Mom, Dad and Ziela..
Ziela, being my only sis, is 4 years younger than i am. She's currently a teacher, lives in Alor Star, happily married to Di with 2 lovely sons. She's a few months pregnant with her 3rd child :) Am really happy for her coz she's been wanting to expand her family, hoping for a baby girl. Her morning sickness is quite bad as she never experienced that while carrying her 2 sons, Fikri and Aiman. Fikri will turn 6 in 2006 while Aiman will be 5. Aiman was born in the same year with Faie. Aiman and Faie had their "cukur jambul" together in 2001. At that time, the two balded head kids look very much alike despite of their different gender. Well, i guess most babies look alike, be it anak mat saleh, Cina, Melayu, India, hehehe..
Before she took up teaching career, Ziela was an auditor. After she left STF, she did her accounting studies in UiTM Segamat before continuing with Advance Diploma in Accountancy in UiTM Shah Alam. She gave up auditing work after she agreed to her MIL's proposal, i.e to be married to her son. (Di and family used to be our neighbour but me and Ziela didn't get to mix with Di and sibblings much then since we're away in boarding school. The only time i remembered before the family moved to Kedah was Ziela's MIL had her last child, who's a daughter. That was of course many years ago.. almost 19 years ago.) At that time Di was still a teacher in Langkawi. There's no way for him to move from Kedah straight to KL with the reason "to follow my wife" when asking for transfer. It's of course very much easier for my sis to ask for a teaching place near her hubby.
Mom has been "lady of leisure" from the time she married Dad almost 38years ago. She did all the house chores by herself, including managing us and Dad. She's very good at cooking becoz she's been well trained by her mom. After she finished primary education, she stayed home besides helping her parents at the padi field. My grandparents were farmers, who at the same time rubber tappers. Nothing came easy last time, according to my late granddad. He used to let me how hard life at that time eventho my grandparents were lucky to have their own rubber trees and padi field. Gramp said, "..kalau beli kain, sekayu sebab anak ramai..", "..nak ganti baju, setahun sekali.. mana ada merasa baju baru gegalak [in normal malay languange is banyak kali].." (I miss him a lot coz i used to spend a lot of time with him when i was small. Being the favorite grandchild just becoz i'm the eldest grand daughter (my cousins who are older than me are all boys), i got the privilege to listen to all his wonderful stories whenever we made a trip to KK). Mom also used to tell me how she used to carry 10kg of padi on her back when she was small. She did all the washing and cooking for her sibblings coz they were all still schooling. Whatever Mom experienced made me feel so lucky to have all the gadgets and maid to help do the house chores now, alhamdulillah.
When Mom got married to Dad, she get to follow Dad to a few places. Dad, being the army personnel, got to go Taiping, Kluang, Bentong, KL, Sabah and Sarawak during his tenure. Dad retired at the age of 45 from the army. At that time he looked as if he's only at his late 30s.. awet muda :) Even now when he's oredi 60 years old, he looks very much younger. Haa! rahsianya.. senang hati selalu. He's really calm when he faces any difficulties. To him, everything will be taken care of if you try really hard to take care of it. Whatever he can't solve, he'll leave it to the Almighty who knows better than him. His character really suits his name, Rahman which means penyanyang. Not only he's loving but also caring and very patience. Very rare that we got scolding from him when we're small. Unlike Mom who used to be very strict with her screaming and practising with the cane on us. What to do, me and sis used to be very naughty. With sis tearing off my books and me sakat her till she cry :) In other words, we used to quarrel all the time.. so memang kena rotan je la jawabnya.. [But, i realised since some time ago that Mom's scoldings were for our benefits. Other people will just talk bad about you when you made mistakes or do anything bad. But Mom (in general) will be the one who'll tell straight to you what wrong you've done and how to correct it. Of course the truth hurts but i'd rather know the truth than be fooled..] Anyways, Dad is still working after he retired twice, first from the army and second time from one of Genting Bhd's subsidiaries.
Mom used to sell kuih and nasi lemak when we're still schooling. Her kuih are very tasty.. memang sedap :D The range she used to make was kuih lapis, karipap, bingka tepung beras, seri muka, tepung pelita, lompang, lepat pisang, kuih lopis, talam ubi and a few others. After she quit, even until now, there are still people ordering kuih from here once in a while. She's very strict with her QC bcoz she wants her kuih to taste nice and did not get fermented easily. Mom quits kuih biz when she decided to look after Simba in 1998. Of course i was against her decision but she's really firm about it bcoz of many horror stories she heard about negligence maids. She looked after Simba and Faie then, before we moved to PJ in 2002. Now she occupies her time attending agama classes with her frens/neighbours. She seldom comes to my house as her classes are 4 times a week. So, every other weekend we'll have a feast with all of Mom's cooking :) Kids LOVE the time they get to spend in Gombak mainly becoz Dad like to buy new cartoon CDs for them. Else, they'll just entertain themselves with the existing cartoon CDs or play with toys.
To Mom and Dad, thanx for all the love you both have showered me with and you both know that my love will always be with you :)
To Ziela, eventho we're far apart and most of the time only get connected with sms and chat on the mobile, i'll always be there for you and i love you so much sis..
Before she took up teaching career, Ziela was an auditor. After she left STF, she did her accounting studies in UiTM Segamat before continuing with Advance Diploma in Accountancy in UiTM Shah Alam. She gave up auditing work after she agreed to her MIL's proposal, i.e to be married to her son. (Di and family used to be our neighbour but me and Ziela didn't get to mix with Di and sibblings much then since we're away in boarding school. The only time i remembered before the family moved to Kedah was Ziela's MIL had her last child, who's a daughter. That was of course many years ago.. almost 19 years ago.) At that time Di was still a teacher in Langkawi. There's no way for him to move from Kedah straight to KL with the reason "to follow my wife" when asking for transfer. It's of course very much easier for my sis to ask for a teaching place near her hubby.
Mom has been "lady of leisure" from the time she married Dad almost 38years ago. She did all the house chores by herself, including managing us and Dad. She's very good at cooking becoz she's been well trained by her mom. After she finished primary education, she stayed home besides helping her parents at the padi field. My grandparents were farmers, who at the same time rubber tappers. Nothing came easy last time, according to my late granddad. He used to let me how hard life at that time eventho my grandparents were lucky to have their own rubber trees and padi field. Gramp said, "..kalau beli kain, sekayu sebab anak ramai..", "..nak ganti baju, setahun sekali.. mana ada merasa baju baru gegalak [in normal malay languange is banyak kali].." (I miss him a lot coz i used to spend a lot of time with him when i was small. Being the favorite grandchild just becoz i'm the eldest grand daughter (my cousins who are older than me are all boys), i got the privilege to listen to all his wonderful stories whenever we made a trip to KK). Mom also used to tell me how she used to carry 10kg of padi on her back when she was small. She did all the washing and cooking for her sibblings coz they were all still schooling. Whatever Mom experienced made me feel so lucky to have all the gadgets and maid to help do the house chores now, alhamdulillah.
When Mom got married to Dad, she get to follow Dad to a few places. Dad, being the army personnel, got to go Taiping, Kluang, Bentong, KL, Sabah and Sarawak during his tenure. Dad retired at the age of 45 from the army. At that time he looked as if he's only at his late 30s.. awet muda :) Even now when he's oredi 60 years old, he looks very much younger. Haa! rahsianya.. senang hati selalu. He's really calm when he faces any difficulties. To him, everything will be taken care of if you try really hard to take care of it. Whatever he can't solve, he'll leave it to the Almighty who knows better than him. His character really suits his name, Rahman which means penyanyang. Not only he's loving but also caring and very patience. Very rare that we got scolding from him when we're small. Unlike Mom who used to be very strict with her screaming and practising with the cane on us. What to do, me and sis used to be very naughty. With sis tearing off my books and me sakat her till she cry :) In other words, we used to quarrel all the time.. so memang kena rotan je la jawabnya.. [But, i realised since some time ago that Mom's scoldings were for our benefits. Other people will just talk bad about you when you made mistakes or do anything bad. But Mom (in general) will be the one who'll tell straight to you what wrong you've done and how to correct it. Of course the truth hurts but i'd rather know the truth than be fooled..] Anyways, Dad is still working after he retired twice, first from the army and second time from one of Genting Bhd's subsidiaries.
Mom used to sell kuih and nasi lemak when we're still schooling. Her kuih are very tasty.. memang sedap :D The range she used to make was kuih lapis, karipap, bingka tepung beras, seri muka, tepung pelita, lompang, lepat pisang, kuih lopis, talam ubi and a few others. After she quit, even until now, there are still people ordering kuih from here once in a while. She's very strict with her QC bcoz she wants her kuih to taste nice and did not get fermented easily. Mom quits kuih biz when she decided to look after Simba in 1998. Of course i was against her decision but she's really firm about it bcoz of many horror stories she heard about negligence maids. She looked after Simba and Faie then, before we moved to PJ in 2002. Now she occupies her time attending agama classes with her frens/neighbours. She seldom comes to my house as her classes are 4 times a week. So, every other weekend we'll have a feast with all of Mom's cooking :) Kids LOVE the time they get to spend in Gombak mainly becoz Dad like to buy new cartoon CDs for them. Else, they'll just entertain themselves with the existing cartoon CDs or play with toys.
To Mom and Dad, thanx for all the love you both have showered me with and you both know that my love will always be with you :)
To Ziela, eventho we're far apart and most of the time only get connected with sms and chat on the mobile, i'll always be there for you and i love you so much sis..
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