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Kerak Ok

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Ida.

Mmmm.

Malam ni tak payah lah baca buku. Abang ada citer best ni.

Citer best? Seperti?

Citer dalam kelambu lah sayang.

*letak buku*

Ida ingat tak kawan sekolah Abang yang kawin empat tu.

Oh, yang sama nama dengan Abang tu?

Yesss. Ingat aja Ida ni ye.

Ye lah, yang kawin empat tak ramai. Yang scandal 14 banyak lah. Hah kenapa dia?

Hehe. Betul jugak sayang. Tak, baru ni terbongkar cerita rupanya bini muda dia tu pernah ada scandal dengan another friend of ours!

Hmmmm… ni dah macam citer Nora Elena dah ni bang. So apa yang kelambu nya?

This other friend sudah pigi distribute gambar hangat that girl dekat Yahoo Group!

Oh my God! Jahatnya!

Tapi yang kelakar nya nampak ketiak je yang lebih!

Hahhh? Ketiak? Kenapa ketiak?

Ye lah, asek posing angkat tangan tayang ketiak je.

Lawa ke ketiak dia bang? Hehehe.

Actually quite the opposite.

Oh my God! Yucks! What’s wrong with her ketiak?

The group punya kutuk, panggil this girl Ketiak Berkerak!

Berkerak? Iyyyyeeewww!

Ha’ah berkerak.

*terdiam lama, dahi berkerut*

Can’t imagine?

Macam mana ketiak boleh berkerak bang? Tak boleh bayangkan. Tapi kan, Abang sebut kerak, yang Ida bayangkan apa tau?

Apa sayang?

Kerak bingka ubi kayu.

Hahhh? Ada pulak! Ishhh geli lahhh!

Agaknya tu lah yang sedap tu kot bang. Sampai kawan Abang buat dia bini keempat. Bini lain tak cukup bagi kerak. Kan kalau kita makan bingka ubi tu mesti nak bahagian kerak kan? A must-have. Kerak ketiak that girl sedap kot.

Eeeee!

Eleh, eeeee eeeee konon! Saper punya favorite kerak bingka ubi, citer sikit!

Betul jugak kan. Hehehehehehehehehehe.

Hah, tu sengih ada maksud tu.

Errr, jap… sayang unjukkan phone kat night table tu kat Abang please.

Abang nak call saper ni?

Call Mak. Nak suruh Mak ke Abah gali ubi kayu sikit. Weekend ni kita balik rumah Mak, sayang buat bingka ubi eh?

Eeeee! Abaaannnggg! Nanti Ida terbayang! Iyyyeeewww!

Hahahaha. Kalau sayang tak buat bingka ubi, sayang kena lah kerakkan ketiak. Hahahaha.

*muntah*

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Terasa

She had been a bit emotional lately and anything could trigger her to snap. This time it was her violin teacher. I was called in and we had a little talk. Mr. Rudy has been very gentle and understanding with this favorite student of his. But it was her who needed some extra TLC.

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So I just went in and held her as long as she wanted to be in my arms. And I let her cry without asking why she had to cry. I know, sometimes we just have to.

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“Sweetheart, you know what. We are all humans. And we feel. You’ve seen me cry a river, haven’t you. And you know what, the good news is… it’s perfectly fine. It’s perfectly healthy. But we have to learn to know when to do it. Okay?”

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She just nodded her head that was hidden somewhere on my tummy and in my arms. I felt her and I felt for her.

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Today when I feel like crying another river, you’re not here.

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Bas Ah!

Sayang.

Mmmm.

Dalam banyak-banyak bas kan…

Aaalaaa… ni malas nihhh!

Satu je sayang. Kalau Abang tak bagi Ida teka-teki nanti Abang mengantuk driving ni.

*pura-pura tidur*

Alah Ida ni, kalau dia yang drive bukan main lagi segala teka-teki Abang kena jawap.

Mana ada?

Cepat la sayang. Kalau Ida teka betul, I’ll give you a massage bila kita sampai.

Ah, Ida tak percaya. Abang selalu bagi teka-teki mengarut yang Ida tak boleh jawap.

Hehehe. Ida try je lah jawap. Kalau tak nak try, Ida kena massage Abang.

Abang nihhh! Adeke ugut cenggitu?

Hahaha. Cuba lah sayang. Please? Ida tak sayang Abang eh?

Apa pulak kena-mengena sayang tak sayang dengan teka-teki ni?

Ye lah. Sampai hati Ida tak layan Abang nak berteka-teki.

Hishhhh okaylah okaylah. Hah, bas apa ni?

Yayyy! Dalam banyak-banyak bas, bas apa yang pandai sekali dalam dunia?

Dalam dunia?

Ye lah. Kira yang pandai sekali lah.

Smart bus?

Nope.

Bus Lightyear?

I know you’re trying to be smart, but nope. Itu Buzz, bukan bas.

Hmmm tapi Ida dah cuba ni, am I safe from massaging you?

Teka lah dulu.

Abang niiii… malasss lahhh.

Tak tau?

Tak.

Give up?

Give up.

Surrender?

Iyerrr! Bas apa ni bang?

Hehehe bas sekolah.

*nangis*

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Reality Bites

Why did you kiss me like that?

Because… you smell like the best vanilla cookie. I couldn’t stand just sniffing. I had to take a bite.

And?

And I was right. You taste as good as you smell.

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Bitter Chocolates

Life is like a box of chocolates…
you never know what you are going to get.

You don’t know what you are going to get? You don’t? I mean, really. You really don’t know? Life is like a box of chocolates, and you do not know what you are going to get? What part of a box of chocolates that you don’t understand?

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If life is like a box of chocolates, and if you know you’re opening a box of chocolates, what other than chocolates do you think you’re going to get? I mean, here it is… a box of chocolates in your hand. And you’re looking at a box of chocolates. Yes, chocolates. Do you seriously think you are going to get some pearl earrings in the chocolate box or something? I mean, honestly! Or do you think it could turn out to be a box of worms instead?

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So okay, you might not know what each chocolate is filled with. Fine. Fair excuse. But for crying out loud, do you really need to know everything? Does it kill you if you don’t know whether you’re going to bite a chocolate filled with almond or hazelnut? Goodness gracious! Help me here, will you? For stating the obvious, if life is like a box of chocolates, and you like sweet creamy chocolates. Would you ever go get a box of bitter chocolates just to surprise yourself or something?

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Likewise, if you know your passion in life is nothing but the seashores, would you go build your house on top of a mountain?

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Kali Pok Cheenapok

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Today oso a fren fainaut I not coming from Pahang. I born Keikei. That Kelilau Temeloh is where my amak born oni. Even she oso ha, her famili not from there. Eh you donch know meh? My amak so ching-chong Peking malee liao. She so Cheena ha, her amak lastaim got stir her Milo wif chopstik one, you know. The amak some more dasyat her ching-chong ha, breakfast oso eat laksa wif air gula. No kidding, you boh chio kao peng okay. You think why I can chiak laksa everyday? Chiak kuay-kuay, chiak chendol and chiak lang some more. Aiyah ang mo lang chiak kantang, lagi mao action liao. Got to run, chop chop kali pok.

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If You Asked Me

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Lekin really, mere dil ko kya ho gaya. Already. Mein weary beyond jawaab, beyond samje hain. Ho gaya. Malasssssss suda! Dil nahi. Lekin mere still lah jugak. Hishhh! Ke hairani.

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Singing The Last Line

For many months that have become years now, I have not been able to listen to, sing or even hum this song to its final stanza. But today I could not resist the fight. I have been misunderstood, I have been misread and I have been misheard. So I got up and sang this to myself. After three attempts and still with heaved heart, this is for those who have made my life worth sailing. And those who have made this song worth singing. To the last line…

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Sayang Disayang

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Angin menderu dahan jatuh
Menimpa batu kuburan

Murai terkejut berkicau-kicauan
Langit mendung diliputi awan
Alamat bumi disirami hujan
Sayang di sayang

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Hatiku rindu orang jauh
Tak lupa dari kenangan

Fikiran kusut merisau-risauan
Sakit untung ditinggalkan Abang
Ibarat kapal tidak berhaluan
Sayang di sayang

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Please click on the song title or my picture to be brought to my voice recording.

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Until Then…

I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.


The last time I saw her, she was smiling. Too tired to sit up. Too weak to wave me goodbye ’til I was out of her sight like she always did. Always. And the last thing I did to her was feeding her mee goreng for breakfast. Dad’s cooking. Her favorite.

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The last song I sang to her was ‘Sayang Di Sayang’. I never really got to the last line. I always ended up hiding my face in her hand crying like a little girl. But I was the last to trim her fingernails, if that would be any consolation. I held her hands like no other hands I had held before. I knew I was losing her grip.

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The last words I said to her were, “I will be right back.”.

It was her who never came back.

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Bersamaku?

There is something I have not told you. A good little something. Something that I am very grateful about. And something that I would like to thank you for. All the good thoughts you have of me, on me, for me, about me. Those thoughts were prayers that have turned into wishes, and wishes have come true.

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I’ve got the DiGi project!

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I would like to thank my special blog reader who initiated the whole thing by asking me if she could put me in contact with DiGi, and if I could be a potential training provider for her team at DiGi. I said, “Yes, please!”

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And in just about two months – after  the usual proposal stage, the presentation stage and the waiting stage… the stage is now mine!  This is, in all my humility, the first ever major project for Enida Consultancy & Services.

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So for the next ten weeks, every Tuesday and Thursday, I’ll be making smarter choices and will ‘Sentiasa Bersama’ DiGi and Digizens. Wish me all the fun!

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Thank you Nik! Thank you.

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I am gone counting my blessings!

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Love and hugs,

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Enida

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