Lazy Sunday & Silent Tears…

Lazy Sunday & Silent Tears…
I cried 3 times the other day.
First, over a Tamil (Tamil ok, not Hindi!) movie (konon2 nak tunggu zuhur, akhirnya sampai terlajak).
Not that I get to watch tv that often.
Not that I particularly like Hindi movies (yes, actually I did - but that was a long time ago..) – too lengthy.
The storyline – a single but looks-young mother bringing up her handsome son (a kickboxer) single-handedly not without some hardship. Before she passed away, she told him to go & train under the Master who is actually his father. He had deserted them in order to concentrate on becoming a champion – but now already with a new family – wife & daughter. What surprised me was the absence of ill feelings towards his new family however they treated him badly. At the end, he said, “No dad, you’re not the champion – mom is the champion! While you battled with one person, she battled with a lot more!!” Bravo2x!

Second, “Dengar…oh jeritan batinku….memanggil2…namamu selalu…”
Ibu Mertuaku. Siapa Kassim Selamat? Doktor? Lawyer? Apa? Pemuzik!!?
(Scene: while waiting for berbuka) Mak dah pegang tuala nak mandi tapi dok berdiri tepi dinding, pun ter’alit sampai akhirnya duduk di kerusi (anak dia terus tak mandi – sampai la lepas berbuka).
"Mak kenal sangat Latifah Omar tu..kecik2 je orangnya. Dulu masa mak duduk rumah kedai kat Pasir Panjang (?not sure), petang2 je dia datanglah ke kedai dengan adik tirinya…"
(Sebenarnya, dah pernah tengok banyak kalipun tapi the opportunity to listen to mak reminiscing old times is simply priceless!)
(Before that) "P.Ramlee tu dulu asalnya bertunang dengan Latifah Omar tapi bila dia sakit lama, putuslah jadinya. P.Rampee waktu mudanya, muka penuh dengan jerawat (tapi manis kan mak?). Dia kalau nyanyi, suara ‘tak putus’! (Volume kuat2 skit time lagu yg semuanya best tuh)
Mak ada tengok P.Ramlee tu dulu. Masa tu, dia buat penggambaran kat belakang rumah (Tanjung Keling?), tepi longkang lagi. Masa tu, air laut tengah pasang.."
(Scene @tv: Time Osman Jelani roadshow) My friend asked, “Orang zaman dulu2 memang macam ni ye Mak Cik?” “Iyo, maklumlah hiburan memang takdo masa tu. Mak Cik ingat lagi, waktu nak sambut ulangtahun merdeka yang pertama, ada kumpulan datang kat pekan tu ha– ala, yang menari2 tu – panggil apo? (Ronggeng kan mak? *Dah dengar banyak kali version ni*) Haaa, ronggeng! Masa tu mak tongah sarat mengandungkan Along kau. Nenek kau kata, “Iyo ko kau larat nak poie tengok ronggeng ni? Eh, iyo lah…Tapi tak sompek pun, dah beranak dulu…(macam terkilan je bunyinya)”
Moral of the movie. When we’re in pain, look at the painful experience of others – to put things in better perspective. Like what Chombi did, she was so depressed with the passing of her husband but when faced with Kassim Selamat who cried himself to blindness after his own wife passing away (sexy Sabariah), she recovered!

Third, Ombak Laut China Selatan @Astro Ria movie– after tarawih at the mosque (Best tarawih kat kampong! Pukul 9 tu dah siap 10 rakaat – tinggal lagi witir je lagi.. Belum pukul 9.30 dah sampai rumah – jalan kaki pulak tu)
Flash back: Murat, jangan pergi nak! Nanti kau tak balikkkk!!!
Flash forward: Penantian seorang ibu berakhir dengan kepulangan anak (Eman Manan – Menagih ke dia ni? Apa pasal bercerai dgn Ogy dulu? Eh, busy body la pulak akak den sorang nih..) yang ditunggu2. Part paling best, “Ayah yang bersalah! Ayah tak halang pun saya pergi. Ayah halau saya lagi!”
“Apa? Kau kata ayah (Hamid something, Jalil ko?) yang salah? Hancur remuk hati aku kau tau..tapi mengenangkan kau anak jantan, aku relakan kau pergi merantau. Tapi bukan sampai tak balik bertahun2!!” (Hek eleh, miscommunication lagik!)
Kenduri kesyukuran bertukar menjadi kenduri arwah si ibu..Best Fauziah Nawi berlakon jadi ibu yang kena stroke tapi kelakar pulak jadinya coz kejap2 herot, kejap2 takde pulak – nice try! Heheheh..

Maxis full bar!
Hadiah raya yang sangat bermakna dari Maxis (maklum lah kampung nun jauh di pedalaman, mana ada coverage sebelum ni).

Maka, kami penoreh getah kini bolehlah gi menoreh dengan senang hati coz boleh bergayut kat tepon sambil menoreh.
Mak cerita, jiran selang sebuah rumah belah kanan,
“Ayah, kek mano ni?” “Ni ha, tongah panjek pokok potai…” (Umang ai…hebat pakcik ni!)

This brings to mind my anak buah2 punya karenah. Last time, it happened that my sister was talking to her 5 year old son about kematian. He asked, “Kalau abah mati, henfon abah sape dapat Ma?”
Mestilah mama..
Abis tu, henfon mama?
Kak yong lah…
Heheheh..sabo je la kau Man…

Recently, their neighbour aka cousins (coz both houses are very near to each other) aka my eldest sister’s sons had to stay with them as she was out-station.
This boy was previously a menace (to his working mother’s sanity) in the morning – buat perangai, susah nak bangun, suruh mandi etc. So, his mama was quite taken aback when he wakeup by himself & mandi sendiri together with the cousins (Along & Angah are disciplined by their mother, a Headmistress – enuf said). So, she asked the boy, "Man, apsal bila dengan Along, Man boleh buat semua tu?
“Man nak Along bagi Man guna henfon dia….”Huhuhuk…

My dad - an SC!
Yesterday, while having iftar infront of the tv, I happened to catch the series (usually tak sompek pandang pun, tunduk je makan!), Jungle Green & Khaki Brown - my hsemate dok tanya, amende khaki brown tuh? Huk ala, itu pun tak tau? Heheheh! Kan ke celoreng hijau tu uniform askar, manakala khaki (sejenis material tahan lasak) brown tu uniform utk lain2 yg jaga keselamatan negara jugaklah zaman awal merdeka dulu. Cthnya askar wataniah ke, SC ke...Ha, tulah yg my mak dulu sampai berkampung di Singapore (refer citer di atas)and pastu di Cameron Highland - coz Ayah dulu Special Constable (SC) - ini pangkat dia kurang sikit la dari polis, jadi guard utk kampung2 penempatan baru! My ayah cukup bangga betul, pantang jumpa sapa2 pun dia akan bukak citer ni @ klu my friends yg dtg rumah mesti tanya, "Ayah kau dulu kojo SC tak?" Kadang2 tu jadi boring lak...tapi bila dah paham mcm la ni, tumpang bangga la!