It was nearly midnight when I made myself a mug of Nescafe. Kak Long said,
Kak Long : "Ma, minum nescafe ? Tak mau tidoq ka?"
Me : "Awat tak mau tidoq pulak, sat lagi tidoq la"
Kak Long : " Ohh, nescafe boleh bagi mama tidoq no ?" Smile sacastically.
Me : "Haah" Smile back.
She was fiddling with the Astro remote control. While I was sipping the nescafe, I was just "listening" to the TV, because I was not wearing my spec. I can see blurred images on the TV but I can't see the detail of the face such as eyes, nose, lips etc. I am "rabun jauh" and had been wearing spectacles since after MCE. Probably due to too much reading Mills & Boon using the corridor light. I was in the residential school and lights off in the dorm was about 10.00 pm.
For the girls, I made sure I stuffed myself with food containing vitamin A during the pregnancies, to ensure they have good eyesights. So far none of them requires specs yet.
Madu Tiga the P Ramlee TV was on Astro Ria channel 4.
Kak Long : "Mama, nak tengok cite apa?"
Me : " Mama tak nak tengok, mama tak nampak, tak pakai spek"
Kak Long didn't change the channel.
But as the dialog of Madu Tiga unfolding,
P Ramlee : "Pah, mana butang baju Melayu abang?"
Pah : Abang ni selalu pakai kot hari ni pakai baju Melayu pulak ?"
P Ramlee : "Apa salah pakai baju melayu, kan ni baju kebangsaan, butang baju melayu mana daaaaa?"
Pah : "Orang pakai baju Melayu selalu nak kawin, abang nak pergi kawin kut?"
P Ramlee : " Kan ke abang kata nak pergi rumah orang kawin ? Butang baju Melayu aku mana daaaaa?"
Pah : "Sapa kawin bang? "
P Ramlee : " Alah, kawan abang kat pejabat tu, Jamil nama dia. Butang baju Melayu aku mana Pah? "
I was laughing at the dialog ( the effect of P Ramlee's movie don't wear off that easily right?)
Kak Long : "Mama kata tak nampak, tu dok gelak-gelak"
Me : "Laaaa, mama rabun, bukan pekak cek oiii!!!"
Hehehehehe. Kak Long was one blur girl last night.
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Bismillahirrahman-ni-rahhim
Ya Allah, aku panjatkan doa ini kepadaMu.
Ku mohon, Engkau permudahkan perjalanan Kak Teh
Pergi dan balik mengerjakan umrah di rumah Mu yang mulia
Capaikan cita-citanya untuk mendapat umrah yang mabrur
Dan berikan kesejahteraan kepada ibunya yang sedang sakit
Supaya dia sentiasa tenang dan mudah menjalankan ibadahnya
Dengan sempurna
Amin.
May 31, 2006
May 29, 2006
Abang Lang
I was ironing clothes at almost 10.00 pm last Thursday night, when we heard someone gave salam at the door. The sliding door was not locked because my daughters just went out to the next door mini mart to get something. It was Abang Lang, who came all the way from Shah Alam. He came to visit mak and he was alone. Like all my other sibling he is always welcome. He came I presume because he heard my mak was not feeling well.
Earlier on my coking gas decided to finished up on me that night. I had just enough to re-heat all my dishes for dinner. A dish of fried beef was half way through cooking when the stove just died off. I usually have 2 gas cylinders at home, but one had finished a few days back and I was not able to get the replacement during the last weekend ( I was away to fetch Kak Long). The very next morning, after making tea for breakfast, hubby put the gas cylinders into the car boot and I drove to Abang Long's shop to get them. Back again to resume cooking for lunch for the family and Abang Lang before proceeding to work.
I have 3 older brothers, Abang Lang is the 3rd (obviously). Amongst the brothers (5 in all,inclusive 2 younger brothers) I would say I am very comfortable and closest to him. His caring nature makes him much more approachable and for us to feel comfortable with him. Even my hubby has little to say about him (critically of course).
When he was younger, he and my older sister would always be quarelling. I remembered having watched them pull each other's hair and he snipped Kak M's hair in retaliation. I also remembered how one dawn morning he came back to surprise us with his new hair do, a completely bald head. My younger sister who was still quite small at that time would cry in fear everytime she looked at him. He shaved his head after he passed his LCE exam. He didn't do very well in his MCE, so in order to go into university he had to take his HSC (STPM) from a private school. Abang Long who was already working sponsored him. He finally made it to MU doing Economics. I think my parents must have been proud of him as he was the first one to enter University amongst our siblings.
I was in ITM Shah Alam when he was in MU and whenever i met him at Kak M's house ( I went there to get some pocket money), abang lang had never failed to share some of his scholarship money with me. He would give me some pocket money from his scholarship. Family was not really wealthy, my father was a school teacher with 8 children to support.
After graduation he was offered a job in Marketing by a Multinational. He has been there till now. We had always been closed, he used to even confide in me about a broken heart and all. He even took me to his company dinner, no one believed that I was his sister rather than his girlfriend at the dinner. eventually he married Kak Lang who is of the same age as I am. He now has 8 children ranging from 25 to 6 years old. In a few years he will be retiring and his children are still schooling.
One thing about this brother of mine, is that he likes to keep in touch with family. He would visit uncles and aunties whenever he comes home for Raya and other holidays. When Arwah ayah was sickly a year before he passed away, abang lang was the brother who came home most often to visit ayah. He is also generous with his money. Ayah would just open his mouth to ask, abang lang will provide. Usually through me, using the maybank2u transfer. Now with mak is the same. He would call and talk to her or called me to ask for mak's wellbeing. He comes home to visit when he sensed something is amiss. He was going to visit an aunty (My late father's youngest sister) in Kubang Kerian's hospitall on Saturday with our uncle (my father's older brother) when he got back to KL after visiting mak.
Although at one time he slacked in his religious duty, he has never slacked towards his responsibilities towards our parents. Maybe due to that mak's doa to bring him back to Allah's fath was easily being answered. Abang Lang repented and eversince then had never touch another drop of alchohol. He had performed his hajj and has been active in the surau near his house. He now making sure his children are becoming a solehin.
For whatever he is worth, Abang Lang is a surely a man of character and I am proud to be his younger sister.
Earlier on my coking gas decided to finished up on me that night. I had just enough to re-heat all my dishes for dinner. A dish of fried beef was half way through cooking when the stove just died off. I usually have 2 gas cylinders at home, but one had finished a few days back and I was not able to get the replacement during the last weekend ( I was away to fetch Kak Long). The very next morning, after making tea for breakfast, hubby put the gas cylinders into the car boot and I drove to Abang Long's shop to get them. Back again to resume cooking for lunch for the family and Abang Lang before proceeding to work.
I have 3 older brothers, Abang Lang is the 3rd (obviously). Amongst the brothers (5 in all,inclusive 2 younger brothers) I would say I am very comfortable and closest to him. His caring nature makes him much more approachable and for us to feel comfortable with him. Even my hubby has little to say about him (critically of course).
When he was younger, he and my older sister would always be quarelling. I remembered having watched them pull each other's hair and he snipped Kak M's hair in retaliation. I also remembered how one dawn morning he came back to surprise us with his new hair do, a completely bald head. My younger sister who was still quite small at that time would cry in fear everytime she looked at him. He shaved his head after he passed his LCE exam. He didn't do very well in his MCE, so in order to go into university he had to take his HSC (STPM) from a private school. Abang Long who was already working sponsored him. He finally made it to MU doing Economics. I think my parents must have been proud of him as he was the first one to enter University amongst our siblings.
I was in ITM Shah Alam when he was in MU and whenever i met him at Kak M's house ( I went there to get some pocket money), abang lang had never failed to share some of his scholarship money with me. He would give me some pocket money from his scholarship. Family was not really wealthy, my father was a school teacher with 8 children to support.
After graduation he was offered a job in Marketing by a Multinational. He has been there till now. We had always been closed, he used to even confide in me about a broken heart and all. He even took me to his company dinner, no one believed that I was his sister rather than his girlfriend at the dinner. eventually he married Kak Lang who is of the same age as I am. He now has 8 children ranging from 25 to 6 years old. In a few years he will be retiring and his children are still schooling.
One thing about this brother of mine, is that he likes to keep in touch with family. He would visit uncles and aunties whenever he comes home for Raya and other holidays. When Arwah ayah was sickly a year before he passed away, abang lang was the brother who came home most often to visit ayah. He is also generous with his money. Ayah would just open his mouth to ask, abang lang will provide. Usually through me, using the maybank2u transfer. Now with mak is the same. He would call and talk to her or called me to ask for mak's wellbeing. He comes home to visit when he sensed something is amiss. He was going to visit an aunty (My late father's youngest sister) in Kubang Kerian's hospitall on Saturday with our uncle (my father's older brother) when he got back to KL after visiting mak.
Although at one time he slacked in his religious duty, he has never slacked towards his responsibilities towards our parents. Maybe due to that mak's doa to bring him back to Allah's fath was easily being answered. Abang Lang repented and eversince then had never touch another drop of alchohol. He had performed his hajj and has been active in the surau near his house. He now making sure his children are becoming a solehin.
For whatever he is worth, Abang Lang is a surely a man of character and I am proud to be his younger sister.
May 26, 2006
Takut Gemuk
Angah : "Lepas ni Angah gemuk balik lah mama."
Aku : "Awat pulak ? Bukan dah gemuk ka?" Aku menyakat.
Angah : "Ni mama masak banyak-banyak ni"
Aku : " Kalau takut gemuk sapa suruh makan" Sambil gelak-gelak
Angah : "Dah mama masak sedap, makan lah"
Amboi dia blame kita masak pulak dah. Masa dia cakap macam tu, angah tengah meratah cendawan goreng bersalut tepung. Dia baru saja lepas makan nasi dengan gulai itik (hubby beli) dan sambal tumis udang yang aku masak pagi tadi sebelum ke pejabat. Takut gemuk lah si Angah ni sebab dia kurang main hoki tahun ni. Baba tak benarkan sebab tahun ni dia nak periksa SPM. Tak nak dia terlalu aktif, sampai tinggalkan pelajaran. Kesian jugak dia terkulat-kulat menengok kawan-kawan pergi main hoki sana sini.
Cerita kat hubby dan Kak Long. Kak Long bukak cerita.
Kak Long : "Itu lah mama, hari tu angah pun blame kak long tau"
Aku : "Dia cakap apa?"
Kak Long : " Dia kata, hang balik kami semua gemuk"
Aku : "Macam mana pulak tu?"
Kak Long : "Dia kata kak long balik, asyik makan jadi depa pun nak makan sama"
Aku : "Laaaa, pulak dah!!!"
Memanglah, bila Kak Long balik dia nak makan bermacam-macam makanan yang dia tak jumpa kat kampus. Masakan aku dan juga kuih-kuih yang tak ada di kampus. Hari tu masa kami ambik dia pun kami nampak badan dia susut sikit. Aku kata kat hubby Kak Long dah kurus, her b*m pun nampak dah kurang berisi. Hehehe. Marah anak dara aku kat aku, aku cakap macam tu. Selalu kalau dia kat kampus, kalau kami hubungi dia akan selalu tanya dah makan, atau makan apa hari tu, atau, masih ada duit belanja ka dan lain-lain. Jawapan yang sering kami dengar dari Kak Long ialah, dia puasa hari tu. Bila dah habis ganti puasa wajib, dia sambung buat puasa sunat.
Ayin pun takut gemuk. Dulu masa sekolah rendah, Ayin tembam orangnya. Bila dia masuk tingkatan satu, dia dah mula kawal pemakanan dia. Sekarang dah slim dah anak dara sunti aku ni. Baru-baru ni masa sekolah rendah menyambut Maulidur-rasul dia pun ambik peluang berjumpa dengan guru-guru sekolah rendah dia tu. Seronok dia bila cikgu-cikgu cakap yang dia dah slim dan dah lawa dah. Balik rumah terus cakap kat aku apa cikgu dia cakap tu. Ayin ni setiap hari masa aku balik dia akan tanya,
Mama, ada beli apa-apa makanan ?
Kalau aku jawab tak, dia tanya lagi,
Baba, satgi balik beli apa-apa ka?
Entah lah kata aku. Tujuan dia bertanya tu, bukan pasal tak ada apa-apa nak makan. Dia nak makan selalunya sebelum maghrib, lepas tu dia tak makan dah sampai esok hari. Kalau ada yang di beli dia tak nak makan nasi yang kat rumah tu. Kalau tidak 2 kali makan. Gemuk balik lah. :-) .
Yang masih tak takut gemuk buat masa ni ialah Syia. Dia makan semua benda yang mengenyangkan. Ayin selalu dok cakap dia makan banyak. Badan dah berisi dan tembam. Teruk jugak lah nak compete dengan kakak-kakak yang nak slim-slim ni. Tapi dia buat tak kisah saja. Kalau dah sedap makan, kalau dah lapar makan sajalah. Tak payah kira gemuk ke tidak. Tapi mungkin buat masa sekarang dia masih belum terasa self-conscious bila badan tu tembam agaknya. Tengok lah setahun dua lagi, dia mungkin akan hilangkan baby fat dia tu macam Ayin jugak agaknya.
Aku tak lah selalu suruh diorang ni jaga badan bagi slim ke apa. Tak pernah pun dok stress kat diorang supaya jaga badan "takut nanti tak ada boyfriend" ke apa ka? Yang penting bagi aku diorang sihat, tak ada penyakit. Makan benda-benda yang berkhasiat dan dengan cara yang betul. Kalau sihat senang nak belajar dan buat apa-apa aktiviti yang diorang nak buat.
Aku : "Awat pulak ? Bukan dah gemuk ka?" Aku menyakat.
Angah : "Ni mama masak banyak-banyak ni"
Aku : " Kalau takut gemuk sapa suruh makan" Sambil gelak-gelak
Angah : "Dah mama masak sedap, makan lah"
Amboi dia blame kita masak pulak dah. Masa dia cakap macam tu, angah tengah meratah cendawan goreng bersalut tepung. Dia baru saja lepas makan nasi dengan gulai itik (hubby beli) dan sambal tumis udang yang aku masak pagi tadi sebelum ke pejabat. Takut gemuk lah si Angah ni sebab dia kurang main hoki tahun ni. Baba tak benarkan sebab tahun ni dia nak periksa SPM. Tak nak dia terlalu aktif, sampai tinggalkan pelajaran. Kesian jugak dia terkulat-kulat menengok kawan-kawan pergi main hoki sana sini.
Cerita kat hubby dan Kak Long. Kak Long bukak cerita.
Kak Long : "Itu lah mama, hari tu angah pun blame kak long tau"
Aku : "Dia cakap apa?"
Kak Long : " Dia kata, hang balik kami semua gemuk"
Aku : "Macam mana pulak tu?"
Kak Long : "Dia kata kak long balik, asyik makan jadi depa pun nak makan sama"
Aku : "Laaaa, pulak dah!!!"
Memanglah, bila Kak Long balik dia nak makan bermacam-macam makanan yang dia tak jumpa kat kampus. Masakan aku dan juga kuih-kuih yang tak ada di kampus. Hari tu masa kami ambik dia pun kami nampak badan dia susut sikit. Aku kata kat hubby Kak Long dah kurus, her b*m pun nampak dah kurang berisi. Hehehe. Marah anak dara aku kat aku, aku cakap macam tu. Selalu kalau dia kat kampus, kalau kami hubungi dia akan selalu tanya dah makan, atau makan apa hari tu, atau, masih ada duit belanja ka dan lain-lain. Jawapan yang sering kami dengar dari Kak Long ialah, dia puasa hari tu. Bila dah habis ganti puasa wajib, dia sambung buat puasa sunat.
Ayin pun takut gemuk. Dulu masa sekolah rendah, Ayin tembam orangnya. Bila dia masuk tingkatan satu, dia dah mula kawal pemakanan dia. Sekarang dah slim dah anak dara sunti aku ni. Baru-baru ni masa sekolah rendah menyambut Maulidur-rasul dia pun ambik peluang berjumpa dengan guru-guru sekolah rendah dia tu. Seronok dia bila cikgu-cikgu cakap yang dia dah slim dan dah lawa dah. Balik rumah terus cakap kat aku apa cikgu dia cakap tu. Ayin ni setiap hari masa aku balik dia akan tanya,
Mama, ada beli apa-apa makanan ?
Kalau aku jawab tak, dia tanya lagi,
Baba, satgi balik beli apa-apa ka?
Entah lah kata aku. Tujuan dia bertanya tu, bukan pasal tak ada apa-apa nak makan. Dia nak makan selalunya sebelum maghrib, lepas tu dia tak makan dah sampai esok hari. Kalau ada yang di beli dia tak nak makan nasi yang kat rumah tu. Kalau tidak 2 kali makan. Gemuk balik lah. :-) .
Yang masih tak takut gemuk buat masa ni ialah Syia. Dia makan semua benda yang mengenyangkan. Ayin selalu dok cakap dia makan banyak. Badan dah berisi dan tembam. Teruk jugak lah nak compete dengan kakak-kakak yang nak slim-slim ni. Tapi dia buat tak kisah saja. Kalau dah sedap makan, kalau dah lapar makan sajalah. Tak payah kira gemuk ke tidak. Tapi mungkin buat masa sekarang dia masih belum terasa self-conscious bila badan tu tembam agaknya. Tengok lah setahun dua lagi, dia mungkin akan hilangkan baby fat dia tu macam Ayin jugak agaknya.
Aku tak lah selalu suruh diorang ni jaga badan bagi slim ke apa. Tak pernah pun dok stress kat diorang supaya jaga badan "takut nanti tak ada boyfriend" ke apa ka? Yang penting bagi aku diorang sihat, tak ada penyakit. Makan benda-benda yang berkhasiat dan dengan cara yang betul. Kalau sihat senang nak belajar dan buat apa-apa aktiviti yang diorang nak buat.
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