THE SEQUEL OF THE BEGINNING - JALAN DURIAN DAUN

A new fresh day. Sunday, August 5, 2007.

Alhamdulillah, Allah S.W.T. still return my soul to my body. We always expect that we will wake up from our sleep everyday. Most of the time, we (including me) forgot that Allah S.W.T. is the Ultimate Owner. We often took Him as a Borrower! Memang kita tak tahu malu. We often forget that He owes no one but as a matter of fact He lends it to us, the ungrateful human being (also talking about me). We always expect to open our eyes in the morning and continue living. How many time we ever think that we might not be able to get up in the morning? Our body stiff and cold in bed. I mean - mati, meninggal dunia, wafat, mangkat or mampos! Think again. Start to muhasabah ourselves (including me).

Now, let me continue.

It is only fair if I were to mention that there are still few good, kind neighbours and good samaritan that treat us like another human being. We used to get left over food (every food is nice when you are poor), old clothes and most importantly, sympathy that we deserved (for being poor). I would like to pay tribute to this few people :

1. Arwah Mak Uda Pungut - her real name is but I don't know where the word Pungut came from. All I know she likes to amek anak angkat! She is also a Bilal in my kampung. I missed this nice and soft spoken lady. I will tell more about her some other time.

2. Arwah Mak Jarah - very nice lady. Small size (kalau sekarang orang panggil pendek la macam dua tiga orang kat ofis I tu). She is quite well to do. Big house and many anak. Her husband, Arwah Pak Kassim, was robbed and murdered in a nearby kebun pisang many years before she passed away. I was once engaged to her grand daughter but tak ada jodoh la pulak. Putus harapan, putus tunang, putus segala-galanya (nasib baik tak putus nyawa). Kalau tak mesti I dapat umah besau dia kat kampung I tu.

3. Arwah Mak Dollah (pompuan tapi panggil Dollah). She paralysed due to stroke and was bedridden for many years before she passed away in early 80's. Boleh tak I mintak kita sedekah Al-Fatehah pada tiga orang nie. Al-Fatehah. Amin.

4. Mak Mon Umau (actually Omar tapi orang Melaka huruf R tukau jadi U secara otomatik). She used to smoked and chewing fresh bunga cengkih. Dia cakap sedap bunga cengkih tu. I tried but yucks - pedas and entah apa2 rasa la. She became a widow until today (since 32 years ago) when Pakcik Umau passed away suddenly. I remember saw him in the morning but at night dia mati la. Life is fragile. So, kena sedar pasal Malaikat Izrael sentiasa ikut kita. Jangan buat jahat macam ramai orang kat ofis I tu. Pangkat besar tapi JAHAT macam setan (P.Ramlee kata). Ingatlah bahawa pangkat, nama, harta, duit, bini, laki, anak kita tak dapat tak bawak masuk dalam kubur oi!

5. Makcik Keling (nama dalam surat beranak dia Bawiyah tapi pasal dia hitam hampir color arang batu, dia disumpah menjadi Keling (for Melayu memang color dia itam la). She is Arwah Mak Dollah eldest daughter. I remember she always brought kangkong air that she took from a lombong nearby her house when ever she dropped by my house. She is also our "servant" to go to market. When ever she sees ikan longgok, sotong, udang yang murah, she will buy for us (we refund her la pasal dia pun bukan orang kaya, cuma jiwa dia aje yang kaya).

6.Mak Pipah (a sharp tongue lady but kind hearted). I believe she is the richest lady in my kampung. Rumah dan tanah dia besau tau. By now, she is the oldest neighbour in my kampung. She is pushing 90, (next time I see her, I would ask her age and unlike most artiste yang suka tipu umur tu, I m confident she would reveal me her real age). Mind you, still healthy and live in the same big house with her second youngest daughter, Maziah, one year older than me and single. She is still strong mentally and physically to even attend kenduris or wedding! Unlike us, sikit2 MC, sikit2 MC!

7. Mak Ros Mat Tonia - I don't know where the hell the name come from. The whole kampung knows them by this "Mat Tonia". She is my mum good friend. She is pretty macam Minah Salleh. Still nice until now.

This are the few names I remember that used to help or at least treat us just like another human being. Ya Allah, please pay their kindness on my behalf.

Sesungguhnya Allah yang Maha Mengetahui dan Maha Bijaksana dan pemberian dan pembalasan....

More stories to come. Stay with me.