Friday, June 25, 2010

MR LOBA-LOBA

Salam, good evening & hi to all...

it has been almost 2 weeks i have been running on treadmill for at least 2km, 3 times a week, and did some work out to tone my saggy abs in the gym. gained 2 more kilograms, but being told, i looked slimmer, hmmm weird....maybe built some muscles? haha...just maybe..

it has been also almost 2 weeks i have 'suffered' eating raw vegetables and drink green tea to increase my metabolism. if i see people eating pizza, spaghetti or any cheesy with carbo food in a restaurant, i would just turn away my face or simple swallow my saliva :(

all of these 'disciplines' is due to my preparation to participate in the monthly cycling group, covering the route of 2 torturing hills and pressure of riding together with hardcore cyclists who paddle like having iron spring between their knee joint. i know, they have the endurance and that isnt built within days but months/years!. cycling is a mind game, and once our mind is set to upkeep with this sports, we need to get the right stamina and watch what we eat.

went to a bakery shop, saw donut but they were not seductive enough to get my attention. then.....the curse i have been avoiding seeing for months, stand right in front of me. there i was, speechlessly stand with weakening knee, with my eyes were not blink at all, just like being charmed by a magician...

he is calm, sit quietly looking so macho. sorry to say, he indeed looked so sexy and so gorgeous...simple but so so attractive. i know i sound like a desperate lady, but i have to admit this time, that i could not take my eyes off him. i told myself, that i have made many sacrifices and in order to avoid him, i sometimes force myself to sleep! alas, he came to my dream and again, the hell of torment goes on and on again..i have tried to forget him but all efforts were in vain! those memories bleed haunting me killing me softly..and that day, i have resigned to fate that i lost in the emotional battle.

i have to walk pass him, so i walked hesitantly, slowly and facing down looking at nothing on the floor. i tried to walk through, pretending to be serious and neutral, his smell straight away malfunctioned my brain. my legs were so heavy to make any further steps. i was possessed and i couldnt think of anything else, but to have him in my arms. i hate him, but i cant deny that i missed him a lot.

he is just like melodious music to my ear during my boredom days. He is devilish in his own world, that made me feel sinful and full with guilt everytime i think of this handsome dark and unforgettable rascal.. gosh, he is irresistible !

...introducing, Mr Loba-Loba Dark Chocolate Moist cake...just cant help myself anymore.

ok, just this once, i promise i wont go to that bakery shop again...hmmm..lets see..i dont think i can trust myself as far as desert is concern :P

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

SPECIAL FRUITS

last week , i have discovered something which i want to share with all of you, my valued readers. its about my discovery on the alternative way of healing, apart from taking medicines from pharmacy, we have fruits as the substitute to drugs concerning some ailment which i am going to elaborate later.

i didnt remember why i ate hastily, but yes, i hardly remembered even chewing properly, as i was in a hurry for something which i have totally forgotten what !! huh...signs of aging...anyways, i had a piece of bread with cheese, and little brown rice with chicken thigh cooked with red hot chillies paste, coffee with creamer, a bowl of yogurt and a glass of warm water for my dinner menu...all eaten within less than 5 minutes...ops..

after a while, i sensed something wasnt right, there were some 'noisy meeting' held in my stomach, and yes, i had a mild stomachache. thinking of some digestive problem my system might encountered, i made myself a big mug of green tea and after it became warm, i drank it all in no time. my tummy became round as if i was in my first trimester, but yes, i looked pregnant with bubbles of butane gas and whatever related to it, by chemistry haha...

after few hours, the pain was getting severe, and the feeling was almost alike with the labor pain i had before...it was really hard for me to even talk! went to the toilet for hundreds of time, and i dare not to stay far away from my bathroom. my staff came to my house to deliver some document, and after seeing my condition, he bought me some chinese medicine to soothe my stomach, specifically for diarrhoea. tried to sleep early but all efforts seemed were in vain. my kids and cats just watched me for they didnt know what else to do to ease my pain. the pain was unbearable!

then, i remembered a friends suggestion to eat anything dry, such as biscuits, crackers, chips etc...aha! got an idea. went to the refrigerator, saw a plastic of dried figs, a plastic of dried cranberry and dried kiwi. what i did was, eating the figs one by one, and in between of every 2 or 3 figs, i chew few dried cranberry just to add the sourish taste (i like the blend of taste of sweet and sour)...didnt take any breakfast, lunch nor dinner, but those dried fruits. i was thinking of eating dates as well but unfortunately, they were out of stock from my 'food departmental store'..dried kiwi? uhg..too sweet.

i ate almost a kg within 48 hours, 500 grams of dried cranberry and towards the end of the second day of the horrific stomachache episode, i felt more convenient and my stomach was at ease. no more pain, no more lying down near the bathroom door, no more unnecessary gasses, no more bulging tummy, no more roaring, ...everything seemed get back to normal. Alhamdulillah.

this has pulled my interest to study about all fruits mentioned in the holy Quran. Dates, figs, pomegranate, olive and few others. if they were mentioned in the sacred holy book, it means they are special...and after reading the nutrition content of all fruits, the information gathered has inculcated to my 'research' on the fruits mentioned in the Quran.

today, when i sat alone looking at the dried figs in the bottle, i got an idea to try out something just to prove something, to myself. there are no coincident, there must be some good reason, apart from being special, they could have some secret magical reaction if being eaten at a time, example the figs and olive, both chewed together. Allah mentioned in verse At Tin, 'wat tin ni waz zaitun...'. Allah knows best.

could it be any miracle reactions to our body? i dont know, these are my words and my curiosity, so i need to prove the theory, by making myself the guinea pig for this experimental theory that, taking figs and olive at one time might :-

1.boost our health? (minerals and vitamins when joint together might change their identity?)
2.prevent against some diseases? (of course not viral ones, but cancerous, like colon cancer, rectum prolapse or hemorrhage)
3.beautify our skin? (for the fiber is really 'outstanding')

enthusiastically, i was eager to start this experiment and get the findings, but quite frustrated i became to find out that, i dont have any dried olive nor olive preserved in tinned can...but only olive oil. so what i did was to soak some dried figs in a small glass of olive oil, left it for an hour or two, and ate them all. the taste is better, i mean the figs tastes creamier, less sweet and i didnt hear any music yet in my stomach and so far until now, i am still ok. cool :)

meanwhile, i just have to wait, be prepared for the worse case scenario and listen to my body...very carefully..

if this were to be my next good eating habits to replace all those seductive favoured chocolates , i think, my colon would be happier.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

MY CHOCOLATE BAR

they 'stole' my chocolate bar again !!! arrgghhh !!!


there is no safe place for chocolates in my house. we have a number of 2 legged cute 'mice' in the house. i hid them behind some small boxes in the refrigerator, sometimes above my closet and even in my handbag...guess what? they wont last long. these talking and smart 'mice' have special nose, having special radar detector for chocolates and there they go, found my 'treasure'. the last thing i know, my chocolate bar vanished.

thats why i have to eat ice cream instead where i could eat it there and then, no need to hide in the refrigerator, as i said, no safe place to hide my 'treasures'....these 'mice' will always have their cut. after all, they have the veto power when ever the ice cream seller calls out 'mat kool mat kool kawanku' from his motorcycle outside our house :p

hmmm....these 'mice'..they are really 'greedy', not that i am stingy, i have bought each of them their chocolate bar each...and have warned them not to touch my dark chocolate bar. well i guess, since dark chocolate is still nice and yummy, it cant save itself from being 'stolen' by these 'sweets addicted mice' hahaha...my dark chocolate bar are all gone. nothing left !

but this little 'mouse', came to me, with her sweet voice to cheer me up, 'ma, ni untuk ma...' giving me what have been 'salvaged' hahaha.

anyway, this is what left...i am not angry anymore :D

meet the chief 'mice', the cutest of all, singing about a cat in the school :)

Friday, February 26, 2010

GOD'S CCTV

for todays lunch i have had Gormez Sabszi, an iranian authentic dish served with salad shirazi, a mixture of diced tomato and cucumber. iranian food is always tempting and also fattening but still i am 'addicted' to it. on the way out, the owner of the restaurant stopped me for a chat. Mr Ali who is also a friend and a client of mine, looked excited and enthusiastic. must be something blissful he wanted to tell me. yes as guessed. he told me that his sister is getting married.

his sister is marrying a pahang royal guy, whom gratuated from a law school in UK. cool i said. 'cool' as that guy is from the royal family and educated, which is not a norm among the royal spoilt brat generation whom mostly are drop outs (ops..)

when Ali told me that the royal guy proposed to his sister just after 2 months of knowing each other, i showed a 'surprised' face expression with both of my eye brow lifted up. he claimed that this royal guy isnt like the others, he is religious, well cultured and 'doesnt want to hang around with any girl without any purpose of intention to tie a knot'...well, good i said. i think he (that royal guy) means what he said, as the marriage proposal is made hastily but after all, wisely made in the eyes of religion.

Ali said he doesnt feel worried about their relationship, as the ceremony is to be held in august 2010. i said, wow, another 5 months to go and anything could happened, i guess Ali understood what i meant as no one can predict the fate of a ditched partner if happens she is having an affair with a royal casanova lover boy. honestly speaking, i was still sceptical about this proclaimed mr good royal guy.

Ali smiled. i know he is convinient with this royal malay future brother in law of his. what made Ali is confident in giving his consent, is that guy told him that GOD'S CCTV is everywhere. WOW new word to me!! yes, its confirmed that he is God fearing person if really he means what he said, well i never heard this analogy from anyone before and least expecting it came from the mouth of a royal guy! this is more 'cool' for a man who is graduated from law school in UK and having the fear for God (to settle down) in keeping a sacred relationship with an ajnabi. i am proud of him, eventhough i am not in his state of royalty.

i drove home thinking about this GOD'S CCTV and i like the idea. reaching home, i opened my FB page, checking the updates and friends' comment. after about half an hour, i remembered that i havent perform my asar prayers, i stopped what i was doing and headed to the bath room to take abolution. the thought of GOD'S CCTV is everywhere and i dont want my 'wasting time' activity is captured, recorded and counted for the de-merit of my good deeds activities for today.

i know i have to remind myself all the time, as GOD'S CCTV is something intangible but its there. we are always cautious when the warning comes in visible mode, and take for granted for so many unseen treats although they're for our own good. having these thoughts, a new feelings developed...i am being observed by 'SOMEONE' and His 'eyes' is full of love for His 'slaves'. the thing that is one true fact is that, this 'CCTV' monitoring is never been switched off till the day of judgement.

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definition :
ajnabi = a person who is allowed/eligible/not among family members/a stranger/not same gender (for marriage)
abolution = The washing of one's body or part of it, as in a religious rite to wash away their sins/ or an activity of washing few parts of body before performing prayers/ wuduk/wudhuk/wudzuk

Friday, February 19, 2010

SONG OF NATURE



dear valued readers....i am not sure whether i have written a poem, if it can be called one. when i was uploading my plants pictures to my album in my FB profile, i felt the sentimental feelings when i saw the pictures. i recalled the moment when i did the trimming, watering and talking to my plants, it was so nice yet so memorable. nothing mystical or something extraordinary happened, but i can still remember how in tense i was when i got back from office, and i straight away grabbed my gardening tools and started my gardening work. it was funny that time looking at my ex husband who looked at me from the house, with full curiosity of any weird thing i might do unexpectedly..nah, its just getting myself off the hook from getting inside the house for another task full of tense in the kitchen haha..:p

i really felt calm during the occasion, it was just like i was in my own alice in the wonderland world...i sensed and enjoyed the fresh air and everything was full of passion and love...frankly speaking, its hard actually to translate the feelings that time, but plants lovers would understand how i felt and what i am trying to get at. so, here it goes, and please poets out there, dont laugh out at me.....(i know my rate is 3 upon 10 as a poet :p )



THEY SANG A SONG

call me a constant gardener if you like...
as i am actually their guardian....
whenever i touch their green fragile fingers and palm ..
i can sense the greetings 'salam'..
from an unheard voice in the wind which is blowing softly to my face...
this soothing feelings flow within me, and i say to them,
' thanks for being here, and salam to you, may ALlah bless us all '




thanks for the song....
thanks for the love....
i heard you and i know...
you understand.
its the song of nature...
i appreciate the melody...
you and i are one
in His eyes, we are similar
we came from the same source.

your song is zikr...
my song is untitled..
but i know
there is something in common between us
we sang the same song.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

MIND GAME

today, i went to the office with my head carrying some 10kg thoughts of work plans, kids, staff, cats getting naughtier, plants, house chores, no house maid, etc etc..... i noticed that i caught some temperature, ie. i had severe headache and that i was definitely going to catch a fever.

with runny nose and semi opened eyes (feeling that a 500 gram of stone sitting on the eye lid) i walked straight to my room and darkened it, giving the signal to my staff that i dont want to be disturbed.

after performing my zuhr prayers, i was asking to myself, whether to go back home and rest or just pretend that i were ok. i always want to do this simple experiment and today i had the chance to do on myself... its going to be a no cost mental game as i was the guinea pig.

so, for a half an hour, i told myself the jobs we got today, are not so bad in terms of payment amount, and if i can settle it within today and tomorrow, the monthly accumulated income would be handsome. so, the thought gave me some drive, my mind became 'busy' thinking on these tasks. i stopped sneezing and that was a good development.

i told myself that there is no space provision to occupy any part of my brain as far as the unnecessary things are concerned, and this resulted, my mind becoming 'lighter'. actually in other word, i chose not to think about all i mentioned in the earlier paragraph.

i discovered that the ability to deviate ones thinking isnt that difficult. it is just like a mind game, and i imagine all those unnecessary thoughts as 'small kids'. i can see them behind the glass door and i will only call upon them if i feel its necessary to do so. at this current time of moment, i will ask them to stay back quietly until the time comes. its not appropriate to 'meet and discuss' with 'the kids' as i am in the office. i will entertain them and their mischiveous behaviour at home. i will only talk to the 'bigger kids' ie. the important business tasks. prioritizing in thinking is really important when the thing we think involves profit/loss/dollar/cent. business people would understand what and how it means to them.

come back to my experiment. Alhamdulillah! yes it worked! i dont know what this is called, hypnotheraphy or whatever, but it has helped to ease the headache and inconvenient feelings i had from this morning. i can stay focus on my work and no more runny nose and heavy head. this phenomena has also saved the office tissue roll. haha..

'the small kids' are still waiting behind the glass door and i have acknowledged them that they are heard and seen. i will get myself ready for the task when i am at home, standby with a 1.5 litre of reverse osmosis water in my hand, if it happens that still i will catch a fever.

p/s i am not a panadol person.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

BONSAI THEORY IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIP

How is bonsai theory in human relationship? yes, i know what you might be thinking, maryam and her weird topic again...i call myself a mind provoker and i enjoy doing that hehe...i know i help idle mind to start working. for me, this theory is so related to human relationship, in my humble opinion and deep observation on bonsai, i dont think there is so much gap between human and plants, if you read through, you would understand what i mean. if you like it, i might have this theory patented :p




i believe that everybody knows what bonsai is. i am a bonsai trees admirer and i myself have made few bougainvillea bonsai at home. the bonsai i made isnt like the japanese bonsai which is more authentic, small and 'shrunk', my bonsai trees at home are having the design and shape of a bonsai tree but in size, they are like normal trees. l like the way they are, preserving their normal size, let them grow normally and healthily and trim whenever i have free time, and still, they look like bonsai trees.




actually, i got the idea of this topic this morning when i was driving from Penang back to Kuala Lumpur. In Penang, i met with Puan HC, who is a government servant. Her husband works in a private firm and they live in separate houses within the same 'taman', just few blocks away....meaning her husband is her neighbour as well!. they are still maintaining the relationship as hubby-wife though this style of relationship is not normal. the marriage is always on the rock, they dont call nor sms each other and they cant have anything to discuss on together! all will end up with a quarrel.

once or twice in a month, they will get back together again, ie. they will meet up, have some conjugal activities and again, be separated for another few weeks and this went on and on and on...for years. when i asked her on how many days they ever talk or meet in a years, she answered less than 20 times and yet he lives less than 100 metres from her house.

everytime i see Puan HC, her favorite issue to discuss about, is how miserable her marriage is and the turmoil of her relationship with her husband. i dont want to elaborate her story in here, as it is full with negativity, so i will just leave the case behind. the thing i want to highlight in this blog is, Puan HC is actually the 'human bonsai' in the making and the most probable probability of its mechanism that cause it. (too technical aye?)

to ease your understanding on how to relate the bonsai plant and 'human bonsai' thing , let me firstly explain the procedure on how to create a bonsai tree. for plant haters, you might like to read this.

first of all, a normal medium sized plant (maybe 12 inces of height) is put in a small pot. with little water and soil, it is left to survive. when it shows signs of dying, then, we put some fertilizer. then when the leaves grows green and healthy, we pluck them or trim them.



we do all sort of 'torture' in order to stunt its normal growth. some will put out all soil, hang it under hot sun, and when it nearly die, then we put it back to a normal wet soil. this will go on and on and on, until the plant adjusts itself with the 'misery' surround it. i am sure, in the eyes who appreciates bonsai, this is a great work of gardening art.



so, lets get back to Puan HC. Her husband comes back home whenever he wants to. she knows that her husband is around in the taman, but he chooses to be 'deprived', not so far yet not so near. she told me that her husband treats her very well at times, but this pattern is uncertain, normally he ignores her right after the 'romantic occasion' finishes, and treats as if she is invisible in the room. According to her, that is always predictable. He is nice if he were in a good mood, he jokes, he shouts at the same time, and this seasonal angel could change to a monster and does all those domestic 'tamil' drama, if he is angry or stressful. as a coach i think its unfair for me to judge him, but because of this article concerns the consequences of not having an efficient and effective communication in marriage, i will put the 'chaotic background reality check' aside.

Puan HC used to be a plump person before. i used to be skinnier than her 20 years ago. now she is just like a walking skeleton. she said she has diebetic and when i asked, whether she has made any blood checkup in the clinic or hospital, she just kept quiet. she admits that no doctor has ever diagnosed that. this declaration is to justify why she is turning to 'mrs olive popeye' as she claimed as the most logical reason behind her, 'on going shrinking' body. now i can call her a tiny lady, 1/3 of my size i can say!

surprisingly her eating appetite hasnt change, yet she eats twice than the amount i take, she sleeps like a baby, meaning having the perfect adequacy of sleeping like most models do...but still loosing weight. i dont think Puan HC really rest when she sleeps and really satisfy when she eats. the 'desease' from being sad and unhappy eat all the nutrition from inside.

the impact of the disastrous torment has caused her apart from shrinking, she became a closed minded person with having lots of pre-misjudging mentality. this is after many many years of going through this type of relationship. during our coaching session, she said that she is capable in sustaining the current situation. she said she can 'swallow' all the ill treatment she receives from the husband and she is strong for it.

honestly speaking, i adore her and admire her spirit, just like a bonsai tree which is always 'eye catching'...small and tough.

the truth, the mind and body couldnt take this, they dont lie...they wont do that...how they respond then? they adjust themselves like how the plants do, in order to 'survive' and it is obviously shows in any women in agony....and the output? human bonsai.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

BAU HARUM YANG MERESAP DALAM KOMUNIKASI (2)

Ingin saya berkongsi sesuatu yang positif malam ini. Semalam, saya telah mendapat tahu dari Aqilah, anak saudara saya, bahawa semalam juga, anak lelaki saya, Muhd Ikhwan 17 tahun telah ke Cyber Cafe bersama anak saudara saya Adib. Patutlah, bila saya sampai di rumah lebih kurang 6 petang, Adib tiada di rumah. Adiknya Aqilah telah menunggu beberapa jam untuk memberitahu saya tentang perkara ini, atas dasar 'tak mau Mak Uda stress'. Saya katakan kepadanya, bahawa saya dalam keadaan 'ok' dan bersedia mendengar sebarang berita baik atau buruk berkenaan apa saja.

Muhd Ikhwan yang sepatutnya berada di sekolah atas sebab ada 'group discussion' rupanya telah habis sesi hingga pukul 4 sahaja, dan tidak pulang ke rumah sehinggalah lewat petang. Adib pulang berasingan pula yang juga lewat iaitu malam. Oleh kerana beliau telah memesan kepada Aqilah untuk memberitahu Mak Uda yang beliau akan pulang lewat kerana pergi ke CC, maka saya tidaklah terlalu risau. Kepulangan Muhd Ikhwan yang juga lewat (hampir 7 mlm) tidak menambahkan kerisauan keterlaluan kepada saya, kerana pada awalnya saya menyangka beliau benar-benar di sekolah.

Namun setelah Aqilah memberitahu cerita sebenarnya, iaitu, mereka berdua sebenarnya pergi ke CC, perasaan saya bercampur aduk, marahpun ada legapun ada. marah kerana Muhd Ikhwan tidak berterus terang. lega kerana Adib jujur, tidak menipu seperti yang didakwa oleh orang yang mengenailinya, sebagai 'suka menipu'.

Ketika Muhd Ikhwan pulang dari sekolah hari ini, pada pukul 5.30 petang, saya bertanyakan ke mana dia pergi sebenarnya lewat petang semalam, sengaja saya katakan, 'pergi CC tak beritahu ma ya?...dengan nada biasa, bukan nada perli atau marah'...beliau menjawab 'taklah'...

Apa yang tidak saya sangkakan, Adib berkata kepada Ikhwan..'ikhwan, eloklah berterus terang....Adib dah ubah perangai, kita terus terang lagi baik dari tipu, kena marah lagi teruk'....sebenarnya saya suka apa yang saya dengar. Teguran ala coaching tempohari, terbukti berkesan, yang mana, Adib selesa dengan pengakuannya, dan mencadangkan anak saya juga berbuat demikian. Sengaja saya tidak tanya Adib kerana saya mahukan pengakuan jujur dari mulut anak saya sendiri.

begitulah, dalam komunikasi, sekiranya perasaan sendiri diketepi sementara waktu, bagi mencapai sesuatu yang lebih positif, bagi saya, sekiranya perlu dilakukan, lakukan segera. saya yakin, Adib akan bertukar menjadi seorang yang hebat, dan akan berguna kepada agama dan negara InsyaAllah.

Bermula dengan seorang, dan pasti ia akan merebak, dan sekiranya ianya positif, ramai yang akan merasai kebaikannya. bak bau yang harum itu, pasti dihidu oleh orang lain dan mendatangkan suasana harmoni dan nyaman. bagaimana pula dengan anak saya? saya perlu lebih masa untuk sesi coaching dengan beliau, memandangkan rebung ini belum keras.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

BAU HARUM YANG MERESAP DALAM KOMUNIKASI

Beginilah, sekira tidak boleh tidur, saya akan sign in blogspot saya lantas mula menaip....

ingin saya berkongsi sesuatu malam ini dengan sidang pembaca. kisah ini adalah berkisar mengenai bagaimana saya menggunakan pendekatan coaching untuk menegur anak saudara yang sekarang tinggal dengan saya, Mohd Adib namanya.

beliau merupakan anak sulung kakak saya, di Penang. memanglah, beliau anak yang sukar, sepertimana yang selalu diungkapkan oleh kakak saya. tapi bagi saya, individu yang sukar adalah subjek yang bagus untuk sesi coaching, walaupun singkat.

masalahnya timbul apabila, pada pagi sabtu, pagi-pagi lagi saya dapati, Adib sudah tiada di rumah. saya periksa biliknya, kosong. pada mulanya saya tersinggung kerana saya merasai tidak dihormati Adib sebagai ibu saudara dan juga tuan rumah...perasaan tersebut dalam masa tidak sampai beberapa saat menular menjadi marah pula. tapi bila saya tanya diri sendiri, mengapa marah, apa hak saya untuk marah seorang anak teruna berumur 20 tahun dan hubungan hanya anak saudara, saya terfikir semula dan mengambil keputusan untuk 'build solution' menerusi teguran ala coaching.

perasaan geram dan marah saya cuba kawal, inilah kesan positif dari mengikuti kursus di UMcced, Universiti Malaya. saya perlu mengawal emosi, kerana saya adalah seorang coach, yang perlu stabil emosi apabila ingin menangani sesuatu masalah lebih-lebih lagi, apabila ianya berlaku di dalam rumah.

jadi, pada pagi sabtu, saya ke UM, selesai workshop dengan En. Wan, mentor coach saya, saya telefon Aqilah, adik Adib yang turut tinggal dengan saya buat sementara waktu. katanya Adib belum pulang. saya cepat-cepat mengingati diri saya supaya terus istiqamah dan jangan terperangkap dengan perasaan negatif dek pendek akal.

saya cuba mengalih focus saya kepada cara dan teknik yang saya akan gunakan untuk menegur Adib, kerana marah dan herdikan terhadap Adib ini sudah terbiasa olehnya. Kali ini, Adib tinggal dengan saya, jadi saya akan menggunakan pendekatan saya sendiri. buat apa puaskan hati sendiri, tapi apa yang hendak disampaikan, tidak kesampaian.

Petang sabtu, masih belum nampak bayangan Adib ini. Saya setelah pulang dari kelas di UM, bergegas bersiap untuk berlatih dengan Sukri, rakan aikido saya, kerana pada petangnya, kami akan menduduki ujian kenaikan ranking di dalam aikido. saya 4th kyu, amat berdebar-debar untuk naik ke 3rd kyu, kerana kadangkala terkeliru dengan arahan yang normalnya dalam bahasa jepun.

setelah selesai kelas aikido, saya minum dengan rakan aikido di sabai-sabai, restoren kegemaran saya. saya sampai di rumah hampir maghrib dan Adib masih tidak nampak batang hidungnya. aktiviti melipat kain terasa amat berat dilakukan, jadi saya mengajak Aqilah untuk berbasikal malam di sekeliling taman tempat tinggal saya. pukul 10.40 Adib muncul di depan pagar rumah, menegur saya tanpa rasa bersalah. saya menjawab seperti acuh tak acuh, tidak semesra biasanya. saya tahu Adib rasa bersalah, kerana Mak Uda, biasanya peramah, dan akan tersenyum padanya.

saya menahan perasaan, ikutkan hati mahu di depan pagar saya mahu melontarkan soalan bertalu-talu, sebagai ibu saudara saya amat prihatin. saya menumpukan perhatian bila berbasikal dengan Aqilah malam itu, sehinggalah kami pulang ke rumah dengan baju basah dek peluh. saya masih lagi dapat bersabar, dan berasa selesa kerana berasa keadaan tidak dapat mengawal saya sewaktu itu, sayalah yang mengawal keadaan, iaitu tidak melatah dan gabra. Alhamdulillah.

jadi pada hari ini Ahad, paginya saya ke pejabat sebentar untuk mengambil beberapa barang yang tertinggal dan sempat ke kedai pokok serta membawa pulang beberapa pokok baru. sampai di rumah pada tengahari, saya lihat Adib sudah mandi dan menegur saya seperti biasa.

saya panggil Adib untuk duduk dengan saya, di hadapan saya. mukanya jadi pucat. saya tahu dia takut kerana Mak Udanya sangat serius pula pada hari Ahad yang santai ini. saya tahu beliau takut, kerana kebiasaannya beliau akan dimarah dengan teruk oleh ibu bapanya sekiranya melakukan sebarang kesalahan. saya bertanyakan padanya samada beliau ada apa-apa yang hendak diberitahu pada saya. dengan muka yang keliru, beliau pandang saya, mungkin terfikir di hatinya, mengapa agaknya Mak Uda tidak marah. saya sebenarnya marah tapi perasaan saya tidak penting, yang penting ialah apa yang saya mahu sampaikan pada Adib.

beliau kata, tidak ada apa-apa yang nak dibincangkan. saya tenung matanya, dan mengulang soalan saya, samada betul beliau tiada apa-apa yang hendak dibincangkan. beliau tunduk dan mengiakan bahawa beliau telah berbuat kesalahan. saya tanyakan apa jenis kesalahan yang dimaksudkannya. beliau memberitahu bahawa ada 2 kesalahan iaitu balik lambat dan tidak beritahu keluar rumah.

saya katakan bagus, kalau dia merasakan perasaan bersalah begitu. saya katakan bahawa saya tidak akan marah dia, saya hanya mahu berbincang. saya katakan saya hanyalah ibu saudara, dan saya ulangi ungkapan, Adib dah besar, Adib boleh berfikir lebih baik dari adik kecilnya. saya katakan saya tidak kisah dan tidak akan halang beliau mahu keluar. Adib sudah 20 tahun, mak uda tak mau siasat siapa Adib jumpa dan buat apa, itulah ungkapan saya. dengan nada yang lembut tapi bunyinya tegas, saya berkata, adab itu penting. sekiranya mahu keluar rumah, perlu beritahu dan perlu beritahu bila perancangannya untuk pulang. itu saja. Adib terkejut, mukanya tampak seperti masih keliru kerana saya tidak marah beliau.

beliau minta maaf dan berjanji untuk memberitahu saya sekiranya mahu keluar dan faham apa yang hendak disampaikan oleh saya. tatkala itu saya yakin, mesej telah meresap ke sanubarinya, dan beliau tidak akan mengulang perbuatan tersebut lagi.

mungkin beliau kerana terlalu biasa dimarah keterlaluan, diherdik dan dipukul kadangkala merasakan, buat kali pertamanya beliau ditegur seperti itu. saya katakan, saya menghormatinya dan kerana saya anggap beliau sudah matang, tidak perlu untuk marah-marah. subjeknya ialah Adib, dan perasaan saya adalah tidak signifikan. cara yang digunakan selama ini yang kasar dan keras, membuatkan hati Adib juga jadi keras, justeru itu, jadilah teguran-teguran berubah menjadi bunyi yang masuk ke dalam straw telinga kiri dan keluar ke telinga kanan. straw tersebut tiada T-junction untuk turun ke hati sanubarinya. bukankah yang penat ialah yang banyak bercakap dengan nada yang tinggi dan kasar itu?

saya mahu teguran yang efektif dan efisian. saya mahu kata-kata saya bak bau yang harum meresap masuk ke hati dan keharumannya tidak boleh dilupakan. saya tidak mahu banyak bercakap tapi akhirnya saya yang bercakap seorang. subjek sedang berkhayal perkara lain bagi tujuan memekakkan telinganya. saya tidak mahu gagal dalam berkomunikasi dan mengalah. yang penting apa yang saya hendak sampaikan meresap ke hatinya. sekiranya beliau faham, saya dikira berjaya, dan sekiranya beliau patuh, itu adalah bonus. kami makan roti bersama-sama selepas itu.

Monday, January 4, 2010

BEST OCCUPATION IN 2010

It is still fresh in my memory how Malaysia celebrated the year of 2000 and it was just like yesterday. Here we are, January 2010. Do you feel everything brand new, or thinking of getting new brand of everything?

Flashing back on year 2000, there is nothing much that i can talk about except of my first car, kancil which plate number 434. I bought the car in 1998 and opened my own business around February 2000. My first current account ending number was 4340 and i am still keeping my kancil.

So, coming back to 2010. Some say, its a year they want to declare 'self revolution' and some say, 'we will watch others change, and we will follow' and some might say, 'ah what a heck, life goes on'.....

For me, years are just mathematical, which accumulates automatically until the dooms day. Should we feel worry or should we feel motivated? 2010 wont become 2010 if 2009 hasnt finished its 12 months cycle, and there is nothing we can do to stop the earth from spinning.

I never have had any brand new target whenever 1st of January starts every year. My target is set daily and it goes on and on until mission accomplished, get paid and expand my business. People say visualizing success drives one to work harder, and for me, yes i dont deny it. My style is putting myself over the top, and my way is open throughout the whole process of getting it there. Its like going back to my hometown everytime Raya time, i just put myself there, imagining eating ketupat laksa and all the goodies and guess what? then my driving from KL would be one relaxed and smooth journey.

ah...talking about best occupation. Still i am doing the same old job, some consultancy, some coaching and some trading thing. I cant escape from rat racing, which i have to do since i pay my own bills.

So, what is the best occupation in 2010 for me? and where do i put myself now?
a rich pensioner in Ulu Langat :)))