Tok Andak passed away on 25th. Sept 08 (25th. Ramadhan). Went to Badan Datuk with Abang Din. Mak was there with Wea. Arwah was 88 years old. We had the sembahyang jenazah around 2.30pm at surau nearby before the jenazah was buried. That tanah perkuburan is very close to "rumah Onyang". Pity this grand old house has been left unkept for quite sometime. Wish we can do something about it. There has been a plan to organise get together of Warisan Haji Saleh (my great grandfather) at the house. Hopefully we can make it happen sometime next year.



Unfortunately liang kubur tok andak was flooded and the water had to be pumped out continuously before the jenazah was lowered down. To my suprise , I met Faris (my neighbour in Kajang). It makes me wonder the probability of meeting your neighbour (in Kajang) at the tanah perkuburan in Kampung pasang Api, Bagan Datuk? hemm... Apparently Faris is a friend to Tok Andak's son (my Uncle).



We left Bagan Datuk with Mak, Wea and Oya heading to Sungkai. I had to rush back to KL to pick up my wife and to meet up with geng lama from Uni Tas. Invitation was made by Taha for a berbuka puasa at Darby Park.

"More" mak di kampung tahun 2008

Orang kampong kata "more" ni kenduri berbuka puasa di masjid. Kat tempat lain kata "more" ni hidangan selepas terawih. Tahun ini "more" mak seperti tahun tahun sebelumnya, cuma resepi dah down graded sikit dengan peruntukan yang sama (terima kasih pada pak lah yang betul betul membela rakyat!!!!!!????) . Upah basuh pinggan pun sudah naik.Goreng ikan bawal diganti dengan goreng telor dadar. Macam biasa mak pagi pagi lagi dah ke masjid. Orang perempuan datang pagi pagi tolong siapkan pekakas dan perencah masakan. Selalunya mak akan bertandang di masjid se hari suntuk sampai malam, lepas terawih. Dia kena ambil tahu persediaan "more" berjalan lancar, walaupun sakit lututnya yang kronik. Resepi tahun ni nasi minyak dengan lauk dalca, ayam masak merah, telur dadar. Pukul 4 tukang masak mula memasak nasi minyak dalam kawah. Lepas Asar dah ramai orang kampong datang ambil lauk dan nasi untuk dibawa pulang sebagai juadah berbuka. Yang lain mula membuat hidangan untuk penduduk kampong datang berbuka di masjid.

Mudzil datang berbuka dengan kawan kawannya dari kolej. Semua anak anaknya balik kecuali Nizam. Alhamdulillah semua berjalan lancar.

Theft

I was reading this novel "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini the other day. Came across this paragraph in the 3rd. Chapter which I think is very meaningful "......there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. Do you understand that? No, Baba jan,..........................When you kill a man, you steal a life," Baba said. "You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness."

How true....

Cipa & Jaket & Jam

Pagi ni nampak cipa besiap pakai baju sekolah tadika dia depan cermin tengah taruk bedak. Dia pakai jeket baru dia sekali. Malam tadi dia tido dengn abang aun & abang ngah. Semua tido pakai jeket...

Masa kat bawah dia tanya mak cik mana pegi jam tangan baru dia. Lepas tu nampak dia pakai jam tapi jeket dah tanggal. Mak dia tanya, ngapa tak pakai jejet? Dia kata kalo pakai jeket nanti tak nampak jam.... sebab jeket tu lengan panjang. Kita pun cakap kat orang rumah , ni dah macam mak dia aje......Kami ketawa.... Cipa mula tarik muka masam.. (dia tak suka orang ketawa kat dia for what ever reasons) . Tak dapat maknya nak cium pipi Cipa sebelum masuk kereta....

Cuma ada kemuskilan. Jawapan dia tu mungkin jawapan yang betoi pada dia sebab dia yang susah nak tengok jam, bukan untuk dia tunjuk kat orang lain. Tapi kalo orang dewasa sah dah nak tunjuk kat orang.... Waallahualam...