Ntah la

Byknya yg berlaku... sampai aku tak sempat nak ingat

WEDDING

Wedding? hmmm...2 hari lps aku dh jumpanya, nk tanya direct je... tp maklumlah dia punya telinga tu 23 jam occupied. Aku pn agak2 terkunci mulut bila nk berkata2 dlm bab ni. Dh mmg jodoh dia la kot. Dh sampai waktunya kot... ramai yg dok berdoa x jadi tp bila doa itu dimakbulkan wallahualam. Aku pn x tau nk doakan apa... bak kata Uncle "ditelan mati mak, diluah mati bapak... maka kulum je la". Nk buat apa pn dh terlambat rasanya.

Tunggu dan lihat je la... kalau dpt jemputan aku pergi (kalaulah aku ada dlm list la), kalau tak dapat, tunggu keluar berita je la. Apapun, aku harap dia hidup bahagia ke anak cucu.


TUMPANG REHAT

Aku g sana pn nk tumpang baring lps abis kerja. Sampai je dh npk dia dok baring-baring berehat. Aku pn terus landing sofa sblh. Tgh2 dok berehat melayan perasaan memasing... sempat la berbicara tentang isu2 semasa (sbb dok tgk berita). Ada satu part aku tanya soalan dan dia jawab so aku senyum (biasa)je pastu dia tgk je.. aku pn senyum je la sbb dh letih nk berckp. "apsal sengih2? mesti ada apa2 ni" aku teruskan senyuman sbb mmg letih dh nk bckp. Dia pn dok sengih2... well, ku tahu apa dlm kepala otakmu & mu mesti ingat mu tau apa dlm kepala otakku... sbnrnya dlm kepala otakku nk tido je, bkn seperti yg mu fikir.


ARE WE RUDE?

Readers' Digest say so... It's been in the news for the past few days. People are talking about it. After I've had my brunch and went thru today's malay mail, an australian pair walked into the shop. I went to assist/consult them... they were all Ps&Qs so automatically I, too, was all Ps&Qs. And why do you ask we're nice to mat salleh and rude to our fellow countrymen?

When a man walks in and say " Hei, tolong cek mata anak saya ni." ... "korang ni kan, slalu letak harga tinggi, ingat saya tak tau korang ni nak menipu? Bagi la murah sket..." ... I would smile and just go check the daughter's eyes and I'd politely answer to the latter "company dah tetapkan harga... kalau murah lg, nak key dlm komputer tak lepas." (even though I would give more discounts if the person had been more courteous) but if that person repeats again & again... "Takpelah, kalau mcm tu saya tak boleh nak bagi... kalau nak, Encik boleh pergi la tanya kedai depan tu." He'll shut his mouth and take out his platinum card to pay for the purchase. "takpelah, saya malas dah nak jalan" .. but sometimes, they'll just throw their credit card on the tabletop ... I'll just smile politely and pick up the card although inside, I'd be shouting (dalam hati tau) "Kau ingat aku nak sangat duit kau?! Nasib baik la mak bapa aku didik aku utk bersabar dgn spesies mcm kau!"

One experience... We were on our way back from our Umrah trip and was on trransit in the rudest city (according to Readers' Digest) . We had to take the coach to go to the main terminal... so I was early, I got a seat meant for my grandma. So when my grandma got on the coach, i stood up so she could sit but this makcik said to her 15 year-old daughter "Hah! pergi duduk situ" and the daughter did as she was told 'though she knew my Grandma was going to sit there... she's just 1 second ahead of my grandma. My grandma didn't mind she said she can stand and the terminal's just 1 minute away. But i knew she's old & weak so I had to do my thing... "dik, boleh tlg bangun tak? Tlg bagi orang tua duduk." politely. though she knew for a fact it was my seat in the 1st place, she started looking at her mum and got up with her "muka tak puas hati".

The girl was uncourteous but can i blame the girl? Her mom was the one giving instructions. Can i blame her mom then? Did she received the same instructions when she was growing up? and the Malays are very sensitive when you talk negative about their "mak bapa"... it's considered rude so I dare not say anything.

Those are a few scenarios... they are rude and uncourteous. I don't think Malaysians are rude, at least not all of them... only some are. I'm a Malaysian. I know Malaysians better than READERS' DIGEST. If they say we're rude... then prove them wrong.

Kita Melayu ada adab... Melayu pn ada lemahnya. Adab kita mmg penuh sopan penuh santun. Lemah kita... manja, rasa diri istimewa sangat, ego. Pepandai la pikir sendiri. Kalau rasa diri tak elok, elokkanlah... jgn tunggu org suruh.