Showing posts with label Mum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mum. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Letting Go


We took mum to see flowers in Sg Buloh again the other weekend. My adik was determined. Dan mak pun terpaksa menurut. It is good for her; or at least we think so. Kalau tak terperok je kat rumah tak ke mana. Dan kalau nak harap sesiapa bawak mak pun adik-beradik lelaki lah. Harap kami yg pompuan ni nak angkat mak masuk kereta pun takde daya.


Unfortunately my smart brother bawak Land Rover dia pulak that weekend which I thought quite impossible nak angkat mak naik. Tapi macam saya kata, my adik was determined. And he said you can if you put your mind to it.

Sampai Sg Buloh mak beriya tak nak turun. Ada adik saya kisah? Haha. Pelan2 dia pujuk mak. Mak pun terpaksa ikut walau taknak. Like I said to mum, dia ikut degil mak. Mak terpaksa mengalah; nasib baik mak gelak. Kalau dia marah tak tau la, balik la kami.


But clearly mak didn't really enjoyed the outing. Dulu masa bawak mak, mak ada jugak kata bunga tu cantik, bunga apa tu, bunga mana yang bau wangi ni. And she asked to buy a couple of orchids for her. Sekali ni diam je, kita cakap dia hmm. Kalau tak, silent. Tak apa lah. Kita sentiasa mencuba.

My mum has been a strong person all her life. Nurturing a big family. With my father passed away >30 years ago. Growing old independently. These cant help but make her strong. Sampai tua ni pun mak masih has that strong character. Sangat tricky to manage sometimes. Tapi kami sentiasa mencuba (ya Allah, let that be true InsyaAllah).

Saya terfikir this is a post about getting old. Untuk fikir dan buat yang terbaik untuk hari2 terakhir kita di dunia (if you can plan for it, that is).

For me, the first thing to do is letting go of the responsibilities that you should. Semua orang dah makan? Dah tidur? Pintu dah kunci? Baju dah basuh? Dah angkat dari ampai? Yang remeh2 ni biarlah masing2 pikir sendiri. Takkan sampai jadi nenek kebayan pun nak worry about these things. Anak2 tolong le pikir pulak.

Second, taknak pikir nak beli benda apa lagi dah. Yang ada tu sudah lah. Biar lah zuhud2 sikit. Banyak barang pun nanti dah pergi buat susah je anak2 yang tinggal nak kemas pulak semua. Saya dah hantar pinggan mangkuk ke free market. Letak baju2 pre-loved tu di bangsal second hand collection. Lepas ni buku2 nak dihantar ke tempat2 yang sesuai. Yang ada tu biar lah yang perlu saja. But I still have a long way to go. Note : barang yang perlu kena le beli, don't get me wrong.

Saya terbaca the other day, you have to learn to live without the things you think you cant live without. Saya terdiam bila terbaca. Dan fikir. Mungkin my family. Jadi nak kena belajar pelan2 hidup sendirian ke? Wallahualam. Who knows how long we will live? If we die young?

Teringat juga bait lagu Megan Trainor dengan John Legend, we never know when we'll run out of time so I'm gonna love you like I'm gonna lose you. I translate this more like doing the best for myself especially and for everyone that matters, kerana dunia hanyalah satu ujian yang sangat singkat, so let's do the best that we possibly can. 

Apa2 pun mati nanti pun sorang2 jugak. Buat lah persediaan yang patut. Kata ustaz, kalau umur macam gini tak larat itu dan ini, abis bila pulak nak buat? Nanti lagi umur meningkat lagi tak ada larat nye.

Semuanya terletak di atas sekeping daging yang nama nya hati. Have you seen the photo of an old sheikh yang membaca alQuran yang besaaar, dengan bulb lampu yang cerah di depan alQuran tu? Saya takde pulak gambar tu. Kalau ada nak share di sini. Now I want to grow old like that - berusaha sampai hari akhir untuk beribadah dan mencari redha Allah. InsyaAllah. Tapi takdenye rezeki itu datang bergolek.

Saya doakan yang terbaik untuk anda, ummah, keluarga yang disayangi dan saya sendiri. Semoga di bawah lindungan Allah hingga ke jannah InsyaAllah.





~ AllahuAkbar

Sunday, May 29, 2016

From Cheras With Love (LOL!!!) ~ Mom Sitting


(Tagline di title sangat tak international. hahah. Orang lain London-Paris-New York lagi with love. Saya setakat Cheras pon nak kecoh..)

It has been quite some time kami adik-beradik berulang-alik ke Cheras; my brother's place. Mak di sana sekarang. For maybe close to 4 months now. Seperti biasa, kami ada roster kami menjaga mak (my sisters are good in this roster thing).

Soalan mak sama setiap masa. Boleh ke mak duduk sini? Depa tak marah ke? Siapa jaga mak? Sampai bila nak jaga mak macam ni? Larat ke? Etc, etc..First time kena tanya soalan2 cepumas ini, ternyata agak gagap nak jawab.

Tea is almost always in bed these days. Mom has proper hospital bed with all the bells and whistles (my sisters are good in this as well. hahahah)

Dengan cicit yang paling muda (or antara yang paling muda, I think).. Duduk di KL lebih bagus - we all thought so. Ada je visitors datang. Adik-beradik, makcik-pakcik. Anak2 sedara. Cucu-cicit. Tak sunyi macam di kampung.

An occasional afternoon stroll. Sangat jarang nak keluar rumah walaupun we insist that she need not get up while out. Biasa nya the conversation goes like, mak jom kita pergi ambik angin? Tak mau. Tak larat..

Old fingers.



Semoga dikurniakan kesabaran. Ketabahan. Ketenangan. Rahmat. Dan keampunan InsyaaAllah. Ameen.



~ AllahuAkbar


Friday, February 19, 2016

Book 5 : Saiful Nang ~ Kisah Orang Menang; From CJ With Love


Dan akhirnya tamat juga saya membaca buku ini.


Dah berbulan rasanya saya beli. Dah nak relai pun pages tu. Merata tempat saya usung.

I was curious about Saiful Nang sebab tu saya beli. Saya agak buku ini sangat membina. An eye opener in some ways. Boleh jadi tauladan for the younger generations. And even the old.

Mula2 saya kenal Saiful Nang semasa Nana, anak buah saya berkahwin. Saiful Nang was the photographer. Years ago. And now look how far he has come. Saya amat minat gambar2 yang dihasilkannya. He said he was going to conduct workshops on how best to take baby photos. I should attend that. And Yani attended his workshop because she wanted to take better cake photos (how cool is that?)

His formula for success is quite straight forward. Be passionate about you do. Must have some business sense as well. Everyone fails at one point or another so dont think so much about that, but think of the lessons you have learnt from the process. Jangan kedekut. Jangan dengki. Harta yang diberi Allah bukannya milik mutlak kita.

Baca la. He is quite an achiever.

Dan sebenarnye saya menulis dari CJ. Mom sitting again. Kasihan melihat ibu yang tua. Amat tidak bermaya. Dengan hanya doa saya dapat membantu.

Ya Allah, Engkau permudahkan urusan untuk bonda. Dan permudahkan jugalah kami membantu dan meringankan ujiannya. Ameen.





~ AllahuAkbar

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

From CJ With Love



(saya tiada gambar lain jadi have to make do with this same photo)

I am in CJ again. Mom-sitting. Of course.

Tiada apa yang terjadi di CJ. Of course I would say that as I am home self-quarantined all the time. Abis takkan balik jaga mak tapi there I go frolicking around town / kampung kan. But I think the jerebu di Taiping agak buruk juga. It rained most heavily petang tadi. Alhamdulillah.

Sekali ni balik tak berapa tengok drama. Mungkin tiada drama dengan hero dan heroin yang segak!

One thing I learn this time staying with mum. Biar manja dengan anak2. Maksudnya kalau pening suruh budak2 picit kepala. Kalau sakit biar anak2 urut kaki tu. Biar anak2 biasa menjaga mak bapak. Make them comfortable nak tanya mama sakit ke? Bapak sihat ke? 

Mak asyik bertanya, umur mak dah berapa tahun. 91 jawab saya. 9 tahun lagi dah seratus? Ada ke orang hidup sampai seratus? Mesti lah ada. Kan ada perempuan tua di Jepun yang berumur 114 tahun? jawab saya. Eii, mak tak mau hidup lama sampai macam tu.  

Bila saya hulur baju warna cerah, kata mak, mak tak mau pakai baju yang ini. Macam nak raya. Orang tua2 pakai baju malap2 saja. Oh, ok.. Kain batik pun tak boleh bagi yang baru. Lebih kelabu lebih mak suka. Bukan macam orang muda, pantang ada baju baru..

Bila mak mengadu tak larat saya pun tak tahu nak kata apa. Namun saya harap saya belajar. Hari ni hari emak, esok lusa hari saya entah apa ketentuan Allah.

Dan. Saya terbaca (which is completely related) ~
Dan Tuhanmu telah perintahkan, supaya engkau tidak menyembah melainkan kepadaNya semata-mata, dan hendaklah engkau berbuat baik kepada ibu bapa. Jika salah seorang dari keduanya, atau kedua-duanya sekali, sampai kepada umur tua dalam jagaan dan peliharaanmu, maka janganlah engkau berkata kepada mereka (sebarang perkataan kasar) sekalipun perkataan "Ha", dan janganlah engkau menengking menyergah mereka, tetapi katakanlah kepada mereka perkataan yang mulia (yang bersopan santun).

Dan hendaklah engkau merendah diri kepada keduanya kerana belas kasihan dan kasih sayangmu, dan doakanlah (untuk mereka, dengan berkata): "Wahai Tuhanku! Cucurilah rahmat kepada mereka berdua sebagaimana mereka telah mencurahkan kasih sayangnya memelihara dan mendidikku semasa kecil."
(Al Israa : 23 - 24)



Selamat beramal dan mencari bekalan untuk hari2 yang abadi.





~ AllahuAkbar


Thursday, August 20, 2015

From CJ With Love

Hello Darlings.

OMG. It has been almost a month since the last post. I have been busy. And somewhat under the weather.

Nevertheless (strictly no whining on-line).

Nothing much is happening in CJ. Purely mum-sitting. It has been somewhat hot and cloudy. Which is good. Kalau hujan nanti mum will be saying, sejuk nye. Ambil baju sejuk mak. Selimut kaki mak. Mungkin sejuk yang dikata, sampai ke tulang sum2. Wallahualam.

I am watching a lot of tv. Drama. Unbelievable. Dari tak kenal, sampai dah terpahat muka Zul Ariffin di minda! And I should text message tv3 with #Lame and #Cliche on their Mahligai Cinta program. Saya tak dapat jatuh cinta walau mencuba. Contoh : kata dekorator, konsep perkahwinan ini adalah France Castle. French chick (chic?). Dengan English flowers. Lalu saya jadi sangat keliru..

Dan saya tonton Maria Tengku Sabri & Ifa Raziah dengan costume Elsa dan Anna masing2 (yes, believe it or not).

Dan ada masa pening saya sangat2 menjadi bila duduk di depan tv (FYI, mum watches tv3, tv1 atau some al Hijrah. Saya turutkan saja.)

Also I was working. Well.. some.

And also reading. A few pages. On solat. A few points I thought I must share:
1. Solat orang yang khusyuk adalah mereka yang sentiasa sedar dan mengikuti segala pengertian dan kalimah yang diucapkan di dalam solat.

2.  Solat seseorang yang dalam keadaan lalai sesungguhnya tidak mempunyai sebarang nilai kebaikan di sisi Allah swt.

3. Orang yang mengerjakan solat dalam keadaan lalai sama keadaannya dengan orang yang mengigau ketika tidur, walaupun mungkin ia menyebut Allahu Akbar.

Nabi saw bersabda dengan maksudnya, tidak ada ganjaran bagi seseorang hamba dalam solatnya kecuali sekadar mana yang ia ingat (khusyuk).

Dan Nabi juga bersabda, maksudnya berapa banyak orang mendirikan solat tetapi yang diperolehinya hanya penat dan letih, kerana mereka itu lalai dalam solatnya.

ps - photo above is the pintu of our old(er) house. Rumah tua; and what was the place of so many photo shoots before (like the one below).



Selamat beramal sedaya-upaya dan sebaik yang mungkin untuk hari2 abadi.





~ xoxo


Thursday, March 12, 2015

Old Habits Die Hard (Be Passionate)


One of the favorite past times bagi ibu saya dulu adalah menanam orkid. Macam2 jenis orkid mak tanam; dalam pasu atau atas tanah.

This is must be taken in the late 60s (we were tiny! And I love old photos like this). Kat belakang tu was mum's rumah orkid. Over the years we have many rumah sebegini. Bila dah tua rumah tu, my arwah dad would build a new one. Perdu2 pokok orkid pun jangan cakaplah. All my life I remember those.

And whenever we visit arwah ayah's family in Bukit Mertajam or go on day trips to Balik Pulau atau Pantai Merdeka (you dont know this place, do you?), we would stop at a place called Sungai Bakap. Kat situ ada satu ladang orkid dulu, where mum got her orchids from. Dan to save, mum would buy the smallest pokok orkid in the tiniest pasu for her to take home and grow (sedih pulak bercerita).

Anyway. These days rumah orkid mak di kampung dah lama pun terbiar. Tak terdaya mak nak membela orkid dah pun.

Namun. A couple of weeks back my sisters brought back some flowering pretty orchids for mum. Diletaknya dalam flower stand di tepi meja yang mak selalu membaca dan minum teh petang.
Punya la mak puji. Kakak2 saya pun kembang. Some other orkid mak dibawa masuk dan diletak di situ.

Kata mak, pergi ambil gunting pokok mak. Mak nak pebetul sikit pokok ni.
And then a bit later she said pergi cari pasu lain yang boleh mak letak kat sini. Then. Pergi cari arang. Pergi ambik pokok lagi mak nak pilih. And the best part is, pergi ambik stand yang panjang tu letak kat sini. Boleh mak letak banyak sikit pokok.

This is what she got in the end. And satisfied, she said pergi ambik penyapu, mak nak sapu. And my sister did.

Later. Kata kakak saya, umur aku 60 tahun. Bukan 16. Berpeluh2 aku pergi-balik2 ambik macam2 (haha. Kesian).

But we all agreed, anything for mum. If this can cheer up her days then so be it.


Ya Allah, rahmatkanlah bonda saya yang lanjut usia ini. Ampunkanlah dia (sila ameenkan. Jazakallah). And to all your parents too.





~ xoxo


Tuesday, December 16, 2014

A Dedication


(I cant remember if I have posted this on Passage Through Life before).



This is my mum. With my nephew. Forty or so years ago. Kata kawan saya, she is pretty! I like the photo - the joy seem to shine through.

I am posting this from CJ again, mum-sitting this year-end.

Semoga bonda dirahmati Allah. Dilindungi. Diampuni. Selamat hingga abadi. InsyaaAllah. And to all you darlings reading this too.






~  AllahuAkbar


Thursday, September 25, 2014

Bonda


And I am posting this from CJ again.

This is a slow week for me. Sitting at home with mum, just making sure she knows someone is at her side. Although I do get some office work done. Bukan macam sesetengah orang; nak angio-kan orang macamana kalau kat kampung.. (a remark khas untuk adik saya)

Cooking. Reading. Watching a lot of tv. Taking things really slow.

The kampung road to Taiping (walaupun dah lebih moden dari dulu). Beyond those hills is the Maxwell Hill. As usual it is covered with clouds.

Pasar Taiping (it is in an old building. Sejak kecil inilah rupa pasar nya. And I like. According to my sister there were plans to demolish the market tapi dibantah oleh penduduk tempatan. As it should be!) Tak riuh macam dulu. Mungkin sebab dah banyak supermarket everywhere - and come to think of it I have never looked up at the ceiling before.

Balik kampung sekali ni saya jelajah semua pasar - pasar lama, pasar kota, pasar Simpang dan pasar di Matang! Saya fikir yang paling bagus pasar kota.


Bonda. Dah dua hari hujan. She feels the cold every morning. Pakai sweater, socks, selimut tapi masih lagi sejuk. Hari ni siap letak tungku bawah kaki.

Semoga dirahmati dan dilindungi Allah hingga abadi InsyaaAllah.






~ Ameen


Sunday, August 24, 2014

Biar Sempurna Dalam Lindungan Allah


My adik is one of the most awesome persons I have ever known. Seriously.

He sent these photos when he was home in Ramadhan and went to tinjau2 and pick fruits at the kebun.


He is committed to his work, his family, his deen (there could be faults I am sure but none that I can see).

But most importantly he is most compassionate to mum. Mak saya sentiasa tenang bila dia ada di rumah.


(see how contented mum looked in this photo)

This post is for my mum actually; but then I guess to my adik too.





~ xoxo


Tuesday, April 29, 2014

From CJ With Love


And I am posting this from up north. I am mom-sitting again this week.

Alhamdulillah water is back in the taps; so I need not worry about rationing water or getting water from the old telaga (as in pumping, bukan angkat dengan timba ye..) Hairan macamana Taiping, the wettest place in Msia pun tak ada air. But it has in fact been raining every afternoon that I am here (twice every afternoon, mind you).

And I am re-learning old words I have not used for some time; celuih, cemuih, kareh, keluboq. And whatever else mum had said. Nak tergelak pun ada.

But most of the time, I am just keeping mum company. And most importantly cepat2 menyahut whenever she calls (fyi she had call me Ida, Jiah atau nama2 sisters lain yang dia teringat masa tu) - she's a teeny bit worried if she's home alone (as if she ever were). Dan mendengar cerita lama mak, like when arwah ayah masuk meminang (how sweet). Atau macamana boleh jadi orang CJ; atau siapa yang ikut tabiat arwah ayah; atau di mana mak mula mengajar dulu. Dll.

Dan menjenguk di belakang mak bila mak tunjuk apa yang dibacanya. She loves reading (she will hit 90 this year and is still an avid reader; sesetengah kawan terkejut bila mendapat tahu mak saya masih membaca dan until recently masih menjahit sendiri baju kedah yang dipakainya).

Dan juga menjenguk garden mak yang sudah lama terbiar; although her flaming red amaryllis was timelessly gorgeous after the afternoon rain.

Kata kawan saya semasa baru kehilangan bondanya, "Macam ni rasanya bila tak ada emak; baru tahu." Tak dapat nak saya bayangkan. Kasihankan bonda yang tua, saya enggan berdoa agar dipanjangkan umurnya. Saya doakan rahmat dan redha dan ampun Allah untuk bonda yang dikasihi.

Saya berharap juga akan doa anda untuk ibu saya. Syukran.




~ xoxo


Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Debilitating Garden


The lone rose in mum's garden.

I am currently on sabbatical leave; at mum's place keeping her company. Lending a sympathetic ear when she says, mak nak pergi baring - sakit kepala. Or giving her the odd paracetamol when she said, mak rasa demam - badan mak panas ke? Me : Mak dedar ni. Pergi la baring.

Ataupun buat apa2 yang mak mahukan. Azah, tolong sidai baju. Or, tolong sapu. Siram bunga mak. Masak. Whatever.

Dan melayan sembang mak, pasal arwah yang sudah pergi > 30 years ago. Pasal sekolah yang mak pernah mengajar di Jelutong (bila mak sihat kita pergi tengok sekolah tu ye? Ok mak). Or about her sister, my Mak Teh, di Matang (apa habaq dia agak nya. Nanti petang2 sikit kita jengok dia ye, Azah? Ye mak). Tapi kami tak ke mana pun. When I reminded her, mak kata nak pergi.. She said, ya ka? And then continued, mak sakit kepala. Or, dah petang. Or, dah tak larat. Or whatever else. Saya turutkan saja.


 
This is her garden, where she used to spend hours in the morning and afternoon when she was well. Now in need of much attention.

 
Defying the odds against them, these flowers bravely bloom.

Kata mak, buka tingkap2 tu Azah, nanti orang kata kita takde kat rumah. Much you can read about the windows, you can tell a lot about a garden too I think.



~xoxo