Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Burung apa tu mak?

Korang tengok tak iklan tu? Burung apa tu nak? Burung Murai...

Aku tak sempat nak lalui saat 'Burung Murai' ngan mak aku. She passed away at the age of 49 when i was just about 22 years old due to breast/lung cancer.

I dont want to tell sad story today. Raya is not the time for teary eyes. I want to recapture the good and happy memories i had with dear mak. Now a mother myself, i am creating my own 'memories' with dear cenonet. One day she will read this blog (hopefully) and if she does not, i can always read it myself and re-visited the memories.

The thing that i remember most about mak was she can really scream!! Hahaha!! Nag and nag and nag!! boy she could nag. When i was growing up, i could just turned deaf ears at her nagging. Now, that she is gone, not that im missing any of her nagging - moi only being frank - but i understand why she scream and nag.

As time goes by, when i matured into adulthood, we developed a closer bond. Mak was diagnosed cancer when i was 18. Sometime during the same year, i met dear hubby. The thing i remembered most was the day i came up to her. She was lying on her bed after series of chemo, looking weak and fragile but always a smile on her face.

I crept up at her and lied down beside her and said these exact words:

"Mak, an rasa an dah jatuh cinta la"

Hahahha..i cant really believe i said that. But i did and Mak was acting cool and asking me who the guy was. Its freaking thinking that Alesha may be saying the exact thing to me one day.

I dont know what Mak did after that. But knowing her, she would probably told Ayah. Mak never kept a secret from Ayah. When i first had my menses, Mak announced it over dinner infront of the family. Mind you, i am the only girl! To say i was embarrased of the fact - well not really.

I think we had been raised by Mak and Ayah to be very open about anything amongst us. I dont really have hugs and kisses relationship with my brothers, but we can talk and we can be frank about most of the things.

And also this thing about Mak's hair. You see, Mak was, well i cant say she was drop dead gorgeous, but she was very comely and pretty in her own way. When she was younger, she had long straight hair to her waist. It was a black and white photo she had with Ayah. So i dont really know whether her hair was shiny.

But Mak had the most beautiful complexion. She was so fair and hairless!! very unlike the hairy me! I remembered one time, i asked Mak why her hair was getting frizzy and starting to curl. She shrugged and said she wondered why herself.

I inherited Mak's straight hair. But now, I think my hair is looking more and more like Mak's fizzy hair now. Hmm...guess the fizzy hair genes only resurfaced
once i had baby..

There was also this time, after series of chemo - Mak had to undergone several session in 5 years time as the cancer kept recurring - I remembered going back home during weekend. Mak had this special lazy chair in front of tv where she will seat all day long.

So on that particular day, after being away on college for a week, i remembered stepping inside the house, and staring straight into Mak's balding hair. Botak licin you. She didnt even had eyebrows!!

Mak was smiling sheepishly and i remembered saying something like .."Ni sami buddha mana ni??!!" We ended up burst out laughing together.

Thats Mak how i remember her. Strong, cheerful, loud woman. The backbone of the family. The glue that stick us together.

Semoga roh arwah mak dicucuri rahmat.

p/s dah tak boleh nak menulis lagi..Aku dok tahan air mata je ni

Monday, October 1, 2007

Highlight of my day

Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari aku yang memboringkan ni. Ada 3 'events' yg menceriakan hari aku.


1. Di bangunkan pagi oleh cenonet.

This is how we sleep. On a queen bed, 2 pillows each, and a bolster between us. Cenonet la ni tau peluk bolster walaupun bolster tu sangatla besar untuk dia. Aku tido memang la peluk bolster tu. So bila dia terjaga dulu, dia akan jenguk aku dari her side of the bed over the bolster. And sometimes, kalau dia ada mood, she will kiss me, or sometimes put her hands on my chin. Most of the time, she will just senyum senyum and lay her head 1" from my face and watch me sleep. Kalau dia dah fed up aku still tak bangun (actuallynyer dah bangun tapi pura2 tido la) she will just jerit Mama!! very loudly of course and climbed over the bolster to get to me.

2. Masa nak tido

I love putting cenonet to sleep. Nowadays she has a penchant for 'awawakbar' = Allahuakbar. Maknanya i have to recite some doa ke, fatihah ke dan yang seangkatan dengan nya. Thank god for this, coz she used to undergo 'barney's phase' yang membingitkan kan telinga aku. This is how she sleep..instead of sleeping on her pillow - well pillow was just there to prevent her banging her head on kepala katil, she was 'trained' to sleep without pillow since birth - she will put her head on the bolster. and most of the time she will grab my hand and place it on her tummy. But what i love most is when caress my arm up and down and play with my bulu roma. And when the mood strike, she will climb the bolster, sleep tummy down on the bolster with my hand hugging her. Sementara nak tido tu, macam macam la perangai dia, one of which, she will ask me to lift the pillow up, and she will go hide her face under the pillow and cakap.."maaa sha lang, aik"= "mama sha dah hilang, cari".

3. When she follows hubby to pick me up from work
One thing u must know, cenonet has this crazy bottom-curl hair. And by the end of the day (and early morning) the hair will cover her face. She looked cutely comot that makes u wanna kiss her and bite her at the same time. Kalau dia ikut papa pick me up from work, she will be on stand by at Papa's lap with head on the window and a big grin on her face. And when she spot me coming down from the stairs accros the road, she will shout Mama very loudly and the grin will turn into a big wide smile. There was even this one time, I heard her yelling Mama over and over even before she spot me. And hubby was telling me, the minute she saw McD near my office, she'll say mama.
Thats the highlight of my day. Every day!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Boy of Girl...ppffhhh..

Aku dah lama pendam kisah ni. Pada kenkawan aku yang lain tu, ada la aku citer kestressan aku tentang hal ni.

Haiii lil' seed oi...baby mana ni boy ke girl????

Masa aku gi check up bulan July 2007 haritu, doktor kat Pusrawi tu kata its a boy. And ultrasound tu pun memang aku nampak jelas anunye.

Tapi a month after that..doktor lain kata girl pulak..

A month lepas tu..pun doktor yang lain kata girl pulak.....


aisayyyy....Hujung minggu ni mama nak checkup ok..kasi nampak clear clear..boleh la mama n papa pikir nama sedap-sedap nak bagi n beli baju sikit.

Rindunya!!!

Entry pepagi buta ni saje je aku buat.

Ntah kenapa bila lepak-lepak sambil buat kerja sesikit kat opis ni aku terasa rindu yang amat sangat. Rindu sangat nak jumpa lil' seed. Pagi tadi masa gosok gigi aku aku dah terpikir..eh dah 30 minggu this week. Lagi 10 more weeks to go.

Lepas tu dalam kereta, lil seed seperti biasa memang la mengeras manjang. Aku cakap lagi kat hubby, saya dah 30 minggu..lagi 10 minggu B. Hubby angguk aje. Laki aku tu memang cenggitu. Masa dalam perut, dia memang tak tau nak layan camna. Tapi aku tau dia akan sayangkan lil' seed macam dia sayangkan Alesha. Waktu alesha dulu pun dia macam tu jugak. Jenis yang susah nak interact ngan tummy aje.

Tadi aku dok surf surf blog orang. Semuanya aku tak kenal la. Aku ni memang ada hobi blog surfing. So jumpa la blog-blog orang yang dah beranak 2. Masa tu lil' seed pun tgh ligat gerak. Even waktu aku type ni pun, perut aku senget-senget dikerjakan dia dalam tu.

Tetiba di serang angin rindu pulak. Tak sabar nak cium lil' seed..tak sabar nak peluk..Yang paling tak sabar..nak tengok mata lil' seed.

Tapi..yayang mama jangan keluar dulu tau. Dok sihat-sihat dalam perut mama. Bila dah ready...dah besar betul-betul, baru kita jumpa ok. Tak lama pun..lagi 10 minggu aje..

eiiii..tak sabarnya!!

Friday, September 21, 2007

Nasib anak-anak kita

19hb Sept 2007 ritu office aku buat a bit of social function- bagi makan anak-anak yatim n old folks kat equtorial hotel. Memula tu aku tak plan nak gi pun. Dok pikir iyo iyo je aku nak nyambut anak yatim, anak aku kat umah tu aku tak layan. Tapi lepas fikir punya fikir punya fikir, aku pun decided what the heck, gi aje la. Lagipun bukannya aku menolong sangat pun dengan keadaan aku yang tengah memberat giler ni. Just tolong tengok-tengokkan handbegs collegues aku yang sibuk kerja tu aje.

Bila bebudak tu dah start datang, kitaorang dah preparekan door gift. Dalam tu ada la beg skolah and some stationery stuffs. Tapi yang aku nak ceritakan la...Ya allah..sebaknya aku tengok keriangan diaorang.

Aku tak tau la whether its just my preggy hormones, atau memang bukan aku sorang je yang sebak..tapi punyala seronok bebudak tu dapat goody begs siap ada yang excited meloncat cam monyet pun ada. Aku tengok keadaan anak aku yang ditatang bagai minyak yang penuh tu, and aku tengok macamana helper/guardian diaorang layan diaorang..aku harap la umor aku panjang untuk jaga anak aku sampai dia dah beranak pinak nanti.

Bukan la aku nak cakap helper/guardian anak2 yatim tu tak jaga diaorang ngan baik, tapi tahap kemesraan tu tak sama dengan belaian tangan mak bapak sendiri. Tapi on second thought, diaorang dah nak spend masa menjaga anak2 yatim tu pun aku rasa dah cukup bagus.

Most of the time, aku tengok yang besar akan jaga yang kecik. Kids being kids, memang la anak2 yatim yang kecik-kecik tu ada gak yang ala ala hyper. Tapi aku kagum betul dengan konsep 'big sister-big bro' ni. Aku tak rasa senang untuk kita jaga orang lain..apatah lagi kalau 'kita' tu pun only dalam 10 - 12 tahun je umurnya.

Apa pun, i was glad i decided to join the function. Malam tu aku tido peluk cium cenonet lebih sikit. Apa la nasib dia kalau aku n paknya umor tak panjang....

Selingan:
Week 29 lepas baik high fever, aku kena sinutisis yang hebat. My left eyebrow/forehead area is in excruciating pain. Aku rasa nak hentak kepala aku kat dinding.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Im hanging on a thin thread

Ya allah..bagilah aku kekuatan..

itu ajela doa aku dalam hati sekarang ni. This pregnancy is really taking a toll on me. Lepas satu satu aku kena attack penyakit yang bukan-bukan. Not to mention my general well being tu memang tak betul pun, dengan perangai malas, sakit pinggang, sakit kaki sakit semua la yang memang sedia ada.

Last week was a very very bad week for our family. We came back from Langkawi on 8 Sept. On 9 Sept aku dah kena flu. Hidung berair tahap gaban. Pastu demam urat yang tak kebah-kebah. Nak duduk tak boleh, nak bangun tak boleh..cenonet pun demam jugak coupled with flu n cough. Memalam badan dia shoot up sampai boleh jadik 39 degrees. Dear hubby pun down ngan blocked nose and heavy coughing...Pokoknya satu rumah tumbangla last week.

The first day of puasa was even worst. I was so weak to the point aku menangis sensorong mintak tenaga n keupayaan nak sarung seluar sendiri. Si cenonet pulak skrang ni la nak berdukung ngan aku sorang aje. Tak peduli ngan papa dia. Aku dalam larat tak larat pun kena la layan buah hati aku sorang tu. Tak boleh nak salahkan dia. Dia pun badan tengah tak sedap..Aku yang dah besar panjang ni pun nak mintak manja, apa lagi dia ek?

2nd day puasa aku (lepas dileter ngan laki, bapak aku n semua orang dlm dunia ni), pagi pagi lagi dah makan ubat. So maknanya tak puasa la kan. Tapi sebab demam masih ada..takde la sangat selera nak jamah nasi etc etc. Asyik telan air suam aje la sebab nak hilang rasa mual dlm mulut ni. Ntah camna aku boleh dpt dizzy spell pulak.. Siap rasa nak pitam sampai aku sanggup rebahkan badan menyujud depan lif umah aku tu sebab nak mengelak jatuh.

Aku pikir baik aku jatuhkan badan aku sendiri, dari badan aku yg berat ni rebah sendiri ye dak? Walau pun tempat landingnya tak berapa elok..at least tak de la aku jatuh kepala hentak kat dinding ke apa ke...Petang tu baru aku gi cek doktor sebab all the times aku tak leh jalan nak bukak mata pun. Takkan la nak harap laki aku yang ala ala macho Rushdi Ramli tu nak angkat aku yg seangkatan ngan syanie ni kan? Mau lak tumbang dedua orang laki bini. Baru la dasat namanya.

Cek doktor, doktor kata aku ni low blood. 80+ over berapa ntah. Pokoknya low blood la..Perut pun dah nak start kembung sebab dah seminggu tak makan. Cek berat..aisay..baru 77 kgs beb. Ni yang boleh bagi semangat badan nak turun balik to pre-cenonet's pregnancy ni..Ceewaaah..sakit sakit pun ada hati nak kurus.

Back to the point..aku rasa pregnancy ni paling mencabar buat aku. Dari segi kederatnya, dari segi penyakit yang menyerangnya..dan dari segi kesabaran laki aku pun..

A note to myself..
Chronology of events:
1. Week 8 - 10 - chronic food poisoning
2. Week 14 - asthmatic attack
3. Week 26 - hemorroids (camna spelling ni?)
4. Week 28 - high fever for a week

Mantra this week : 3 bulan tak lama...3 bulan tak lama....

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

I need a Make Over - part 2



Nampak tak bertapa berbezanya kaler rambut ku itu? hahhaha...i rest my case.
Pic 1 was taken when cenonet was 6 months old.
Pic 2 was about 2 months ago.
You know what i mean??
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