Dulu Mak Lijah pernah cerita macamana Mak Lijah got hooked to this thing called FB. Mak Lijah dapat 'berjumpa' kembali dengan classmate Mak Lijah yang sama-sama belajar di Convent Green Lane kira-kira 25 tahun yang lalu. Seronoknya kemain lagi. Cerita-cerita lama dari kengkawan membuatkan Mak Lijah terkenangkan kembali keseronokan zaman remaja dulu.
FB bukan setakat dapat reconnect dengan kawan-kawan lama, dapat juga kongsi gambar-gambar, untuk sama-sama update mengenai status kahwin masing-masing or yang dah beranak-pinak malahan tolong mengutuk, menyakat yang seterusnya dapat mengukuhkan tali silaturrahim. Banyak dah re-union telah dan akan dibuat sejak ramai yang sign-up ke FB ni.
Betapa bagusnya ciptaan yang bernama FB ni.
Pun begitu, jangan diabaikan laporan Harian Metro semalam:
FB PUNCA CERAI
http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/Wednesday/Global/20091223083451/Article/index_html
Memang dah tak boleh dinafikan bahawa FB juga telah mendatangkan masalah, kemudaratan dan kemusnahan. Telahpun dibuktikan di Australia. Ciri-ciri keterbukaan FB membolehkan maklumat dapat dikongsi oleh sesiapa saja di seluruh dunia yang telah sign-up kepada FB. Hati-hati dengan komen dan status yang dipaparkan. Boleh melukakan hati orang lain dan menjurus kepada krisis. Kalau dibuat kajian, hasilnya akan membuktikan perkara ini juga sedang dan telah berlaku di Malaysia. Silalah buat kajian itu. Peguam-peguam nikah-cerai mungkin mempunyai maklumat.
Pun begitu, Mak Lijah harus berterima kasih kepada FB kerana telah memberi isyarat, telah menyedarkan dan telah menyelamatkan Mak Lijah dari keruntuhan. Namun, semua itu tak akan berlaku kalau bukan dari petunjuk dan kehendak Allah S.W.T. juga. Alhamdulillah.
FB telah membuatkan Mak Lijah tersentak seketika dan kini Mak Lijah lebih peka dan lebih berhati-hati.
Ada manusia di luar sana yang suka mengambil kesempatan dari kejujuran dan keikhlasan. Kesempatan itulah yang meruntun jiwa dan mencabar pertimbangan.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
The Ordeal
WARNING : THIS POSTING IS UNUSUALLY LONGER THAN PREVIOUS ONES. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO ON READING, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AND PATIENCE IS QUITE IMPORTANT. (He..he..he..)
Dah sebulan berlalu masa Abang dimasukkan ke hospital sebab kecederaan di kaki dia.
Nak dijadikan cerita, Pak Lijah pulak masuk sepital baru-baru ni. Kat Penang plak tu... Such a dramatic incident...
Tahun ni holiday di Penang hanya tertumpu kepada city centre sebab ultimate objective ialah untuk pekena the food. To begin with, Mak Lijah tak makan suppressant for the entire week so that I could savor the scrumptious Penang gastronomy.
We reached Penang island at about 1230 pm after a very smooth journey from Bangi. Dari awal lagi Pak Lijah and Mak Lijah dah plan nak lunch di Minah Restaurant kat Gelugor. Dulu masa zaman belajor (even sampai ke tahap universiti), hanya harap ke mak and ayah jer lah nak bawa kami ke situ sebab restoran tu dikira untuk up-market. Pun begitu, tak kisah perihal harganya sebab makanannya amatlah lazat sekali.
Untuk tuan-tuan dan puan-puan yang belum pernah makan di situ, silalah isi poket dengan amaun yang bersesuaian dahulu, dan kemudian silalah order menu wajib: Kari kepala ikan, sambal tumis udang dan ayam goreng special yang ada sos. Menu ni kena tempah khas sebab dia tak dak kat counter. Tunggu sekejap, dalam 10 menet, all will be served hot and spicy. Nevertheless, makanan yang kat kaunter tu pun sedaaaaaaap. Cuba try test sambal tumis sotong dan ayam goreng berbawang. Tapi dua menu tu selalu habis cepat.
Tengah sedap menjamu selera tu, baru Mak Lijah terperasan yang this lady yang duduk accross our table was my school mate kat Convent Green Lane dolu-dolu. And seated opposite her at her table was Pak Lijah's lecturer dulu (paper Marketing Management, kalau tak silap).
So we all pun Sembang Mak Lijah and I asked her to sign-up kat facebook sebab kat situlah Mak Lijah got connected to school friends some 25 years ago tu (remember my earlier posting?).
At about 1.50 pm, we all pun check-in kat Danisy's favourite hotel yang attached to KOMTAR, tu. After resting for a short while, anak2 Mak Lijah dah terlompat2 nak pergi swimming pool walaupun semalam diorang cakap nak pi beli swimming trunk/suit dulu sebab yang ada sekarang ni dah either ketat or pendek.
Maka berenang-renang lah budak-budak tu dan bapak budaknya dalam gerimis manja-manja tu. While the kids were still swimming, Pak Lijah pun keluar lah dari pool sambil komplen sakit pinggang. Later, Pak Lijah komplen lagi that pinggang dia makin sakit and ajak Mak Lijah ke klinik (which is so unusual of him).
Kami pun berjalan di sekitar GAMA mencari klinik, malangnya, klinik yang paling hampir di Jalan Dato' Keramat tu tutup pulak sebab Ahad. So we walked ke depan KOMTAR untuk mencari lagi klinik lain but unfortunately tak ada. Melihatkan keadaan Pak Lijah yang makin teruk, berjalan pun dah terbongkok-bongkok, Mak Lijah suggested to ask the cab driver to take us to any clinic yang buka and tak berapa jauh dari situ. So the cab driver took us to this clinic yang Mak Lijah pernah frequent yearssss ago, opposite Padang Brom (Taman Brown). Doctor dah suspect it was batu karang and gave him a jab.
Nak dijadikan cerita, on our way back, dah dekat sangat nak sampai ke hotel, tiba-tiba terperasan yang wallet dan blackberry Pak Lijah tertinggal kat klinik tu tadi. Makanya, kamipun berpatah balik ler ke klinik tu sambil Mak Lijah menekan-nekan punat blackberry Mak Lijah untuk memanggil klinik tu. Pak Lijah pulak nampaknya masih dalam kesakitan.
Malam tu, Mak Lijah memesan room service saja untuk the kids sebab Pak Lijah masih lagi kesakitan yang amat sangat. Melihatkan dia macam tu, Mak Lijah menelefon klinik tadi dan bercakap dengan dokter tu. Katanya, kalau dalam setengah jam lagi tak kurang juga sakitnya, Pak Lijah harus dibawa ke hospital. Mak Lijah pun meminta nama obat yang dijab kepada Pak Lijah tu : Volteren, 70 mg. Patutler tak baik sakitnya, dalam keadaan biasapun, Pak Lijah selalu ambil 100mg for his gout.
Selesai saja Isyak dengan doa yang panjang, Mak Lijah mengajak Pak Lijah ke hospital. Untuk mengurangkan masa menunggu, we decided to go to a private hospital.
Masalahnya, Mak Lijah ni dah lama benar tinggalkan Penang dan dah lupa kebanyakan nama-nama jalan di situ. Lagipun, kebanyakan jalannya dah jadi one-way ditambah pula dengan bangunan-bangunan baru yg begitu asing bagi Mak Lijah. Mujurlah consierge hotel banyak membantu dengan menunjukkan arah di atas peta. Tapi yang betul-betul helped Mak Lijah with the bearings was the landmark that he mentioned : CRC kiri, hospital kanan, kat Jalan Larut.
Maka Mak Lijah pun berdusyum lah memandu kereta Pak Lijah dengan hati yang sangat berdebar-debar. Mana taknya, dah ler hujan, malam pulak tu...
The route was like this : keluar hotel, turn right to Penang Road. Then turn left to Jalan Burmah and after that... ?????
Memang totally blind..! Oh my God.. cemana nak buat ni? Pak Lijah pulak semakin sakit jadinya. Arggghhh... belasah jer lah.. The formula I want to use is to drive straight through Jalan Burmah tu...
Keter pulak banyak. Hujan...Gelap... tapi ada banyak lampu kedai and yet Mak Lijah betul-betul rasa buta sebab stress/tension yang melampau. Mana nak turn ni? Apa lagi... redah jer traffic light... hon sana hon sini. Hoi...! Tak nampak ke aku bawa orang sakit ni? Mujur aku tak der sairen jer..! Dalam dok drive takut-takut tu pun Mak Lijah bawa laju juga macam ambulance gak (tapi ambulancepun bukannya bawa laju pun, kan?). Then we reached this very familiar area and I saw the signage to CRC. Fuuhhh... that's something..! Then baru nampak tanda "Jalan Larut"..
Oh dah nak sampai rupanya. Terus jer Mak Lijah parking depan pintu Emergency hospital tu.. Peduli lah nak clamp ke, nak tarik ke, nak saman ke... nak haper ke...
Pak Lijah pun masuk dalam bilik rawatan emergency tu.. Dah ada dokter sedia menunggu. Mak Lijah pula bergegas pi register sekejap. Balik dari registration 10 minutes later, tengok2 Pak Lijah tengah 'high' atas katil rawatan while the doctor and nurses were working around him. Kat tangan dia dah dicucuk apa benda entah. Macam citer Grey's Anatomy plak rasanya. The doctor pun explain lah macam2 kat Mak Lijah and at the same time asked a lot of questions, about his medical history, last medical check-up etc. Mak Lijah also explained to the doctor that we were actually on holiday and just arrived that afternoon.
Dipendekkan cerita, the Doctor said Pak Lijah has to be admitted for observation, takut sakit tu datang semula later that night. Masa dengar dia kata 'for observation' tu, Mak Lijah rasa lega sikit. Maknanya bukanlah untuk rawatan lain, i.e. pembedahan or laser or whatsoever. Masa tu, Mak Lijah was contemplating whether to call emak Mak Lijah to tell of the ordeal or not to call. Mak Lijah tak mahu dia risau, especially ayah Mak Lijah yang paling kuat risau yang melampau terutamanya kalau disebut 'masuk hospital' - itu sememangnya amat alarming bagi mereka berdua.
Akhirnya, Mak Lijah decided hanya to call anak2 Mak Lijah yang ditinggalkan di bilik hotel, diorang bertiga saja. Dah tidor rupanya. Mak Lijah beritahu kepada si Abang that I would be spending the night at the hospital untuk menjaga Pak Lijah dan berpesan kepada dia to take care of his siblings for that night. I promised to be back subuh the next day. Mujurlah si Abang faham situasi tu sebab diapun baru jer merasa 'nikmat' bermalam di sepital.
Mak Lijah bertekad that if Pak Lijah hanya di'wad'kan for observation, tak perlulah upset kan mak and ayah sebab knowing them, they will just drive all the way from Perlis to Penang malam tu juga even if I told them not to. Kesian lah kat diorang.
Semasa registration to be warded, Mak Lijah asked for a single-bedded room atas faktor Mak Lijah akan bermalam di situ. Pak Lijah pun dibawa ke bilik tu while he was still on the treatment bed. Katanya rasa melayang-layang sebab ubat tu masih lagi doing work on him. Bilik tu agak besar, much bigger than bilik Abang di Az-Zahrah dulu. Siap ada Astro and a 3-seater sofa cum bed.
Sementara tu, sempat juga update kat facebook... Keh...keh...keh... And because of that, Abang Jam called from KL to ask what happened. He had been in that situation before, a couple of years ago.
Dalam pada nak sampai ke midnight tu, nurse asyik keluar masuk bilik entah berapa kali... At the same time Mak Lijah monitor lah perkembangan Pak Lijah. By then, the pain was slowly going away. Lega lah sikit rasanya... Berbanding masa dalam kereta nak ke hospital tadi, he was much better, then.
Subuh tu, Mak Lijah bangun to find Pak Lijah dah sihat and keluar masuk toilet, as part of the reaction to the ubat the doctor gave him. Finding him like that, Mak Lijah lebih lah rasa leganya and confident enough to leave him for a while.
Dalam gelap-gelap subuh tu, Mak Lijah pun drove back ke hotel. This time it was so much easier sebab tak stress and more confident sebab jalan balik (Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah/Northam) masih sama macam dulu-dulu.
Sampai je ke hotel, Mak Lijah pun sembahyang subuh dan ajak anak-anak breakfast kat coffee house, sebelum memecut ke hospital semula. Pak Lijah kena x-ray pukul 8.30 pagi.
Sesampai je di bilik Pak Lijah, budak2 tu bukan main lagi. Diorang ingat hospital tu macam another resort je so riuh-rendahnya tak ingat dunia.
Oleh kerana nak kena x-ray, Pak Lijah tak dapat nak breakfast lagi pagi tu. By the time the whole process was over, it was almost 10 am and Pak Lijah was so hungry. The staff then brought him bread with jam and butter, plus extra lagi for Danis and Kakak. Baiknya hati mereka...
Later, the doctor came to see Pak Lijah and explained what he found through the x-ray : A three mm-sized stone. Although he said no surgery or any other treatment is necessary yet, Pak Lijah needs to come back in three months time to see the development and prescribe something if necessary. By then, thanks to facebook, ramai yang concerned tu banyak memberi petua-petua dan tak kurang juga yang menelefon Pak Lijah.
Pukul 1230, cukup 24 jam berada di Penang, Pak Lijah pun di discharged. Keluar je dari hospital, we went to Norman's, to have lunch. Menu biasa: kari kepala ikan, sambal tumis udang, ayam goreng dll. Pergggh....! Balik hotel sekejap to solat, then off to Queensbay Mall to shop and shop... Shopping bagai nak rak as if nothing happened the last 24 hours.
On Wednesday, kami meneruskan perjalanan cuti kami menuju ke Perlis, least to the knowledge of mak and ayah of what we went through in Penang on Sunday/Monday.
Akhir kata to all, thank you for your concern and khidmat nasihat yang tidak ternilai dengan wang ringgit. Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha.
Dah sebulan berlalu masa Abang dimasukkan ke hospital sebab kecederaan di kaki dia.
Nak dijadikan cerita, Pak Lijah pulak masuk sepital baru-baru ni. Kat Penang plak tu... Such a dramatic incident...
Tahun ni holiday di Penang hanya tertumpu kepada city centre sebab ultimate objective ialah untuk pekena the food. To begin with, Mak Lijah tak makan suppressant for the entire week so that I could savor the scrumptious Penang gastronomy.
We reached Penang island at about 1230 pm after a very smooth journey from Bangi. Dari awal lagi Pak Lijah and Mak Lijah dah plan nak lunch di Minah Restaurant kat Gelugor. Dulu masa zaman belajor (even sampai ke tahap universiti), hanya harap ke mak and ayah jer lah nak bawa kami ke situ sebab restoran tu dikira untuk up-market. Pun begitu, tak kisah perihal harganya sebab makanannya amatlah lazat sekali.
Untuk tuan-tuan dan puan-puan yang belum pernah makan di situ, silalah isi poket dengan amaun yang bersesuaian dahulu, dan kemudian silalah order menu wajib: Kari kepala ikan, sambal tumis udang dan ayam goreng special yang ada sos. Menu ni kena tempah khas sebab dia tak dak kat counter. Tunggu sekejap, dalam 10 menet, all will be served hot and spicy. Nevertheless, makanan yang kat kaunter tu pun sedaaaaaaap. Cuba try test sambal tumis sotong dan ayam goreng berbawang. Tapi dua menu tu selalu habis cepat.
Tengah sedap menjamu selera tu, baru Mak Lijah terperasan yang this lady yang duduk accross our table was my school mate kat Convent Green Lane dolu-dolu. And seated opposite her at her table was Pak Lijah's lecturer dulu (paper Marketing Management, kalau tak silap).
So we all pun Sembang Mak Lijah and I asked her to sign-up kat facebook sebab kat situlah Mak Lijah got connected to school friends some 25 years ago tu (remember my earlier posting?).
At about 1.50 pm, we all pun check-in kat Danisy's favourite hotel yang attached to KOMTAR, tu. After resting for a short while, anak2 Mak Lijah dah terlompat2 nak pergi swimming pool walaupun semalam diorang cakap nak pi beli swimming trunk/suit dulu sebab yang ada sekarang ni dah either ketat or pendek.
Maka berenang-renang lah budak-budak tu dan bapak budaknya dalam gerimis manja-manja tu. While the kids were still swimming, Pak Lijah pun keluar lah dari pool sambil komplen sakit pinggang. Later, Pak Lijah komplen lagi that pinggang dia makin sakit and ajak Mak Lijah ke klinik (which is so unusual of him).
Kami pun berjalan di sekitar GAMA mencari klinik, malangnya, klinik yang paling hampir di Jalan Dato' Keramat tu tutup pulak sebab Ahad. So we walked ke depan KOMTAR untuk mencari lagi klinik lain but unfortunately tak ada. Melihatkan keadaan Pak Lijah yang makin teruk, berjalan pun dah terbongkok-bongkok, Mak Lijah suggested to ask the cab driver to take us to any clinic yang buka and tak berapa jauh dari situ. So the cab driver took us to this clinic yang Mak Lijah pernah frequent yearssss ago, opposite Padang Brom (Taman Brown). Doctor dah suspect it was batu karang and gave him a jab.
Nak dijadikan cerita, on our way back, dah dekat sangat nak sampai ke hotel, tiba-tiba terperasan yang wallet dan blackberry Pak Lijah tertinggal kat klinik tu tadi. Makanya, kamipun berpatah balik ler ke klinik tu sambil Mak Lijah menekan-nekan punat blackberry Mak Lijah untuk memanggil klinik tu. Pak Lijah pulak nampaknya masih dalam kesakitan.
Malam tu, Mak Lijah memesan room service saja untuk the kids sebab Pak Lijah masih lagi kesakitan yang amat sangat. Melihatkan dia macam tu, Mak Lijah menelefon klinik tadi dan bercakap dengan dokter tu. Katanya, kalau dalam setengah jam lagi tak kurang juga sakitnya, Pak Lijah harus dibawa ke hospital. Mak Lijah pun meminta nama obat yang dijab kepada Pak Lijah tu : Volteren, 70 mg. Patutler tak baik sakitnya, dalam keadaan biasapun, Pak Lijah selalu ambil 100mg for his gout.
Selesai saja Isyak dengan doa yang panjang, Mak Lijah mengajak Pak Lijah ke hospital. Untuk mengurangkan masa menunggu, we decided to go to a private hospital.
Masalahnya, Mak Lijah ni dah lama benar tinggalkan Penang dan dah lupa kebanyakan nama-nama jalan di situ. Lagipun, kebanyakan jalannya dah jadi one-way ditambah pula dengan bangunan-bangunan baru yg begitu asing bagi Mak Lijah. Mujurlah consierge hotel banyak membantu dengan menunjukkan arah di atas peta. Tapi yang betul-betul helped Mak Lijah with the bearings was the landmark that he mentioned : CRC kiri, hospital kanan, kat Jalan Larut.
Maka Mak Lijah pun berdusyum lah memandu kereta Pak Lijah dengan hati yang sangat berdebar-debar. Mana taknya, dah ler hujan, malam pulak tu...
The route was like this : keluar hotel, turn right to Penang Road. Then turn left to Jalan Burmah and after that... ?????
Memang totally blind..! Oh my God.. cemana nak buat ni? Pak Lijah pulak semakin sakit jadinya. Arggghhh... belasah jer lah.. The formula I want to use is to drive straight through Jalan Burmah tu...
Keter pulak banyak. Hujan...Gelap... tapi ada banyak lampu kedai and yet Mak Lijah betul-betul rasa buta sebab stress/tension yang melampau. Mana nak turn ni? Apa lagi... redah jer traffic light... hon sana hon sini. Hoi...! Tak nampak ke aku bawa orang sakit ni? Mujur aku tak der sairen jer..! Dalam dok drive takut-takut tu pun Mak Lijah bawa laju juga macam ambulance gak (tapi ambulancepun bukannya bawa laju pun, kan?). Then we reached this very familiar area and I saw the signage to CRC. Fuuhhh... that's something..! Then baru nampak tanda "Jalan Larut"..
Oh dah nak sampai rupanya. Terus jer Mak Lijah parking depan pintu Emergency hospital tu.. Peduli lah nak clamp ke, nak tarik ke, nak saman ke... nak haper ke...
Pak Lijah pun masuk dalam bilik rawatan emergency tu.. Dah ada dokter sedia menunggu. Mak Lijah pula bergegas pi register sekejap. Balik dari registration 10 minutes later, tengok2 Pak Lijah tengah 'high' atas katil rawatan while the doctor and nurses were working around him. Kat tangan dia dah dicucuk apa benda entah. Macam citer Grey's Anatomy plak rasanya. The doctor pun explain lah macam2 kat Mak Lijah and at the same time asked a lot of questions, about his medical history, last medical check-up etc. Mak Lijah also explained to the doctor that we were actually on holiday and just arrived that afternoon.
Dipendekkan cerita, the Doctor said Pak Lijah has to be admitted for observation, takut sakit tu datang semula later that night. Masa dengar dia kata 'for observation' tu, Mak Lijah rasa lega sikit. Maknanya bukanlah untuk rawatan lain, i.e. pembedahan or laser or whatsoever. Masa tu, Mak Lijah was contemplating whether to call emak Mak Lijah to tell of the ordeal or not to call. Mak Lijah tak mahu dia risau, especially ayah Mak Lijah yang paling kuat risau yang melampau terutamanya kalau disebut 'masuk hospital' - itu sememangnya amat alarming bagi mereka berdua.
Akhirnya, Mak Lijah decided hanya to call anak2 Mak Lijah yang ditinggalkan di bilik hotel, diorang bertiga saja. Dah tidor rupanya. Mak Lijah beritahu kepada si Abang that I would be spending the night at the hospital untuk menjaga Pak Lijah dan berpesan kepada dia to take care of his siblings for that night. I promised to be back subuh the next day. Mujurlah si Abang faham situasi tu sebab diapun baru jer merasa 'nikmat' bermalam di sepital.
Mak Lijah bertekad that if Pak Lijah hanya di'wad'kan for observation, tak perlulah upset kan mak and ayah sebab knowing them, they will just drive all the way from Perlis to Penang malam tu juga even if I told them not to. Kesian lah kat diorang.
Semasa registration to be warded, Mak Lijah asked for a single-bedded room atas faktor Mak Lijah akan bermalam di situ. Pak Lijah pun dibawa ke bilik tu while he was still on the treatment bed. Katanya rasa melayang-layang sebab ubat tu masih lagi doing work on him. Bilik tu agak besar, much bigger than bilik Abang di Az-Zahrah dulu. Siap ada Astro and a 3-seater sofa cum bed.
Sementara tu, sempat juga update kat facebook... Keh...keh...keh... And because of that, Abang Jam called from KL to ask what happened. He had been in that situation before, a couple of years ago.
Dalam pada nak sampai ke midnight tu, nurse asyik keluar masuk bilik entah berapa kali... At the same time Mak Lijah monitor lah perkembangan Pak Lijah. By then, the pain was slowly going away. Lega lah sikit rasanya... Berbanding masa dalam kereta nak ke hospital tadi, he was much better, then.
Subuh tu, Mak Lijah bangun to find Pak Lijah dah sihat and keluar masuk toilet, as part of the reaction to the ubat the doctor gave him. Finding him like that, Mak Lijah lebih lah rasa leganya and confident enough to leave him for a while.
Dalam gelap-gelap subuh tu, Mak Lijah pun drove back ke hotel. This time it was so much easier sebab tak stress and more confident sebab jalan balik (Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah/Northam) masih sama macam dulu-dulu.
Sampai je ke hotel, Mak Lijah pun sembahyang subuh dan ajak anak-anak breakfast kat coffee house, sebelum memecut ke hospital semula. Pak Lijah kena x-ray pukul 8.30 pagi.
Sesampai je di bilik Pak Lijah, budak2 tu bukan main lagi. Diorang ingat hospital tu macam another resort je so riuh-rendahnya tak ingat dunia.
Oleh kerana nak kena x-ray, Pak Lijah tak dapat nak breakfast lagi pagi tu. By the time the whole process was over, it was almost 10 am and Pak Lijah was so hungry. The staff then brought him bread with jam and butter, plus extra lagi for Danis and Kakak. Baiknya hati mereka...
Later, the doctor came to see Pak Lijah and explained what he found through the x-ray : A three mm-sized stone. Although he said no surgery or any other treatment is necessary yet, Pak Lijah needs to come back in three months time to see the development and prescribe something if necessary. By then, thanks to facebook, ramai yang concerned tu banyak memberi petua-petua dan tak kurang juga yang menelefon Pak Lijah.
Pukul 1230, cukup 24 jam berada di Penang, Pak Lijah pun di discharged. Keluar je dari hospital, we went to Norman's, to have lunch. Menu biasa: kari kepala ikan, sambal tumis udang, ayam goreng dll. Pergggh....! Balik hotel sekejap to solat, then off to Queensbay Mall to shop and shop... Shopping bagai nak rak as if nothing happened the last 24 hours.
On Wednesday, kami meneruskan perjalanan cuti kami menuju ke Perlis, least to the knowledge of mak and ayah of what we went through in Penang on Sunday/Monday.
Akhir kata to all, thank you for your concern and khidmat nasihat yang tidak ternilai dengan wang ringgit. Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Se-malam di Az-Zahrah
Malam ni Mak Lijah bermalam di Pusat Rawatan Islam Az-Zahrah, Bandar Baru Bangi http://azzahrah.my/my/. (Website dia ni macam biskut lah.. Boleh tentiba hilang cenggitu jer.) Bukan Mak Lijah yang di'wad'kan. Si Abang. Kaki dia terpele'ot. Main rugby petang tadi.
Ini lah salah satu perkara yang Mak Lijah risaukan dan menjadi juga kenyataan. Syukur kakinya masih boleh diubati. Pun begitu, no rugby for the next six months. Naahh.. engkau.. Fanatik benor dengan rugbynya. So lepas ni, dia kena home arrest and just pluck his guitar jer lah.
And here I am, trying really hard to stay awake until paling lewat so that my sleeping hours would be shorter. Really, tidor kat wad hospital - not as a patient is challenging. Tapi itulah tanggungjawab kita. We must be around our family members especially the younger ones, who are sick, all the time so that they know we are always there to protect them and so they know that we care for them with all our love.
Kesian dia, tidor dalam pening-pening sebab kena cucuk painkiller tadi.
Get well soon, Abang. Mama is always here beside you.
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Ini lah salah satu perkara yang Mak Lijah risaukan dan menjadi juga kenyataan. Syukur kakinya masih boleh diubati. Pun begitu, no rugby for the next six months. Naahh.. engkau.. Fanatik benor dengan rugbynya. So lepas ni, dia kena home arrest and just pluck his guitar jer lah.
And here I am, trying really hard to stay awake until paling lewat so that my sleeping hours would be shorter. Really, tidor kat wad hospital - not as a patient is challenging. Tapi itulah tanggungjawab kita. We must be around our family members especially the younger ones, who are sick, all the time so that they know we are always there to protect them and so they know that we care for them with all our love.
Kesian dia, tidor dalam pening-pening sebab kena cucuk painkiller tadi.
Get well soon, Abang. Mama is always here beside you.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
F.r.i.e.n.d.s
Semalam Mak Lijah dengar kat Radio Er@ pasal FB. Teringat pula masa mula-mula Mak Lijah got hitched to this thing. Gosh... kesannya memang dahsyat sekali.
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Mak Lijah must confess lah that I am not that IT savvy. Sekadar tahu klik sana sikit, sini sikit, itu pun with lots of guidance. Sebab tu lah tak reti nak pick up dengan segala benda yang internet could offer. Created this blog pun selepas digiatkan oleh kawan Mak Lijah, Pokcik. Tapi dia dah tak blog. Sibuk mengambik gambar plak.
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Then came this FB. I can't really remember siapa sebenarnya yang invite Mak Lijah into this thing but I am pretty sure that orang tu dah berada di Geneva sekarang ni. He..he..he..
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Masa mula-mula tu, really, I didn't know what it is all about and don't know what to do with it. Tapi, alah bisa tegal biasa. Selepas godek sana, godek sini.. hah.. baru tau impact maximanya.
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Beberapa bulan lepas, Mak Lijah terima this friend request on FB dari seorang yang nama dia sangat-sangat familiar. Tapi, Mak Lijah tak boleh nak relate nama tu dengan wajahnya. Dah bertudung rupanya. Dia adalah Norma, my classmate masa kat Convent Green Lane, some 25 years ago. Tak sangka dapat 'connect' dengan dia. Rupanya dia sengaja search nama Mak Lijah kat FB tu dan dengan mudahnya dapat trace Mak Lijah. Mak Lijah pun tak de nak menyamar-menyamar kat FB. Memang itulah namanya yang terpampang.
Punyalah excited dapat berFB dengan dia. Dan dia pun telah suggested beberapa lagi classmate and schoolmate Mak Lijah and suddenly... wuuuusshhhhh....!!!! Berpuluh-puluh orang got connected. Excited gilerr... And from FB, I got to know that half of my classmates have either migrated or married foreigners. Most of them tak berubah wajah langsung (saiz tak yah bincang, ya?). Some still remained in Penang while some moved to KL. And some (shh.....!) Mak Lijah langsung tak ingat siapa dia. Tak ingat nama, tak ingat rupa. He...he..he..
Through FB, we walked down memory lane. Some mengingatkan Mak Lijah how they used to lepak kat rumah Mak Lijah dulu lepas aktiviti ko-kurikulum. This happened sebab rumah Mak Lijah is only a 5-minutes walk to school and terletak di laluan pergi-balik sekolah. They also still remembered my cat, Chakri (dah arwah), beraya ramai-ramai di rumah Mak Lijah, BBQ (for out-going prefects) dan macam-macam lagi aktiviti kat rumah Mak Lijah. Heh.. seronok rasanya zaman remaja tu...
I walked down my own memory lane too. I remember this classmate who had been such a difficult person to me. Made my life miserable. Dan sorang lagi yang kurang sensitif terhadap isu perkauman. Dia juga selalu memandang rendah terhadap Mak Lijah. Iyalah, dia pandai (scored all A's in all exams), athlete, prefect dsb sedangkan Mak Lijah hanyalah prefect cabuk yang dipilih oleh classmates lain yang selalu menyokong Mak Lijah. Both of them dah migrate. Baguslah. Semoga dia bahagia di sana.
And so this connection is just simply so great. F.r.i.e.n.d.s.. f.o..r.e.v.e.r
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Mak Lijah must confess lah that I am not that IT savvy. Sekadar tahu klik sana sikit, sini sikit, itu pun with lots of guidance. Sebab tu lah tak reti nak pick up dengan segala benda yang internet could offer. Created this blog pun selepas digiatkan oleh kawan Mak Lijah, Pokcik. Tapi dia dah tak blog. Sibuk mengambik gambar plak.
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Then came this FB. I can't really remember siapa sebenarnya yang invite Mak Lijah into this thing but I am pretty sure that orang tu dah berada di Geneva sekarang ni. He..he..he..
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Masa mula-mula tu, really, I didn't know what it is all about and don't know what to do with it. Tapi, alah bisa tegal biasa. Selepas godek sana, godek sini.. hah.. baru tau impact maximanya.
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Beberapa bulan lepas, Mak Lijah terima this friend request on FB dari seorang yang nama dia sangat-sangat familiar. Tapi, Mak Lijah tak boleh nak relate nama tu dengan wajahnya. Dah bertudung rupanya. Dia adalah Norma, my classmate masa kat Convent Green Lane, some 25 years ago. Tak sangka dapat 'connect' dengan dia. Rupanya dia sengaja search nama Mak Lijah kat FB tu dan dengan mudahnya dapat trace Mak Lijah. Mak Lijah pun tak de nak menyamar-menyamar kat FB. Memang itulah namanya yang terpampang.
Punyalah excited dapat berFB dengan dia. Dan dia pun telah suggested beberapa lagi classmate and schoolmate Mak Lijah and suddenly... wuuuusshhhhh....!!!! Berpuluh-puluh orang got connected. Excited gilerr... And from FB, I got to know that half of my classmates have either migrated or married foreigners. Most of them tak berubah wajah langsung (saiz tak yah bincang, ya?). Some still remained in Penang while some moved to KL. And some (shh.....!) Mak Lijah langsung tak ingat siapa dia. Tak ingat nama, tak ingat rupa. He...he..he..
Through FB, we walked down memory lane. Some mengingatkan Mak Lijah how they used to lepak kat rumah Mak Lijah dulu lepas aktiviti ko-kurikulum. This happened sebab rumah Mak Lijah is only a 5-minutes walk to school and terletak di laluan pergi-balik sekolah. They also still remembered my cat, Chakri (dah arwah), beraya ramai-ramai di rumah Mak Lijah, BBQ (for out-going prefects) dan macam-macam lagi aktiviti kat rumah Mak Lijah. Heh.. seronok rasanya zaman remaja tu...
I walked down my own memory lane too. I remember this classmate who had been such a difficult person to me. Made my life miserable. Dan sorang lagi yang kurang sensitif terhadap isu perkauman. Dia juga selalu memandang rendah terhadap Mak Lijah. Iyalah, dia pandai (scored all A's in all exams), athlete, prefect dsb sedangkan Mak Lijah hanyalah prefect cabuk yang dipilih oleh classmates lain yang selalu menyokong Mak Lijah. Both of them dah migrate. Baguslah. Semoga dia bahagia di sana.
And so this connection is just simply so great. F.r.i.e.n.d.s.. f.o..r.e.v.e.r
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Cerita-ceriti II
Terasa nak sambung balik selepas dapat SMS semalam.
Oh... nak cerita babak nak balik kampung beraya vis-a-vis Putihah.
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Hari Jumaat tu, Mak Lijah plan balik rumah waktu tengahari untuk bersiap-siap balik Pahang nak Raya. Mak Lijah sampai rumah dalam pukul 12.30 pm. Ipar-duai semua dah berkumpul kat rumah Mak Lijah sebab cadangnya nak balik lebih kurang sama time. So Mak Lijah pun naik turun rumah, ke depan ke belakang nak packing serba bagai lah. Macam-macam nak dibawa, macam nak balik sebulan. Angkat segala benda - bantal, beg baju, beg plastik, hair dryer, botol air, serunding dodol, macam-macam lah....Berpeluh-peluh Mak Lijah ke hulu ke hilir. Tiba-tiba ada orang tanya..
"Putihah mana?"
Eh, terlupa pulak Mak Lijah ni ada pembantu rumah rupanya sebab kelibat dia langsung tak nampak sejak Mak Lijah jejak kaki di rumah dari tadi lagi.
"Entah?"
Sambung balik packing sana, packing sini, tutup sana tutup sini, switch off segala suis, kunci sana, kunci sini, angkat beg, angkat balang kuih, susun kat atas bumbung keter... adoilaaaa...... Tapi excited nak beraya punya pasal..semuanya beres saja. Rasanya keter Mak Lijah tu overloaded dengan kuih Raya, bunga api-mercun (oopsss...) dan macam-macam baranglah ditambah orang lagi kat belakang tu sama (anak saudara nak tumpang, saja nak meramaikan).
Lebih kurang pukul 4.00 tu, semua dah settle dan dah ready to go. Tiba-tiba...
"Buk.. Hantar saya ke stesen, ya?"
[ Dialog dalaman : Oh.. ada, rupanya. Ingatkan dah m@+! Macam ni punya pembantu rumah pun ada? Tak membantu, pun? Dia rasa dia pun majikan juga, ke? ]
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Since then, Mak Lijah dah tak ada pembantu rumah/bibik permanent sehingga ke hari ini. Si Putihah dengan sukati mak bapak dia, tak balik kerja dengan Mak Lijah after cuti Raya tu. Katanya dia hamil dua minggu. Dah muntah-muntah. Haritu sebelum dia pergi cuti tu, kami ni selaku majikan baik hati, bagi lah gaji penuh walaupun belum cukup sebulan lagi (ala-ala gaji gomen lah katakan) dan walaupun sakit hati sebab dia tak keluar-keluar bilik untuk tolong kami packing. Dia siap bawa kunci rumah, passport, baju Raya, duit Raya bagailah, as if memang nak balik kerja semula lah. Boleh dapat Oscar ni. Best part is, selepas drop the bomb yang dia tak balik semula tu, dia SMS ke Mak Lijah, katanya (antara lain), "Oya tlg permit sy jgn di mtkn dl smpai 25 nofember ok."
Alih bahsa :
Oh ya, tolong jangan matikan permit saya sehingga 25 November.
(Nota : Dia bercadang untuk balik ke Indonesia, for good on 25 November 2009. )
PLEASE SUGGEST A SUITABLE REACTION TO THAT TEXT..(???!!!!????!!!???)
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Dalam pada tu, Mak Lijah insisted that she return our house key and her passport. Kunci rumah tu for obvious reason lah, yang paspot dia tu is so that we can apply new maid and I have to apply checkout memo untuk dia balik ke Indon next month. However, sampai harini tak dapat apa (except kunci rumah yang Mak Lijah pi amik sendiri) sebab katanya duitnya dah habis so tak boleh nak datang, kena tunggu gaji suami dia.
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So now dah sebulan Mak Lijah bibik-less. First week tu, ok jer sebab Mak Tok and Pak Tok are still around (read last entry). Second and third week pun ok jer sebab ada part-time bibik yang sangat rajin dan sangat kemas kerjanya who would come in the morning and balik pukul 5.30 pm. Tapi dia balik bercuti di negara dia sekejap untuk melawat keluarga. Bibik ni kahwin dengan orang Malaysia. Fourth week (last week), no help at all tapi boleh survive la... Pak Lijah banyak membantu. This week, Nenek is around. Next week? Macam fourth week semula ke.. or Bibik akan balik dan bekerja dengan kami again?
And sampai harini si Putihah tak nampak batang hidung dia lagi to surrender her passport. Kalau hujung bulan ni pon tak der gak, alamatnya Balai Polis lah. Tapi yang tu lah yang paling leceh sekali. Hai..kenapalah nak nyusahkan hidup aku?
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Oh... nak cerita babak nak balik kampung beraya vis-a-vis Putihah.
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Hari Jumaat tu, Mak Lijah plan balik rumah waktu tengahari untuk bersiap-siap balik Pahang nak Raya. Mak Lijah sampai rumah dalam pukul 12.30 pm. Ipar-duai semua dah berkumpul kat rumah Mak Lijah sebab cadangnya nak balik lebih kurang sama time. So Mak Lijah pun naik turun rumah, ke depan ke belakang nak packing serba bagai lah. Macam-macam nak dibawa, macam nak balik sebulan. Angkat segala benda - bantal, beg baju, beg plastik, hair dryer, botol air, serunding dodol, macam-macam lah....Berpeluh-peluh Mak Lijah ke hulu ke hilir. Tiba-tiba ada orang tanya..
"Putihah mana?"
Eh, terlupa pulak Mak Lijah ni ada pembantu rumah rupanya sebab kelibat dia langsung tak nampak sejak Mak Lijah jejak kaki di rumah dari tadi lagi.
"Entah?"
Sambung balik packing sana, packing sini, tutup sana tutup sini, switch off segala suis, kunci sana, kunci sini, angkat beg, angkat balang kuih, susun kat atas bumbung keter... adoilaaaa...... Tapi excited nak beraya punya pasal..semuanya beres saja. Rasanya keter Mak Lijah tu overloaded dengan kuih Raya, bunga api-mercun (oopsss...) dan macam-macam baranglah ditambah orang lagi kat belakang tu sama (anak saudara nak tumpang, saja nak meramaikan).
Lebih kurang pukul 4.00 tu, semua dah settle dan dah ready to go. Tiba-tiba...
"Buk.. Hantar saya ke stesen, ya?"
[ Dialog dalaman : Oh.. ada, rupanya. Ingatkan dah m@+! Macam ni punya pembantu rumah pun ada? Tak membantu, pun? Dia rasa dia pun majikan juga, ke? ]
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Since then, Mak Lijah dah tak ada pembantu rumah/bibik permanent sehingga ke hari ini. Si Putihah dengan sukati mak bapak dia, tak balik kerja dengan Mak Lijah after cuti Raya tu. Katanya dia hamil dua minggu. Dah muntah-muntah. Haritu sebelum dia pergi cuti tu, kami ni selaku majikan baik hati, bagi lah gaji penuh walaupun belum cukup sebulan lagi (ala-ala gaji gomen lah katakan) dan walaupun sakit hati sebab dia tak keluar-keluar bilik untuk tolong kami packing. Dia siap bawa kunci rumah, passport, baju Raya, duit Raya bagailah, as if memang nak balik kerja semula lah. Boleh dapat Oscar ni. Best part is, selepas drop the bomb yang dia tak balik semula tu, dia SMS ke Mak Lijah, katanya (antara lain), "Oya tlg permit sy jgn di mtkn dl smpai 25 nofember ok."
Alih bahsa :
Oh ya, tolong jangan matikan permit saya sehingga 25 November.
(Nota : Dia bercadang untuk balik ke Indonesia, for good on 25 November 2009. )
PLEASE SUGGEST A SUITABLE REACTION TO THAT TEXT..(???!!!!????!!!???)
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,
Dalam pada tu, Mak Lijah insisted that she return our house key and her passport. Kunci rumah tu for obvious reason lah, yang paspot dia tu is so that we can apply new maid and I have to apply checkout memo untuk dia balik ke Indon next month. However, sampai harini tak dapat apa (except kunci rumah yang Mak Lijah pi amik sendiri) sebab katanya duitnya dah habis so tak boleh nak datang, kena tunggu gaji suami dia.
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So now dah sebulan Mak Lijah bibik-less. First week tu, ok jer sebab Mak Tok and Pak Tok are still around (read last entry). Second and third week pun ok jer sebab ada part-time bibik yang sangat rajin dan sangat kemas kerjanya who would come in the morning and balik pukul 5.30 pm. Tapi dia balik bercuti di negara dia sekejap untuk melawat keluarga. Bibik ni kahwin dengan orang Malaysia. Fourth week (last week), no help at all tapi boleh survive la... Pak Lijah banyak membantu. This week, Nenek is around. Next week? Macam fourth week semula ke.. or Bibik akan balik dan bekerja dengan kami again?
And sampai harini si Putihah tak nampak batang hidung dia lagi to surrender her passport. Kalau hujung bulan ni pon tak der gak, alamatnya Balai Polis lah. Tapi yang tu lah yang paling leceh sekali. Hai..kenapalah nak nyusahkan hidup aku?
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Cerita-ceriti
Wah.. Lama betul Mak Lijah tak apdet. Genap sebulan lebih. Puuu...nyalah banyak kejadian berlaku. Yang baru, yang pelik, yang sakit hati, yang lucu... semua adaaaa...
Let's see... what happened after 6 September? Kita berpuasa, kita beraya... Tahun ni turn Mak Lijah beraya di Pahang. Wooo..hooo... best dapat bakar lomang. Sampai layu pokok pinang kena layoq asap lomang. Ha..ha..ha.. Mak Lijah buat laksa juga tapi sindrik tak makan sebab pekena sup kaki kaw kaw punya.
Pehtu, Mak Lijah balik Perlis, Raya ke 3. Highway lengang giler sebab kuar rumah kul 6.30 pagi lagi. Bestnya. Sampai kul 1230 tgh. Pergghhh... Malam tu kitorang BBQ. Adik-beradik Mak Lijah and their kids kecuali adik bongsu (sebab dia balik Kelantan pagi tu) semua gotong royong preparing for the BBQ. Macam pasaraya jadinya rumah Mak Tok.
We decided to go back to KL on Friday afternoon. So Mak Lijah pun SMS ke Putihah suh dia balik pagi Sabtu esoknya sebab before this dia kata dia nak balik petang tu. Siap amik kunci rumah lagi. We all angkut Mak Tok and Pak Tok sekali ke KL. Sampai kat R&R Sungai Perak for dinner and solat, terjumpa pulak dengan family Abang Adik and his family. Apa lagi.. .kecoh jadinya...
Then we continued our journey, sampai KL pukul 1230 tengah malam. Adoi letihnyaaa....
Let's see... what happened after 6 September? Kita berpuasa, kita beraya... Tahun ni turn Mak Lijah beraya di Pahang. Wooo..hooo... best dapat bakar lomang. Sampai layu pokok pinang kena layoq asap lomang. Ha..ha..ha.. Mak Lijah buat laksa juga tapi sindrik tak makan sebab pekena sup kaki kaw kaw punya.
Pehtu, Mak Lijah balik Perlis, Raya ke 3. Highway lengang giler sebab kuar rumah kul 6.30 pagi lagi. Bestnya. Sampai kul 1230 tgh. Pergghhh... Malam tu kitorang BBQ. Adik-beradik Mak Lijah and their kids kecuali adik bongsu (sebab dia balik Kelantan pagi tu) semua gotong royong preparing for the BBQ. Macam pasaraya jadinya rumah Mak Tok.
We decided to go back to KL on Friday afternoon. So Mak Lijah pun SMS ke Putihah suh dia balik pagi Sabtu esoknya sebab before this dia kata dia nak balik petang tu. Siap amik kunci rumah lagi. We all angkut Mak Tok and Pak Tok sekali ke KL. Sampai kat R&R Sungai Perak for dinner and solat, terjumpa pulak dengan family Abang Adik and his family. Apa lagi.. .kecoh jadinya...
Then we continued our journey, sampai KL pukul 1230 tengah malam. Adoi letihnyaaa....
Sunday, September 6, 2009
800?
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Wah...wah...wah...
Makin mengada-ngada diorang ni ya?
Nak demand macam-macam.
Memanglah kita memerlukan mereka.
Mereka banyak menyumbang kepada ekonomi negara
But that's not the way lah.
Dah ler dapat cuti sehari setiap minggu (Putiha selalu extend sendiri jadi 3 hari, so macamana? Boleh potong gaji or potong cuti?)
Sekarang nak demnd gaji sampai RM800.
Ingat bagus sangat ke?
Fine.
Then, pay me sewa bilik.
Only RM350 sebulan.
Tak mahal sebab termasuk bil air dan letrik sekali.
Pay me meals too.
Only RM5 X 22 hari= RM110 (mengambil kira cuti hujung minggu dan 30 hari dalam sebulan)
Total sebulan?
RM340
Fine.
That's the deal
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Wah...wah...wah...
Makin mengada-ngada diorang ni ya?
Nak demand macam-macam.
Memanglah kita memerlukan mereka.
Mereka banyak menyumbang kepada ekonomi negara
But that's not the way lah.
Dah ler dapat cuti sehari setiap minggu (Putiha selalu extend sendiri jadi 3 hari, so macamana? Boleh potong gaji or potong cuti?)
Sekarang nak demnd gaji sampai RM800.
Ingat bagus sangat ke?
Fine.
Then, pay me sewa bilik.
Only RM350 sebulan.
Tak mahal sebab termasuk bil air dan letrik sekali.
Pay me meals too.
Only RM5 X 22 hari= RM110 (mengambil kira cuti hujung minggu dan 30 hari dalam sebulan)
Total sebulan?
RM340
Fine.
That's the deal
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Selamat Datang
Selamat datang bulan paling mulia..
ku harapkan ramadhan kali ini penuh makna
agar dapat ku lalui dengan sempurna
ku memohon pada Tuhan diberikan kekuatan
ku merayu pada Tuhan diterima amalan
selangkah demi selangkah dengan rahmat mu oh Tuhanku
ku tempuh jua
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ku harapkan ramadhan kali ini penuh makna
agar dapat ku lalui dengan sempurna
ku memohon pada Tuhan diberikan kekuatan
ku merayu pada Tuhan diterima amalan
selangkah demi selangkah dengan rahmat mu oh Tuhanku
ku tempuh jua
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Felix and friends
This is Felix. Semasa dia mula-mula menjadi keluarga kami, dia dalam peringkat umur kanak-kanak, kalau dibandingkan dengan umur manusia.
Sombong. Nak main dengan orang tapi main kasar. Suka cakar dan gigit orang, walaupun manja. Mungkin sebab sejak dia lahir dia tidak pernah dimanjakan oleh manusia sehinggalah dia diketemukan dengan keluarga kami.
As he grew up and met Saerah, his girlfriend, dia menjadi semakin sombong. Tak nak kawan dengan kami. Bila Tanto datang, Felix bertukar menjadi samseng sampai jadi arwah si Tanto tu. Datang pula si Kembang yang menjadi musuh ketat dia. Si Felix pun mulalah "menandakan" territory nya. Masalahnya territory yang ditanda tu dah termasuk ke bilik tidur tetamu, bilik Abang dan ruang tamu bawah. Kat luar rumah tu toksah cakap lah... Adoi laa... sakit hidung Mak Lijah...
Felix juga semakin menjauhkan dirinya daripada kami. Balik rumah bila lapar je. Selain dari masa makan, tak nampak lah ekor dia.
Bila kami pindah ke sini, Felix terpaksa kami kurung dalam cage dia supaya dia dapat dibiasakan dan 'dijinakkan' di suasana baru. Masuk hari ke tiga, Mak Lijah pun lepaskan dia dari cage nya. Kesian dia... Tapi Felix tak bergerak jauh, menghidu-hidu dalam rumah dan berjalan-jalan sekitar laman rumah jer.
Pada hari Isnin pertama Kakak ke sekolah baru, kami berdua berjalan kaki je ke sekolah. Apabila nampak kami berjalan tu, Felix mula mengekori. Mula-mula perlahan-lahan, tapi lama-lama macam mengejar kami. Mak Lijah ingat dia cuma nak ikut sampai ke Pak Guard jer, rupanya dia ikut kami sepanjang-panjang perjalanan kami ke sekolah. Jenuh Mak Lijah menghalau dia suruh dia balik. Macam-macam kaedah Mak Lijah buat tapi degil juga si Felix ni ikut kami sampai ke tangga sekolah Kakak. Pandai pulak tak ikut sampai ke pejabat.
Selesai urusan mendaftar Kakak, Mak Lijahpun turun dari pejabat dan mencari si Felix ni tapi tak dapat dikesan dah. Risau juga Mak Lijah ni, tapi terpaksa balik rumah lah selepas usaha mencari dia gagal.
Tengahari tu, Mak Lijah ke sekolah semula untuk mengambil Kakak dengan kereta. Sambil berjalan dari bilik darjah Kakak, Mak Lijah ternampak figura kecil di bawah sebuah kereta merah. Mak Lijah pun menyuruh Kakak jenguk bawah kereta tu, kut-kut itu Felix. Rupa-rupanya memang Felix yang sedang tidur di situ rupanya. Mak Lijah pun membawa Felix pulang dalam kereta tanpa cage nya. Felix behaved really well in the car. Sat obediently.
Sekarang Felix dah berbaik dengan kami. Selalu ada dalam rumah, either tidor or makan. Dah gemuk. Dia dah friend-less. Tak ada kawan, so he had to turn to us for companion. Kadang-kadang dia akan bermain sendirian dengan apa saja yang bergerak atau tak bergerak. Tali kasut sekolah budak-budak, suratkhabar, plastik sampah, habis semua dia cakar buat mainan. Pada masa-masa lain, dia menerkam kaki kami semasa kami sedang berjalan. Terjah lah konon.
Kesian Felix, terpaksa berkawan dengan manusia...
Monday, August 3, 2009
Danisy-bicycle ride
Since moving here, Danisy dah dapat beberapa orang kawan baru. Kawan-kawan yang dikenali dari kelas, dari taman permainan depan rumah dan neighbours. Yang paling rapat ialah Danial, yang saiz badan dan tingginya lebih kurang sama jer dengan Danisy. Danial ialah rakan sekelas Danisy dan tinggal berdekatan dengan rumah kami.
Dahulu, semasa kami masih tinggal di Selayang, basikal Danisy masih lagi mempunyai sepasang roda kecil (training wheels) pada roda belakang. Walaupun kami cuba meyakinkan dia yang dia boleh mengayuh dengan dua roda sahaja, tapi dia masih belum cukup berani lagi.
Apabila kami pindah ke sini dan melihat Danial mengayuh basikal beroda dua dengan confident sekali, dia rasa tercabar. Danisy rasa dia juga boleh buat kerana saiz basikal yang sama (basikal Danisy a bit groovy) dan Danial pun sama umur dan saiz dengan dia. Lagipun dia dah mula rasa malu sebab yang masih guna training wheels kat situ adalah girls yang berusia 4-5 tahun.
So pada hari ke tiga kami pindah ke situ, Danisy meminta Pak Lijah menanggalkan training wheels di basikalnya itu. Danisy pun berusaha dengan gigihnya untuk mengayuh tapi kurang berjaya pada hari pertama. Pada hari kedua, dapat juga mengayuh pada jarak 2-3 kaki selepas beriya-iya dia cuba mengimbangi badannya. Akhirnya pada hari ke tiga, dia berjaya mengayuh basikalnya dengan penuh keyakinan dan nampak sangat dia amat gembira dengan usaha dia. All these happened with very minimal coaching from Mak Lijah and Pak Lijah. Kami hanya memerhati dari jauh sahaja, dan sekali-sekala menegur dia supaya mengayuh di tepi jalan.
Mak Lijah bangga betul dengan kegigihan Danisy sebab dia memang nampak berusaha bersungguh-sungguh. Ini satu karekter Danisy yang Mak Lijah baru discover - a very determined person.
Dahulu, semasa kami masih tinggal di Selayang, basikal Danisy masih lagi mempunyai sepasang roda kecil (training wheels) pada roda belakang. Walaupun kami cuba meyakinkan dia yang dia boleh mengayuh dengan dua roda sahaja, tapi dia masih belum cukup berani lagi.
Apabila kami pindah ke sini dan melihat Danial mengayuh basikal beroda dua dengan confident sekali, dia rasa tercabar. Danisy rasa dia juga boleh buat kerana saiz basikal yang sama (basikal Danisy a bit groovy) dan Danial pun sama umur dan saiz dengan dia. Lagipun dia dah mula rasa malu sebab yang masih guna training wheels kat situ adalah girls yang berusia 4-5 tahun.
So pada hari ke tiga kami pindah ke situ, Danisy meminta Pak Lijah menanggalkan training wheels di basikalnya itu. Danisy pun berusaha dengan gigihnya untuk mengayuh tapi kurang berjaya pada hari pertama. Pada hari kedua, dapat juga mengayuh pada jarak 2-3 kaki selepas beriya-iya dia cuba mengimbangi badannya. Akhirnya pada hari ke tiga, dia berjaya mengayuh basikalnya dengan penuh keyakinan dan nampak sangat dia amat gembira dengan usaha dia. All these happened with very minimal coaching from Mak Lijah and Pak Lijah. Kami hanya memerhati dari jauh sahaja, dan sekali-sekala menegur dia supaya mengayuh di tepi jalan.
Mak Lijah bangga betul dengan kegigihan Danisy sebab dia memang nampak berusaha bersungguh-sungguh. Ini satu karekter Danisy yang Mak Lijah baru discover - a very determined person.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Entry kali ni tak bertajuk. I just want to 'let go' the things I have in mind, but first, I have to make some notes so that I will remember what I want to write about.
-Danisy-bicycle ride
-Felix and friends
-F.r.i.e.n.d.s.
-Michael Jackson
-Farewell cousins
-My birthday
-Yasmin
-Pesta Floral
I'll start writing about them, when I want to start. He..he..he.. Teruklah Mak Lijah ni.
-Danisy-bicycle ride
-Felix and friends
-F.r.i.e.n.d.s.
-Michael Jackson
-Farewell cousins
-My birthday
-Yasmin
-Pesta Floral
I'll start writing about them, when I want to start. He..he..he.. Teruklah Mak Lijah ni.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Silent Mode
Now not only the mobile phone is on silent mode. Maid pun boleh on silent mode juga. Yes, story keeps on continuing and haunting me.
Hari Sabtu baru ni Mak Lijah balik Pahang sekeluarga. Sebelum tu, awal-awal lagi si Putihah dah announce dia nak keluar dengan Kakaknya dan seterusnya ikut Kakaknya balik ke rumah majikannya. Read : Bagitau NOT minta izin. So rumah kami akan kosong.
Oleh kerana kontraktor nak datang rumah kami esoknya, Mak Lijahpun minta Putiha balik ke sini dengan Kakaknya, instead of spending the night kat rumah majikan Kakaknya. Tapi katanya tak boleh sebab majikan Kakaknya nak ke Penang, rumah itu akan kosong and Putihah was determined to follow her sister, but promised to come back at 9 am next morning.
Eh.. Bukan rumah majikan Putihah (read : Mak Lijah) pun akan kosong ke? So Putihah ni kerja dengan siapa?
Anyways, rupanya Pak Lijah dah buat arrangement lain dengan kontraktor yang membolehkan mereka masuk ke laman rumah dan bekerja.
Dipendekkan cerita, Mak Lijahpun hantar dia ke stesen bas Kajang pada pukul 1.30 pm Sabtu tu, sebelum sempat membasuh kasut dan baju sekolah budak-budak. Kami pun bertolak balik Pahang kira-kira pukul 5 pm.
Esoknya kami balik semula ke KL dan sampai di depan rumah pada kira-kira pukul 2.30 pm. Bila balik kampung, tau-tau sajalah, banyak take-aways nya. So kamipun tekanlah door bell kat luar pagar beberapa kali sambil memegang barang-barang take-aways dari Pahang. Door bell ni bunyinya agak kuat. Kami dah test bunyinya di setiap bilik dengan pintu tertutup, and yet masih kedengaran bunyinya dengan jelas.
Silent.
Tekan lagi.
Silent.
And this goes on for about 20 minutes. Aik? Kata balik awal...?
Anywaysssss... At last we got into the house menggunakan spare key yang kami bawa (mujur terjumpa). Danisy yang dari tadi menahan nak wee wee terus meluru ke bilik air.
Selepas meletakkan barang-barang, kami terus keluar semula untuk lunch. Tengah sedap menjamah ayam kampung goreng yang lazat, Pak Lijah pun bertanya pada Kakak (anak dara Mak Lijah) samada dia ternampak Kak Putihahnya. Pelik juga... Putihah kata nak balik pagi, takkan tak sampai lagi. Kalau di bilik air, takkan sampai 20 minit? Kalau sembahyang, panjang benarkah wiridnya sampai tak boleh nak buka pintu?
Kata Kakak, Kak Putihah tengah gosok baju di bilik Danisy.
WHAT? All the time we were waiting in the hot sun tadi tu, she was melipat-ing baju and just ignored the door bell? What the #&*%...!!!!!!!!
#@+(^#+(*#!~_+$%&*@~=-$@##!~~*)=^% %$@&()*#@%&^#&(*POKJDW_(*&^GF%#@S()L
And so she got the best of Mak Lijah's yelling EVER.
And now it's silent mode.
Hari Sabtu baru ni Mak Lijah balik Pahang sekeluarga. Sebelum tu, awal-awal lagi si Putihah dah announce dia nak keluar dengan Kakaknya dan seterusnya ikut Kakaknya balik ke rumah majikannya. Read : Bagitau NOT minta izin. So rumah kami akan kosong.
Oleh kerana kontraktor nak datang rumah kami esoknya, Mak Lijahpun minta Putiha balik ke sini dengan Kakaknya, instead of spending the night kat rumah majikan Kakaknya. Tapi katanya tak boleh sebab majikan Kakaknya nak ke Penang, rumah itu akan kosong and Putihah was determined to follow her sister, but promised to come back at 9 am next morning.
Eh.. Bukan rumah majikan Putihah (read : Mak Lijah) pun akan kosong ke? So Putihah ni kerja dengan siapa?
Anyways, rupanya Pak Lijah dah buat arrangement lain dengan kontraktor yang membolehkan mereka masuk ke laman rumah dan bekerja.
Dipendekkan cerita, Mak Lijahpun hantar dia ke stesen bas Kajang pada pukul 1.30 pm Sabtu tu, sebelum sempat membasuh kasut dan baju sekolah budak-budak. Kami pun bertolak balik Pahang kira-kira pukul 5 pm.
Esoknya kami balik semula ke KL dan sampai di depan rumah pada kira-kira pukul 2.30 pm. Bila balik kampung, tau-tau sajalah, banyak take-aways nya. So kamipun tekanlah door bell kat luar pagar beberapa kali sambil memegang barang-barang take-aways dari Pahang. Door bell ni bunyinya agak kuat. Kami dah test bunyinya di setiap bilik dengan pintu tertutup, and yet masih kedengaran bunyinya dengan jelas.
Silent.
Tekan lagi.
Silent.
And this goes on for about 20 minutes. Aik? Kata balik awal...?
Anywaysssss... At last we got into the house menggunakan spare key yang kami bawa (mujur terjumpa). Danisy yang dari tadi menahan nak wee wee terus meluru ke bilik air.
Selepas meletakkan barang-barang, kami terus keluar semula untuk lunch. Tengah sedap menjamah ayam kampung goreng yang lazat, Pak Lijah pun bertanya pada Kakak (anak dara Mak Lijah) samada dia ternampak Kak Putihahnya. Pelik juga... Putihah kata nak balik pagi, takkan tak sampai lagi. Kalau di bilik air, takkan sampai 20 minit? Kalau sembahyang, panjang benarkah wiridnya sampai tak boleh nak buka pintu?
Kata Kakak, Kak Putihah tengah gosok baju di bilik Danisy.
WHAT? All the time we were waiting in the hot sun tadi tu, she was melipat-ing baju and just ignored the door bell? What the #&*%...!!!!!!!!
#@+(^#+(*#!~_+$%&*@~=-$@##!~~*)=^% %$@&()*#@%&^#&(*POKJDW_(*&^GF%#@S()L
And so she got the best of Mak Lijah's yelling EVER.
And now it's silent mode.
Monday, June 29, 2009
STOP...!
I just have to say something.
So, stop sekejap citer pindah-pindah ni.
First, they proposed every weekend off for maids.
Second, the other "they" banned Indonesian maids from coming to Malaysia.
I totally disagree about the every weekend off tu, especially when the maid tu macam maid Mak Lijah, Putiha. Dah lah bab mengemas rumah tu fail, asyik terperap dalam bilik jer. Got worst since she got married last year. When we tried to hire a new maid, dapat pulak yang gatal buat maksiat kat rumah Mak Lijah. So I fired her. Datang balik Putiha, who is not of much help lately. Kerja dah jadi opposite. Instead of her helping me with the house chores, Mak Lijah pulak yang helped her with the chores.
Tiap-tiap minggu minta off, even before the policy is declared. So bila dia off, Mak Lijah take over lah kerja rumah. Not a problem. Tapi menjadi problem when she left her undies in the washing machine for me to deal with...!!!!!!
Cakap nak pergi hari Jumaat, I said wait till all the children and I are back home (which means petang lah). Petang Ahad, suami dia telefon kata dia sakit. Kenapa dia tak boleh cakap sendiri?
So Monday tu dia tak ada, lah. Danisy had to tumpang rumah neighbour while I rushed back from office (during lunch break) with lunch. I had to rely on my neighbour. Nasib baik neighbour ni adores my children and are willing to do anything for the children. Tapi sampai bila I can rely on them? Malu dah sebab banyak kali jadi macam tu.
And now we have moved. Neigbours tak berapa ada lagi. Pak Lijah terpaksa ambil emergency leave on Monday while on Tuesday and Wednesday, had to rush back at 10.30 am and wait till 2.30 pm to send and pick-up the children from school. Mak Lijah pulak, sampai rumah pukul 7.30 pm. Start dengan memasak, menghidang, basuh pinggan, memesinkan baju, sidai baju, gosok lima pasang uniform...saaaaaammmpailah pukul 1 pagi. Next day bangun pukul 5 pagi sebab nak prepare breakfast, mesin baju, sidai baju etc. And this is the routine for the whole week sebab Putiha went on the unapproved-extended-eight day leave.
So, stop sekejap citer pindah-pindah ni.
First, they proposed every weekend off for maids.
Second, the other "they" banned Indonesian maids from coming to Malaysia.
I totally disagree about the every weekend off tu, especially when the maid tu macam maid Mak Lijah, Putiha. Dah lah bab mengemas rumah tu fail, asyik terperap dalam bilik jer. Got worst since she got married last year. When we tried to hire a new maid, dapat pulak yang gatal buat maksiat kat rumah Mak Lijah. So I fired her. Datang balik Putiha, who is not of much help lately. Kerja dah jadi opposite. Instead of her helping me with the house chores, Mak Lijah pulak yang helped her with the chores.
Tiap-tiap minggu minta off, even before the policy is declared. So bila dia off, Mak Lijah take over lah kerja rumah. Not a problem. Tapi menjadi problem when she left her undies in the washing machine for me to deal with...!!!!!!
Cakap nak pergi hari Jumaat, I said wait till all the children and I are back home (which means petang lah). Petang Ahad, suami dia telefon kata dia sakit. Kenapa dia tak boleh cakap sendiri?
So Monday tu dia tak ada, lah. Danisy had to tumpang rumah neighbour while I rushed back from office (during lunch break) with lunch. I had to rely on my neighbour. Nasib baik neighbour ni adores my children and are willing to do anything for the children. Tapi sampai bila I can rely on them? Malu dah sebab banyak kali jadi macam tu.
And now we have moved. Neigbours tak berapa ada lagi. Pak Lijah terpaksa ambil emergency leave on Monday while on Tuesday and Wednesday, had to rush back at 10.30 am and wait till 2.30 pm to send and pick-up the children from school. Mak Lijah pulak, sampai rumah pukul 7.30 pm. Start dengan memasak, menghidang, basuh pinggan, memesinkan baju, sidai baju, gosok lima pasang uniform...saaaaaammmpailah pukul 1 pagi. Next day bangun pukul 5 pagi sebab nak prepare breakfast, mesin baju, sidai baju etc. And this is the routine for the whole week sebab Putiha went on the unapproved-extended-eight day leave.
Best part is, semalam, dia suruh Mak Lijah menjemput dia di 'kongsi' suaminya kat Shah Alam.
SO HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE CALL FOR EVERY WEEKEND OFF???
And now they are being irrational, blaming Malaysian employers as mistreating their nationals. Although it is true that there are cases of ill-treatment by employers, they must also be made aware that the nationals they are exporting aren't angels too... Ada yang sampai bunuh employer. Is that well covered in their media? What about employers who are emotionally abused dengan maid yang gatal buat maksiat, menggoda laki orang, mencuri, merosakkan harta benda majikan, bergayut kat telefon berjam-jam, mesyuarat tingkapnya...
Bukan semua semua employer kejam dan bukan semua maid tu bagus. Mak Lijah ni kira bersabar lah juga sebab Putiha dah 10 tahun kerja dengan kami. Dah boleh masak menu yang budak-budak suka. Cumanya dia dah terlalu complacent sampai dah tak reti nak mengemas dan dah tak mahu buat apa-apa arahan baru. Kalau majalah-majalah or mainan budak-budak bersepah-sepah tak tersusun, maka macam tu lah keadaannya selama seminggu sehinggalah Mak Lijah menjerit-jerit berleter (Mak Lijah sengaja tak kemaskan sebab nak test tengok berapa lama majalah2 tu nak berterabur). Tak pernah nak menyapu, mop dapur 2 minggu sekali, habuk-habuk tak pernah dibersihkan, gosok uniform ala kadar dengan kedut seribu etc. I end up doing all that myself. So siapa tolong siapa ni? Adoilaaa....
So.. angel sangat ke diorang ni?
Sunday, June 28, 2009
We're here...!
Dah masuk 16 hari kami berpindah ke sini. Ahamdulillah everything went well except for a few unsetteld business yang membuatkan Mak Lijah's blood go upstairs, the rest just fell into the right places.
Macam-macam berlaku within the last 16 days yang betul-betul testing. But today, I really felt good, waking up in my own house. Rasa macam malas jer nak keluar ke mana-mana.
Official day of pindah was 12 Jun. Two days before tu, the packers came to the house to pack everything. Oleh sebab Mak Lijah tak dapat cuti (sebab bos sendiri nak cuti), I had to quickly rush home. Tak sempat nak selamatkan beberapa item yg Mak Lijah rasa are important and kena ada dengan Mak Lijah setiap masa.
Finally at about 5.30 pm, we finished packing and headed towards BBB. Sebelum tu, singgah dulu amik udang galah yang diimport khas...
We arrived at about 7.30 pm just to find that they haven't even reached unloading a quarter of the first lorry. We tried as much to arrange everything in order but there were just too many boxes and big items like sofa, meja makan, cabinet jati, 2 queen-sized bed, 2 single beds, 1 double decker, TVs, empat almari and the list just go on and on. Mak Lijah pun rasa tak selesa sebab my dream white kitchen tak berapa siap lagi, no sink etc.
At about 11.00 pm, I told the packers to continue the next day. Mak Lijah tengok packers tu dah tak larat nak mengangkat barang-barang. Dah ler berat belaka, kena naik tangga yang winding, tiga tingkat pulak tu. And so they left at 11.30 pm selepas Mak Lijah tengok mandurnya ber'mesyuarat' dengan pekerja-pekerjanya.
Tension nya. Letihnya.. Malam tu tidur macam balak...
Macam-macam berlaku within the last 16 days yang betul-betul testing. But today, I really felt good, waking up in my own house. Rasa macam malas jer nak keluar ke mana-mana.
Official day of pindah was 12 Jun. Two days before tu, the packers came to the house to pack everything. Oleh sebab Mak Lijah tak dapat cuti (sebab bos sendiri nak cuti), I had to quickly rush home. Tak sempat nak selamatkan beberapa item yg Mak Lijah rasa are important and kena ada dengan Mak Lijah setiap masa.
Finally at about 5.30 pm, we finished packing and headed towards BBB. Sebelum tu, singgah dulu amik udang galah yang diimport khas...
We arrived at about 7.30 pm just to find that they haven't even reached unloading a quarter of the first lorry. We tried as much to arrange everything in order but there were just too many boxes and big items like sofa, meja makan, cabinet jati, 2 queen-sized bed, 2 single beds, 1 double decker, TVs, empat almari and the list just go on and on. Mak Lijah pun rasa tak selesa sebab my dream white kitchen tak berapa siap lagi, no sink etc.
At about 11.00 pm, I told the packers to continue the next day. Mak Lijah tengok packers tu dah tak larat nak mengangkat barang-barang. Dah ler berat belaka, kena naik tangga yang winding, tiga tingkat pulak tu. And so they left at 11.30 pm selepas Mak Lijah tengok mandurnya ber'mesyuarat' dengan pekerja-pekerjanya.
Tension nya. Letihnya.. Malam tu tidur macam balak...
Monday, June 8, 2009
It's Time
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After months of agony going through the spell, we are nearing one of the significant event in our lives. They may not be directly linked but it's just time to move on. Move on spiritually and physically.
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After months of agony going through the spell, we are nearing one of the significant event in our lives. They may not be directly linked but it's just time to move on. Move on spiritually and physically.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
THIS IS SO RELATED...
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Bila dilanda musibah
Hati tabah mula rebah
Jangan biarkan dugaan
Rapuhkan pedoman hidup
Andai waktu itu tiba
Semaikan sifat bersabar
Hanya Dia saja menentu
Dan kita hanya mampu sujud
Jika direnung kembali
Dari kehidupan
Pelbagai halangan kutempuh penuh cabaran
Tiada satupun ku hadapi dengan senang dan
Tiada satupun ku hadapi dengan tenang
Tapi ku bersyukur
Di saat ku murung
Ku musikkan dalam kedua telapak tangan
Semangat yang dah luntur
Harapan yang dah terkubur
Diberi arah tukku teruskan
Pernah kulihat mereka
Yang hilang segalanya
Insan yang tersayang
Atau harta benda
Pancaroba bencana juga malapetaka
Adalah sebahagian ujian dunia
Di sebalik kesusahan
Tidak letih mengerti erti kesenangan
Harusku akur dengan apa yang telah dikurnia
Barangkali esok semua berubah
Janganlah kita melupakanNya
Ketika langit cerah bersinar
Janganlah kita melupakanNya
Ketika langit mendung tak bercahaya
Hanya mampu sujud…..
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Bila dilanda musibah
Hati tabah mula rebah
Jangan biarkan dugaan
Rapuhkan pedoman hidup
Andai waktu itu tiba
Semaikan sifat bersabar
Hanya Dia saja menentu
Dan kita hanya mampu sujud
Jika direnung kembali
Dari kehidupan
Pelbagai halangan kutempuh penuh cabaran
Tiada satupun ku hadapi dengan senang dan
Tiada satupun ku hadapi dengan tenang
Tapi ku bersyukur
Di saat ku murung
Ku musikkan dalam kedua telapak tangan
Semangat yang dah luntur
Harapan yang dah terkubur
Diberi arah tukku teruskan
Pernah kulihat mereka
Yang hilang segalanya
Insan yang tersayang
Atau harta benda
Pancaroba bencana juga malapetaka
Adalah sebahagian ujian dunia
Di sebalik kesusahan
Tidak letih mengerti erti kesenangan
Harusku akur dengan apa yang telah dikurnia
Barangkali esok semua berubah
Janganlah kita melupakanNya
Ketika langit cerah bersinar
Janganlah kita melupakanNya
Ketika langit mendung tak bercahaya
Hanya mampu sujud…..
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Dugaan Ini
Daripada Suhibul Raumi berkata, sabda Rasulullah SAW,
“Betapa ajaibnya orang yang beriman itu. Sesungguhnya semua perkara adalah baik bagi mereka. Dan tiadalah kebaikan itu kecuali bagi mukmin. Jika memperoleh kegembiraan dia berterima kasih bererti kebaikan baginya dan jika ditimpa kesulitan dia bersabar bererti kebaikan baginya.” (Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim)
Sesungguhnya sebagai seorang hamba, Mak Lijah hanya mampu pasrah dan reda dengan dugaan ini. Pun begitu semangat juang Mak Lijah tak akan luntur kerana sifat pasrah dan reda tidak dimiliki oleh orang munafik kerana orang yang menentang ketetapan serta suratan Allah tidak tergolong dalam golongan yang beriman.
Rasulullah SAW bersabda bermaksud:
“Dari Abu Hurairah, sabda Rasulullah SAW: Jika engkau terkena oleh sesuatu musibah, maka janganlah engkau berkata: Andai kata saya mengerjakan begini, tentu akan menjadi begini dan begitu. Tetapi berkatalah: Ini adalah takdir Allah dan apa saja yang dikehendaki oleh-Nya tentu Dia melaksanakan-Nya, sebab sesungguhnya ucapan andai kata itu membuka pintu godaan syaitan.” (Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim)
Dugaan dan ujian yang sedang Mak Lijah lalui kini adalah suatu frasa kehidupan yang paling hebat, rumit dan sukar yang pernah Mak Lijah tempuhi sepanjang hayat Mak Lijah. Dugaan ini telah menghampiri kemuncak sehinggakan nyaris keputusan sudah sampai di hujung lidah. Ketika itulah amat penting bagi Mak Lijah menentukan pertimbangan sama ada terus menghadapinya dengan cekal, berikhtiar dan berusaha menyelesaikan segala kekusutan ataupun menyalahkan takdir semata-mata.
Mak Lijah benar-benar keliru dan tak faham, kenapa manusia sering mengambil kesempatan ke atas diri orang lain... Mengapa mesti ada sifat dengki mendengki dan iri hati sesama kita? Tidak cukupkah dengan apa yang mereka dah ada selama ini? Mak Lijah terkilan bila kejujuran manusia disalah gunakan...
Mak Lijah terkejut, tergamam dengan ketaksuban dan ke'terdesakan' manusia ini (jika benar dia manusia, atau dia sebenarnya syaitan bertopengkan manusia) yang tidak berhati perut yang mengambil peluang untuk kepentingan diri sendiri demi memusnahkan kehidupan orang lain. WHAT THE BLOODY HELL...!!! WHAT RIGHTS DO THEY HAVE TO MESS-UP MY LIFE...???..!!!!
And I have decided that I am going to face it, deal with it, and end it MY WAY.
Do not mess with me.
I have warned you...
“Betapa ajaibnya orang yang beriman itu. Sesungguhnya semua perkara adalah baik bagi mereka. Dan tiadalah kebaikan itu kecuali bagi mukmin. Jika memperoleh kegembiraan dia berterima kasih bererti kebaikan baginya dan jika ditimpa kesulitan dia bersabar bererti kebaikan baginya.” (Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim)
Sesungguhnya sebagai seorang hamba, Mak Lijah hanya mampu pasrah dan reda dengan dugaan ini. Pun begitu semangat juang Mak Lijah tak akan luntur kerana sifat pasrah dan reda tidak dimiliki oleh orang munafik kerana orang yang menentang ketetapan serta suratan Allah tidak tergolong dalam golongan yang beriman.
Rasulullah SAW bersabda bermaksud:
“Dari Abu Hurairah, sabda Rasulullah SAW: Jika engkau terkena oleh sesuatu musibah, maka janganlah engkau berkata: Andai kata saya mengerjakan begini, tentu akan menjadi begini dan begitu. Tetapi berkatalah: Ini adalah takdir Allah dan apa saja yang dikehendaki oleh-Nya tentu Dia melaksanakan-Nya, sebab sesungguhnya ucapan andai kata itu membuka pintu godaan syaitan.” (Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim)
Dugaan dan ujian yang sedang Mak Lijah lalui kini adalah suatu frasa kehidupan yang paling hebat, rumit dan sukar yang pernah Mak Lijah tempuhi sepanjang hayat Mak Lijah. Dugaan ini telah menghampiri kemuncak sehinggakan nyaris keputusan sudah sampai di hujung lidah. Ketika itulah amat penting bagi Mak Lijah menentukan pertimbangan sama ada terus menghadapinya dengan cekal, berikhtiar dan berusaha menyelesaikan segala kekusutan ataupun menyalahkan takdir semata-mata.
Mak Lijah benar-benar keliru dan tak faham, kenapa manusia sering mengambil kesempatan ke atas diri orang lain... Mengapa mesti ada sifat dengki mendengki dan iri hati sesama kita? Tidak cukupkah dengan apa yang mereka dah ada selama ini? Mak Lijah terkilan bila kejujuran manusia disalah gunakan...
Mak Lijah terkejut, tergamam dengan ketaksuban dan ke'terdesakan' manusia ini (jika benar dia manusia, atau dia sebenarnya syaitan bertopengkan manusia) yang tidak berhati perut yang mengambil peluang untuk kepentingan diri sendiri demi memusnahkan kehidupan orang lain. WHAT THE BLOODY HELL...!!! WHAT RIGHTS DO THEY HAVE TO MESS-UP MY LIFE...???..!!!!
And I have decided that I am going to face it, deal with it, and end it MY WAY.
Do not mess with me.
I have warned you...
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Question: What is a Midlife Crisis?
This is taken from http://divorcesupport.about.com/od/isdivorcethesolution/f/midlifecrisis.htm which I found to be a very good reading material for a person like me who is so curious about this issue.
Enjoy..
Someone once said to me "if it weren’t so cliché I'd think I was having a midlife crisis." There is nothing cliche or trite about a midlife crisis. If you talk to middle aged men and women who have experienced divorce you will find that many of them will tell you their spouse changed overnight. Became someone who discarded all that was once important to them for a new life that was all about what they wanted.
A midlife crisis is experienced between the ages of 40 and 60. It was first identified by the psychologist Carl Jung and is a normal part of the maturing process. Most people will experience some form of emotional transition during that time of life. A transition that might cause you to take stock in where you are in life and make some needed adjustments to the way you live your life.
Most seem to come through the process smoothly without making major life changes. For some a midlife crisis is more complicated. It can be an uncomfortable time emotionally which can lead to depression and the need for psychotherapy. Those who have a hard time with this transitional stage might experience a wide range of feelings, such as:
Debt:
It is easier to accumulate debt due to the availability of credit cards and loans. We are bombarded by credit card companies and it is easy to find yourself with large balances owed. We live in a society where it is commonplace to be living above our means. Finding yourself middle aged, in debt and facing retirement can add stress to an already stressful time in life. A normal reaction would be to seek help from a debt management company or consolidate your loans. A person who is finding it difficult emotionally during midlife might find it easier to walk away from their family in order to rid themselves of what they feel is the cause of all the debt.
Significant Loss:
The death of a parent or family member can cause grief, which is difficult enough to come to terms with, without having to also cope with the feelings of a midlife transition. Put the loss of a loved one with the feelings that accompany midlife and the whole process becomes bewildering and overwhelming.
Avoidant Personality:
If a person has a tendency to avoid conflict in their personal relationships, suffers from feelings of inadequacy, are emotionally distant and has low self – esteem they will find midlife transition harder to navigate. This personality type has a deep fear of feeling shame and rejection. Such feelings will keep them from seeking help should their emotions become overwhelming. More than likely, they will run from their problems instead of trying to find solutions to them. It’s this personality type that normal ends up in divorce court during midlife.
Whether there are external factors that make the process more difficult or not, there is an internal process that is gone through. If a person lacks understanding of the process, they may find themselves making irrational decisions they may later regret. Decisions such as leaving a job, divorcing their spouse and throwing away the security that they have built up during the first part of their life.
Enjoy..
Someone once said to me "if it weren’t so cliché I'd think I was having a midlife crisis." There is nothing cliche or trite about a midlife crisis. If you talk to middle aged men and women who have experienced divorce you will find that many of them will tell you their spouse changed overnight. Became someone who discarded all that was once important to them for a new life that was all about what they wanted.
A midlife crisis is experienced between the ages of 40 and 60. It was first identified by the psychologist Carl Jung and is a normal part of the maturing process. Most people will experience some form of emotional transition during that time of life. A transition that might cause you to take stock in where you are in life and make some needed adjustments to the way you live your life.
Most seem to come through the process smoothly without making major life changes. For some a midlife crisis is more complicated. It can be an uncomfortable time emotionally which can lead to depression and the need for psychotherapy. Those who have a hard time with this transitional stage might experience a wide range of feelings, such as:
- Unhappiness with life and the lifestyle that may have provided them with happiness for many years.
- Boredom with people and things that may have been of interest to them before.
- Feeling a need for adventure and change.
- Questioning the choices, they have made in their lives and the validity of decisions they made years before.
- Confusion about who they are and where they are going.
- Anger at their spouse and blame for feeling tied down.
- Unable to make decisions about where they want to go with their life.
- Doubt that they ever loved their spouse and resentment over the marriage.
- A desire for a new and passionate, intimate relationship.
Debt:
It is easier to accumulate debt due to the availability of credit cards and loans. We are bombarded by credit card companies and it is easy to find yourself with large balances owed. We live in a society where it is commonplace to be living above our means. Finding yourself middle aged, in debt and facing retirement can add stress to an already stressful time in life. A normal reaction would be to seek help from a debt management company or consolidate your loans. A person who is finding it difficult emotionally during midlife might find it easier to walk away from their family in order to rid themselves of what they feel is the cause of all the debt.
Significant Loss:
The death of a parent or family member can cause grief, which is difficult enough to come to terms with, without having to also cope with the feelings of a midlife transition. Put the loss of a loved one with the feelings that accompany midlife and the whole process becomes bewildering and overwhelming.
Avoidant Personality:
If a person has a tendency to avoid conflict in their personal relationships, suffers from feelings of inadequacy, are emotionally distant and has low self – esteem they will find midlife transition harder to navigate. This personality type has a deep fear of feeling shame and rejection. Such feelings will keep them from seeking help should their emotions become overwhelming. More than likely, they will run from their problems instead of trying to find solutions to them. It’s this personality type that normal ends up in divorce court during midlife.
Whether there are external factors that make the process more difficult or not, there is an internal process that is gone through. If a person lacks understanding of the process, they may find themselves making irrational decisions they may later regret. Decisions such as leaving a job, divorcing their spouse and throwing away the security that they have built up during the first part of their life.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
tak bisa memiliki
Apakah yang engkau cari
Tak kau temukan di hatiku
Apakah yang engkau inginkan
Tak dapat lagi ku penuhi
Begitulah aku
Pahamilah aku
Mungkin aku tidaklah sempurna
Tetapi hatiku memilikimu sepanjang umurku
Mungkin aku tak bisa memiliki
Dirimu seumur hidupku
When things go wrong
Have you ever been in a situation where things don't go as you have planned? Why is it that it seems to come in stages? That you get to deal with many issues over a period of time. Am I being tested? Sometimes I believe that the devil is at work.
Ever felt that the whole world is against you? I feel that people take the good things in life for granted and moan and groan about all the bad stuff. The bad stuff can be devastating depending on the situation. Sometimes we have to deal with things on our own and sometimes it is in our best interest to get others close to us to assist us.
But now, I don't know if I would have the strength and sanity anymore to carry on...
Ever felt that the whole world is against you? I feel that people take the good things in life for granted and moan and groan about all the bad stuff. The bad stuff can be devastating depending on the situation. Sometimes we have to deal with things on our own and sometimes it is in our best interest to get others close to us to assist us.
But now, I don't know if I would have the strength and sanity anymore to carry on...
Heh..Meh lah kita layan...
Jangan lagi kau sesali keputusanku
Ku tak ingin kau semakin kan terluka
Tak ingin ku paksakan cinta ini
Meski tiada sanggup untuk kau terima
Aku memang manusia paling berdosa
Khianati rasa demi keinginan semua
Lebih baik jangan mencinta biar ku dan semua hatiku
Kerana tak kan pernah kau temui cinta sejati
Berakhirlah sudah semua kisah ini dan jangan kau tangisi lagi
Sekalipun aku tak kan pernah mencoba kembali padamu
Sejuta kata maaf terasa kan percuma
Sebab rasa ku telah mati untuk menyedarinya
Tapi bukan aku
Semoga saja kan kau dapati
Hati yang tulus mencintaimu
Tapi bukan aku
Berakhirlah sudah semua kisah ini dan jangan kau tangisi lagi
Sekalipun aku tak kan pernah mencuba kembali padamu
Sejuta kata maaf terasa kan percuma
Sebab rasa ku telah mati untuk menyedarinya
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and this lovely one...
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Aku Bukan Untukmu
Dahulu kau mencintai ku
Dahulu kau menginginkan ku
Meskipun tak pernah ada jawabku
Tak berniat kau tinggalkan aku
Sekarang kau pergi menjauh
Sekarang kau tinggalkan aku
Disaat ku mulai mengharapkan mu
Dan ku mohon maafkan aku
Aku menyesal telah membuat mu menangis
Dan biar kan memilih yang lain
Tapi jangan pernah kau dustai takdir mu
Pasti itu terbaik untuk mu
Janganlah lagi kau mengingat ku kembali
Aku bukanlah untukmu
Meski ku memohon dan meminta hatimu
Jangan pernah tinggalkan dirinya
Untuk diriku...
Sekarang kau pergi menjauh
Sekarang kau tinggalkan aku
Di saat ku mulai mengharapkan mu
Dan ku mohon maafkan aku
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The End...
Okay.. Sinetron dah tamat.
Dewi dah dipulangkan kepada agen. Interesting part is, dia tak tau yang Mak Lijah dah terminate her service sebab dia hanya diberitahu yang dia dihantar ke agen untuk melanjutkan permit kerja dia. Ha..ha..ha.. Padan muka kena tipu.
Sebenarnya Mak Lijah hantar dia balik Perlis so that Mak Tok (read: Mak Lijah's Mom) dapat menggunakan khidmat dia sementara agen memproses maid baru Mak Lijah. Malangnya, dia sambung balik perangai buruk dia di rumah Mak Tok pulak. Dah pandai guna telefon Mat Tok. Entah berapa jam lah dia bergayut kali ni.
Pak Tok pulak dah mula rasa uncomfortable sebab si Dewi tu suka melangut depan tv kat ruang tamu, sukati jer tukar channel 106, and buat macam rumah sendiri. Tak respect langsung kat Pak Tok.
Pehtu, Mak Tok mengadu pe'el dia yang sangat busy body. Kalau bunyi jer deringan telefon, dia pun berenti buat kerja to listen to Mak Tok's conversation. Boleh? Dia nak tau kut-kut Mak Tok bersembang dengan Mak Lijah le tu.
Semalam Mak Lijah dapat tahu, dia dok menelefon ahli-ahli Persatuan Mesyuarat Tingkap (yes, all the way from Perlis) minta di update kan apa yang berlaku di rumah ni. Sambil-sambil tu mengadu yang dia dah tak dapat lagi jumpa suami dia. Aik..??? Nak kerja ke... nak jumpa laki je ni...????
Satu lagi perkara yang Mak Lijah dapat tahu ialah dia dah pinjam entah berapa ratus ringgit daripada sorang ahli persatuan tu. Oh my God...!!! Apa lagi pompuan tu....!!! Did I hire a monster????
Dewi dah dipulangkan kepada agen. Interesting part is, dia tak tau yang Mak Lijah dah terminate her service sebab dia hanya diberitahu yang dia dihantar ke agen untuk melanjutkan permit kerja dia. Ha..ha..ha.. Padan muka kena tipu.
Sebenarnya Mak Lijah hantar dia balik Perlis so that Mak Tok (read: Mak Lijah's Mom) dapat menggunakan khidmat dia sementara agen memproses maid baru Mak Lijah. Malangnya, dia sambung balik perangai buruk dia di rumah Mak Tok pulak. Dah pandai guna telefon Mat Tok. Entah berapa jam lah dia bergayut kali ni.
Pak Tok pulak dah mula rasa uncomfortable sebab si Dewi tu suka melangut depan tv kat ruang tamu, sukati jer tukar channel 106, and buat macam rumah sendiri. Tak respect langsung kat Pak Tok.
Pehtu, Mak Tok mengadu pe'el dia yang sangat busy body. Kalau bunyi jer deringan telefon, dia pun berenti buat kerja to listen to Mak Tok's conversation. Boleh? Dia nak tau kut-kut Mak Tok bersembang dengan Mak Lijah le tu.
Semalam Mak Lijah dapat tahu, dia dok menelefon ahli-ahli Persatuan Mesyuarat Tingkap (yes, all the way from Perlis) minta di update kan apa yang berlaku di rumah ni. Sambil-sambil tu mengadu yang dia dah tak dapat lagi jumpa suami dia. Aik..??? Nak kerja ke... nak jumpa laki je ni...????
Satu lagi perkara yang Mak Lijah dapat tahu ialah dia dah pinjam entah berapa ratus ringgit daripada sorang ahli persatuan tu. Oh my God...!!! Apa lagi pompuan tu....!!! Did I hire a monster????
Friday, March 20, 2009
Confession...confession...
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Alas... confession day arrived, after two weeks of safeguarding her sins.
Adegan paling meluat sekali.
Mula-mula melutut dulu..
"Kak, kalau saya cakap, Kakak jangan marah."
(Me not in so good mood sebab baru balik ofis, extremely tired after a long day at work. I was seating on the couch reading The St@r)
(Diam)
"Apa betul Kakak tak suka saya kerja dengan Kakak lagi?
(Me, stopped reading, confused)
"Huh? Kamu cakap apa ni?"
"Saya mau tau Kakak dah tak suka saya kerja dengan Kakak, ke?"
"Kenapa kamu cakap macam tu?" (Flipping the paper back and forth, not really reading, anger brewing inside)
"Tadi ibu saya bilang Misterrr Lee (agent) telpon dia. Dia cakap Kakak tak suka saya kerja sini."
"Huh? Ibu kamu telefon kamu? Itu jer dia cakap? Takkan tu jer dia cakap?" (Hint..hint..)
"Err... pasal itu hari..."
"Hah..! Kenapa?"
"Memang ada suami saya datang. Itu memang gambar dia."
"Habis tu? Kenapa kamu tipu hari tu?"
"Sebab saya takut."
"Takut apa?"
"Saya takut Kakak marah."
"Sekarang baru saya marah. Kenapa kamu tipu dulu? Kamu ni main-mainkan Allah. Sebut sumpah demi Allah.. Laknatullah... Kamu ni Islam ke apa? Berdosa besar kamu ni. Dah lah menipu, bersumpah dengan nama Allah pulak tu. Nak kena panah petir ke apa?"
(Flipping the same page over and over again)
"Ya, saya salah." (Dah agak skrip ni nak keluar - like I care)
"Saya dah beri kamu peluang haritu untuk mengaku. Tapi kamu cakap kemain lagi. Hentak-hentak periuk nasilah. Kamu ingat kamu ni siapa? Kalau mak kamu tak telefon kamu, kamu tak ngakulah?"
"Tak....Hari tu, masa Datin (read: Mak Mak Lijah) telefon, dia bilang, Kakak mau repot polis. Saya jadi takut. Saya mau cakap yang benar tapi saya takut."
"Hah... memang saya dah repot polis. Polis pun dah datang rumah tapi kamu tak tau. Saya dah bagi gambar CCTV tu kat diorang. Lantaklah siapa yang kena nanti. (That was a total lie) "Sampai boleh naik kat tingkat atas. Apa kamu buat kat atas tu?"
"Pergi toilet saja, Kak...!!" (Suara agak tinggi)
"Huh? Pergi toilet? Yang kamu jahanamkan toilet di bawah tu per hal?" (I had to pay RM90 to a plumber to fix the toilet just to find it tersumbat again)
"Ya, saya salah." (Again, do I care?)
"Sampai boleh tidur kat sini. Berapa hari dah dia tidur sini?"
"Tak, Kak..! Dia tak tidur di sini. Dia pulang."
"Tipu lagi kamu ni."
"Betul, Kak, dia pulang."
"Bila dia pulang?"
"Petang tu. Esok paginya dia datang lagi, dan pulang petangnya." (The husband works in Klang. Is it logical for him to travel that far each morning, go back that petang, and return the next day?)
"Ah.. dalam kamu mengaku ni pun, kamu nak menipu lagi. Saya tak nampak pun dia keluar rumah hari Isnin tu. Tak nampak pun dia datang pagi Selasa tu? Kamu tahu tak saya tengok CCTV tu setiap detik pergerakan kamu?" (...and I did not see him leaving or arriving at the house).
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Alas... confession day arrived, after two weeks of safeguarding her sins.
Adegan paling meluat sekali.
Mula-mula melutut dulu..
"Kak, kalau saya cakap, Kakak jangan marah."
(Me not in so good mood sebab baru balik ofis, extremely tired after a long day at work. I was seating on the couch reading The St@r)
(Diam)
"Apa betul Kakak tak suka saya kerja dengan Kakak lagi?
(Me, stopped reading, confused)
"Huh? Kamu cakap apa ni?"
"Saya mau tau Kakak dah tak suka saya kerja dengan Kakak, ke?"
"Kenapa kamu cakap macam tu?" (Flipping the paper back and forth, not really reading, anger brewing inside)
"Tadi ibu saya bilang Misterrr Lee (agent) telpon dia. Dia cakap Kakak tak suka saya kerja sini."
"Huh? Ibu kamu telefon kamu? Itu jer dia cakap? Takkan tu jer dia cakap?" (Hint..hint..)
"Err... pasal itu hari..."
"Hah..! Kenapa?"
"Memang ada suami saya datang. Itu memang gambar dia."
"Habis tu? Kenapa kamu tipu hari tu?"
"Sebab saya takut."
"Takut apa?"
"Saya takut Kakak marah."
"Sekarang baru saya marah. Kenapa kamu tipu dulu? Kamu ni main-mainkan Allah. Sebut sumpah demi Allah.. Laknatullah... Kamu ni Islam ke apa? Berdosa besar kamu ni. Dah lah menipu, bersumpah dengan nama Allah pulak tu. Nak kena panah petir ke apa?"
(Flipping the same page over and over again)
"Ya, saya salah." (Dah agak skrip ni nak keluar - like I care)
"Saya dah beri kamu peluang haritu untuk mengaku. Tapi kamu cakap kemain lagi. Hentak-hentak periuk nasilah. Kamu ingat kamu ni siapa? Kalau mak kamu tak telefon kamu, kamu tak ngakulah?"
"Tak....Hari tu, masa Datin (read: Mak Mak Lijah) telefon, dia bilang, Kakak mau repot polis. Saya jadi takut. Saya mau cakap yang benar tapi saya takut."
"Hah... memang saya dah repot polis. Polis pun dah datang rumah tapi kamu tak tau. Saya dah bagi gambar CCTV tu kat diorang. Lantaklah siapa yang kena nanti. (That was a total lie) "Sampai boleh naik kat tingkat atas. Apa kamu buat kat atas tu?"
"Pergi toilet saja, Kak...!!" (Suara agak tinggi)
"Huh? Pergi toilet? Yang kamu jahanamkan toilet di bawah tu per hal?" (I had to pay RM90 to a plumber to fix the toilet just to find it tersumbat again)
"Ya, saya salah." (Again, do I care?)
"Sampai boleh tidur kat sini. Berapa hari dah dia tidur sini?"
"Tak, Kak..! Dia tak tidur di sini. Dia pulang."
"Tipu lagi kamu ni."
"Betul, Kak, dia pulang."
"Bila dia pulang?"
"Petang tu. Esok paginya dia datang lagi, dan pulang petangnya." (The husband works in Klang. Is it logical for him to travel that far each morning, go back that petang, and return the next day?)
"Ah.. dalam kamu mengaku ni pun, kamu nak menipu lagi. Saya tak nampak pun dia keluar rumah hari Isnin tu. Tak nampak pun dia datang pagi Selasa tu? Kamu tahu tak saya tengok CCTV tu setiap detik pergerakan kamu?" (...and I did not see him leaving or arriving at the house).
"Ya, saya tau." (Konon...)
"Macamana saya nak percayakan kamu lepas ni? Kamu ingat saya boleh percaya kamu lagi? Bersumpah bagai.."
(Total silence, while Danish slowly came and sat next to me. Had to calm down.)
"Habis Kak, saya masih kerja di sini?"
"Nasib kamu di tangan Abang, sekarang ni." (Finally able to flip to a new page)
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Monday, March 16, 2009
WARNING : THIS POSTING CONTAINS A FEW 'UNCOMFORTABLE' WORDS TO REFLECT WRITERS’ STATE OF MIND
HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE???? (that's one)
Ni nak cerita pasal sang penipu dan exceptionally stupid.
This is about my new maid, Dewi.
SCENE 1 Pukul 10.40 pagi.
Kring...kring...
Pak Lijah : Mak Lijah, telefon rumah cepat. Tanya Dewi siapa datang. Ada lelaki DALAM RUMAH. Ni ha nampak kat CCTV
Mak Lijah : Lorr... Siapa?
Kring...kring...
Mak Lijah : Dewi, siapa datang rumah?
Dewi : Tak ada siapa-siapa. Tadi Abang (read : Pak Lijah) pon telpon tanya yang sama.
Mak Lijah : Betul tak ada siapa?
Dewi : Iya, betul..
Mak Lijah : OK lah.
Kring...kring...
Pak Lijah : Dia kata apa?
Mak Lijah : Dia kata tak ada pun?
Pak Lijah : Ni ha, gambar depan-depan ni. Pakai baju kaler merah.
Mak Lijah : (melopong)
Pak Lijah : Kejap nak telefon sekali lagi.
Kring...kring...
Pak Lijah : Mak Lijah tahu, dia kata "SUMPAH DEMI ALLAH TIADA SIAPA LAIN DI RUMAH." Baik Mak Lijah balik tengok.
[Dalam proses telefon-menelefon ini, sebenarnya adik ipar Mak Lijah dah on the way ke rumah Mak Lijah untuk menerjah lokasi]
SCENE 2 Pukul 1 ptg.
[Di rumah - Dewi dah pergi sekolah ambil Adik while Adik Ipar Mak Lijah was waiting at home dan Mak Lijah diberitahu bahawa dah tak ada siapa kat rumah. Mak Lijah pergi check CCTV dan memang ada seorang lelaki who appeared at 10.30 am. At 10.45, Both he and Dewi went upstairs for God knows for what..!!!!! At 11.15am they both came down and MAKAN NASI...!!! Pukul 12 tengahari, lelaki itu meninggalkan rumah Mak Lijah melalui pintu depan. Cerita Adik Ipar Mak Lijah, si Dewi ni bermati-matian mengatakan tak ada sesiapa di rumah. Bukan itu saja, katanya, "LAKNATULLAH LAH SAYA SEKIRANYA SAYA MENIPU" . Walaupun ditunjuk gambar CCTV itu, katanya dia tak nampak lelaki itu walaupun mengaku itu adalah dia dalam gambar tu. ]
Mak Lijah : Dewi, cuba kamu cakap betul-betul... Siapa yang datang tadi.
Dewi : Ya Allah.. tiada siapa, Kak.. Tadi orang itu pun (read : Adik Ipar) tanya yang sama. Abang pun cakap yang sama.
Mak Lijah : Saya tengok dalam CCTV ada lelaki tadi.
Dewi : Mana ada... (nada tinggi)
Mak Lijah : Baik kamu mengaku saja Dewi. Kalau itu suami kamu, cakap sajalah. Saya mahu kamu cakap yang benar saja.
Dewi : Iya.. masalahnya tidak ada siapa di sini... (sambil menghempas periuk nasi atas meja)
Mak Lijah : Saya tak kisah kalau kamu cakap yang benar. Kalau suami mau datang, cakap saja.
Dewi : Betul, Kak... Tak ada siapa tadi...
Mak Lijah : Tapi saya nampak kamu dengan lelaki itu..??
Dewi : Iya betul itu saya tapi lelaki itu tak ada..!!! (pot-pet..pot-pet...pot-pet)
Mak Lijah : Kamu diam..!! Dengar saya cakap. Saya mahu kamu cakap benar saja. Kalau dah ada gambar nampak lelaki tu, apa lagi kamu nak cakap? Sampai bole naik ke atas rumah lagi. Kamu tak nak mengaku lagi? Saya nampak semua tu.
Dewi : (diam)
Mak Lijah : Kalau dalam gambar nampak terang-terang ada orang lain, tapi kamu tak nampak, apa namanya? Hantu ke?
Dewi : (diam)
NOW TELL ME, HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE????
I hate having to go through this again. I hate the whole process. Kenapalah kena jadi macam ni?
Ni nak cerita pasal sang penipu dan exceptionally stupid.
This is about my new maid, Dewi.
SCENE 1 Pukul 10.40 pagi.
Kring...kring...
Pak Lijah : Mak Lijah, telefon rumah cepat. Tanya Dewi siapa datang. Ada lelaki DALAM RUMAH. Ni ha nampak kat CCTV
Mak Lijah : Lorr... Siapa?
Kring...kring...
Mak Lijah : Dewi, siapa datang rumah?
Dewi : Tak ada siapa-siapa. Tadi Abang (read : Pak Lijah) pon telpon tanya yang sama.
Mak Lijah : Betul tak ada siapa?
Dewi : Iya, betul..
Mak Lijah : OK lah.
Kring...kring...
Pak Lijah : Dia kata apa?
Mak Lijah : Dia kata tak ada pun?
Pak Lijah : Ni ha, gambar depan-depan ni. Pakai baju kaler merah.
Mak Lijah : (melopong)
Pak Lijah : Kejap nak telefon sekali lagi.
Kring...kring...
Pak Lijah : Mak Lijah tahu, dia kata "SUMPAH DEMI ALLAH TIADA SIAPA LAIN DI RUMAH." Baik Mak Lijah balik tengok.
[Dalam proses telefon-menelefon ini, sebenarnya adik ipar Mak Lijah dah on the way ke rumah Mak Lijah untuk menerjah lokasi]
SCENE 2 Pukul 1 ptg.
[Di rumah - Dewi dah pergi sekolah ambil Adik while Adik Ipar Mak Lijah was waiting at home dan Mak Lijah diberitahu bahawa dah tak ada siapa kat rumah. Mak Lijah pergi check CCTV dan memang ada seorang lelaki who appeared at 10.30 am. At 10.45, Both he and Dewi went upstairs for God knows for what..!!!!! At 11.15am they both came down and MAKAN NASI...!!! Pukul 12 tengahari, lelaki itu meninggalkan rumah Mak Lijah melalui pintu depan. Cerita Adik Ipar Mak Lijah, si Dewi ni bermati-matian mengatakan tak ada sesiapa di rumah. Bukan itu saja, katanya, "LAKNATULLAH LAH SAYA SEKIRANYA SAYA MENIPU" . Walaupun ditunjuk gambar CCTV itu, katanya dia tak nampak lelaki itu walaupun mengaku itu adalah dia dalam gambar tu. ]
Mak Lijah : Dewi, cuba kamu cakap betul-betul... Siapa yang datang tadi.
Dewi : Ya Allah.. tiada siapa, Kak.. Tadi orang itu pun (read : Adik Ipar) tanya yang sama. Abang pun cakap yang sama.
Mak Lijah : Saya tengok dalam CCTV ada lelaki tadi.
Dewi : Mana ada... (nada tinggi)
Mak Lijah : Baik kamu mengaku saja Dewi. Kalau itu suami kamu, cakap sajalah. Saya mahu kamu cakap yang benar saja.
Dewi : Iya.. masalahnya tidak ada siapa di sini... (sambil menghempas periuk nasi atas meja)
Mak Lijah : Saya tak kisah kalau kamu cakap yang benar. Kalau suami mau datang, cakap saja.
Dewi : Betul, Kak... Tak ada siapa tadi...
Mak Lijah : Tapi saya nampak kamu dengan lelaki itu..??
Dewi : Iya betul itu saya tapi lelaki itu tak ada..!!! (pot-pet..pot-pet...pot-pet)
Mak Lijah : Kamu diam..!! Dengar saya cakap. Saya mahu kamu cakap benar saja. Kalau dah ada gambar nampak lelaki tu, apa lagi kamu nak cakap? Sampai bole naik ke atas rumah lagi. Kamu tak nak mengaku lagi? Saya nampak semua tu.
Dewi : (diam)
Mak Lijah : Kalau dalam gambar nampak terang-terang ada orang lain, tapi kamu tak nampak, apa namanya? Hantu ke?
Dewi : (diam)
NOW TELL ME, HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE????
I hate having to go through this again. I hate the whole process. Kenapalah kena jadi macam ni?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Addiction
No... I am not an addict to any such kind of drugs.
Mak Lijah nak citer pasal addiction Mak Lijah semasa kanak-kanak dulu.
I was a book addict. I just love reading. Masa Mak Lijah berumur sembilan tahun, Mak Lijah dapat demam campak. Campak yang besar tu. So kena kuarantin kat rumah. Adoilah... seksanya. Bukan seksa sebab sakit, tapi seksa sebab tak boleh nak buat apa. As an active child, quarantine is totally deplorable.
That was in the 70's, di Jalan Padang off Jalan Cangkat Jong, Teluk Anson (now Teluk Intan), Perak.
And then I found this small magazine with small fonts but nice colourful pictures in it tucked among some women magazines and old newspapers. The stories inside were so well written, I felt like being part of it. The English was just so superb. Sekali-sekala tu, tersekat-sekat juga membacanya sebab tak paham some of the words in it. So terpaksalah tanya Mak kat dapur yang tengah sibuk memasak.
I finished the whole magazine that day. It was READER'S DIGEST. Rupanya Ayah memang subcribe the magazine monthly.
So I asked Ayah to buy me some story books after that sebab I was so restless at home. TV programme back then only starts at about 5 pm and masa tu mana ada video player, apatah lagi VCD player. Lagu-lagu Black Dog Bone, Anne Murray, Bee Gees, Boney M, M. Rizal, The Carpenters dah berapa kali diputar sampai Mak terjerit-jerit dari dapur suruh tutup suis record player takut panas dan meletup (katanyalah).
Back to my book request. Ayah bought me two Malay story books, later. Can't remember the tittle. I finished the books in one day. Minta lagi. Beli lagi.
Until one day Ayah decided to bring me to the book shop for me to choose the books that I want. I was sooo... excited sampai tak sedar diri kata still demam and supposed to be quarantined. Tapi sebab addiction tu, Mak Lijah tak kisah disapu calamine lotion berkepuk-kepuk kat whole body and face sebab nak pi kedai buku tu.
Nama kedai buku tu, "Buyong Yunos". I don't know if the book store is still around or not today. May be I should pay a visit to Teluk Intan one of these days to look for the store. The last trip was like 12 years ago and masa tu I was car-less.. So tak berpeluang nak meronda.
Anyway, Mak Lijah punyalah excited dapat keluar rumah, apatah lagi dapat ke satu-satunya kedai buku di Teluk Anson pada masa tu. Akhirya Mak Lijah dapat memilih buku-buku yang Mak Lijah hendak. I chose three thick hard-covered, English story books sebab Mak Lijah tak nak habis cepat. Kalau buku Melayu, 2 jam je boleh habis satu buku (buku kanak-kanak mana ada tebal sangat). And yet... habis juga membacanya within the next 2-3 days.
Mujurlah by then, campak pun dah almost over and I got back to school just to find out that we could be a member of the library dah. Macam orang mengantuk disorongkan bantal or to me, it was more like macam beruk dapat bunga sebab terlampau seronok dapat pinjam buku from a wide variety of choices. Cuma problemnya, masa tu, going to the library is like attending one subject-lesson in a week. Meaning we could only go to the library once a week. Not only that, we could borrow only two books at a time. So how? Dah gigil ni...
I had to resort to only two books jer lah, but, I would always carefully choose only thick, hard-covered English books. Kalau dah habis, bacalah buku-buku Enid Blyton (satu hari boleh habis), buku-buku The Famous Five, Secret Seven dan macam-macam lagilah as long as they were investigative books..
Things got better bila masuk sekolah menengah di Convent Green Lane, Jalan Masjid Negeri, Penang in 1981. Masa form one, buku-buku Trixie Beldon (lupa ejaan) memang dah khatam semua while my other friends were busy into buku-buku romance. By the time I reached form four I had to mark the books I have read and wish to read by rack sebab I have covered almost the entire library.
Bila dah habis sekolah, masuk university, boleh pinjam pulak kat perpustakaan USM... waaa... laaa....gi bagus. But by then, jenis-jenis buku dah lain and much later, I kind of left this story book-reading habit, although not totally leaving it behind. Sempat juga finished Da Vinci Code before it went to the silver screen.
And now... my reading materials are more of magazine-type while I try to finish Dan Brown's DIGITAL FOTRESS (dah masuk 3 tahun tak habis-habis lagi). Magazines I read now are more inclined towards housekeeping, landscaping, interior design etc. Maklumlah dah dapat kunci rumah baru.... Nevertheless, my passion on reading has never faded. I can spend a whole day in the book store than going shopping, provided I go alone.
Iqraq.
Mak Lijah nak citer pasal addiction Mak Lijah semasa kanak-kanak dulu.
I was a book addict. I just love reading. Masa Mak Lijah berumur sembilan tahun, Mak Lijah dapat demam campak. Campak yang besar tu. So kena kuarantin kat rumah. Adoilah... seksanya. Bukan seksa sebab sakit, tapi seksa sebab tak boleh nak buat apa. As an active child, quarantine is totally deplorable.
That was in the 70's, di Jalan Padang off Jalan Cangkat Jong, Teluk Anson (now Teluk Intan), Perak.
And then I found this small magazine with small fonts but nice colourful pictures in it tucked among some women magazines and old newspapers. The stories inside were so well written, I felt like being part of it. The English was just so superb. Sekali-sekala tu, tersekat-sekat juga membacanya sebab tak paham some of the words in it. So terpaksalah tanya Mak kat dapur yang tengah sibuk memasak.
I finished the whole magazine that day. It was READER'S DIGEST. Rupanya Ayah memang subcribe the magazine monthly.
So I asked Ayah to buy me some story books after that sebab I was so restless at home. TV programme back then only starts at about 5 pm and masa tu mana ada video player, apatah lagi VCD player. Lagu-lagu Black Dog Bone, Anne Murray, Bee Gees, Boney M, M. Rizal, The Carpenters dah berapa kali diputar sampai Mak terjerit-jerit dari dapur suruh tutup suis record player takut panas dan meletup (katanyalah).
Back to my book request. Ayah bought me two Malay story books, later. Can't remember the tittle. I finished the books in one day. Minta lagi. Beli lagi.
Until one day Ayah decided to bring me to the book shop for me to choose the books that I want. I was sooo... excited sampai tak sedar diri kata still demam and supposed to be quarantined. Tapi sebab addiction tu, Mak Lijah tak kisah disapu calamine lotion berkepuk-kepuk kat whole body and face sebab nak pi kedai buku tu.
Nama kedai buku tu, "Buyong Yunos". I don't know if the book store is still around or not today. May be I should pay a visit to Teluk Intan one of these days to look for the store. The last trip was like 12 years ago and masa tu I was car-less.. So tak berpeluang nak meronda.
Anyway, Mak Lijah punyalah excited dapat keluar rumah, apatah lagi dapat ke satu-satunya kedai buku di Teluk Anson pada masa tu. Akhirya Mak Lijah dapat memilih buku-buku yang Mak Lijah hendak. I chose three thick hard-covered, English story books sebab Mak Lijah tak nak habis cepat. Kalau buku Melayu, 2 jam je boleh habis satu buku (buku kanak-kanak mana ada tebal sangat). And yet... habis juga membacanya within the next 2-3 days.
Mujurlah by then, campak pun dah almost over and I got back to school just to find out that we could be a member of the library dah. Macam orang mengantuk disorongkan bantal or to me, it was more like macam beruk dapat bunga sebab terlampau seronok dapat pinjam buku from a wide variety of choices. Cuma problemnya, masa tu, going to the library is like attending one subject-lesson in a week. Meaning we could only go to the library once a week. Not only that, we could borrow only two books at a time. So how? Dah gigil ni...
I had to resort to only two books jer lah, but, I would always carefully choose only thick, hard-covered English books. Kalau dah habis, bacalah buku-buku Enid Blyton (satu hari boleh habis), buku-buku The Famous Five, Secret Seven dan macam-macam lagilah as long as they were investigative books..
Things got better bila masuk sekolah menengah di Convent Green Lane, Jalan Masjid Negeri, Penang in 1981. Masa form one, buku-buku Trixie Beldon (lupa ejaan) memang dah khatam semua while my other friends were busy into buku-buku romance. By the time I reached form four I had to mark the books I have read and wish to read by rack sebab I have covered almost the entire library.
Bila dah habis sekolah, masuk university, boleh pinjam pulak kat perpustakaan USM... waaa... laaa....gi bagus. But by then, jenis-jenis buku dah lain and much later, I kind of left this story book-reading habit, although not totally leaving it behind. Sempat juga finished Da Vinci Code before it went to the silver screen.
And now... my reading materials are more of magazine-type while I try to finish Dan Brown's DIGITAL FOTRESS (dah masuk 3 tahun tak habis-habis lagi). Magazines I read now are more inclined towards housekeeping, landscaping, interior design etc. Maklumlah dah dapat kunci rumah baru.... Nevertheless, my passion on reading has never faded. I can spend a whole day in the book store than going shopping, provided I go alone.
Iqraq.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
I'm so excited...!!!
Hari ni Mak Lijah dapat surat.
Surat dari developer.
Yahoooooo......!!!!
What next?
I'm so excited...
Dream kitchen
Dream garden
Dream walk-in wardrobe
Dream bedroom
When will these dreams come true?
Surat dari developer.
Yahoooooo......!!!!
What next?
I'm so excited...
Dream kitchen
Dream garden
Dream walk-in wardrobe
Dream bedroom
When will these dreams come true?
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