Hari Kraftangan Kebangsaan 2009

Hj Bakhil : "Wah, wah sayaang, sayaang.......kau bisik-bisik sama anak kau, kau bilang aku purak-purak pengsan aaaa..." Isteri : "Eh abang bukan ke betul-betul pengsan tadi bang, macamana abang boleh dengar pulak?" Hj Bakhil : "Uuuuuuuu. Aku pengsan pesen baghu lah, kau mana tauuuuuuu....." Di atas tu petikan skrip felem Labu Labi. Ternyata, Hj Bakhil sangat sayang kepada isterinya. Pulang kerja, melihat isterinya, dipujinya kecantikan isterinya itu. Namun, dalam babak yang lain, Hj Bakhil : "Apa saja si Manisah tu asyik nyanyi lagu berkasih sayang saja. Kan baik kalau nyanyi lagu macamana nak cari duit banyak. Bila duit banyak, boleh buat rumah besar, boleh beli kereta besar, boleh kawin duuuu...." (lebihkurang gitulah bunyi skripnya) Maknanya, orang2 lelaki (tak semua) ni asyik nak fikir kahwin je....walaupun punya isteri yang (masih) cantik dan penyayang.

Entah lah kawan2, akupun sendiri jarang sangat jumpa org lelaki ni kalau kematian isteri, akan sanggup hidup sendirian hingga akhir hayat mereka. Itupasal sewaktu kami berkumpul di Komplek Kraf Tangan Kebangsaan tadi, bila Nik Safari ajukan soalan adakah aku juga terfikir juga nak beristeri dua, spontan je aku jawab, "Ya". Namun pada hakikatnya, aku selalu minta kepada Allah SWT andainya antara aku dan isteri, biarlah aku yg pergi dulu. Kenapa? Sebab, sungguhpun dia bukan wanita pertama aku cintai, biarlah dia jadi wanita yang terakhir aku cinta dan miliki hatinya. So, orang2 pompuan semua, puas hati?

Ok, mari sekarang kita cerita pasal pertemuan kecil kami di HKK di Komp Kraf Kebangsaan, Jln Conlay, KL. Yang datang ialah Zaidah @ Amoy (C), Rozita Bardin (A), Nik Safari (A), Zaitun Yahya (A), Zalilah (A), Dimas (C), Norwati (A), Baidilleh (A) dan isteri, saya (A) dan hos kami Faizah (A lagi!) Yang dalam kurungan tu ialah Class DIB kita dulu. Sekali lagi ex-class A ....alah kau orang fikirlah sendiri. Dimas, aku, Zalilah, Norwati dan Baidi datang lewat kerana urusan masing2. Oleh kerana saya tiba waktu makan, kami pun makanlah t/hari sama2. Namun, petang tadi pertemuan kami begitu bererti kerana bilamana yang perempuan2 saling bersalaman, berpeluk pelukan dan bercium ciuman yang lelaki pula saling dapat melihat sahaja! (Abis nak buat apa Dimas? Kau nak mampus? Nengok je la) Pertemuan kami dengan Norwati adalah yang pertama selepas 24 tahun. Suara Wati masih macam dulu, perlahan sangat bila bercakap laksana bateri dah nak habis power. Macamana ya agaknya bila dia berbisik dgn suaminya? Macam pertemuan2 kecil yang sebelum ini, banyak kisah silam yang terkisah semula antara yang tersurat dan tersirat. Pelbagai persoalan terjawab, banyak juga lagi yang masih jadi tanda tanya.

Hidangan juadah pun tak kurang juga hasil tajaan Hjh Zalilah dan Pn Faizah sendiri yang menyambut harilahirnya yg ke 45. Kami yang hadhir semua berpakat dan mengambil keputusan untuk :-

1. anjurkan majlis tahlil/doa selamat secara bergilir2

2. anjurkan reunion kali ke-2 DIB Class 1985 di tempat kita dipertemukan - UITM Shah Alam

pada tahun 2009 ini juga, boleh? Jika perkara pertama itu lebih merupakan usaha peribadi
dan inisiatif kawan2 sendiri, perkara yang kedua itu saya fikir eloklah kita rancang dengan

sempurna dan teliti agar mencapai objektif yang kita rancangkan yakni kehadiran yang

semaksimum yg boleh.

Sehubungan dengan itu, sebagai langkah kehadapan yang pertama, dengan rasa rendah diri, saya persilakan anda semua memberikan cadangan akan tarikh yang sesuai (cuti sekolah termasuk tarikh yang tak sesuai) untuk kita adakan reunion kedua itu. Juga, sesiapa yang berhajat untuk menyumbangkan bakti dan tenaga kearah penganjuran reunion ke2 itu, tawaran dibuka untuk menyertai AJK perlaksana.

Setelah rindu di hati terubat, perut dah padat, mata pun dah naik berat dan bergambar beberapa kerat, kami pun ucapkan berbanyak-banyak TQ dan ucapkan juga Selamat Hari Lahir ke 45 kpd Faizah. Jasa dan penat lelah Faizah akan kami kenang selalu. Kami kemudian minta diri untuk berpisah sementara.

Kalau diberi kesempatan lagi, kita akan berjumpa semula.

Yang tawaf 3 kali cari tempat nak letak kereta

Subad

A Father's Advice - Part 2

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Most Compassionate

Dear Muaz

Peace be upon you.

Congratulation on your achievement to be offered a place to further your studies at USIM, Nilai. You deserved the honour as you have studied hard for your SPM last year. Remember son, no man was ever honoured for what he receives. Honour has been the reward for what he gaves. You gave everything you had and like I said, you deserved the honour. Anyway, if you think student life is tough, let me tell you that life at the campus shall be much more tougher. Hence, you have to study even harder. You have done it before and I believe you can do it again.

Challenges will be aplenty. Nevertheless, do not allow challenges to be the obstacles in the path to achieve your ambition. Instead, treat them as stepping stones for you to elevate yourself to even higher grounds. Realise one most important thing, study must always be your top priority. Painful it may be but remember, no pain no gain. At the same time, enjoy your life a bit. You will meet new friends who come from all over the country. They speak in slangs which you may not have heard before. Treat them well and they will treat you well too, I suppose. Give due respect to the lecturers, tutors and administrative staff. Afterall, life is about giving and taking. And if you come home for holidays, then we can, as usual, together watch Man United play in the TV.

Muaz, watching Abang Enol, you and the rest of your five younger siblings grew-up was indeed the happiest moment in my life. The dramas, excitements and suspense, good or otherwise, were second to none. Probably Allah SWT has given me and Mama with so much love that even though we have many children, our love towards you all have grown-up by the day. Despite the hardship, the headaches that we had to endure, we never regret a bit in our endeavour to build a happy family of our own. What I am saying here is, be positive in life, tawakkal and focus on what you are doing. The knowledge you will gain is crucial and important for you to prepare yourself for the future.

Let me recall one private moment you and I had on one fine evening when you were in Year 5, if my mind serves me right. You were sitting alone by the field near our house watching other children playing when I quietly approached you. I asked you why were you not playing together with them and you replied, "Muaz boring lah abah". "Boring? Kenapa?" I probed further as I was lost how come an 11 year old boy can easily get bored. You looked lost and did not reply. Then I told you, "Muaz, Muaz belajar rajin-rajin, nanti satu hari Muaz berjaya dan boleh pergi belajar di universiti jauh dari rumah, ha masa itulah Muaz pergi tengok tempat orang, ya?" Praise to Allah The Almighty, I am still around to share your little success. The time have come now that you choose your own destiny. Sure enough Nilai is near but who says you cannot go further, farther? Take one step at a time but the sky is the limit. Our doa for your success will never stop. We shall always be available when you need us, I promise.

Finally Muaz,

Call Mama frequently, as frequent as possible. I have said it to Abang Enol when I sent him to Arau last December and now I am saying the same thing to you too. Mother's love is the greatest love of all. Mama's love towards her children is borderless. Your heaven lies beneath her two feet.

Study hard, play hard and pray hard. When you are down, seek guidance from Allah SWT, ask for His forgiveness always and insya Allah, no problem so difficult to solve. And when you are happy, offer your syukur to Him so that He shall always bless you with more.

All the best and take care.

Luv,

Abah.