Grill

"Sesuatu yang terjadi tentu ada hikmah daripadaNya"

In life, I've always asked myself, why this thing happens to me? Why it has to happen now? and the list of the whys goes on...especially on the bad things. It was a human nature to ask/blame/regret first before reflect yourself and look at it from the positive side.. No matter how optimistic you are, if something bad happened, the first thing in mind would be the why, then you will slowly realize that there must be a reason why it happens. But sometimes things just don't making any sense for...ever.

When I'm feeling down, I always replay this story again and again. It happened about 10 years ago. But the lesson learned is a lifetime guarantee. It is still fresh in mind.

During  that time, we lived in a corner lot terrace house. Just the normal terrace house, with a garage which fit only for one car. One day, my dad wanted to reverse our car out from the garage, but he mistakenly put the gear on D, pressed the gas pedal and banggg! it hit the sliding door grill. Car was okay but the grill was badly damaged. Luckily, the gap between the sliding door and the grill was quite big so it didn't broke the glass. It happened jussttt a few days before Eid. We didn't blame ayah. But you know as a human, deep inside we just can't run from the whys.

(source: Google)

The metal grill was bend, but the lock was still functioning. It was just that, it needed some technical skills to open the grill, which only we knew! haha. we had to lift it up a bit, turn the key, push the grill hard  then slide. Only mama had the capability! :P I knew the secret but at my age, it was a very complicated task, so let's save that disable grill for mama. Because it was nearly raya, so we planned to repair it after came back from kampung.

On the 2nd day of raya, while we're at kampung, ayah got a phone call from one of our neighbours. They suspected that our house was robbed a night before. Because they saw our pagar dawai hijau was cut. You know corner lot house, selalu keliling ade dawai hijau tuu. We rushed home. While in the car, we prayed hard, hoping that nothing happened to our house. Dah la raya guna duit banyak, grill pulak cacat, kereta calar2, and now a robbery? When we arrived, we checked the house in and out, in and out, but found nothing was missing. and there's no hint that the robbery was succeeded. Then we found a few marks on the front grill, police suspected that the robbers were trying to open the grill with their metal tools but failed. Maybe normally their skills worked, but this time, sorry, only we know how! hehehe

(source: Google)

After sometime, one of the policeman saw another dawai hijau at the back was cut, between our house and the neighbour house. Apparently, the robbers changed their mind because they couldn't get through our magic grill, or maybe because our grill costed them more time and effort, so they moved to our neighbour house. They lost a lot of valuable things including the gold necklace, money, electronic appliances etc. Poor them :(

It was not that I am happy with it, but we would never know if the robbers managed to get into our house as well, they could kill two birds with one stone. That incident hit me hard to accept that Allah jadikan sesuatu mesti ada hikmahnya. If only Ayah didn't hit the grill, we might had lost more than the cost of repairing the grill itself. At some point in life, things will be making more sense.

And after all, Allah is always the best planner.

Ramadhan Kareem!

I hope it's still not too late to wish Happy Fasting & Ramadhan Kareem to all. This Ramadhan is slightly different from last year, and definitely not the same with the previous years. From full time student to full time penganggur to full time employed and dedicated worker!

Ayah will be leaving us for Pakistan for one year. and the most saddest part is he will depart tomorrow, on the 9th day of Ramadhan. That means this is my mom's first raya without Ayah since married, which was like 27 years ago?I was missing for 4 years and finally it was full-house last year but not for long. Since Ayah will be celebrating raya at Pakistan and considering my older sister is now married and has other commitment, it gonna be only 4 of us. How empty raya would be this year? 

I know life would be sooo different starting tomorrow and I just don't wanna think about it for now. I don't know how mama would handle this. But do we even have option? NO. 

Being away from us and leave the place we called home. To the place where bombing is everywhere (God forbid) and "safe" might be a hardest thing to get. For me, It's not safe at all! But does he even have option? NO. That is what Ayah called as Responsibility.

Let go the love of her life for a year, to a strange country. Be an independent housewife and take over the responsibility of taking care of the family. I just admire how strong my mom is in handling this.  But does she even have option? NO. That is what Mama called as Sacrifice.

And me? A hopeless daughter who is not helping at all especially when it comes to emotion. I complaint a lot and got really stressed when I was asked to go to Kertih for a day trip on the 4th day of Ramadhan. It's not a strange place, no bombing, not using different language, and not even for a year! Tapi  merungut nyaaa.. MasyaAllah macam kene pegi Africa setahun berperang, and tinggalkan anak 5 orang yang kene bagi makan  kat rumah. Haihh. and now who am I to complain? When my so called big problem is not even 10% of my parent's? I need to grow up. Like for real.

I hope I could make mama strong because all she needs is support. And May Allah bless and protect Ayah and his journey! Aminn..

Happy Mother's Day Mama!

Affair

My mom is literally a part of me

-Carrie Latet

One.

While doing work at the office, suddenly I crave for mama's tom yam. Call mama at home:

Me: Mamaaa, tibe2 angah teringin nak makan tomyam hari ni. tapi dh tengah hri mesti mama dh masak kan :((

Mama: Hehehe. tu la mama masak dh. memang mama masak tomyam pon. nnti balik makan la.

Two.

On the way to Pasar Malam on Friday evening. Call mama.

Me: Mama angah nk pegi Pasar Malam Jelatek ni kejap. teringin ayam bob. Mama nak kirim pape tak?

Mama: Takde kot. belikan ayam bob je la utk adik. kalau ade nnti mama call balik.

While walking towards LRT to go home. This time mama calls me.

Mama: Angah dekat mana? dah balik pasar ke?

Me: Aah balik dh mama. kenape? mama nak kirim ape2 ke?

Mama: Tadi takde. tpi skrg bru terase nak minum bandung cincau.

Me: Hehehehe. Angah dh beli dh. Tunggu kejap lgi angah sampai.

I don't call it coincidence. I call it mother-daughter affair :)

Mengisa ikan

Oleh kerana hari ni cuti hari Wilayah, maka saya nak crite pasal cuti Chinese New Year. nampak tak kaitan die? :P tak nampak sudah.

So last week, we spend our short holiday at my hometown. Bile orang tanya slalu, cuti pegi mana. BALIK KAMPUNGGG! *excited* tapi bile orang tnye, kampung dekat mane? segan nak ckp, sebab most of the time kene kutuk KAHKAHKAH. sebab kampung saya kan sekangkang kera je. R&R pon tak jumpe on the way :P

Activity famous dekat kampung is 'mengisa' ikan. I dont really know the root of 'mengisa' tu. and I even get confused with the spelling. ade orang eja mengiser, tapi saya nak eja mengisa jugak hehe. I tried to explain how it works to a few people, tpi mcm susah utk difahami kerana saya pon xtau nak explain camne haha. But let me try my best to share.

Mengisa ni mcm menjala ikan la. Tapi bukan ikan je, semua hasil2 laut, ketam, udang, and kadang2 kerang sesat pon ade. Tapi bezanya, jala tu mcm sorang2 pon boleh buat kan. Tapi ni minimum 3orang, kalau lgi ramai lgi best tpi ramai sgt pon xbest sgt. And menjala ikan gune jala kan, maka mengisa ikan guna 'kisa'. 'Kisa' rupenye mcm net badminton tpi lagi halus2 la kalau x ikan paus je sangkut. kekeke. Stu team kene pegang dekat belah darat, stu lgi belah laut, and sorang yg lgi yg dipanggil 'tekong' dekat tengah2. tekong tu mcm captain la, so memang kne sorang je.

Jom kite imagine, net badminton tu, di tarik dalam laut. Imagine the two poles tu di replace dengan orang. pastu sorg kat tengah2 net. Pastu, tarik la net 'kisa' tu pegi tengah laut. takde tengah sangat. Yang belah laut tu selalunya chest level, kalau yang belah darat tu, level pinggang je.

Bile sampai darat, kanak2 pon sibuk nak tarik padahal tambah berat je. haha

Malangnya, saya takde gmbr diorg tengah laut, tpi ade gambar diorang dh tarik naik darat. xtau la nk explain. tengok gambar explain la dekat dri sndri KAHKAHKAH

Tips die kalau nak kutip hasil, 1st thing kene amek udang dulu. Sebab udang terbukti lgi laju dri kami KAHKAH. die slalu lompat masuk pasir cepat2, ikan takpe kemudian sebab ikan dh sangkut dekat net, so die xpegi mana. hehe.

Maka hasilnyaaa, jeng jeng jeng. Memang la x semeriah seperti di pasar, tapi dlm hati kami meriahnyaaaaa. HAHA. Rezeki baik la udang banyakkkk. Alhamdulillah. 4 kali tarik, dapat dalam satu plastic beras yg 10kg tu. Ok la kan? Udang fresh tangkap sndri goreng panas2 dengan kunyit je pon sedap. Nom Nom Nom. Presentingg hasill kutipannn..... jeng jeng jeng

ini lah lahirnya pepatah "macam belangkas" nampak tak die melekat tu? mengada! haha

Tapiii di sebalik keseronokkan mengutip hasil, ade satu rahsie yang perlu di kongsi, tpi kini bukan rahsie lagi la. hahahaa Laut blakang rumah nenek saya ni berlumpurrr. maka memang dri kecik dh di train utk jalan dalam lumpur. Hello bukan sikit2 ok. Tahap smpi peha tenggelam tu kire dh biase la :P (dlu2 atuk dukung, sekarang saya pulak kne carry kiddo!) I still remember even dlu2, time auntie2 uncle2 saya baru kahwin, menantu2 yg newly wed tu sure kene pegi laut mngisa dan melalui cabaran lumpur. Maka kali ini, mari kite test abg iparrr! haha

ini baru sikit ok :P

tgk. mcm sluar dengan boots dh. confirm sluar kene buang :P

Itu je la cerita cuti kali ni. Dah bertahun saya missed mengisa ni, maka kali ni excitednyaaa :D Stress lalu lumpur hilang bila kutip hasil, stress lalu lumpur kali kedua hilang bila menikmati hasil ;) Sape2 nak try, boleh laaaa book date ok :P Nanti saya deal dengan tekong a.k.a ATUK! haha

p/s: Best jugak kalau dapat tgk kawan2 urban bandar2 tu ter geli2 dalam lumpur. kahkahkah. *imagine + evil grin*