The Kenduri

Abang Razak held a kenduri on Saturday afternoon for very close friends and families at his parents' place in Kelebang, Melaka.

It was a place I have been to before, not knowing that I would come around again to this place. to somebody's house this time. The last time I was around that place was during treasure hunts looking for treasures, beli kat pasaraya Bintang and of course when I was on trips with family and destination was Riviera Bay Resort.

Weather was good, drive was smooth and the"essay" thatAbang read out to me (the direction) was very accurate. This guy of course know his way around even in his sleep.

Kita pun baca map itu sambil mekap pun boleh. Sampai jua ke destinasi.

When we arrived there, ada khemah best di tengah jalan. I can imagine kalau hari Abang kahwin macamana. Satu lorong tu agaknya layan khemah. We were greeted immediately by the cheerful and warm family (ada bapak dia yang hensem dan looks exactly cam bapak Rohani dalam Madu Tiga tu), we almost immediately forget about the afternoon heat. The faces that I have met and all this while looking forward to meet are all there.

Paired with good food (dont you just love authentic home cooked dishes?? *yes, I'm so gonna kill Kiff the ass, for papparazzing me devouring my lunch!) and good company, we all can just throw our heads back and laugh and be ourselves. I hope Abang was happy. The family organised a birthday cake for him and...... he shed a tear. Happy tears that his loved ones are there that afternoon, and sad for him to not see them for 7 weeks starting this Wednesday.

But everyone else, despite we are gonna miss him and cant imagine life without him around for that long, we are also proud of him for elevating himself to another level where everyone can only wish for now, they could.

I was happy to see Kiff, KK, Mr Pooks (PMM), Hain and abang's cousins all made it there and looks like Abang have bound us well.

Cekpakaran and Abang Shidan and kids, as well as Kak Ziah and family arrived a bit later.

On our way home, we wouldnt waste the chance to visit one of the heritage houses that was maintained for pelancong like us.. *heheh* to ambik gambar cam anak2 dan gadis2 desa gitu. auwww..

The Veil

Our smiles seems less surreal now. It lately acts as a veil to our aching hearts, to be apart from Abang Razak for some period a bit over a month, while he makes his journey to the Holy Land, untuk mengerjakan Haji. Our doa and our love for you, for your safe return with Haji mabrur.

Today is his birthday.

We, as usual, are inseparable. We made a point to be inseperable on this day even if it may not take the whole day, but we had excellent lunch and desserts and we, of course were full with laughter and soul-food.

LRT Lagi!

After traumated with the previous kisah LRT, Friday is back again. Me and Che Pah, apa lagi, nothing in mind but shopping tengahari. Tak makan pun, its okay.

But we did book Chakri Palace jugak just in case.

KLCC again, destination in plan. I borrowed Rohaya's monthly pass. Before we stepped out of the office, we read the Doa Perjalanan panjang lebar and doa tawakal. Phobia cam itu hari. We told each other, if the train buat hal, marilah kita makan nasi ayam je at Chicken Rice Shop. When we reached the station everything looks normal.

When we ascend the escalator, I can hear a train whirring up there. Jom la kita lari and catch the train. TETAPI...........train itu tak bergerak. The doors are open for how long since we don't know. The announcement on the electronic signboard reads something like "Passengers please vacate the station using the nearest exit"But the people in the train are still waiting for the train to move. We looked at them, they looked at us.

Duuuuuugaaaaan.. ini kah dugaan untukku!

Ku dan Che Pah turun bawah balik, and staff Putra tu kata "okay je kak boleh naik"Biar betul adik ni. Nilai sebuah nyawa dan harga tiket LRT tak sama tau. Apa-apa pun,we bersyukur that we didnt get on that train. Train tu gerak 10 minutes later. And by that time, of course la I don't know what else could have happened on the way. Time will definitely be wasted in the journey, Chakri Palace ke mana, shopping kasut (kantoi nak beli kasot sebenarnye!) ke mana, time nak berkejar balik ke office lagi incurred. Ok takpe, kali ni tak sedih.

Ni la kot berkat baca doa perjalanan. Hari tu tak baca (obviously). :D

P/S: Abang razak buat lagu as usual.

The thin line between cool and cold

Me and him were seated, watching a lot of things happen and unfold in one night.

In the car I said "Honey, you looked quiet earlier. U okay?"

"yes darling... i'm okay"

"did you actually wanna say something in the middle of it all?"

"No baby. I always believe in action speaks louder than words. As you can clearly see just now"

We both looked outside our side of the car windows.

He just broke the silence with "I love you..."

I turned and asked "oh yeah? why? :D"

" I just do." He drove all the way with one hand on the steering wheel and the other stroking my hair.

Balik tu we both semayang Isyak berjemaah and he held me as long as he could on the sejadah itself.

I sent texts to my friends, cakap aku sayang dia orang jugak.

Thank god it's all over.

Its a dreary.. drearier day

Drearier day? what fak mengarut is that? Actually its derrier kan. I wanna say the day started off with bontot-ness. Great bontot-ness.

Yes, because I had to work on a Monday that the morning kene lah turun hujan yang yummy! And since I cant pull my blanket and sleep and kene cari rezeki, maka I am jealous of those who can sleep further and enjoy the weather perfect to sleep in. That includes my husband.

On Saturday evening, Adik's fever and batuk got much better. Adik woke up and with his muka sardin "maaa, adik dah okay" Alaa cayannnggggg... berkat mama popok-popok and kasi ubat, selimut, dah okay. Mama missed going to Auntie Marissa's hourwarming tho but, since malam tu ada kenduri at Uncle Joe's, let's hit that then.

We took Acik along. Daddy had to work until almost midnight and we all got dressed for the kenduri and 20 minutes before we pushed off, i had a splitting headache!! Cara-cara nak hilangkan headache yang keparat itu is, to vomit, sapu head with minyak cap kapak and telan two panadol actifast. Wow!

Then before keluar rumah, aiyoo kene suap ubat batuk to both kids. Done nursing myself and them, looks like we have to find Uncle Joe's house ourselves. Andri and Hanim have moved on since we dah terlambat. When we reached Jalan Semantan 2, the kenduri started and they are in the midst of Yasin and almost Isyak time.

Azan Isyak was read by Joe. You have proven your voice is ONE HELL OF A VOICE DURING AZAN AND KARAOKE DUDE!!

Amy arrived shortly in time for Isyak prayers.

Makan time, we went round and round the buffet table together and ..... I kid you not, Amy's home made chocolate cake is our aim. It was gorgeous! We very well had our fried chicken, ulam, daging masak kicap, sweet sour fish... but, right after that we dashed for the cake, as fast as we could.

As usual. when we are at a friend's house, ada benda wajib yang kene buat.....
TENGOK GAMBAR2 LAMA DIA KAT DINDING AND KUTUK.. kah kah.
Those days when muka poyo was the in-thing. Zaman diskang. Zaman sekolah. Zaman baru akil baligh.

Then when the time comes to salam Joe's nenek and mum, we are labelled as
1) Mak and anak di anggap adik beradik
2) Budak umor nak masuk 30 tahun dianggap budak sekolah
3) Kawan2 yang berkulit dan berbentuk sama dianggap adik beradik
Boleh gitu?

That night we were given "berkat" before we left. The ladies went back with sehelai kain batik each and two dragon fruits from Joe's kebun.

The men went got themselves kain pelikat and 2 dragon fruits each.

Alhamdulillah. We said our goodbyes and , although we are aware that there is a function that night that USED to matter to us, but we are better off with this kenduri instead.

Our Saturday night, now.

Shit-machine

One fine morning, Ana got out of the door on her way to toilet while I was on the way into the office

Ana: Eh akak.. akak MC ke semalam?
Me: A-ah...
Ana: Akak sakit apa?
Me: Akak berak cair la, Na.....
Ana went "haaaa?? EEEEk" shrieking away.


Don't you just hate it when you have food-poisoning? specially the one with temperature.

My husband used to take care of me and my drama during food poisoning, once upon a time. Some three years ago. It was a miserable moment. We even had a fight because:

"what is this??"
"plain water sayang "
"no its nottttt"
"it is! now drink up"
"please take it away!!"
"honey drink!"
the water tasted normal to everyone else. It was my taste-bud after my "muntah-hijau". It was disgusting. I had water and gas coming out from my mouth and butt. I almost become like Regan (Linda Blair) from the Exorcist!!

Poor guy. He carried me to the car while I was still bitching about the plain water.

I was hospitalised after that. That was the worse poisoning of all.

What did I have? Nasi Lemak La Cucoq! It was afternoon, the nasi lemak couldve been bad. The hospital bill came up to RM2000 something, all because of a RM2.00 nasi lemak. haduuuuuuuuuu! I had a lot of work that day and wanted to get a really fast meal. Ran down to buy and it was the only food I had that day and I ended up throwing up the whole thing and more!

Phuuuh... tak nak la food poisoning lagi please. It's tiring making trips to the toilet with aching tummy and butt.

The show is over say goodbye.....

Today, a friend was told to leave our side.

I am still in a daze of the whirlwind happenings in the past week. The only power I have was to "watch" and be there and seek for "lobangs" for NinMon's plan B.

She's kind, too kind, that she didnt say this to her escorter "please, i need a minute alone..."

She may have lost the "battle" but you have won our hearts with your wit, your thoughfulness, your free-spirit, your good vibes. That I feel sorry for you being surrounded with the opposites of all that, at the place you used to be.

This is life. One minute, you're everyone's darling. But when someone's out there have put on the mode of "seek and destroy" on you, would you move along with your head down, or you fight back harder than they could ever imagine?

I move around the place that shattered NinMons's hopes and dreams, with benefits of a doubt now. I love NinMon... one of the two elder sisters of mine in the office. I fucking love her and I cant' believe this is happening until I secretly pinched myself from the day she received the letter. I keep waking up to something which is not a dream.

Until the next victim's fate be sealed......