Ayish The Genius

Semenjak dua menjak ni, kami amat terhibur dengan telatah ayish yang semakin hari semakin matang, tapi matang dalam keanak-anakkan. Ikutilah beberapa sketsa di bawah:

Satu petang bersama Bob: 


Ayish:  Bob, ayish nak tulis autograph ni. Bob habar ayish lahir bulan berapa?
Bob :   8.8.05.
Ayish: Ok, ayish berapa tahun?
Bob  :  6 tahun.
Ayish:  Ayish lahir di mana?   oooooo ayish tau....di PERUT........
Bob:   .........no comment, ayish oi.

Satu hari lagi bersama BOB juga:

Ayish:   Bob, ulat buku tu apa? ( ayish dapat perkataan ni dari buku Pengembaraan di Afrika, buku kegemaran dia)
Bob:    Ulat buku tu orang yang suka baca buku macam umi tu.
Ayish:  Jadi Ayish ni ulat apa pulak?
Bob:    Ayish ulat game.
Ayish:  Bob pulak ulat apa?
Bob:    Bob ulat komputer.
Ayish:  Awat bob tak jadi Ulat SOLAT?  ( part ni umi suka dan setuju sgt dgn ayish)
Bob:    Hmmmmmmmm.....payah soalan ayish ni.

Pagi tadi bersama umi dan alin.

Ayish:    Pasai apa alin ikut kita pi rumah mak?
Umi:      Tak pa la. alin sunyi kat rumah.
Ayish:   Nanti ayish berkelai pulak dgn alin.
            Umi tau dak, ayish nak FOKUS main game Mickey and Mini.........(amboi kena fokus)

Selepas beberapa saat .....( dia tengah fikirla tu)

Ayish:  Takpa la. Alin main game tu dulu,pastu bagi kat ayish pulak ( pandai pulak dia compromise)
Umi:    Ha, macam tu la adik beradik.
Ayish:  Hai,bukan adik beradik, adik berKAKAK.......ish tak sedap pulak bunyi dia.
Umi:    Sebab tu la orang pangge adik beradik, bunyi dia sedap
Ayish:  Bukan la,....kita kena pangge KAKAK BERABANG.....kan ayish dah besar leh jadi abang.
Umi:    Dalam hati.....ikut suka hang la ayish oi....jum kita dah sampai rumah mak......(lega)

Tak tau la berapa lama lagi kami kena layan pertanyaan tahap professor dari budak ni. harap2 kami leh bersabar dgn kerenah budak yang mengaku dia genius........

Escape To Pendang

 Yesterday evening we were off to Pendang again. The fish were inviting,very inviting....see even Bob could not contain his excitement...it rained but we did not budge a bit...gile weh as the fish were crazily taking the bait of gardenia balls......but we only got small fish this time.....some were taken by Bob to be turned into bait...

 Hehe...a rare sight of 3 of my beloved men/boys...all dressed up in green, plus the new renovated lake bend....ayish got 1, Bob 2 and abah 1....umi....uncountable...still the winner.

 Fishing ayu style that caught the attention of the lampan and tilapia.....the rain did not deter us from this site.

 Hmmmm...not a good shot of ummi.....but what matters is the fish, tingling from my rod.....satisfaction could not be explained in words....mere words. you have to try to feel it.

 As always the dusk horizon never fails to show its beauty...i was mesmerized...subhanallah..This type of scenery is what i really value in my life......

Oh Apa yang Telah Aku Lakukan

Cuti 2 minggu dah nak habis. Esok semester baru akan bermula. apa yang telah umi lakukan dalam masa cuti ni?Bila ditenung balik, memang banyak, terutama sekali pada minggu kedua, bilamana abah terpaksa menghadiri 2 kursus dalam seminggu, lalu semua tanggungjawab adalah terletak atas batu jemala umi.Nak kata tak suka, suka juga sebab umi rasa memang Allah dah letak keadaan begini. Allah nak uji umi lagi rupanya.

Dah la kena jaga mak, ditambah pula dengan menjaga kakak ipar yang menjalani pembedahan. Makan minum semua umi kena buat. namun begitu Allah Maha Adil, diberinya anak2 yang seringkali ringan tulang untuk membantu. Bukan sedikit pengorbanan mereka, bukan mudah kerja mereka yang umi pasti tak mampu dibuat sekiranya tidak dengan perasaan ikhlas. Kekadang umi sedih bila melihat anak2 yang terpaksa bergillir menganti umi utk menjaga tok, selama 5 malam, seminggu kami bergilir. Memang kali ini dugaan yang lebih kepada Bob kerana dia cuti hingga Feb. Atih dan Adik jadi partner so pendekata semua bekerjasama, hinggakan Alin dan Ayish pun tahu bila giliran mereka menjaga tok.

Di rumah pula, umi akan masuk dapur seawal 10 pagi, pastikan makanan mak ngah tersedia sebelum pukul 12.00. lauk ikan haruan yang umi memang tak berapa gemar nak masak sebab geli, tapi dek kerana kakak, umi pejam mata buat juga. Walaupun kekadang kecil hati dengan abah, tapi umi padamkan semua perasaan dan buat apa yang patut, sekadar yang umi mampu.Umi tahu umi bukan sempurna, banyak langkah dan tuturkata umi yang tak sedap dimata dan ditelinga,  tapi umi kena buat juga kerana umilah ketua rumah bila abah tiada.

Kalau nak cakap pasai letih ni, memang la tak terucap. Kalau dapat tidur sekejappun dah syukur sangat. tapi bila bangun, kaki rasa bagai dicucuk-cucuk, tapi kena gagah juga sebab nanti anak-anak nak makan. Tambahan pulak, cuti ni, rm kureng sikit jadi tak berapa rancak le umi  melawat supermarket. Ada hikmahnya juga kan. Umi jadi tukang masak sepenuh masa le, mencuba beberapa resepi. Biar anak2 makan dari air tangan umi.

Memang cuti 2 minggu ni mengajar umi erti pengorbanan, erti kesabaran dan erti kasih-sayang. Moga Allah kuatkan iman umi sepanjang hidup dan anak-anak umi belajar bertanggungjawab sepanjang masa, insyaallah.

Rm100 and Pressure Cooker

 Today, students of SKBBD got  the durian runtuh of rm100, alin being accompanied by the ever responsible brother, Bob went there with umi being in the car, waiting. Look at alin, happy not knowing the money  is for her books not for other stuff...sorry alin. now safely kept in ummi's purse.

 Ait...dah membeli belah di luar. relax, she used her pocket money...the last day to do this.

 Still smiling holding the money.....

Arriving home, ummi hit the kitchen, today trying to use this so called periuk ajaib....well umi played kut with 8 friends and umi got the first. the pot has been in the box for about a month and the pressure of using it was mounting...nanti pi kerja kkwan tanya tak masak lak....so umi tried to cook rendang ayam....well after a few times. on off on off....finally masak le.....amboi lembutnya ayam ni.....cuma umi terlebih letak kuah so tak berapa kering le.....anyway, i am happy with this and tomorrow, rest assured...sup tulang will be served.....tak rugi beli ni.

My Life, Busy Life

7.20: made sure Alin step into the van to school.
7.45: sent ayish to tadika
8.00: bought newspapers and breakfast ( bihun n kuih)
8.30: hanged clothes.
9.00: cooked lunch.
10.30: went to fetch adik from tok's house. she cuti rupanya.
12.00: picked up ayish and stopped to visit mak pengasuh dia sakit mata( alergic)
12.45: picked up alin from school.
1.30; had lunch, made lepat pisang and puding kurma
2.30; read newspapers and dozed off.
4.00: went to tok's house; heat up her food, washed her clothes. found 1 tandan pisang masam.
5.00; drove along Jalan Teluk Malek, checked fishing spot.
5.15; found one but none took the bait, frustrated but what to  do, janji dpt pegang kail.
6.30: heat up dinner.fried rice again, bob's favourite.
7.30: left house again, stopped for village fried rice at  medan selera. Ayish n Atih accompanied me.
8.20: arrived at tok's house.
9.00; tired....did not do anything anymore. checked blog and forced myself to watch TV..cerita p. ramlee.....

Family Outing

 Ever since mak ngah n pak long came to stay with us, our weekend outings are quite restricted n we were getting restless. Thus, umi n abah planned to take the brood out yesterday evening. Where to go? atih asked and umi said. Pak Cik Fic la. okay set.

 In a meantime, we collected the roses and jasmine, a alot now since it rains everyday. buat potpoori.

 Bob was trying to capture the scene using his new hp..ntah apa jenama dia. clear ke ni?

After 2 rounds of bowling, we had dinner at foodcourt. Akak decided to have mcd instead.biarlah. Today she is back in UITM.....leaving atih and bob, adik, alin and ayish aje......

Mabuk Daging Korban

Dah 2 tiga hari menu kami asyik berkaitan dengan daging saja. Sup tulang, then kari tulang, hari ni korma daging pulak....naik pening kepala umi. badan umi pun dah naik tembam semacam aje. jadi umi berusaha sekuat hati untuk menurunkan berat badan.Maka dah 2 hari umi ajak suku sakat melawat Tasik Darulaman, buat exercise sikit.  Amacam gemuks tak umi ni...sebenarnya bukan gemuk sangat tapi atih tak pandai snap gambar ni. tu yang nampak nala punya badan.

 Lihatlah keletihan abah, yang berada beberapa langkah saja di depan umi.umi biarkan saja abah gumbira sekejap. itupun umi yang paksa dia, kalau tidak mana mau sangat.

 Pemandangan diwaktu senja, dah dekat maghrib baru umi sampai. letih weh.

 Atih ni bukan join pun. saja buat sibuk tapi dia pi  makan ais kacang aje,buat tayang kat umi.

 Ni dia sigemuks yang sebenarnya. baru satu round dah penat. naik badan mendadak, ikan tengokpun takut.

Posing aje lebih bbdak ni. pastu pi pekena roti canai 2 3 keping. apa dia

Floral Recycled Items

 Salam. kali ini umi nak riwayatkan tentang kitarsemula...yg atas ni tak termasuk dlm kategori ini tapi saja nak tunjuk orkid lipan bara yg suka berbunga melekap di pokok pinang ni...galak pulak dia berbunga.

 Wheel barrow ni dah pancit tayar dia. so umi letak pokok pukui 10..or japanese rose. kalau dicat lagi best tapi tak leh dah. berus dah keras weh

 Ni bukan recycled dinding tapi nak habar kata pokok ros kampung yg semerbak ni dah berbunga 3, dulu sekuntum aje...dah kena baja, elok pulak dia kembang.

 Pokok ais krim ni tumbuh dicelah kerusi karat yg umi letak kat tepi tembok ni..dikelilingi oleh roses lak.

 Washing machine semi auto ni dah lama tak berfungsi...so saja2 umi letak pokok pandan yg tak leh  makan ni dan pokok lidah mak mentua...naik subur pulak. dulu tanam sayur dia tak mau

 Rak baju karat ni dah jadi tapak semain pokok ....masih useful walaupun dah ngek ngot.

Ros yg dikelilingi oleh ati-ati ni umi letak dalam baldi yang dah rongak...tapi masih guna.  Ni la idea gila-gila umi yang umi rasa boleh diaplikasikan supaya kurang pembuangan bahan tak berguna. so mai kita pakat guna mereka....ada satu lagi besi katil yg umi dok pikiaq nak buat apa.

Ubah Haluan

Today, raya Korban, as always celebrated at tok's house. Umi was not feeling well, coughing now and then but work must be done. After subuh umi fried beehoon, mee and fried rice, all ready to be served. by 8, the takbir from both surau and mosque was already called. Ketupat, gulai, rendang pun ade.

Umi could not decide where to go as abah did not come yet. then Bob told that they would pray at Masjid Tanjung Pauh, so umi decided to go to the nearby surau, a place that was a popular spot during my childhood. That was where we played hide and sick seek, played cikgu-cikgu, masak bubur asyura, attended nite tuition and of course praying....

Umi had not been to that surau for about 30 years, even though i pass by the place every time umi comes to see tok, but never stop. Today, umi felt slightly awkward, and sure the villagers also  started thinking: Awat la si Yan ni mai semayang sini.  normally umi would go to Masjid Al A'la but today i made another bold move. Of course i still recognize some of my childhood friends who are now as old as i am, and the mak ciks who used to entertain me at their houses.  I was well-liked (perasan tapi betui) by them as i was a very good girl.......

The prayers completed in about 30 minutes and  off i went home. This raya was quite a quiet affair as none of my siblings came home...so i le tuan rumah, i le tetamu. Luckilly my children are here.....Tonite i am still spending my nite at tok's and my fever continues.

Pengorbanan Seorang Wanita

Memang senang bercakap mengenai korban , berkorban, pengorbanan, dikorbankan atau terkorban  tapi memang payah utk melaksanakannya, tambahan pulak sekiranya pengorbanan kita tidak dihargai, dipandang sepi, disisih sendiri, dipejam tak peduli.....well orang boleh kata, kita ni kalau nak berkorban tak boleh disebut, diungkit, dicerita, dihebah, disiarkan secara langsung, tapi kekadang sebab manusia kian alpa, maka pengorbanan kita tidak dipandang walau sebelah mata, malah kita dihindik lagi, diberikan lagi kerja, disuruh lagi berusaha, dipaksa lagi bekerja, baik dengan kata-kata maupun perbuatan. dek kerana kita dah ditakdirkan tak sampai hati nak menyusahkan orang, jadi kita  buat secara rela, secara ikhlas, secara baik kerana kita menghargai orang yang disekeliling kita, sampaikan kita terlupa bahawa kita juga ada kehidupan tersendiri, niat terpendam, hasrat yang tak diucapkan tapi tak dapat dilaksanakan dek kekangan pengorbanan itu.

Maka terjadilah........kecik HATI........jaga-jaga jangan sampai anda dilanda penyakit ini.....

Pusara Sepi Ayahanda

Friday morning, umi made a solo visit to this grave, allahyarham my father who passed away 3 years ago. Hj Mat Zain, was a very quiet,kind, caring and humble man, a person with lots of sly jokes, soft touch and concerned soul, a figure that i would never forget in my entire life.

Normally, umi only visited this cemetry twice a year, on raya days ... a shame...it was not umi did not want to go,but umi was quite scared to go alone, to ask abah to accompany was not a likable thing to do, so this morning, umi made a bold move, ( thanks to Liza who reminded umi early morning), missed a route but finally arrived safely. Syukur, there were a few people, paying their respect and reciting Yaasin.

Umi tried to clear the cut weeds as clean as possible but my stiff fingers only managed to pull this much. Umi brought some jasmine and kenanga and collected some nearby grown flowers.... While reciting Al fatihah, the cleaning process was done and then umi moved to Mak Lang Wan, Pak Lang Fathil and Long Tam's graves, which were very close to each other.

Being there for a half an hour was enough to make umi thinks about death, about the loneliness of the dead, the silent request for family's prayers, the long waiting, the long lost love of the family and many other things. Umi promised to go there again, as often as i could, to offer whatever soul help to  my family members. When my time comes, hopefully, all my children would do the same....Al Fatihah....

Mabuk Kereta

Kak Ita already bought a Nissan Latio so this week we all latu her car during lunch. well, we are not well-to-do so we tumpang kemasyuran kak Ita, ok pa....what is so funny is that, now the topic of our discussion revolves around cars...first targetted Honda City, a sporty machine, but the release of this car is stopped due to flooded car plant in Bangkok. so a Honda is a no no...Ok lets check out Nissan Murano, a handsome, bulky yet stylishly elegant one....telan air liur saje le as the price is over 200k, so just admire from afar. What about Nissan Xtrail, well quite a thrill to see but not up to our simple lecturer standard. Besides, what to trail, right?

Someone just went around town, checking on the MPV...from Honda CRV ( my long term fav and dream) , then an Oddessy but too expensive, lingered around the squarish  Alphard, but not suitable to be brought to work everyday....hey...dont forget Ixora or Wish or Estima.....naaaaa....not suitable too. 

Someone is dreaming of winning a lucky draw of a Sylphy ( ntah camana eja), but realizes she is not lucky enough so better stop la....look at that Accord....but according to a friend Accord is only suitable for a person holding a post....kita setakat post office, dont dream ......Jazz everyone? Too jazzy for us, since we cannot dance nor sing ......

Hmmm tired weh trying to spot the car that does not ( or would never be) belong to us....everyone, just be happy with what you have. As for me, so far (dont know how far) a Myvi is already good, as long as someone is willing to pump up ome spetrol into it,  i will be grateful......well, ukur baju di badan sendiri.....lain la kalau sesiapa ada harta karun tersembunyi di Kazastan, Pakistan, Go ahead Gostan.......pakai kereta apa pun boleh.