Selepas hujan...

Perhimpunan Agung UMNO baru saja habis. Macam-macam dapat kita tengok kat tv dan baca kat surat khabar. Ada orang kena hentam. Itu biasa dalam perhimpunan parti politik terbesar di Malaysia tu. Tapi yang menariknya, ada orang tak boleh kena hentam. Atau lebih tepat, ada orang tak kasi orang yang nak dihentam tu, kena hentam.

Mukhriz cakap Pak Lah tak ada isu baru yang dibangkitkan dalam ucapannya. Ada betulnya jugak. Balik-balik, "bekerja bersama saya, isu ekonomi orang Melayu". Tapi, apa yang dia dok buat mengenainya? Bukan nak jadi pembangkang, tapi tengok sendiri la. Tok-tok menteri ni dok bersuka ria kat belakang Pak Lah, sapu projek sini, sapu projek sana. Habis tu rakyat marhaen macam kita ni apa yang dapat?
Kemudian, dan-dan Mukhriz kena warning oleh orang-orang kuat Pak Lah. Ya la, mana boleh lawan tauke kan. Tapi kalau tauke silap macam mana?

Tapi yang nak jadi terkejutnya pasal nak buat Istana Negara yang baru tu. Katanya RM400 juta diperuntukkan. Istana baru? Nak buat apa? Bukannya boleh duit dengan istana tu. Katanya sebab dah tak cukup tempat nak buat majlis serba serbi. Lainlah kalau nak buat macam Dis#eyland, masuk ada entrance fee. Dah la pulak tu, jambatan kedua Pulau Pinang pun nak dibina jugak. Jambatan tu panjangnya 24 kilometer dan bernilai RM2.7 bilion. Tambahan pula, projek 'double tracking' yang terbantut perjalanannya tu hanya nak disiapkan separuh jalan. Ramai yang tak sedar kalau projek double tracking tu siap, dari Utara sampai Selatan, Singapura akan kehilangan sedikit kuasa perlabuhannya. Barangan boleh dihantar terus dari Utara ke Selatan tanpa perlu singgah di perlabuhan. Entahlah, mungkin ada udang di sebalik mee kut.

Pernah terdengar satu masa dulu: "Orang Melayu sekarang ni susah nak berpolitik berjuang nasib bangsa. Dulu, semuanya cikgu-cikgu; orang bijak pandai yang mahukan kemajuan bangsa. Sekarang ni banyak sangat kontraktor, orang bisnes yang tahunya nak cari untung saja."

Mana aku dengar, tak ingatlah. Tapi, sepanjang pengalaman jadi wartawan ni, macam betul saja. Baca lagi!

Saturday

Last Saturday, I remembered calling up one of my friend, Grunge, and it goes like this.

Me: Hello! Ko kat ner?

Grunge: Aku on the way nak balik Melawati ni. Apa cer?

Me: Aku nak ajak ko pegi amik anak dara orang la.

Grunge: Amik anak sedara orang? Afiq ke? (Afiq is my nephew)

Me: Anak sedara mendanya. Anak dara orang la.

Grunge: Pehal pulak ko nak amik anak dara orang?

Me: Aku nak tunang la dol. Ingat nak ajak ko meneman..

Grunge: Bila? Hari ni?

Me: Ahah. Lepas asar.

So the day had come and gone. After asar, my family went up BA to mengikat anak dara orang tu. Earlier that morning, sempat pegi servis kereta lagi. Then singgah pi beli sirih and bunga melur. Pastu, singgah beli lemang pulak. Nak jamu sedara mara yang datang membantu la katakan.

Then, maka seperti sedia maklum, berjanji Melayu la kami. Janjinya lepas asar. Tapi ada kelewatan sikit dikalangan yang datang nak membantu, maki semua orang pun lambat la…well like they say, better late than never!

So lepas dropping em all at THE house, I went down a kedai mamak nearby, ordered a Nescafe ais and picked up a newspaper, browising for anything that could keep my mind occupied.

But the truth is, I couldn’t. My mind was busy imagining what is happening at THE house. Wondering what is people talking about, wondering if there’s something wrong. But my moment of wondering is short lived. A few minutes later, I received a call. I am now officially engaged. Hahaha…Ini boleh masuk ‘The year that was’ ni.

Surely this is a milestone in my life. Something to reflect on, not just bask in the joy of it. Oh well…congratulations to me. I think I deserve a pat on my back. By me.

Baca lagi!

Ini kerja ke, jalan-jalan?

The title says it all....haahhaaa!! The pix below was at Perigi Hang Tuah, and below it, Pantai Puteri at Tg Kling.


Baca lagi!

Blogging from Melaka

Yours truly here is in Melaka. Working, mind you, not on some holiday trip sponsored by the company (yeah, you wish). For the rest of my two or three, or even more years of my life, I will be here in this acclaimed Historical City. I wonder how they call it city although some parts of the town doesn't look a bit like a city. Anyway, here I am.

Living in a different city is not a problem to me. I've been living outside my home in Ampang for the last 10 years. So, no problemo. My only concern is the work. We are really independent here. So far, at least. No bosses to maki hamun you everyday, although they can still do that through the phone.

A lot have to be done. A lot have to be bought. Arghh...there goes my money for 'specific' purposes flowing like a river....What to do, the house is empty and it has to be filled. Oh, I forgot
to tell you that me and my colleague the photo man rented this three-bedroom single storey house in Bukit Katil for 300 bucks a month. Damn cheapo! So we decided to be civilised and buy ourselves mattresses, kitchen cabinets and what not. Just to make it 'homely' I guess. The place is just about 10 minutes away from the office. Food? Melaka food is like anywhere you can find in KL lah. Tom Yam and stuff plus the occasional asam pedas, which proves to be famous here in Melaka. I have yet to try that one.

Cycling and running? God knows where I can do that. I have to look around to find THE place.

Oh well, Melaka pun Melaka lah. Baca lagi!