Right now, I'm with his family, taking advantage of the Christmas break to get to know more of him in a different perspective. The more time I spend with him, the more I realized how strong he is... and how fragile his insides if ever he was hurt.
The family welcomed me, a stranger, into their home with open arms & big hearts (not to mention the embraces & the kisses from the female relatives...heheh!). But of course, I've been discreetly scrutinized by them in most details... kinda daunting...kih3x!
Anyway, let us see how the next day is going to be...
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Phew...
Lama gile aku tak masuk blog.
Skang dh dok JB, keje dlm industri hospitaliti.
Pengalaman baru, tapi menarik.
BF? Belum ada yang pasti, tapi dh ada prospek... hehehe!
Ada banyak nk cerita, tapi bagi bunga2 dulu aja... =)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Aidilfitri yang aku ingat...
Sebelum aku melajutkan bicara, Salam Aidilfitri buat rakan2 sekalian. Ampun maaf zahir dan batin andai ada keterlanjuran kata2 dan perbuatan...
Aidilfitri tahun ini tidak sama seperti sebelumnya... sangat menyedihkan? Kenapa? ada orang mati ke...?
Takdelah. Cumanya sambutan&kunjungan tidak semeriah dulu.
Tahun ni, ada 2 biskut raya yang ku buat tak berapa menjadi... tak tau la kenapa...
Mungkin mood tak elok kot masa tu.
Apapun, teringat zaman kanak2 dulu, betapa aku dan keluarga sangat2 menantikan kedatangan Aidilfitri. Masa tu, kami menetap di Terengganu. Perjalanan pulang ke Perak selalunya mengambil masa 10 jam (kalau ke Gerik - kampung Mama) / 12 jam (kalau ke Batu Kurau - kampung Abah). Balik pun cuma 2 kali sethn: Aidilfitri & cuti akhir tahun. Jadi memang teruja sangat walaupun peerjalanan jauh, dgn tanah runtuh pe bagai kat Hiway Timur Barat, jumpa gajah la, perintah berkurung la... macam2.
Beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, kami sekeluarga cuma berhari raya di Gurun. Nak balik kampung pun dah takde sgt dah. Opah, Tok Ayah, Tok, Tok Wan pun dah tak ada. Nak p umah saudara mara pun, dorg pun ada family dorg sendiri.
Penghayatan raya pun dah berbeza...budak2 skang bukan nk beraya sgt pun... nak kutip duit je...yg paling kurang ajar...main ketuk2 kat pagar je mintak duit raya... Abah aku tak layan...dia kata "Kalau nak duit aja tak payah datang...BALIK!"
Aku dulu syok kalau raya. Leh merasa kepelbagaian kuey, rendang (orang Perak ada macam2 rendang), tgk hiasan umah...leh la nk wat idea utk umah sendiri thn depannya.
Kita tgk lak raya thn depan camana...
Aidilfitri tahun ini tidak sama seperti sebelumnya... sangat menyedihkan? Kenapa? ada orang mati ke...?
Takdelah. Cumanya sambutan&kunjungan tidak semeriah dulu.
Tahun ni, ada 2 biskut raya yang ku buat tak berapa menjadi... tak tau la kenapa...
Mungkin mood tak elok kot masa tu.
Apapun, teringat zaman kanak2 dulu, betapa aku dan keluarga sangat2 menantikan kedatangan Aidilfitri. Masa tu, kami menetap di Terengganu. Perjalanan pulang ke Perak selalunya mengambil masa 10 jam (kalau ke Gerik - kampung Mama) / 12 jam (kalau ke Batu Kurau - kampung Abah). Balik pun cuma 2 kali sethn: Aidilfitri & cuti akhir tahun. Jadi memang teruja sangat walaupun peerjalanan jauh, dgn tanah runtuh pe bagai kat Hiway Timur Barat, jumpa gajah la, perintah berkurung la... macam2.
Beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, kami sekeluarga cuma berhari raya di Gurun. Nak balik kampung pun dah takde sgt dah. Opah, Tok Ayah, Tok, Tok Wan pun dah tak ada. Nak p umah saudara mara pun, dorg pun ada family dorg sendiri.
Penghayatan raya pun dah berbeza...budak2 skang bukan nk beraya sgt pun... nak kutip duit je...yg paling kurang ajar...main ketuk2 kat pagar je mintak duit raya... Abah aku tak layan...dia kata "Kalau nak duit aja tak payah datang...BALIK!"
Aku dulu syok kalau raya. Leh merasa kepelbagaian kuey, rendang (orang Perak ada macam2 rendang), tgk hiasan umah...leh la nk wat idea utk umah sendiri thn depannya.
Kita tgk lak raya thn depan camana...
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Napa ni? Aku dh jadi mellow ke...huhuhu!
I just got out from the cinema. Watched 'Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince'. It was an awesome movie, without a doubt. Can't wait for the next two final installments of 'Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows'. Read the book already... man, it had got me gripping on my seats... phew!
Before going to the movies, I stopped by a bookstore. Just wandering around. Paas by the 'English Fiction' section...and saw 'P.s. I Love You' by Cecilia Ahern. I dunno why but suddenly felt a wave of emotions surging inside of me. It reminded me of the movie version of the story... so touching... yet so tragic beneath it.
Sometimes, it is easier to accept death of someone we loved than going through a heartfelt breakup... isn't it?
Before going to the movies, I stopped by a bookstore. Just wandering around. Paas by the 'English Fiction' section...and saw 'P.s. I Love You' by Cecilia Ahern. I dunno why but suddenly felt a wave of emotions surging inside of me. It reminded me of the movie version of the story... so touching... yet so tragic beneath it.
Sometimes, it is easier to accept death of someone we loved than going through a heartfelt breakup... isn't it?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A question to be pondered...
I had a so-called-interesting conversation with a relative while I was attending a wedding feast of a dear cousin back in my 'kampung' in Perak. I was never really fond with this relative as she is widely known as the 'poison tongue'. Out of respect for the elders, I had to (unwillingly) sit next to her since everywhere else is full.
After we had our fill, she immediately started a conversation with me.. pestering me with the 'when-is-your-turn-to-get-married' series of questions. My mum was glancing at me the time, since we (my sis+I and my parents) were seated separatedly from each other, worrying that I might said the wrong thing that might lead to self-humiliation at my expense.
Some of the questions being peppered at me:
"Kenapa kamu tak kawen lagi? Jual mahal kot."
(Why aren't you married yet? Are you being hard-to-get?)
"Kamu tu dh nak masuk 30, kena cepat2 kawen. Kang dh tak laku lagi dah."
(You're almost 30 now, should get hitched soon. If not, nobody wants you after that.)
"Kamu gemuk sangat la. Cuba kuruskan badan skit... baru la ada lelaki yg nakkan kamu."
(You're too fat. Try to slim down.. only then, the men will take an interest of you.)
There were other provoking questions, but I'm only listing the ones that she uttered oh-so-loudly in the presence of other guests... so that I would cower myself somewhere in the corner, being ashamed of the current status of myself. Anyway, I didn't give much answers to all of her questions, which prompted her to speak louder for obvious reasons. I wasn't so uncomfortable with that situation and ended up giving her the ultimatum...
"Jodoh pertemuan bukan kita tetapkan.. tu kuasa Allah. Memang Yong tau sepupu2 yg lebih muda suma dh kawen, tapi sbb jodoh dorg dah sampai. Yong tak nafikan Yong memilih, memilih yg ikhlas nakkan Yong & dah sedia nk membina hidup berkeluarga. Salah ke kalau Yong memilih dari segi tu?"
(Marriage and soulmate are not things that we can fixed on.. that is God's will. I know that cousins who are younger than I am is already married, but that is because they have met their destined partner. I admit that I'm a bit choosy, on the grounds that I'm looking for a person who sincerely likes me and is ready to build a familial life. Was it wrong for me to be choosy in that way?)
She was a bit stunned... since I had never display such words when I talk to her.. Hell, I never really did talk to her all these while.. Those who were sitting near to us had eventually eavesdropped on our conversation and began to chip in... by putting their support on my side. I was touched by their words of support and I know that they had noticed the awkward situation that I was in at that time. In the end, the 'poisonous' aunt left in a sour mood, knowing that her strategy had backfired.
I just don't understand why does she (the poisonous aunt) had to be mean to me or anyone else that matters... and I'm sure that most of my still-single friends had to sometimes deal/face with these kind of people. It's kinda sad when you think of it.. how they fail to understand the thing in whole, bigger picture. Let's just hope that God will lit the path for them... Amin.
p/s: org melayu itu digambarkan berbudi bahasa,
namun hakikatnya ramai yang lebih suka mencerca,
org melayu itu digambarkan bersopan santun,
tapi tak ramai yang macam tu pun.
tak mustahil kalau dikata, orang melayu itu suka mengadu domba,
marah bila orang mengata, namun gembira bila orang terluka.
Entahlah...
Bila agaknya orang Melayu akan berubah...
After we had our fill, she immediately started a conversation with me.. pestering me with the 'when-is-your-turn-to-get-married' series of questions. My mum was glancing at me the time, since we (my sis+I and my parents) were seated separatedly from each other, worrying that I might said the wrong thing that might lead to self-humiliation at my expense.
Some of the questions being peppered at me:
"Kenapa kamu tak kawen lagi? Jual mahal kot."
(Why aren't you married yet? Are you being hard-to-get?)
"Kamu tu dh nak masuk 30, kena cepat2 kawen. Kang dh tak laku lagi dah."
(You're almost 30 now, should get hitched soon. If not, nobody wants you after that.)
"Kamu gemuk sangat la. Cuba kuruskan badan skit... baru la ada lelaki yg nakkan kamu."
(You're too fat. Try to slim down.. only then, the men will take an interest of you.)
There were other provoking questions, but I'm only listing the ones that she uttered oh-so-loudly in the presence of other guests... so that I would cower myself somewhere in the corner, being ashamed of the current status of myself. Anyway, I didn't give much answers to all of her questions, which prompted her to speak louder for obvious reasons. I wasn't so uncomfortable with that situation and ended up giving her the ultimatum...
"Jodoh pertemuan bukan kita tetapkan.. tu kuasa Allah. Memang Yong tau sepupu2 yg lebih muda suma dh kawen, tapi sbb jodoh dorg dah sampai. Yong tak nafikan Yong memilih, memilih yg ikhlas nakkan Yong & dah sedia nk membina hidup berkeluarga. Salah ke kalau Yong memilih dari segi tu?"
(Marriage and soulmate are not things that we can fixed on.. that is God's will. I know that cousins who are younger than I am is already married, but that is because they have met their destined partner. I admit that I'm a bit choosy, on the grounds that I'm looking for a person who sincerely likes me and is ready to build a familial life. Was it wrong for me to be choosy in that way?)
She was a bit stunned... since I had never display such words when I talk to her.. Hell, I never really did talk to her all these while.. Those who were sitting near to us had eventually eavesdropped on our conversation and began to chip in... by putting their support on my side. I was touched by their words of support and I know that they had noticed the awkward situation that I was in at that time. In the end, the 'poisonous' aunt left in a sour mood, knowing that her strategy had backfired.
I just don't understand why does she (the poisonous aunt) had to be mean to me or anyone else that matters... and I'm sure that most of my still-single friends had to sometimes deal/face with these kind of people. It's kinda sad when you think of it.. how they fail to understand the thing in whole, bigger picture. Let's just hope that God will lit the path for them... Amin.
p/s: org melayu itu digambarkan berbudi bahasa,
namun hakikatnya ramai yang lebih suka mencerca,
org melayu itu digambarkan bersopan santun,
tapi tak ramai yang macam tu pun.
tak mustahil kalau dikata, orang melayu itu suka mengadu domba,
marah bila orang mengata, namun gembira bila orang terluka.
Entahlah...
Bila agaknya orang Melayu akan berubah...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
