SIBLINGS 81: LAILA MAJNUN

Untuk lebih menghayati Laila Majnun diturunkan sedutan daripada blog siri Siblings 69: DIA bersempena dengan pemergian Arwah Mak Teh Gayah pada hari Ahad 20.11.2011 dan kemudiannya disusuli dengan pemergian Pak Teh Khalid pada hari Rabu 29.02.2012 yang berselang ganti selama 100 hari. Pohon keampunan jika tersinggung di mana-mana kerana bukan niat saya untuk berbuat demikian. Coretan ini adalah sekadar memperingati pemergian kedua pasangan suami isteri yang kita amat sayangi dan sanjungi

SEDUTAN DARIPADA DIA

"Ketika Dia masih ada,

Kepada suami Dia super manusia,

Melayan suami tanpa keras bersuara,

Peel suami yang caca merba,

Terkenal dengan kepelikan cita rasa,

Untuk mengekal kesihatan di kala muda,

Banyak makanan yang tidak disuka,

Melebehi pakar diet antara bangsa,

Walau pun makanan dicemuh dan dicela,

Namun Chicken Chop boleh juga,

Walau pun mendadak paras gula,

Di keesokan harinya.

Ketika Dia masih ada,

Cara makan suami macamlah raja,

Ketam perlu diasing tinggal isi sahaja,

Tulang-tulang ikan perlu dibuang juga,

Walau pun pelbagai rintangan yang ada,

Namun taat Dia kepada suami amat ketara,

Kukuh berpegang kepada prinsip Dia,

Kepada suami Dia tak pernah derhaka,

Walau pun ke tahap meninggikan suara,

Kerana syurga tetap berada,

Di bawah tapak suami tercinta.

Ketika Dia masih ada,

Tidak kira apa orang lain sinis berkata,

Keterlaluan tahap ketaatan kepada suami Dia,

Dia tetap melayan suami seperti biasa,

Bagaikan melayan Pak Balung dalam seloka:

Kasih dicurah sayang diberi,

Makan dihidang minum disaji,

Tak perlu kais tak perlu cari,

Beras padi datang sendiri."

MAWADDAH BAGAIKAN LAILA DAN MAJNUN

MENYUSULI DIA

20.11.2011 adalah tarikh puaka,

Di hari mana Dia sudah tiada,

Pak Teh sudah kehilangan tonggak perkasa,

Apabila air tangan Dia sudah tiada,

Hilang semua deria rasa,

Semua makanan hambar belaka,

Tidak langsung yang menyelera,

Saban hari bagaikan berpuasa,

Kerana kehilangan air tangan Dia.

Kalau dulunya kesihatan mesti diutama,

Keadaan fizikalnya sentiasa siap siaga,

Kini keadaan fizikalnya sudah dialpa,

Dulu setiap anggota bergerak sentiasa,

Kini dibiarkan melanuih begitu sahaja,

Dibiarkan hingga tinggal badan kerangka,

Perjuangan untuk hidup tidak lagi bermakna,

Kerana Dia sudah pun tiada.

49 hari selepas ketiadaan Dia,

Hospitallah rumah Pak Teh yang kedua,

Berbagai rawatan telah dicuba,

Para doktor telah berusaha sedaya upaya,

Namun dengan kehendak Allah jua,

Semua usaha tidak juga yang mengena,

Seluruh anggota badan sudah tidak lagi bermaya,

Hanya berserah kepada yang Maha Esa,

Anak, menantu, cucu dan seluruh keluarga,

Taat berada disisinya setiap masa,

Memenuhi kehendaknya berbagai aneka,

Begitu juga kakak-kakak dan adik iparnya,

Mahu pun anak-anak saudara,

Sentiasa menjenguk apabila peluang terbuka,

Membelai, memicit dan cuba juga berjenaka,

Setiap wajah pelawat Pak Teh tidak lupa,

Namun apabila hampir 100 hari Dia telah tiada,

Suara lantangnya yang semua serba tak kena,

Sudah lesu, tidak bertenaga lagi untuk bersuara.

Berpandukan firasat bahawa harinya hampir tiba,

Pak Teh mendesak untuk pulang ke rumah jua,

Pada petang Rabu 29 Februari yang hiba,

Pak Teh melakukan perjalanan akhir ke Bakar Bata,

Tepat jam 9.35 malam disulami kedinginan Isya,

Pak Teh menghembus nafas terakhir dengan selesa,

Ketika bacaan Yassin baru sahaja bermula,

Pak Teh telah meninggalkan alam yang fana,

Tepat jam 11.00 pagi 1 Mach keesokan harinya,

Pak Teh telah disembahyangkan di Masjid Derga,

Kemudian disemadikan bersebelahan Dia,

Dengan kehendak Allah jua,

Pak Teh telah meninggalkan rumah kesayangan Dia, .

Sebelum pun perlu diusir dengan kata-kata,

Kerana haknya terlupus dengan ketiadaan Dia,

Namun Allah masih menyayangi Pak Teh kita,

Pak Teh keluar terus bersemadi di pusara,

Terkilan di hati amat ketara,

Pak Teh belum sempat mendiami biliknya,

Bilik khas untuknya yang baru siap terbina,

Kita hanya sekadar merancang sahaja,

Tetapi Allah S.W.T. yang menentukannya jua...

Kini, Pak Teh tidak lagi bersama kita,

Namun kenangan Pak Teh amat terasa,

Watak Pak Teh lurus macam tiang tangga,

Lawak jenaka bukanlah mainannya,

Namun Pak Teh sentiasa menjadi mangsa,

Kerana anak cucu seronok mengusik dia,

Pergerakan Pak Teh mudah diteka,

Berbaju Pagoda rutin harian biasa,

Bila Pak Teh sudah berbaju kemeja,

Pak Teh pasti menunaikan urusan rasminya

Di dalam hidupnya yang serba sederhana,

Pak Teh dikenali dengan berbagai nama,

Gelaran Hajilah yang paling berharga,

Serban putihnya sentiasa terlilit di kepala,

Tidak perlu lagi Pak Teh bertopi keledar,

Bila menunggang di jalan raya.

Kini, Pak Teh tidak lagi bersama kita,

Tidak lagi muncul di halaman rumah kita,

Tidak perlu lagi Mak Ngah menutup TVnya,

Pabila Pak Teh muncul tidak mengira masa,

Tiada lagi berterbangan serban di kepala,

Dengan deruman motor Honda,

Yang sentiasa berkilat dipolish setiap masa,

Tiada lagi kedengaran hentakan mangga,

Apabila pintu pagar lambat dibuka,

Tiada lagi merenget kepada anak-anak saudara,

Bahawa chicken chop amatlah menyelera,

Tiada lagi Kopi Gano untuk membuka bicara,

Tiada lagi membayar bil telefon sebelum cukup masa,

Zam tidak lagi perlu menyesal dan hiba,

Melihat Pak Teh dengan Pagoda Vietnam setiap masa,

Pagoda Vietnam Pak Teh telah jadikan idola,

Yang tak boleh lekang dari badannya,

Walau pun untuk dibasuh buat seketika,

Kerana Zam sekadar membeli sehelai sahaja,

Yang kini sudah pun menjadi pusaka.

Semua akan merasa ketiadaan Pak Teh kita,

Tiada lagi penggilap mahir perak suasa,

Tiada lagi penajam mata pisau yang dah buta,

Tiada lagi yang membeli capati di pagi buta,

Tidak lagi berkumandang lagu Arab selembut sutera,

Kerana Pak Teh kita sudah pun tiada.

“Nak balik dah aih” sudah tidak lagi bergema,

Hanya suara ajukan Farli yang masih ada..

Dengan pemergiaan Pak Teh kita,

Maka berakhirlah sebuah legenda,

Lagenda mawaddah sepasang insan biasa,

Mawaddah yang sentiasa semarak bergelora,

Yang berakhir dengan air mata di tanah pusara,

Di dalam tempoh 100 hari di antara mereka berdua,

Bagaikan Majnun dan Laila,

Di tanah gersang Bakar Bata.

Sama-samalah kita berdoa,

Kepada Allah Subhanahu Wataala,

Semoga Arwah Pak Teh dan Mak Teh Kita,

Ditempatkan di kalangan para syuhada.

AMIN YA RABBAL ALAMIN

Setaliboy 14 Rabiulawal 1433 @ 7 Februari 2012,

PERJALANAN TERAKHIR SELEPAS DISEMBAHYANGKAN DI MASJID DERGA

















SANAK SAUDARA YANG MENGIRINGI KE PUSARA




Di manakah kita pula

SIBLINGS 80: PAK TEH KITA

PAK TEH KITA

Pak Teh adalah seorang insan biasa,
Ada perasaan ada cita rasa,
Seorang jujur berfikiran mudah di minda,
Jika tak kena di mana-mana,
Dia pasti akan berkata-kata,
Meluahkan perasaan tanpa simpan di dada,
Bila sukar nak keluar dari motokar,
Kerana lupa membuka tali keledar
Kerajaan juga yang disalahkannya,
Kerana menggubal akta tali keledar,
Bila lampu terafik tidak menyala,
Yang disalahkan ialah Engineer Melayu juga,
Gambaq Melayu koman sepana,
Gambaq Hindustan yang diminatinya,
Walau pun apa yang dikatanya,
Semua orang tidak begitu terasa,
Kerana itulah kata-kata dari Pak Teh kita,
Orang yang paling Pak Teh selalu kata,
Itulah insan yang membaca tahlil untuknya,
Kerana banyak orang faham perangai dia,
Sebanyak orang itu juga yang kasihkan dia,
Semoga dicucuri rahmat tidak terhingga.





Bang Mail Omar, Khalifah tahlil malam akhir pada 2.3.2012


1. WALAU PUN PAK TEH NAMPAK BERSAHAJA TETAPI PAK TEH
AMAT PATUH KEPADA ETIKA BERPAKAIAN




Berbaju ala teluk belanga bila menghadiri majlia keagamaan




Berbaju kemeja tangan pendek di majlis-majlis lain



Tidak berbaju bila bersantai di rumah




Tak berbaju depan anak-anak saudara satu perkara biasa




Amalan tidak berbaju di luar kawasan rumah dikongsi bersama
dengan Lan, anak saudara Mak Teh


2. SEPERTI CUCU-CUCUNYA, PAK TEH AMAT GEMBIRA GILA APABILA
MEMENANGI CABUTAN BERTUAH DI MAJLIS BERBUKA PUASA
PADA 20 OGOS 2011 YANG LALU.
RUPA-RUPANYA ITULAH MAJLIS BERBUKA PUASA YANG TERAKHIR
BAGINYA.
KITA TURUT BERSYUKUR DI ATAS LIMPAH RAHMAT ALLAH S.W.T.
YANG TELAH MEMBERKATI PAK TEH DENGAN SUASANA AMAT GEMBIRA
DI MAJLIS BERBUKA PUASA YANG TERAKHIR BAGINYA .
ALHAMDULILLAH





Sumbangan kain paling kuat (Gajah Duduk) pada 4.9.2010




Sumbangan kain paling kuat (Gajah Duduk) pada 20.8.2011


Pak Teh amat selesa dengan Syun yang sentiasa menghormatiya
dengan tahap yang begitu tinggi. Syun sudah pasti penuh redha
dengan pemergian ayah saudara yang hanya tinggal seorang





Pak Teh berdiri dengan megah dan bangga bersama hampernya





Pak Teh terus memegang erat hampernya bagaikan tidak
mahu dilepaskan langsung atau mungkin ingin terus tidur
dengannya





Ean terus memujuk Tok Teh agar meleraikan isi hamper
untuk dijamah bersama. Namun cubaannya hampa belaka.



3. BILA ADA ORANG LUAR, WALAU PUN DIA YANG PALING SENIOR,
NAMUN PAK TEH LEBIH SELESA BERSAMA ANAK SAUDARA DAN
CUCU-CUCU SAUDARANYA




Selesa bersama cucu-cucu Syun walau pun fikirannya
melayang entah kemana





Selesa berbual dengan Mek Tet pada bila-bila masa




Walau pun serius, namun cucu-cucunya amat suka mengusiknya.
Kelihatan Nasrun sedang mencuba nasibnya dengan Pak Teh





Bila semua dah beredar, barulah selesa Pak teh di atas sofa


4. PAK TEH AMAT GEMBIRAN BILA ANAK BUAHNYA MENGHULURKAN
HADIAH DI HARI JADINYA




Baju kemeja John Master bersaiz L terus dicubanya




Pak Teh terlampau seronok sampai lupa nak
tanggalkan tanda harga




Bila disedarinya, Pak Teh lantas meminta bantuan
Marini untuk menanggalkannya




Baju hadiah hari jadinya yang menjadi baju
raya bila Pak Teh bertandang ke rumah
Mak Chik Salhah


5. KUJUJURAN DAN KEIKHLASAN PAK TEH TELAH DIBERKATI
ALLAH S.W.T. DENGAN AHLI KELUARGA YANG AMAT MENYAYANGINYA
DAN SENTIASA BERADA DISISINYA SEHINGGA KE SAAT TERAKHIRNYA
MENEMUI MAHA PENCIPTA




Dari kiri: Samira, Roslina, Yazan dan Sara

6. TIGA ANAK HAJI YAACOB HAJI YUNUS DI ABAD KE 21




Gambar bertarikh Jun 2009 sangat diminati Pak Teh semasa
hayatnya kerana ia memaparkan tiga daripada tujuh anak
arwah Haji Yaacob Haji Yunus yang masih ada ketika itu.
Kini hanya kakaknya Hajjah Habibah dan Haji Salhah yang
masih meneruskan perjuangan hidup.



LAILA DAN MAJNUN DI MAJLIS BERBUKA PUASA
TERAKHIR BAGI PASANGGAN YANG MAWADDAH
PADA 20 OGOS 2011




Penolakan wheel chair kali terakhir di Holiday Villa





Gambar terakhir Pak Teh dengan saudara mara
di seberang sana

SIBLINGS 79: NAK BALIK DAH AIH

The descendants of Pak Kob would miss the utterance of the famous phrase "Nak balik dah aih" as our beloved Pah Teh Khalid has passed away peacefully at 9.35.pm on Wednesday 29 February 2012 at his house at Lorong Kelompang, Bakar Bata. Let us pray for the blessings of Allah S.W.T. to place the soul of Pak Teh among the faithfuls. Insya Allah



The late Mak Teh has passed away on a peculiar date of 20.11.2011. Her demise was one month after her birthday i.e. on 20.10.2011. Ironically Pak Teh has passed away on another peculiar date 29.02.2012 which was a leap year date in the year 2012. Pak Teh's demise could only be commemorated in 2016. Whereas his demise was also exactly one month to go for his actual birthday which would be on 29.03.2012.


On his birthday last year, the late Pak Teh has commented to Zam that he would not be very sure where he would be for his next birthday. For the purpose of reminiscing his last birthday, herewith is enclosed an extract from the blog Siblings: 69 : Double Cangkuls

"Tuesday, 29 March 2011 was a very significant day for Pak Teh Khalid for he has reached the age of non reversible of 77 years. For the Lotto lovers in the early seventies, 77 was popular known as double hoes or cangkuls. Being Pak Teh who is more famous as an aging child, he kept reminding everybody that he would be 77 on 29 March 2011.

Pak Teh did not even consider the physical and health condition of his spouse, for he also kept reminding Mak Teh about his birthday anniversary. As she could not swallow the barraging of Pak Teh about his birthday, Mak Teh did arranged for a small birthday anniversary at their residence on the evening of 29 March 2011.

It was a very limited birthday anniversary just to appease the aging child. We did converged at Pak Teh’s residence that evening to enjoy the sumptuous food prepared by Mak Teh and her daughter in law, Roslina. To ensure that Pak Teh would enjoy his birthday bash, all his nieces and grand nephews presented him with ang pows. He was really enjoying his birthday celebration that evening with his standard Pagoda T. shirt.."

Enjoying the sumptuous food of royal dishes and Chiangmai beehon

Mak Teh's nephew, Lan who is very much at ease roaming the town
on his sports shirt and short pans also joined the birthday bash





Birthday kid beaming from ear to ear wearing his favourite Pagoda T shirt

REMEMBRANCE 106: STALWART FADES AWAY

When we spend the night at Nana's rented house within the vicinity of her own house in Persada Damai, Enstek, Labu, Negeri Sembilan, on 8th. December 2011, I was very touched when Aisyah asked me innocently , "Bila Tok Lid nak sihat." However her innocent comment did not touch my feeling at all and neither it made me sad. I knew deep in her heart, she was very concerned about me. I have to use a walking stick for my balancing of both of my feet and my physical condition was worsened because of my gout and osteoarthritis. I could not sit continuously and as such I spend most of my free time on the bed pursuing my reading hobby.



Aisyah might have compared my physical condition with that of her paternal grand father, Saill @ Yop. Although Yop and me are of the same age range, Yop was far more active than me. He could still play futsal and took part in bicycle echo challenge and could finish the challenge within the stipulated time. Apart from that, his physical prowess was proven when he able to accompany his nephew in trekking up the Himalayas in late November 2011. The journey to trek up the snow capped mountains with the height of more than 4,000 meters took them 7 days while the journey down took another 5 days. It really need a maximum physical endurance to trail the journey up the mountain in the adverse condition of the weather. From the photographs that Yong showed me, Yob's trekking prowess was solely based on his own leg power without even the assistance of a mountain trekking supports.

After returning from his successful venture up the Himalayas, Yob was warded at the Pantai Hospital, Ipoh complaining of diarrhea. After diagnosing his ailment, his family was informed about his actual ailment that was the dreaded Big C of his liver which was already at the advance stage level. He was warded for the second time at the Ipoh Hospital when his condition worsened. By then, his wife, Yong has decided to bring him home.


Based on the sad experience of my late friends such as Shariff Nuraini and Penghulu Mohd. Khir who has suffered the same Big C, unless blessed by Allah S.W.T. I strongly believed that the time for Yob was not that far away. As I was not being able to drive the distance to Ipoh, I have got to wait for Shiwar's free time. Luckily Shiwar was free on Tuesday, 24th. January 2012, Zam, Nana and myself made our journey south to Ipoh with Shiwar at the wheel. Yop who used to be very physically fit, looked very frail supinely on the bed. He understood our conversation but he hasn't got the energy to converse with me.



I was very grateful to Allah S.W.T. for giving me the chance to visit my in law for deep in my heart, I believed that was my last encounter with Yop. Sure enough, with the blessing of Allah S.W.T. Yop has passed away peacefully at 8.25 pm. on Sunday, 29th. January 2012. Due to my health impediment, I could not pay my last respect to Yop in Ipoh but Zam, Mak Chik, Mek Tet with Shiwar at the wheel managed to travel down to Ipoh for Yop's last rite. We all do sincerely pray for the blessing of Allah S.W.T. to place the soul of the late Yob amongst the faithfuls.



However on Thursday, 2nd February, i received another surprise about the late Yop when I met Dato' Abdul Aziz Ghani, the District Officer of Kuala Muda when he inquired about my absence at the funeral of Yop @ Saill at Ipoh . I was very surprised by Dato' Aziz's question since I did not have any inkling on his relationship with the late Yob @ Saill. I was even more surprised when he told me that the late Saill was the maternal uncle of his wife, Datin Norlela. When I asked for more details about their relationship with the late Yop, he informed me that Saill was his wife's (Datin Norlela Mohamad) maternal uncle or the younger brother of her mother. In fact, her elder brother Shaziman Mohamad who has just retired from Exxon Mobil was in fact the nephew that accompanied and sponsored Yob @ Saill for the Himalayas trip.


What a small world indeed .... for I failed to realise that Datin Norlela is in fact the first cousin of my son in law, Nazim @ Jim for the last 13 years of marriage with Nana.

SAHOCA 29: THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Zam admiring the innovated motor cycles at the Kedah
Pusat Giat Mara exhibition at the ground floor of the Giant.




The magnificent innovated Honda Cup 65


With our newly acquired motor bikes in 1967 , we went around
in a convoy on our motor bikes enjoying ourselves at the
Parliament round about.
The self proclaimed King of the Road, Wan Min Wan Din on
his Honda 90 with Hashim Mohd. Noor as the pillion rider .
Halim Abdullah on Osman Ramlee's Honda 90 with Osman
himself standing piilion.

Two days before Christmas 2011, Zam and I came across an Innovation Day Exhibition of the Kedah Pusat Giat Mara held at the ground floor of the Giant at Jalan Tun Razak, Alor Setar. To my astonishment, I came across a splendid innovation on the Honda Cup 65 c.c. done by one the Giat Mara students. I was very impressed with the innovation as it reminisced me on my first Honda Cup 65 c.c. which was introduced in 1967. My motor bike registeration number was KB 18 which I sold it to Che Gu Shukri in 1970 when I needed the money for the down payment of my first car, Volkswagen with the registration number KB 7080.

Nalin told me that the original Honda Cup 65 is much sought after by antique collectors nowadays as compared to Honda 70 or Honda 90. The asking price of the original Honda 65 without any added make over fetches around RM 2,000.00 per bike as compared to the original price of RM 700.00 in 1967.

My association with my motor bike KB 18 stretched back to 1966 when I enrolled at the University Malaya for my tertiary education in 1966. When we enrolled at the University of Malaya in 1966, most of our classmates in Sultan Abdul Hamid College who were non boarders at the University Colleges were boarders at the newly built NUPW Hostel at Section 14, Petaling Jaya. The hostel was built by the National Union of Plantation Workers for the benefits of the plantation workers’ children on the initiative of its famous president the late P.P. Narayanan. The NUPW Hostel has since been demolished to make way for a luxurious condominium. As the number of the estates’ children was small at that time, the hostel’s administration under the chairmanship of the late Dr. Rama Subbiah offered the places for other students from non estates background.

If I am not mistaken, some of my SAHC mates who stayed at the NUPW Hostel were Abdul Halim Abdullah, Abdul Habib Mansur, Adlan Abdul, Mohd. Daud Hamzah and Wan Min Wan Din. As the distance to the UM Campus was almost 10 kilometers, we used to take a ride on Sri Jaya staged buses and continued walking up the campus for another two kilometers. The strenuous journey to the campus for the lectures and tutorials took its toll when we found that we could not cope up the tight schedules by riding on the buses. At the end of the year, we decided to buy second hand motor cycles from the money saved from our scholarships.

Wan Min bought a Honda 90 while Halim, Adlan and Daud Hamzah bought Honda Cups 50 c.c. Compared to my other friends, I was very lucky as my late father insisted on buying a brand new motor bike which cost around RM 700.00. As my late father who himself owned a Honda Dream 250 c.c. bought for me a new Honda Cup 65 c.c. with the money he borrowed from the Kubang Pasu Thrift and Loan Society. The borrowing process was shortened in two days as it was facilitated by his younger brother Syed Salleh who was the then Honorary Secretary. We all took our driving test at the Road Transport Department located at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.

As we were very confident with the prowess of our motor cycles together with our own physical abilities, we decided to ride our journey home to Kedah on our bikes during our yearly break in 1968. It took us two solid days to reach our kampongs in Kedah since we have got to rest for every two hours journey for the purpose of cooling off our motor bikes engines.

Heavy rains also hampered our journey as the road surfaces were were slippery and the road visibility was also reduced. During those days, motor cyclists were not compelled to wear helmets and it was indeed a treacherous journey home on our small machines with our bare heads. The roads then were narrow and winding and we were always facing the danger of the falling small woods that were used as pegs to tighten the logs on a timber lorries. We put the night at the Bukit Gantang Mosque, Perak when it was already late in the evening when we arrived at the mosque. The kind hearted Imam invited us to a home cooked dinner at his house. With the blessings of Allah, we all survived the journey back to Kedah the next day.

However, one of our NUPW Hostel mates, the late Mr Markali who joined us during the early stage of the journey met with an accident at Kepong. In the hazy early hours of the morning, Mr. Markali who rode a Ducati motor bike landed with a braced neck when he accidentally knocked against the Railway Crossing gate at Kepong. Nevertheless, Mr Markali the grand child of Saudagar Din of Alor Setar eventually passed away before reaching fifty due to kidney failure.

We have to rest our bettered body for a few days when we arrived at our homes in Kedah. We have learned our lessons well from the journey as our motor bikes then took a ride themselves on the Malayan Railway coaches on the return journey to Kuala Lumpur for our final academic year at UM. Among our group, Halim Abdullah graduated to ride super bike during our working years where as the others including myself were happy to ride on four wheels.