleh buat apa yang Dia mahu, kalau kita berkehendakkan sesuatu mesti bersungguh-sungguh meminta dengan Allah.
11. Jangan sombong dengan Allah semasa berdoa. Kita banyak berdosa, jadi digalakkan kita menyebut kesalahan kita semasa berdoa. Seperti Nabi Adam semasa berdoa, baginda berkata "Ya Allah, sesungguhnya aku telah menzalimi diri aku....."
12. Ulangi hajat kita sebaiknya sebanyak 3 kali ketika berdoa.
13. Jangan berdoa tentang perkara yang haram (seperti nak minum arak, nak menang judi) atau untuk memutuskan silatur-rahim. Selagi kita tidak berdoa ke arah ini, Insyaallah doa kita akan di makbulkan dengan salah satu cara macam dalam no 8.
15. Berdoalah untuk hajat yang dari sekecil-kecil sehingga sebesar-besarnya. Setiap apa yang kita pinta pastikan kita pinta dari Allah. (e.g nak cepat dapat jodoh atau nak naik pangkat dll)
16. Jangan berdoa kepada perkara yang mustahil (e.g ketul emas di bawah bantal apabila bangun tidur). Allah tidak suka kepada orang yang melampaui batas.
17. Seorang imam, tidak boleh hanya meminta doa untuk dirinya sahaja. Mesti menggunakan perkataan yang merangkupi semua jemaahnya.
18. Berdoa dengan bertawassul (perantaraan) dengan orang alim. Dahulu, sahabat nabi bertawasul dengan saidina Abbas (bapa saudara Rasulallah). Selepas Abbas meninggal dunia, sahabat2 bertawasul dengan Rasulallah sahaja.
19. Bertawassul dengan perbuatan baik kita apabila berdoa. Misalnya jika kita dalam kesusahan yang teramat kita boleh berdoa sambil bertawassul dengan perbuatan baik yang pernah kita buat dahulu. Seperti, mendahului memberi makan kepada ibu bapa sebelum mamberi anak-anak dan keluarga makan.
Adab-adab di atas tu bukanlah in any particular order of importance. Aku rasa ramai jugak yang dah tahu cuma aku ingin mengingatkan diri aku, anak-anak aku dan sekelian yang membaca akan adab-adab berdoa. Semoga segala doa kita akan Allah dengar dan makbulkan. Amin.
August 08, 2005
The Wedding Plan
Thank you to all you who did come by, during the week-end. Still a bit too tired from the journey home to update this blog. We reached home at about 1.30 am last night. I come to work today and for sure today I am indeed going to need lots and lots of Nescafe doses.
Last thursday morning, my eldest brother (Abang Long) dropped by early in the morning and told my hubby that he would be dropping by, with my other siblings, who are residing within the area, at my house to discuss the wedding plan for Shah.
To those who doesn't remember Shah, he is my younger brother, 2nd last in the family. Had problem with his first marriage and a divorcee with 2 kids. We found him a suitor a few months back, a lady with a daughter, also a divorcee. They became engaged 2 months ago and we are now planning for their wedding. Sound grand, not really since this is the second time for each of them.
Abang Long, his wife, my sis S and Shah came just before maghrib. They said they had their dinner prior to coming to my house. A good thought on their part for not wanting to trouble me to cook something for them, I guessed. After maghrib we all sat down to discuss the wedding.
Abang Long looked at the calender and since it was going to be a school holiday soon, there would be lots of wedding during the week-end. To do it on week days would be too troublesome as almost all of us would be working. Only SIL would be free as she is teacher. In the end we picked 3rd September 2005. Shah said as long as it was not 2 September it would be fine. 2 September was his first wedding date, the marriage which had failed.
In the end these what have been decided.
Date : 3 Sept - Akad nikah and kenduri.
Venue : My house
Occasion : 3 in one - Kenduri Arwah ayah (dah setahun menurut tahwim hijrah Bulan Rejab and Sept 2004), Kenduri Shah, house warming for me.
I hope this time Shah will find happiness. He desserved it after many years of heart break. Maybe some will say that when a man divorces his wife he could find a substitute very fast. In Shah's case it was more of a necessity than the sexual thing. Right now his children are with his ex-wife, who in my opinion is not fit to be a mother. I am not going to elaborate but children are AMANAH from Allah, we have the duty to execute that amanah with love and responsibility. We, the brothers and sisters and Shah himself just cannot sit still looking at the children's future being spoilt (to put it in mild term).
It is going to be a busy month for me to prepare my house for the kenduri. It is not going to be a big, grand affair more of a doa selamat only, between family and neighbours, if you happen to be my neighbour you are welcome to the kenduri.
Last thursday morning, my eldest brother (Abang Long) dropped by early in the morning and told my hubby that he would be dropping by, with my other siblings, who are residing within the area, at my house to discuss the wedding plan for Shah.
To those who doesn't remember Shah, he is my younger brother, 2nd last in the family. Had problem with his first marriage and a divorcee with 2 kids. We found him a suitor a few months back, a lady with a daughter, also a divorcee. They became engaged 2 months ago and we are now planning for their wedding. Sound grand, not really since this is the second time for each of them.
Abang Long, his wife, my sis S and Shah came just before maghrib. They said they had their dinner prior to coming to my house. A good thought on their part for not wanting to trouble me to cook something for them, I guessed. After maghrib we all sat down to discuss the wedding.
Abang Long looked at the calender and since it was going to be a school holiday soon, there would be lots of wedding during the week-end. To do it on week days would be too troublesome as almost all of us would be working. Only SIL would be free as she is teacher. In the end we picked 3rd September 2005. Shah said as long as it was not 2 September it would be fine. 2 September was his first wedding date, the marriage which had failed.
In the end these what have been decided.
Date : 3 Sept - Akad nikah and kenduri.
Venue : My house
Occasion : 3 in one - Kenduri Arwah ayah (dah setahun menurut tahwim hijrah Bulan Rejab and Sept 2004), Kenduri Shah, house warming for me.
I hope this time Shah will find happiness. He desserved it after many years of heart break. Maybe some will say that when a man divorces his wife he could find a substitute very fast. In Shah's case it was more of a necessity than the sexual thing. Right now his children are with his ex-wife, who in my opinion is not fit to be a mother. I am not going to elaborate but children are AMANAH from Allah, we have the duty to execute that amanah with love and responsibility. We, the brothers and sisters and Shah himself just cannot sit still looking at the children's future being spoilt (to put it in mild term).
It is going to be a busy month for me to prepare my house for the kenduri. It is not going to be a big, grand affair more of a doa selamat only, between family and neighbours, if you happen to be my neighbour you are welcome to the kenduri.
August 05, 2005
Intai-Intai lah No.....
Ni nak habaq ni, nampak gaya sibuk lah dua tiga hari ni. Jadi sapa-sapa yang tak nampak kelibat aunty kat blog ni, jangan lah risau. Tak payah hantaq search party lah. Bukan nak lari atau nak tutup blog. Cuma tak berapa senang saja ni.
Nak ceghita sikit ni, dari semalam dah sibuk sangat ni.
Malam Jumaat (Khamis) - Jadi the wedding planner
Jumaat - Ada customer visit kat factory (ni dok curi masa sebab depa tak mai sampai lagi ni. Blog nak kena update dulu - dah jadi macam top priority pulak dah tu, isy, isy, isy!!!!!)
Sabtu - Subuh-subuh dah nak bertolak ke KL nak hantaq Kak Long balik MMU.
Sabtu petang - ada 5 Science 1 (5T 76) reunion. Berdebaq jugak lah nak jumpa balik kawan-kawan lama ni. Ada yang dah femes (besa masuk TV tu, dah jadi isteri Dr yang terkenai pun ada, kita ni orang kampung jer ni kan). Baju apa nak pakai pun tak pikiaq lagi ni. Tak kan nak pakai jeans & t-shirt saja kut no.
Sabtu malam - nak tengok konsert akhir AF3 (Dah makin cayaq aku ni dengan MAWI. Depa kata la ni Felix duduk tangga terataih).
Ahad - nak travel balik kampung.
Isnin - nak ponteng ka dak??? (Tengok keadaan lah).
Jadi, kalau mai jenguk-jenguk, intai-intai kat blog ni, terimakasih lah aku ucapkan ataih kesudian cek-cek semua no. Kan banyak nak jadi cerita tu untuk minggu depan. Ada jugak draft pasai Doa yang dah sekerat jalan ditulis, masih tak habih-habih. Ni nak pi melilau dulu ni, OK.
Aku bekalkan dengan pantun ni, kalau sapa-sapa nak balaih dengan pantun sila kan lah.
Melangkah mula dengan kalimah Allah
Ayatul Kursi pelindung diri
Mula perjalanan dengan Bismillah
Agar mendapat berkat Ilahi
Maaf di pinta sebelum pergi
Agar tiada terasa di hati
Dipanjangkan umur berjumpa lagi
Di blogsphere kita bermesra kembali
Nak ceghita sikit ni, dari semalam dah sibuk sangat ni.
Malam Jumaat (Khamis) - Jadi the wedding planner
Jumaat - Ada customer visit kat factory (ni dok curi masa sebab depa tak mai sampai lagi ni. Blog nak kena update dulu - dah jadi macam top priority pulak dah tu, isy, isy, isy!!!!!)
Sabtu - Subuh-subuh dah nak bertolak ke KL nak hantaq Kak Long balik MMU.
Sabtu petang - ada 5 Science 1 (5T 76) reunion. Berdebaq jugak lah nak jumpa balik kawan-kawan lama ni. Ada yang dah femes (besa masuk TV tu, dah jadi isteri Dr yang terkenai pun ada, kita ni orang kampung jer ni kan). Baju apa nak pakai pun tak pikiaq lagi ni. Tak kan nak pakai jeans & t-shirt saja kut no.
Sabtu malam - nak tengok konsert akhir AF3 (Dah makin cayaq aku ni dengan MAWI. Depa kata la ni Felix duduk tangga terataih).
Ahad - nak travel balik kampung.
Isnin - nak ponteng ka dak??? (Tengok keadaan lah).
Jadi, kalau mai jenguk-jenguk, intai-intai kat blog ni, terimakasih lah aku ucapkan ataih kesudian cek-cek semua no. Kan banyak nak jadi cerita tu untuk minggu depan. Ada jugak draft pasai Doa yang dah sekerat jalan ditulis, masih tak habih-habih. Ni nak pi melilau dulu ni, OK.
Aku bekalkan dengan pantun ni, kalau sapa-sapa nak balaih dengan pantun sila kan lah.
Melangkah mula dengan kalimah Allah
Ayatul Kursi pelindung diri
Mula perjalanan dengan Bismillah
Agar mendapat berkat Ilahi
Maaf di pinta sebelum pergi
Agar tiada terasa di hati
Dipanjangkan umur berjumpa lagi
Di blogsphere kita bermesra kembali
August 03, 2005
Laksa (Penang) dan Satay
Sebelum aku balik dari ofis hari ini, Ayin telefon. Kata dia,"Mama, maktok suruh beli laksa" Aku kata OK lah. Mak memang suka makan laksa. Dari dulu lagi dia suka makan laksa. Masa dia muda dan kuat dulu, rumah kami selalu saja ada laksa yang mak masak. Lepas aku kawin pun dia selalu jugak masak laksa dan ajak kami anak-anak dia makan laksa. Oleh sebab itu jugaklah agaknya aku cuma sekali saja masak laksa kat rumah aku. Selebih masa tu aku makan kat rumah mak sajalah. Sebabnya selalu sangat dan senang sangat dapat makan laksa tu.
Masa dulu2 pun aku selalu jugak tolong mak aku masak laksa tu. Ada jugak dua tiga kali yang adik perempuan aku dan suami dia tu buat laksa beras kat rumah mak. Aku, mak dan arwah ayah lebih sukakan laksa beras (dibuat dari tepung beras) dari laksa (laksa dari tepung ubi kayu rasanya) biasa tu. Sekarang dah senang, samada beli saja laksa dari pasar dan masak sendiri kuahnya, atau beli terus saja laksa dengan kuah sekali. Banyak sangat dah penjual laksa di sana sini, cuma nak kena tahu yang mana satu sedap je lah.
Since mak suruh beli tu, aku pun ingat hari ni ada pasar tani, boleh aku beli kat pasar tani tu saja. Aku terus saja ke sana masa nak balik tu, cari merata, tak ada pulak orang jual laksa hari ni. Apa lah nasib aku agaknya hari ni. Aku beli benda lain lah dulu, ayam 2 ekor, sayur2, mee dan kaoy teow serta barang2 dapur yang lain. Sambil tu aku dok fikir kat mana aku nak cari laksa ni. Nanti kesian pulak mak tak dapat makan laksa malam ni. Sebab dia dah pesan tu.
Naik balik kereta, drive melepasi rumah aku balik terus ke pekan kecil yang berhampiran. Selalu kat kedai kopi kat simpang tu ada jual laksa. Aku try tanya kat situ, dah habis kata orang tu. Mana tak nya dah dekat maghrib dah tu. Isyyy, mana nak cari pulak ni? Tak pa lah since aku belum masuk rumah lagi ni pegi cari jauh sikit lah. Aku drive sampai depan bangunan UMNO tu. Kat situ ada gerai jual makanan. Aku tahu ada satay yang sedap dijual kat situ. Satay Pak Hamdan. Kami selalu beli tu, kadang-kadang kalau ada function kat my ofis atau hubby's office, kami tempahkat dia saja tu. Perniagaan satay dia pun dah makin maju. Dulu kat situ saja dia jual, tapi sekarang dah merata dia hantar satay dia tu. Murah rezeki Pak Hamdan ni. Kami (hubby and I) kenal rapat jugak dengan dia tu.
Satay Pak Hamdan ni sedap, dan besar sikit dari yang selalu dijual kat tempat lain. Secucuk 35 sen dah sekarang ni. Laksa aku tak nampak pun ada di jual kat situ. Jadi aku beli satay 100 cucuk, campur ayam dan daging. Hubby suka makan, yang lain pun suka, melainkan Angah sorang je yang tak suka satay. Angah ni pelik sikit, dia tak makan satay dengan durian. Jadi sapa-sapa yang nak tackle tu kena ingat tu. Jangan pulak nak paksa dia makan, tak menjadi tu, tak mahu dia macam mana pun. Kami pun heran actually macam mana dia boleh sorang yang macam tu, tak suka makan satay dan durian.
Dah tu kena lah beli benda lain untuk angah. Aku telefon kat rumah, Ayin angkat, cakap kat dia kata aku tak jumpa laksa, jadi tak boleh beli, suruh cakap dengan mak aku tu. Tanya apa lain yang maktok nak kalau laksa tak ada? Ayin kata maktok cakap tak apa lah kalau tak ada tu. Tanya angah nak apa, Ayin kata angah belum balik dari training hoki lagi. In the end aku decide untuk beli nasi ayam 2 bungkus untuk angah sajalah. Ayin senyum dengar aku beli satay tu. Agak lama jugak dah tak beli satay tu. Tadi tu Kak Long pun ada cakap suruh beli Yong Tau Foo, aku kata kat pasar tani tu tak ada. Esok sajalah kat pasar malam Desa Murni aku cuba beli. Dia balik seminggu kemaruk lah tu nak makan benda-benda yang susah jumpa kat hostel tu.
Sampai rumah dah maghrib, boleh dengar bilal azan dari masjid, angah pun baru saja sampai balik. I said, "I bought for you 2 packet of chicken rice". She said, "Laa nanti gemuk lah macam ni, hehehe" Dia ni conscious pasal berat badan dia tu. Sebab hari tu dia kata dia turun 10 kg, entah betul ke tidak aku pun tak sure, sebab hari-hari tengok sama je anak dara aku tu.
Masuk saja bilik aku dah dapat bau kuah laksa. Hubby dah beli, tapi dia tak bawak ke dapur, masih kat bilik, sebab dia masuk dari pintu belakang. Tak lalu dapur, dia pun tak beritahu anak-anak yang dia beli laksa. Yang aku ni naik pening cari laksa tak jumpa rupa nya laksa dah ada kat rumah. Nasib lah tak jumpa sebab dia beli 10 packet, kalau aku jumpa tentu aku akan beli sekurang-kurangnya 6 packet. Jenuh nak makan laksa sampai 16 packet tu. Tu pun sebabkan ada satay, jadi banyak jugaklah. Cuma laksa ni boleh lah esok makan lagi kalau simpan elok2 dah kuah dia tu dipanaskan. Yummm, yummmm, bau pun dah sedap kan.
That was our dinner for tonight. Prepare a bowl of laksa and a few stick of satay with nescafe O for hubby for his dinner, then aku dah boleh beronggeng depan PC ni. Malam ni pulak ada lah dua orang dok ajak sembang. Apa lagi, "riuh-rendah" lah aku bercatting tu. Tak menang tangan jugak sebab nak chat dengan dua orang ni, sebab aku tak buat conference pun. Yang sorang tu first time aku chat tu, dia dok nak tahu yang mana satu aku kat dalam gambar muda aku tu. Dia kena teka 2 kali baru betul tu. Nak kasi hint pada sapa2 yang nak tahu tu, yang paling cun kat dalam gambar tu lah aku hehehehe, tak percaya sudah.....
Masa dulu2 pun aku selalu jugak tolong mak aku masak laksa tu. Ada jugak dua tiga kali yang adik perempuan aku dan suami dia tu buat laksa beras kat rumah mak. Aku, mak dan arwah ayah lebih sukakan laksa beras (dibuat dari tepung beras) dari laksa (laksa dari tepung ubi kayu rasanya) biasa tu. Sekarang dah senang, samada beli saja laksa dari pasar dan masak sendiri kuahnya, atau beli terus saja laksa dengan kuah sekali. Banyak sangat dah penjual laksa di sana sini, cuma nak kena tahu yang mana satu sedap je lah.
Since mak suruh beli tu, aku pun ingat hari ni ada pasar tani, boleh aku beli kat pasar tani tu saja. Aku terus saja ke sana masa nak balik tu, cari merata, tak ada pulak orang jual laksa hari ni. Apa lah nasib aku agaknya hari ni. Aku beli benda lain lah dulu, ayam 2 ekor, sayur2, mee dan kaoy teow serta barang2 dapur yang lain. Sambil tu aku dok fikir kat mana aku nak cari laksa ni. Nanti kesian pulak mak tak dapat makan laksa malam ni. Sebab dia dah pesan tu.
Naik balik kereta, drive melepasi rumah aku balik terus ke pekan kecil yang berhampiran. Selalu kat kedai kopi kat simpang tu ada jual laksa. Aku try tanya kat situ, dah habis kata orang tu. Mana tak nya dah dekat maghrib dah tu. Isyyy, mana nak cari pulak ni? Tak pa lah since aku belum masuk rumah lagi ni pegi cari jauh sikit lah. Aku drive sampai depan bangunan UMNO tu. Kat situ ada gerai jual makanan. Aku tahu ada satay yang sedap dijual kat situ. Satay Pak Hamdan. Kami selalu beli tu, kadang-kadang kalau ada function kat my ofis atau hubby's office, kami tempahkat dia saja tu. Perniagaan satay dia pun dah makin maju. Dulu kat situ saja dia jual, tapi sekarang dah merata dia hantar satay dia tu. Murah rezeki Pak Hamdan ni. Kami (hubby and I) kenal rapat jugak dengan dia tu.
Satay Pak Hamdan ni sedap, dan besar sikit dari yang selalu dijual kat tempat lain. Secucuk 35 sen dah sekarang ni. Laksa aku tak nampak pun ada di jual kat situ. Jadi aku beli satay 100 cucuk, campur ayam dan daging. Hubby suka makan, yang lain pun suka, melainkan Angah sorang je yang tak suka satay. Angah ni pelik sikit, dia tak makan satay dengan durian. Jadi sapa-sapa yang nak tackle tu kena ingat tu. Jangan pulak nak paksa dia makan, tak menjadi tu, tak mahu dia macam mana pun. Kami pun heran actually macam mana dia boleh sorang yang macam tu, tak suka makan satay dan durian.
Dah tu kena lah beli benda lain untuk angah. Aku telefon kat rumah, Ayin angkat, cakap kat dia kata aku tak jumpa laksa, jadi tak boleh beli, suruh cakap dengan mak aku tu. Tanya apa lain yang maktok nak kalau laksa tak ada? Ayin kata maktok cakap tak apa lah kalau tak ada tu. Tanya angah nak apa, Ayin kata angah belum balik dari training hoki lagi. In the end aku decide untuk beli nasi ayam 2 bungkus untuk angah sajalah. Ayin senyum dengar aku beli satay tu. Agak lama jugak dah tak beli satay tu. Tadi tu Kak Long pun ada cakap suruh beli Yong Tau Foo, aku kata kat pasar tani tu tak ada. Esok sajalah kat pasar malam Desa Murni aku cuba beli. Dia balik seminggu kemaruk lah tu nak makan benda-benda yang susah jumpa kat hostel tu.
Sampai rumah dah maghrib, boleh dengar bilal azan dari masjid, angah pun baru saja sampai balik. I said, "I bought for you 2 packet of chicken rice". She said, "Laa nanti gemuk lah macam ni, hehehe" Dia ni conscious pasal berat badan dia tu. Sebab hari tu dia kata dia turun 10 kg, entah betul ke tidak aku pun tak sure, sebab hari-hari tengok sama je anak dara aku tu.
Masuk saja bilik aku dah dapat bau kuah laksa. Hubby dah beli, tapi dia tak bawak ke dapur, masih kat bilik, sebab dia masuk dari pintu belakang. Tak lalu dapur, dia pun tak beritahu anak-anak yang dia beli laksa. Yang aku ni naik pening cari laksa tak jumpa rupa nya laksa dah ada kat rumah. Nasib lah tak jumpa sebab dia beli 10 packet, kalau aku jumpa tentu aku akan beli sekurang-kurangnya 6 packet. Jenuh nak makan laksa sampai 16 packet tu. Tu pun sebabkan ada satay, jadi banyak jugaklah. Cuma laksa ni boleh lah esok makan lagi kalau simpan elok2 dah kuah dia tu dipanaskan. Yummm, yummmm, bau pun dah sedap kan.
That was our dinner for tonight. Prepare a bowl of laksa and a few stick of satay with nescafe O for hubby for his dinner, then aku dah boleh beronggeng depan PC ni. Malam ni pulak ada lah dua orang dok ajak sembang. Apa lagi, "riuh-rendah" lah aku bercatting tu. Tak menang tangan jugak sebab nak chat dengan dua orang ni, sebab aku tak buat conference pun. Yang sorang tu first time aku chat tu, dia dok nak tahu yang mana satu aku kat dalam gambar muda aku tu. Dia kena teka 2 kali baru betul tu. Nak kasi hint pada sapa2 yang nak tahu tu, yang paling cun kat dalam gambar tu lah aku hehehehe, tak percaya sudah.....
August 02, 2005
I was away
For those who have come to my blog for the past 3 days, thank you for dropping by. I know you all must have been asking where has AuntyN been, she has not updated her blog for 3 days. Which is so NOT like her not to be online for a day.
I was away for the past 3 days. Actually I went down to cyberjaya to fetch Kak Long. She is on 1 week leave, and being the "anak baba", we decided to fetch her, at the same time we would be able to visit my sis-in-law (hubby's eldest sister). My SIL was hospitalised about a month ago, right after we came home the last time we visited Kak Long in MMU. My SIL is also diabetic and her right foot was swollen. She was in hospitals for 2 weeks, the reason according to her was that she cut her toe with a plastic. The doctor said that if the swell did not receed then the toe may have to be cut off. But she was advised to seek a second opinion on that diagnosis. She is lucky to have an unmarried son staying with her to take care of her. As off Sunday, her foot was getting better, no need to cut off the toe.
I am getting somewhat close to her right now. I used not to like her very much when I was younger, I found her to be quite possessive with hubby, her other siblings and her sons as well, but as we grow older, I found that I now able to understand what make her like that. She hadn't had an easier life as well. She discovered that her husband of many years, have had a second wife only after 10 years he was married to the lady. When the husband was diagnosed with Parkinson diseases, she clinged to the idea that he was going to get well, giving the chance to her "madu" to "swindle" the hubby's business to herself. In the end after the death of the husband, the step-mother just rejected the eldest son from the company, leaving him jobless and helpless.
The journey to MMU was uneventful, smooth and safe. Alhamdullilah. We arrived at about 2.30 pm at Kak Long's hostel. While she was getting ready with all her things, I and Angah, siap menyakat, Kak Long's friend on the YM. The poor boy did not know that he was against a pro "penyakat" online. He assumed it was Kak Long all the while until we decided to let him know that it was us. I was not tolally NOT online. Kan dah kata penagih tegar ni. Mana boleh tak pegang keybord untuk beberapa hari. Sempat jugak baca update seseorang tu dari MMU on Saturday tu. Tapi masa tu belum ada beribu-ribu bintang lagi tu.
Spend the Saturday nite at SIL house, at least she had our company for the week-end eventhough it was for a short while. Terhibur jugak lah dia. On the way home we, went to Plaza Low Yat because hubby was looking for his PDA battery. Sampai sakit kaki aku berjalan dari satu tingkat ke satu tingkat. Aku bukan suka sangat kalau window shopping nowadays, tak larat jalan. I will usually window shop when I am stressed. But, in that condition actually I would be oblivious to the surrounding shops, I would not know what were there in the window. Dok layan perasaan saja masa tu. Beli pun tidak, just want to be in the crowd. Although I like driving, I do not want to be driving when I am stressed, it may be dangerous for me or other people.
After that we went to KLCC, hubby wanted to go to Kinokuniya to look up some books his friends asked him to buy. I went off to OSIM first to get the water filter cartridge before I joined him at the bookshop. Syia didn't follow us to KL because she had a TaeKwanDo test, to upgrade from her current blue belt to red. Nothing could persuade her to come along so stayed back home. But she called me a few times Sunday to ask when we would be arriving home. The first call was when we were still in SIL's home. I told her that we would not be going home on Sunday, we'd be home on Monday, but she said, it would be an absolute no, no for that. Later she called again we, were on the way to Plaza Low Yat, then the next call came when we were about to have dinner in KLCC. She was complaining that she was bored waiting for us. I guessed that she missed Kak Long, that the more true reason.
In the end it was nearly 9.00 pm when we actually head home from KLCC. Stopped by Tapah R&R for solat and because hubby said he was sleepy. I was trying to sleep as soon as we were in the car, but failed to do so. I drove after Tapah while hubby get some shut-eye. The gilrs were awake, but you could hear their phone SMS tone which was irritating the father. Change driver after Sungai Perak where we stopped to fill up the fuel tank (now increased by 10 cent per liter *sigh*). Eventually we arrived home at about 2.00 pm.
I was telling hubby that I was going to come to work on Monday, but, my whole body ache so much (almaklumlah, badan dah lama ni :-), bukan tua tau :-)), that after Subuh, I just crawled back under the blanket. Sleep the whole morning off until almost noon. The office called and I said I wasn't feeling well. Ponteng kerja lah semalam tu hehehe, sebab tak apply cuti before hand tu. Dah tengah hari, both hubby and me decided to get up and start the rest of our days. I went off to pay whatever bills that I could not do online. Came back after 3.00 pm, solat zhuhur, and online sekejap sementara menunggu masuk waktu Asar. (Note to someone : I took off my telekung while I was surfing tu, :-) ). Lepas asar baru nak jenguk kat dapur, lepas maghrib baru nak boleh online balik. Cuma masa kat rumah SIL saja lah yang tak online tu.
As we were driving to KL, my friend NS called to asked if the re-union on 6th is on. I eventually told her that she should proceed to organise it in KL, we from the North would be joining if we can. She SMSes back to confirm, and as I would be sending Kak Long back next week-end, would be able to join the re-union. I called up a few friends and looks like we would be going after all. I will try to post photos of us before (29 years ago) and now. For sure there are lotssss of difference in sizes right now since we all have become makciks already. There definitely a lot to catch up.
It was a tired week-end for me. I hope all of you have had a productive week-end.
I was away for the past 3 days. Actually I went down to cyberjaya to fetch Kak Long. She is on 1 week leave, and being the "anak baba", we decided to fetch her, at the same time we would be able to visit my sis-in-law (hubby's eldest sister). My SIL was hospitalised about a month ago, right after we came home the last time we visited Kak Long in MMU. My SIL is also diabetic and her right foot was swollen. She was in hospitals for 2 weeks, the reason according to her was that she cut her toe with a plastic. The doctor said that if the swell did not receed then the toe may have to be cut off. But she was advised to seek a second opinion on that diagnosis. She is lucky to have an unmarried son staying with her to take care of her. As off Sunday, her foot was getting better, no need to cut off the toe.
I am getting somewhat close to her right now. I used not to like her very much when I was younger, I found her to be quite possessive with hubby, her other siblings and her sons as well, but as we grow older, I found that I now able to understand what make her like that. She hadn't had an easier life as well. She discovered that her husband of many years, have had a second wife only after 10 years he was married to the lady. When the husband was diagnosed with Parkinson diseases, she clinged to the idea that he was going to get well, giving the chance to her "madu" to "swindle" the hubby's business to herself. In the end after the death of the husband, the step-mother just rejected the eldest son from the company, leaving him jobless and helpless.
The journey to MMU was uneventful, smooth and safe. Alhamdullilah. We arrived at about 2.30 pm at Kak Long's hostel. While she was getting ready with all her things, I and Angah, siap menyakat, Kak Long's friend on the YM. The poor boy did not know that he was against a pro "penyakat" online. He assumed it was Kak Long all the while until we decided to let him know that it was us. I was not tolally NOT online. Kan dah kata penagih tegar ni. Mana boleh tak pegang keybord untuk beberapa hari. Sempat jugak baca update seseorang tu dari MMU on Saturday tu. Tapi masa tu belum ada beribu-ribu bintang lagi tu.
Spend the Saturday nite at SIL house, at least she had our company for the week-end eventhough it was for a short while. Terhibur jugak lah dia. On the way home we, went to Plaza Low Yat because hubby was looking for his PDA battery. Sampai sakit kaki aku berjalan dari satu tingkat ke satu tingkat. Aku bukan suka sangat kalau window shopping nowadays, tak larat jalan. I will usually window shop when I am stressed. But, in that condition actually I would be oblivious to the surrounding shops, I would not know what were there in the window. Dok layan perasaan saja masa tu. Beli pun tidak, just want to be in the crowd. Although I like driving, I do not want to be driving when I am stressed, it may be dangerous for me or other people.
After that we went to KLCC, hubby wanted to go to Kinokuniya to look up some books his friends asked him to buy. I went off to OSIM first to get the water filter cartridge before I joined him at the bookshop. Syia didn't follow us to KL because she had a TaeKwanDo test, to upgrade from her current blue belt to red. Nothing could persuade her to come along so stayed back home. But she called me a few times Sunday to ask when we would be arriving home. The first call was when we were still in SIL's home. I told her that we would not be going home on Sunday, we'd be home on Monday, but she said, it would be an absolute no, no for that. Later she called again we, were on the way to Plaza Low Yat, then the next call came when we were about to have dinner in KLCC. She was complaining that she was bored waiting for us. I guessed that she missed Kak Long, that the more true reason.
In the end it was nearly 9.00 pm when we actually head home from KLCC. Stopped by Tapah R&R for solat and because hubby said he was sleepy. I was trying to sleep as soon as we were in the car, but failed to do so. I drove after Tapah while hubby get some shut-eye. The gilrs were awake, but you could hear their phone SMS tone which was irritating the father. Change driver after Sungai Perak where we stopped to fill up the fuel tank (now increased by 10 cent per liter *sigh*). Eventually we arrived home at about 2.00 pm.
I was telling hubby that I was going to come to work on Monday, but, my whole body ache so much (almaklumlah, badan dah lama ni :-), bukan tua tau :-)), that after Subuh, I just crawled back under the blanket. Sleep the whole morning off until almost noon. The office called and I said I wasn't feeling well. Ponteng kerja lah semalam tu hehehe, sebab tak apply cuti before hand tu. Dah tengah hari, both hubby and me decided to get up and start the rest of our days. I went off to pay whatever bills that I could not do online. Came back after 3.00 pm, solat zhuhur, and online sekejap sementara menunggu masuk waktu Asar. (Note to someone : I took off my telekung while I was surfing tu, :-) ). Lepas asar baru nak jenguk kat dapur, lepas maghrib baru nak boleh online balik. Cuma masa kat rumah SIL saja lah yang tak online tu.
As we were driving to KL, my friend NS called to asked if the re-union on 6th is on. I eventually told her that she should proceed to organise it in KL, we from the North would be joining if we can. She SMSes back to confirm, and as I would be sending Kak Long back next week-end, would be able to join the re-union. I called up a few friends and looks like we would be going after all. I will try to post photos of us before (29 years ago) and now. For sure there are lotssss of difference in sizes right now since we all have become makciks already. There definitely a lot to catch up.
It was a tired week-end for me. I hope all of you have had a productive week-end.
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