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Saturday, June 20, 2009
# posted by Ayah @ 6:56 PM
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
'How long Ayah?', tanya Adik dengan menunjuk muka yang sedih.
'Maybe two weeks', jawab aku sambil menyusun kertas kerja yang bertimbun.
'So long', jawab Faim pula.
'Not long la.. you will only feel it so long if you are naughty', aku mengusik Faim.
'Are you looking forward, Ayah...', tanya Naim.
'Yes, I am looking forward to having roti canai and teh tarik with Atuk', kata aku.
'Oh I was asking whether you will be looking forward to come back and see us here', jawab Adik.
'Of course I am. Even before I leave. I will miss all of you', kata aku.
'I am not sure whether all of you would miss me', tambah aku lagi.
'Off course we will miss you', jawab Adik dan Faim serentak.
Aku pandang ke Ibu. Ibu hanya diam menyusun baju ke dalam beg.
# posted by Ayah @ 7:18 AM
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
'Waktu bersolat sudah hampir, waktu bersolat sudah hampir', nyaring suara Abang memaklumkan.
Sebaik Abang selesai, aku pun memanjat doa dan bersiap untuk memimpin. Mencuba khusyuk.
Tiba-tiba .....
'Ayah! Wait! Ayah! Wait!', suara Faim memanggil dari belakang.
Aku terhenti dan menoleh kebelakang. Faim terloncat-loncat seperti memijak lantai kepanasan sambil tangannya memegang celah kelengkang.
'Ala.. cepat la.. now... now!', kata aku memahami kehendak Faim
Faim terus berlari ke bilik air tanpa menunggu.
Adik tersengeh memandang aku.
Hmmmm ....
# posted by Ayah @ 3:37 AM
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Thursday, May 07, 2009
'Ayah, what kind of games do you play when you were small?', tanya Adik sebelum tidor. Beberapa hari kebelakangan ini, aku kurang senang hati jadi aku ajak Adik tidur menemani aku pula. Ibu aku minta tidur dengan Baby Faim di bilik mereka.
'I played a lot of games a lot Dik. I played Sembunyi Ibu, RamRim, Polis Sentri, Belon Acar, TingTing, Ceper, main kombat, layang-layang katak, roket and bola lubang', jawab aku mengingat satu persatu. Aku rasa Adik tak tahu pon separuh dari permainan aku sebut tadi.
'Oh, I thought you said you played soccer and badminton?', jawab Adik.
'That was when I got bigger. When I was small, I played those things. And I also played with the pelepah kelapa. We get old coconut frond, sat on it and slided down the hill near our house. That was fun', aku cerita lagi.
'Oh like in your Lat book?' tanya Adik.
'Yes, but in Lat's book, the friends had to pull the coconut frond around the kampung. In my case, we each get one frond and race downhill with them'.
'How do you play combat? Do you have toy gun like Faim's Stormtrooper Blaster?', tanya Adik lagi ingin tahu, walaupun aku nampak mata dia dah semakin layu nak tidor.
'Well, when I was small, there was a famous TV series called COMBAT, starring Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. We made our own weapons. We draw the shape of a rifle on a piece of flat wood. Then we asked our older friends to saw it into shape. We tie a string from one end to the other and we have our rifle', aku terangkan pada Adik.
'How do you make the shooting sound. You have to put the batteries somewhere?', tanya Adik lagi.
'Nope, no need for all that. We use our own mouth. Prttttttttttt - for machine gun and peng peng for single shot rifle. The people using machine gun will get tired first(or their mouth in this case) or meaning they would be out of ammo. Just like in real combat situation.
Since we like Combat so much, so we played seek and destroy just like the TV series. One team would have to go and hide. And another would go and look for them. We took turn. We had to perfect our ambush skills. Oh we hid and concealed ourselves in all funny funny places. Chicken coop, up on a tree, inside big drains, neighbour's toilet, old cars, garbage can, all sort of places. Oh when we got shot, we also sounded like a Geman soldier.. aieee!!... like that! Those time we were very gentlemen, if you got shot you gotta accept it and move out and wait in open areas.
So we really had real fun. We don't need all these Nintendo, XBOX or Playstation. They are so virtual. So fake'.
Aku menoleh ke Adik. Dah tidor dah rupanya dia. Mata dia terpejam. Mungkin dia tengah mimpi jadi Vic Morrow. Aku lebih suka Kirby si Bibir Tebal dengan senapang besar.
# posted by Ayah @ 5:38 AM
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lifted from Kampong Boy's Yesterday and Today by LAT
# posted by Ayah @ 6:32 AM
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Friday, April 17, 2009
'Yes, I believe that the more challenges you face in life, the better person you will eventually be, InsyaAllah ', aku beritahu Adik. And God knows how many Adik has had to face in his young eleven years life thus far. I feel that God really loves him so much that He keeps on throwing tough things to Adik.
'But Ayah, I am just a kid. I want to have fun', Adik mencelah. Dia masih lagi memasang-masang LEGO Bionicle di tangan sambil memerhati sesekali memerhati Kertas Panduan.
'Yes you are. Yet someday you will grow up and have to tackle all growing up stuff. I just want you to be ready', aku tambah lagi. Aku tak faham ketaksuban dia dengan LEGO Bionicle. Tapi aku kagum dengan kebolehan dia mencantum semua bahagian-bahagian bendalah tu sampai menjadi robot. Dan, sangat telitinya dia sampai dia boleh mengenal mana-mana bahagian yang bercampur aduk di dalam bekas yang menyimpan beberapa ratus kepingan kecil-kecil.
Dan dengan segala nasihat cikgu dan doktor, aku dan Ibu terus mengikuti perkembangan Adik dengan sebaik yang boleh, termasuk lah setiap cabaran fizikal dan emosi dia. Adik tetap Adik. Semua ini dia hadapi tanpa sedikit mengeluh masalah yang dihidapinya.
Aku tepuk kepala Adik dan bangun sambil berkata, ‘Happy Birthday, OK Dik. Sorry, this year we don’t organize a party at home for you. But, we love you just the same and pray for your well being.’
‘OK, Ayah’, Adik menjawab tanpa mengalih sedikit pon dari tugas di tangan.
# posted by Ayah @ 12:54 AM
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009
It is never easy raising a child. You can never be sure. But, whatever parents do, are always for the sake of the children. My parents told me that. My Grandparents, uncles and aunties. And teachers too. And those older people that matter that touched your life as you are growing up. Those times, when you hear those words, maybe it was a response to your questions, your moments and most likely your actions.
And you listen to those words. You take heed. Though you don't really understand it that time, but you pay attention. Because these words, I was certain must have been repeated through generations. It would have come down from time of before. And I will repeat these same words to my children. Always. So that they would understand. That, it is really not an easy task trying to raise children. But, it is always fun and always worth the effort you put in.
'So, please understand. That we don't do things to stifle your freedom or your enjoyment. We do it with your benefit in mind. You have to trust us on that', aku beritahu Abang sambil memandang tepat ke muka Abang. Abang tidak memandang aku tetapi menumpu mata kepada layar TV. Tangannya masih memegang controller dan sedikit-sedikit menekan butang-butangnya. Tapi dengan lebih perlahan.
'You just think about that', aku menambah dan naik ke atas.
20 minit kemudian baru aku mendengar Abang naik ke atas untuk tidor.
# posted by Ayah @ 6:14 AM
