Thursday, November 11, 2010

Girls Generation-Hottest Girls!!!

            Last week, my classmate, Sofia went to my room. She was so excited as she's waiting for the latest video clip released by one of the most favorite Korean Group, Girls Generation (SNSD). The video was supposed to be released at 10:00 p.m. that day. But, maybe due to some technical problems, it was released the next day.

      This Kpop group have 9 members. All of them are hot and cute and I am quite envy with their long legs hahaha... Since I don't have anything to say.. Come let's watch the video clip. Thanks to Sofia for sharing me the info of this new released video...^^



They just so hot!! Aren't they??? ^^...

Photos of them...







 
  
Wait for the next photos of them..^^


The mother (we were told do comparison for the both poems)


Abortions will not let you forget.
You remember the children you
got that you did not get,
The damp small pulps with a little
or with no hair,
The singers and workers that
never handled the air.

You will never neglect or beat
Them, or silence or buy with a sweet.
You will never wind up the
sucking-thumb Or scuttle off ghosts
that come.

You will never leave them,
controlling your luscious sigh,
Return for a snack of them,
with gobbling mother-eye.

I have heard in the voices of the
wind the voices of my dim killed children.
I have contracted.

I have eased My dim dears at
the breasts they could never suck.
I have said, Sweets, if I sinned, if
I seized Your luck And your lives
from your unfinished reach,

If I stole your births and your names,
Your straight baby tears and
your games,
Your stilted or lovely loves,
your tumults, your marriages, aches,
and your deaths,

If I poisoned the beginnings of your
breaths, Believe that even in my
deliberateness I was not deliberate.

Though why should I whine,
Whine that the crime was other than
mine?--
Since anyhow you are dead.
Or rather, or instead, You were
never made.

But that too, I am afraid, Is faulty:
oh, what shall I say, how is the
truth to be said?

You were born, you had body,
you died.
It is just that you never giggled or
planned or cried.

Believe me, I loved you all.
Believe me, I knew you, though faintly,
and I loved, I loved you All.

Sadie and Maud (Poem that I choose for my assignment...)


Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine toothed comb.

She didn't leave a tangle in
Her comb found every strand.
Sadie was one of the livingest chicks
In all the land.

Sadie bore two babies
Under her maiden name.
Maud and Ma and Papa
Nearly died of shame.

When Sadie said her last so-long
Her girls struck out from home.
(Sadie left as heritage
Her fine-toothed comb.)

Maud, who went to college,
Is a thin brown mouse.
She is living all alone
In this old house.

Written by : Gwendolyn Brooks

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Oguri Shun@Hanazawa Rui...Suki!!!

            I had search lots of info and photos of him after the Hana Yori Dango. After sometimes, I found his photo when Oguri-kun was is GTO @ Great Teacher Onizuka I finished watching it for the third times last week. At first I did not noticed his presence, but I did felt like the short boy that always being bullied looks like him. And yes,it is Oguri-kun!! He looks so different from what he looks nowadays. In that series, He look so innocent and quite dummy because he had to act like a helpless student, let himself being bullied girls..uuu...



         
             Take a look on his previous picture, Oguri-kun kawaii!!!

              Can you identify that Oguri-kun was that messy short boy if you had only see him with his appearance nowadays?? ^^.. I wonder how he could grew that tall in years.. Hurmm.. by the way, I already watch him in Hana Kimi. Actually that was the very first time I watched Oguri-kun acts. He was cold-hearten sometimes in the series.



         Here is Oguri-kun in Hana Kimi, look cocky kan.. But, somehow he still look cool, isn't he? ^^.. 

    Enjoy his photos.. I think I should save money starting from today. Oguri-kun!!! Cyotto matte ne!!!! 










Target now : Japan!!! ^^..

                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                        

Hana yori dango fever!!!

           Have you watch this fantastic Japanese series? Well the series was not the latest in TV, Hana yori dango released in 2006 or something around that year, but still, It is awesome! I'd watched it in matriculation. pathetically, I don't have enough time to watch until the finale. So now, I'm gonna watch it again, BANZAI!!! those Hanazawa Rui guy really struck my heart to the bottom. He's cool and good looking. (Boys just don't blame girls who like good-looking guy, it's normal!!). 

     After watching it till the 2th season, I began to have the eagerness to find some info about this marble-eyes guy. After few days I had found it. Hurm.. I thought he will be quite aged right now, after reading his biography I found out he is 28. So, I think 28 wasn't too old for teens, let's just said he have more experiences in life...^^ .. Here is some Oguri Shun's information. 

Shun Oguri profile and biography 

      Profile 

Name: Shun Oguri 

Japanese name: 小栗 旬

DOB: December 26, 1982 Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Height: 184cm Blood type: O Profession: Actor
(Also known as Oguri Shun)

Shun Oguri Biography      
       Shun Oguri made his acting debut in 1995, but his first noticeable role only came in 1998 as supporting cast in popular drama “Great Teacher Onizuka”.
 
       Since then he has been starring in supporting role in various dramas, including popular dramas like “Summer Snow”, “Gokusen”, “Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 3” and “Densha Otoko” etc.

       His breakthrough came in 2005 as one of the leading characters in “Hana Yori Dango”. His subsequent dramas like “Detective Conan” and “Hanazakari no Kimitachi e” (also known as “Hana Kimi”) are also well received by fans… making him one of the most sought after Japanese actors at the moment.  
       By the way I also have some of the video soundtrack for Hana yori dango, feel free to watch it, who knows you might become on of this Japanese series fan, I might have my Gang after this..,.. enjoy..^^

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

'Mai daling-daling" ...

       
Mai daling-daling samai daling-daling,
Mai daling-daling samai daling-daling,
Mai  daling-daling samai daling-daling.

          The dancers dance softly with the lyrics of the traditional song, Daling-daling song. This was a traditional dance for Bajau native, which is one of the peculiarities of Malaysia’s culture. I once had chance to watch this unique traditional dance in my school, during the ‘school day award’ for the excellent student and I was stunned by the way the dancer dance with their body look so gracefully with the music.  

           Malaysian daling-daling dance was actually a traditional dance that brought by the Suluks from Mindanao archipelago, Phillipines. In other meaning, daling-daling dance was not purely originated from Bajau native in the niche of Sabah parts, Semporna district. Due to the intermingling relationship between the Bajau and Suluk in the previous lifetime, daling-daling dance nowadays are well-known as the Bajau native’s heritage dance especially for the Bajau community in Semporna.

             If we listen to the first and the most words in the song’s lyric, the phrase ‘daling-daling’ were frequently repeated throughout the song. The phrase ‘daling’ was influenced from the English word, ‘darling’ which meant ‘the love one’.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Mother's love..

Why are you crying, a young boy asked his Mom?

"Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said,
"And you never will, but that's O.K.".......

Later the little boy asked his father,
"Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?".
"All women cry for no reason," was all his Dad could say......

The little boy grew up and became a man,
still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked "God, why do women cry so easily?"

GOD answered......

"When I made woman,
I decided she had to be special.
I made her shoulders
strong enough to carry
the weight of the world, yet,
made her arms gentle enough to give comfort...

I gave her the inner strength
to endure childbirth
and the rejection
that many times will come
even from her own children.

I gave her a hardness
that allows her
to keep going and take care
of her family and friends,
even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and fatigue without
complaining....

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all
circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly....

She has the very special power to make a child's boo-boo feel better and
to quell a teenager's anxieties and fears....

I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults
and I fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart....

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but
sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly....

For all of this hard work,
I also gave her a tear to shed.
It is hers to use
whenever needed and !
it is her only weakness....
When you see her cry,
tell her how much you love her, and all she does for everyone, and even though
she may still cry, you will have made her heart feel good.
 
She is special!
Please send this to women you know, and those with mothers,
sisters, and special women in their lives.
 
But, also send this to men so they will understand about what a
wonderful thing a woman is.
Each day is a mountain that must be climbed; with courage each step
gets easier.


Love your Mother Always
and keep her Smiling

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Sharing is caring..(this one is from my previous blog..)


            
The Beginning of Adventism
                  
                   When Jesus died for all mankind, was personal salvation secured for all who chose to receive it? Could the disciples of Jesus have the assurance that they would be saved because of the cross? Absolutely. Were there any Seventh-day Adventists standing around the cross? No. That happened eighteen hundred years before Adventism appeared on the scene. Yet forgiveness of sins and the assurance of salvation was offered right then to all who believed. So Adventism was not called into existence to offer the people the assurance of salvation, was it? That was taken care of long before there was an Adventist.


                    When Jesus was inaugurated as our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary, to intercede for mankind for the next eighteen hundred years, were there any Adventists around then? It seems that Adventism was not needed for that work either. The work of Jesus in sprinkling our prayers with the incense of His righteousness was initiated long before there was an Adventist. The ministry of the Holy Spirit in nurturing and caring for Christians in a church setting did not need the existence of Adventism at all.

                     Now all of these things are vital to Christianity, and we are to hold them as very important for us today, but Adventists have inherited these truths from others. These truths were established without any need for the existence of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Then why was Adventism needed? Revelation 14:7 tells us to “Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.” Now the hour of God’s judgment began in 1844, and with it began the final atonement, the cleansing of the sanctuary, and the blotting out of sin. Was this the time period when Adventism appeared on the scene? Could it be that the existence of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is directly and intimately related to the cleansing of the sanctuary? Is that the reason for its existence? But what does this all mean? What are the issues at stake?
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Priorities
                         The primary mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the vindication of God. It will be accomplished though the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary. But before the sanctuary in heaven can be cleansed from all the records of sin, the sanctuary of our hearts must be cleansed from the pollution which continues to dishonor God’s name. Adventism is all about God’s victory in the great controversy, as He finishes His six thousand year struggle against the lies of Satan.


                          The secondary mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is world mission and outreach through Bible studies and soulwinning. When the primary mission is understood and addressed, the secondary mission will find abundant success. If we try to reverse these priorities, as we have been doing for many years, we will continue to fail. Outreach alone is not the solution to our sickness. We have been putting the cart before the horse, and it simply hasn’t worked. If outreach is to be successful, it must flow from a consecrated and obedient heart.

                             Remember that Christ’s efforts while on earth were to restore His people to obedience from the heart. Likewise our outreach must flow from total obedience and total love, with no more rationalizing so that we can do what our selfish hearts desire. We must abandon cultural values to determine what is right and wrong. Most of the problems in the Adventist Church today are the result of placing cultural values above a “thus saith the Lord.” Will we decide once and for all to obey God, or will we continue to try to force Him to do it our way? The way we answer this question will determine the success or failure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

The advantages of multiculturalism..(another writing's work.. sorry for any error that I'd did)

           If you’re not lazy, you’re not Malay,
           If you don’t cheat, you’re not Chinese,
           If you don’t drink, you’re not Indian.
          
           Quoted from a book entitled ‘Honk! If you are Malaysian’ by Lydia Teh had clearly reflect on the racial stereotypes of some or most citizen in Malaysia, an example of multiracial country. These lopsided viewers of different races and cultures were not just existed in this country but also in other different multiracial country. Why should this non-relevant issue raised instead of being grateful with peculiarities of many cultural practice shared and gained as a multiracial country? Due to these, nurturing multiculturalism spirit is vital as it give many advantages to multiracial country.
             Multiculturalism is defined as the acceptance or promotion of multiple ethnicity culture applied and being together in the same society. It helps people that come from different background to learn and understand more about others social background. This will help to avoid misunderstanding and racial prejudices among citizen which can cause riot and lead to a political instability. Besides, we should not feel threatened with other culture and religious. It is really not a big deal at all, instead, the citizen will become more aware and appreciate their own culture and religious to assure the continuity of their culture and learn deeper about their religious so that the next generation knows better about it. As quoted by a French social philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1889), ‘Though is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life, what is most important for it is not that all citizen profess the true religion but that they should profess religion’.
             Furthermore, multiculturalism is also an effort in recognizing cultural diversity and promoting the equality of all cultural and tradition which will give great absurdities of multicultural country’s lifestyle. The problem of ethnocentric can be overcome and people will find it easier work hand in hand when doing things that required commitment and corporation among them which comes from different culture. Through this, unity bonding will become stronger as there is more cultural relativism between the people in the country. In addition, people that instill multiculturalism within themselves are less likely to suffer from culture shock when go abroad or enter a new society as they are easier to accept new culture and adapt themselves in a new place.
            Apart from these, it can become the asset of tourism. Varieties of culture that practices in the country can attract people from around the world to know more about this and visit the multicultural country to experience and watch the uniqueness of varies culture there. This will help the country to be better known in worldwide, and help in increasing the country’s income. As stated in the TravelDailyNews.com in the article entitled ‘A New Model For European Tourism Is Needed’, ‘The necessity for European Union (EU) to develop a new tourism model based on European multicultural principle and values was highlighted by the Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Mrs. Irini Pari at her key-note speech during the luncheon of the conference.
           In conclusion, multiculturalism should be highly considered and instill in all of us especially when living in a multiracial country. As the saying goes, ‘there is no peace without unity’, through this, prosperous and peaceful country will be gained and no more pain and problem of culture rivalry among the citizen of multiracial country.

Malaysia in 2057 (one of my first writing's homework, sorry for the grammatical error and etc..)

Previously, we had heard about the ‘2020 Vision’ that was been stated by our fourth minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir. This is the time when our country is expected to become a well-developed country. However, have we ever wondered about what is waiting for us beyond the year 2020? Probably most of my 19-year-old contemporaries do not think beyond the year 2030, let alone myself but to be asked about the future that illuminates 2057 the current trend of development is a foreshadow of what is to come 47 years from now on. In 2057, our country may be one with advanced technology and preserved cultural values, but the recent trend of advancement in our country suggested that these two elements will not walk hand in hand.
It is acceptable to say that Malaysia may become a superb well-developed country in 2057. Nature friendly cars will be available and used by all the citizen of Malaysia instead of using the heavy polluting of carbon fuel car that we have now. The risk of polluting the air will be reduced with the usage of this technology. Apart from these, big improvement in public transport such as eco and nature friendly vehicles. For instance, our monorails, buses, and other public transportations will be substituted with superb transportations that are complete with amazing technologies. These transportations will be faster, safer and reachable to almost every part of Malaysia. Besides, there will be many sky crappers and facilities around Malaysia. These will make Malaysia’s to be on par with other developing countries.
As the saying goes, ‘there’s a price for the development of technologies’. The acceleration of our technologies will cause the deprecation of cultural values. It will bring a bad future for our culture as to pay the price of modernization that we enjoy during that time. Most of the youngsters are lack of knowledge about their culture, either their traditional culture or the previous Malaysian norms culture. They will not have interest in joining the traditional festivals that our forefather used to celebrate every year. More than that, they also might lose the ‘assabiah spirit’ which is the spirit of living together as one big family in a community as they are busy enjoying the technologies. Their outfits are also be heavily influenced by the western style with shorter and small shirts that considered as trendy and nice to be wear in public. The worst thing is that most citizens might lead an immoral lifestyle. Pre marital sex, same-sex relationship and abortions will be common to us due to the levelling of our country development with other developed countries.
But, since we cannot predict but we can expect our country to be according to the trend that we have nowadays, the problems of having a bad future culture can be avoided with the aid of alternative situations for technologies and cultural values to co-exist. For example,
in religious term, mobile phone manufacturers have developed popular phones for Muslim users that support their religious practices. Firstly, by reminding them when it is time to pray, secondly by orientating them towards Mecca and thirdly by disabling incoming calls for 20 minutes. Although these phones are already being produced, but it still can be improve in 2057 to be better with more features such as make reminders of any festival celebrated or providing more information about religiosity and cultural information in the gadgets invented.
Thus, although Malaysia will grow into a well-develop country, the cultural value that we have should not be left aside. Some sort of things that we have in our life would be better if undergo improvement. But, there are valuable things that should be preserves for the sake of our well-being.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Kisah semalam..

Aku duduk di beranda sendirian, tiba-tiba terasa ingin mengambil angin malam. Kedinginan malam ini menusuk sehingga ke tulang hitamku. Sudah hampir 5 tahun aku tidak menjejakkan kaki ke sini,tempat yang menyimpan seribu satu kenangan yang terindah yang sering aku ingati terutama ketika aku menghadapi saat-saat getir dalam hidupku. Aku melemparkan pandangan ke sekeliling rumah ini, cuba mengumpul semula saki-baki memori itu. Lantas mataku tertancap pada sebuah pondok usang berdekatan rumahku. Tiba-tiba ingatanku seperti hanyut, terbawa kepada semua kenangan yang amat aku rindui.
“Ija bangunlah, matahari dah tinggi tu,” nenek menggoncang tubuhku yang masih lagi membatu dikatil. Liat sungguh rasanya untuk bangun awal setelah semalaman tidak tidur, asyik berbual dengan atuk dan abang sambil melihat bintang-bintang di pekarangan rumah. “Kalau Ija tak bangun nek jirus dengan air milo tu,mahu?” nek cuba mengugut aku. Kecut perut juga aku mendengarnya kerana sudah masak dengan perangai nenek aku yang agak garang. Selalunya apa yang nenek kata pasti akan dibuatnya. Mahu tidak mahu aku memaksa diri untuk bangun dan bergegas ke bilik air untuk mandi.
Selepas bersarapan aku mengikut atuk dan nenek ke kebun sayuran nenekku. “Ija,lepas ni Ija ikut atuk pergi menuai padi ya, nek kena cabut kekacang ni dulu, takut nanti lain pulak yang merasa hasilnya,”. Semestinya nenek amat geram dengan kehadiran tikus dan binatang lain yang sering menumpang ‘rezeki’ nenek daripada kebunnya. “jalan tu jangan menyimpang ke mana-mana tau,karang nanti nek menyusul.” Bunyinya seakan satu peringatan kepada aku. Aku hanya mengangguk seakan menurut walaupun pun hatiku sudah terdetik untuk pulang ke rumah. Tidak tahan rasanya hendak berjemur terlalu lama.
Dari jauh aku melihat senyuman datuk menyambut aku ke tempatnya. Padi huma yang hampir setinggi aku berusaha ku redah agar dapat menuju ke sulap di tengah-tengah kawasan padi huma.
“hmm, penat sangat dah?”sapa atuk.
“bolehlah atuk, tapi tiada apapun, Ija ni kuatkan.” Aku ketawa kecil dan tawaku disambut oleh atuk. “Kuatlah sangat kalau bukan nenek yang sibuk buat kerja kat kebun tu.” Atuk mengejek aku.
“alah tuk, Ija pun banyak menolong nenek lah tadi, orang penting lagi tau.”
“Ija tolong apa? Tolong tengoklah tu kan?” atuk sekali lagi mengejek aku. Tawaku semakin kuat mendengar kata-kata atuk. “ Iya tuk, Ija tolong tengok, kalau Ija tiada mesti nenek tak bersemangat tadi.”
2 jam sudah berlalu tetapi kelibat nenek masih tidak kelihatan. Aku mulai merasa malas untuk meneruskan kerja menuai padi yang nenek suruh. “Tuk, Ija nak balik boleh? Penatlah atuk,ingat nak pergi sungai dengan abang,” aku memandang atuk dengan harapan datuk membenarkan. “pergilah, lagipun dah nak siap atuk ni,” jawap atuk dengan selamba.
“Jalan dulu ya tuk, menuai baik-baik ya,”kataku sambil melambai atuk. Sememangnya mudah untuk mendapatkan izin daripada datuk berbanding nenek.
“Ija! Apa Ija buat kat sungai ni? Kan nenek suruh tolong atuk menuai tadi.” Mati kutu aku mendengar suara nenekku yang marah melihat aku memancing dengan abang. “Ija ni pemalas sangat tau, cepat pergi balik menuai padi tu,kalau degil sangat nek bagi rasa batang ubi tu” arah nenekku. Aku masih lagi terpaku di jambatan dengan pancing yang kupegang sejak tadi. Aku hanya berpandangan dengan abang. Tiba-tiba datuk muncul dengan seguni padi di tangannya. “Banyak dapat ikan?” sapa atuk. “Bolehlah atuk, lagipun sekarang da kurang sikit panas kan,”aku tersenyum melihat atuk. Nampaknya, aku berpeluang melepaskan diri daripada nenek kali ini.
“Sudahlah memancing tu, suka sangat Ija ni beralasan tak nak menuai iya,”nenek masih tidak berpuas hati. Tiba-tiba, dush! Joranku terjatuh ke sungai. Aku dan abang berusaha untuk menarik joran itu semula. Atuk hanya ketawa melihat gelagat kami. Tanpa kami sedari, atuk menuju kebelakang kami dan menolak kami ke sungai. “alamak dah jatuh, terpaksalah kamu mandi ni kan,” atuk tersenyum nakal. Aku sudah mengagak pasti atuk sengaja untuk menolak kami. Nenek hanya membisu melihat kami mandi sungai kerana atuk telah membenarkan.
“Ija, balik rumah nenek sekarang,” aku terdiam mendengar suara adikku yang tersekat-sekat.
“Kenapa?” tidak pernah adikku menghubungi aku selama aku bekerja sementara menunggu keputusan SPM.
“Atuk..atuk dah tiada” suara adikku makin sebak kedengarannya. Tiba-tiba duniaku rasa berputar. Berita daripada adikku betul-betul mengejutkan aku. Rasanya baru semalam aku berbual-bual dengan atuk yang datang ke tempat kerjaku.
“Sini rupanya tempat kerja Ija ya, seronok kerja?” Tanya datuk semasa datang ke tempat kerjaku. “Bolehlah tuk, duduk diam di kaunter saja pun, atuk sihat?” aku memandang wajah atuk yang sedikit pucat. “Macam biasalah Ija, sihat orang tua,” Balas atuk dengan senyuman.
“Kerja tu baik-baik tau,” Tiba-tiba ibu mencelah antara kami. Aku hanya tersengih mendengar kata ibu. Sebenarnya ibu kurang setuju dengan kehendakku untuk bekerja selepas SPM, tetapi akhirnya mengalah dengan kedegilanku.
“Okeylah Ija kami jalan dulu ya, dah lapar ni, kan mak?” Mia yang sejak tadi diam,sibuk memerhati keadaan tempat kerjaku memandang ibu.
“Alah, dah alang-alang atuk kat sini baik belanja Ija sekali,” selorohku.
“Pandailah, Ija tu yang patut belanja tau, kan da ber’kerjaya’ sekarang,” atuk mengejek aku. Aku hanya menyambut kata-kata atuk dengan tawa. “memang nak belanja tuk, tapi duit tak masuk lagi,” kataku.
Aku meyalam ibu dan Mia yang kemudiannya keluar. “Ija, ambillah duit ni, tak banyak tapi guna sebaiknya tau,”pesan atuk semasa bersalaman denganku. Sehelai not berwarna biru terselit di tangannya. Aku hanya mengangguk. Sedikit perasaan sebak tiba-tiba menyelinap di benakku.
“Bang, macamana ni? Bas dah tiadalah sekarang,” Aku menghubungi abangku yang kukira masih di Bandar ketika itu.
“Ija pandai-pandailah cari kenderaan sekarang, memang susah nak dapat bas, abang sekarang pun dalam bas ni, dalam perjalanan ke rumah atuk,”jawap abangku. Akhirnya, aku terpaksa menggunakan teksi untuk pulang ke rumah atuk.
Sepanjang perjalanan aku tidak dapat membendung airmataku dari terus mengalir, berita tentang pemergian datuk masih tidak dapat aku terima. Pemandu teksi itu hanya berdiam. Kadang-kadang matanya curi-curi memandangku, barangkali hairan melihat keadaanku. Setibanya di sana, aku turun daripada teksi itu, mencari-cari abangku yang masih belum kelihatan.
“Lima puluh ringgit sahaja dik,” kata pemandu itu. “amboi, mahalnya! Sengaja ambil kesempatan atas orang lah ni,” getus hatiku sendirian. Perkara ini sudah seringkali berlaku di sini. Pemandu teksi semuanya suka mencekik darah,suka hati menaikkan kadar tambang. Sempat aku merungut sendiri dalam sedihku.
Alunan suara orang sedang membacakan surah Al-Fatihah dari ruang tamu rumah. Hatiku bertambah sedih, tuntas aku melangkah naik. Aku melihat sekujur tubuh kaku dilitupi kain putih dikelilingi orang-orang yang sedang membaca. Airmata semakin deras berjatuhan di pipiku.
“Sabar ya, dah sampai waktu untuk atuk kamu kembali kepadaNya,” makcik Lina memeluk aku. Mia terdiam sendirian di sudut bilik. “Mak mana? Macamana boleh jadi begini?” semakin banyak persoalanku yang ingin ku utarakan. “Tadi, nenek kata atuk nak makan, lepas makan atuk baik-baik saja, tak lama lepas tu atuk muntah darah, lepas tu atuk macam susah nak bernafas, lepas tu..” Mia tidak dapat menghabiskan kata-katanya. Airmatanya mulai berjurai kembali. Abangku tiba tidak lama selepas itu. Ketika itu, aku sudah tidak mampu lagi menahan sedihku melihat abangku yang hilang kawalan melihat atukku. Sememangnya kami sudah maklum dengan abang yang menjadi cucu kesayangan atuk selama ini. Abanglah yang paling lama tinggal bersama atuk, hanya ketika abang masuk sekolah rendah baru abang berpisah dengan atuk.
Ibu tiba di rumah dengan beberapa payung hitam dan barang-barang lain bersama ayah. Orang kampung semakin ramai tiba di rumah kecil atuk, aku keluar daripada rumah itu, tidak sanggup aku berlama melihat atuk terbaring kaku. Aku duduk di luar rumah bersama adikku, masing-masing membisu, cuba melayan hati sendiri. Tidak lama selepas itu, ibu memanggilku ke dalam.
“Ija, bersiap sekarang, atas permintaan keluarga atuk dari kampong, jenazah atuk nak di kebumikan di kampung halaman atuk,” suara ibu kedengaran sayu. Aku hanya mengangguk tanda faham.
Dua minggu lalu, aku masih ingat lagi ibu menyuruh aku melawat atuk yang kurang sihat di rumahnya. Atuk memang menghidapi masalah paru-paru sejak dulu lagi, tetapi mungkin atuk seorang perokok tegar, penyakit atuk menjadi semakin parah. Di tambah lagi dengan sikap atuk yang tidak suka menelan ubat-ubatannya sehingga habis membuatkan atuk sering lemah.
Ini adalah kali pertama aku memasak untuk atuk. Selalunya hanya ibu atau Mia yang memasak untuk atuk kerana aku telah menjejaki sekolah menengah berasrama penuh yang membataskan masa untuk aku melawat datuk. walaupun hanya memasak menu yang ringkas sahaja, aku gembira melihat atuk masih ingin bersemangat untuk menjamah masakanku serta menghabiskan ubatnya.
“Ija lepas dapat keputusan nanti nak jadi apa?” pertanyaan datuk tidak dapat aku jawap sepenuhnya. Aku sendiri belum terfikir untuk meneruskan pembelajaranku selepas SPM. Baru aku sedar betapa tidak matangnya aku kerana tidak pernah mempunyai perancangan hidup sendiri. “Sedap tak?” aku melihat atuk yang sudah habis makan membersihkan dirinya. “Tawar sangatlah, tak rasa apa-apapun,” Atuk memang suka mengejek aku. “alah tuk, mak pesan jangan letak garam banyak sangat tadi, nanti atuk lambat sembuh,” aku menjawap sedikit malu mendengar komen atuk. Siapa suruh buang tabiat sangat nak minta komen, rungutku sendiri. “Tuk tak lama lagi siaplah rumah baru ni kan, besarla ruma atuk nanti,” aku sekadar memandang kosong ke arah tapak rumah baru untuk atuk dan nenek.
“Nenek pergi mana tuk? Dari tadi tak nampak,” aku menyedari ketiadaan nenek. “Macam Ija tak biasa, kebun tu kan suami kedua nenek,” aku ketawa mendengaqr kata-kata atuk. “Ija nanti kalau nak kerja jadi macam ibu ya, ajar murid baik-baik ya,” besar sungguh harapan atuk untuk aku menjadi cikgu biarpun sebenarnya minatku bukan kearah itu. Aku hanya tersenyum, “tengoklah dulu,” jawapku.
“Ija kalau atuk dah tiada nanti jangan menangis tau, atuk tak suka tengok cucu-cucu menangis, lagipun Ija menangis darah sekalipun atuk bukannya boleh bangun nak pujuk Ija,” atuk tiba-tiba mengeluarkan kata-kata itu. Aku amat terkejut mendengarnya, walaupun atuk cuma menganggap itu satu gurauan tetapi sukar untuk aku menerimanya. Aku hanya tersenyum pahit mendengarnya,diam tanpa sepatah kata yang mampu diatur untuk membalas gurauan atuk.
“Ahli keluarga terdekat arwah boleh masuk untuk memberi penghormatan terakhir kepada arwah,” salah seorang keluarga atuk di kampung itu memberitahu kami. Aku masuk ke dalam, melihat atuk yang sudah dimandikan dan dikafankan, hanya wajahnya sahaja yang kelihatan. Ibu menangis teresak-esak melihat jenazah atuk. Aku mencium dahi atuk buat kali terakhir, ketenangan wajah atuk membuat aku semakin tidak dapat menahan tangisanku. Ibu yang sedang berbadan dua juga semakin tidak dapat mengawal emosinya. Sebagai anak tunggal yang rapat dengan atuk,sudah pasti sukar untuk ibu menerima kehilangan ayahnya. Ayah memeluk ibu yang mulai meraung dan menangis melihat atuk, aku memeluk adik-adikku yang semakin kuat tangisannya melihat ibu. Pemergian atuk telah membuka fikiranku yang selama ini terkurung dalam dunia remaja di sekolah yang lebih banyak memikirkan keseronokan hidup.
Melihat jenazah atuk diturunkan ke liang lahat membuat aku berfikir, bilakah masaku tiba? Adakah aku sudah bersedia untuk menghadapi semua ini? Sempatkah aku menjangkau usia atuk nanti? Adakah yang ingin menangisi pemergianku sebegini? Terlalu banyak persoalan yang menerjah mindaku. Sesungguhnya pemergian atuk yang tidak diduga meninggalkan kesan yang mendalam di hatiku. Tiada lagi insan tempat aku mengadu, bergurau dan memberi nasihat-nasihat berguna kepadaku, sekelip mata sahaja atuk pergi meninggalkan kami semua. Hanya memori bersama atuk masih bisa aku genggam untukku kenang sepanjang hidupku, Memori yang tidak mampu aku beli dengan apapun.
“Ija ni dah mengigil kesejukan pun tak nak masuk lagi? Panjangnya mengelamun sendirian kat luar tu ya,” nenek menegur aku yang sejak tadi sendirian melayan perasaan. “Nek, rumah lama tu masih boleh masuk? Dah tiada orang tinggal kan?” aku memandang nenek. “ya, semenjak rumah baru ni siap tak ada orang dah tu, nek ingat nak buat tempat letak barang-barang lamalah,” jawap nenek. “nek, Ija rindukan atuk,” tiba-tiba kata itu keluar. Aku tidak sepatutnya berkata begitu, sudah tenang di sana ya pasti nenek lebih merindui atuk. “nenek pun Ija, sunyi rasanya hidup sendiri ni, kita doakan atuk,” nek memeluk bahuku. Aku tersenyum melihat nenek.
“Pergilah tidur Ija, esok Ija dah nak balikkan? Mak kata tak lama lagi Ija nak mula mengajar,” kata nenek. Aku mengangguk dan mengatur langkah meninggalkan beranda itu. “Terima kasih atuk sebab mematangkan Ija, Ija janji akan jadi guru yang baik dan buat atuk bangga, rindu atuk,” bisik hatiku. Malam itu, aku tidur bersama memori-memori indah bersama atuk. Semoga atuk akan sentiasa dicucuri rahmat dariNya. Amin.