I Need A Moment To Deliberate

Day

6: 19

May 2006

Hari nih I woke up early..at about 5.45 coz Majid asked me to be at his house at

6.15 a.m.

sebab program hari nih start pukul 7 kat Padang Kg. Wakaf Bharu Hilir. On my way to the toilet, Ma was preparing breakfast for me. I was so touched!! Lepas mandi, makan le nasi, telur goreng and yesterday’s dinner as breakfast pastuh went to Majid’s. It was really dark, there were street lights but most of the bulbs dah blow. At Majid’s house, Majid’s foster mum was also up. Chatted with her for a while. After we left, Majid picked up Nisha and Jasmadi and had breakfast kat kedai. Lepas breakfast, we headed off to the

padang

for senamrobik. This is Abang Im’s program, Sukaneka from

7.30 – 5.00 p.m.

Y.B. pun turun. Lepas bersenam robik and joget poco-poco, a few of us went to Kampung Bunut Sarang Burong for Lily’s gotong royong. Gotong royong tu kat banyak tempat..ada orang buat kat kubur, ada bersihkan jalan, I went to clean up the madrasah. After the gotong royong, most of us headed off to Lily’s foster parents house for lunch. Her cooking was excellent!!

Ada

kari ayam, sayur goreng, ikan sambal. Dessert was tembikai and pudding.

After lunch, kitaorang shopping kat Bazaar Wakaf Bharu. Memang harga kat situ slightly cheaper than kat MPKB tapi nak buat macamana

kan

..ari tuh dah shopping sakan so kat sini tengok je la. Lepas tuh while waiting nak sambung Sukaneka after Friday prayers, I went to Afeefa’s foster parents house. The finale of the Sukaneka was a karaoke competition where I became one of the judges..hahaha!! Since Majid join gotong royong kat Kampung Chenderong Batu, I am left transportation-less so I requested abang Im to send me to PKR Wakaf Bharu but he asked me to ask Ayah to pick me up at his foster parents house. I tried calling Ayah many times tapi no answer so abang Im, his friend and his foster dad ended up sending me home. I was supposed to go watch a dikir barat performance but I didn’t have any transportation so I ended up staying home.

Day

7: 20

May 2006

Today I woke up at

6.30 a.m

to attent another gotong royong in Kampung Alor Durian. Had fried rice for breakfast. Sampai kat umah Majid kul

7.15 a.m.

pastuh borak-borak dengan mak angkat Majid. Lepas jemput Nisha and Jasmadi we headed off to the gotong royong destination. His gotong royong is divided into 3 groups. First group: cat and bersihkan tabika KEMAS, second group: cat surau and third group betulkan titian. I was in the second group together with Abang Im, Ustaz Din, Ash, Husni and Nisha. Cat surau warna pink :op I managed to paint for a while before being summoned to do domestic works like cleaning the dishes and transporting food from a gerai near by to the surau to feed the gotong-royong’ers’. The gotong royong ended at about 12.30 after which we had lunch at Ustaz Din’s foster brother’s house. The menu includes kerabu, sambal belacan, ikan masin and kari daging. After that we moved on to Rafiqa’s foster parents house for tea. There was also a karaoke session there :o) We then had pulut durian at Khai’s house. I arrived home at about

8.30 p.m.

When I called Mama back home, I found out that Faiq was down with a fever and flu since Thursday. I was so sad and upset because I couldn’t be there for my son in times of needs :o( I can’t wait to finish DPA and whatever modules that I have to repeat. It upsets me to be in this situation.

Day

8: 21

May 2006

Today is the only day yang we are all able to find the information for our assignment. I tried calling the office but they don’t seem to direct me to the officer in-charge. Later I found his handphone number where he informed me that he was just around the neighbourhood. I requested for the relevant informations and he told me that he’ll get it for me. What he did was to call all the headmasters and ask them to meet me and they were not very happy to be summoned at such a short notice. So I had to conduct a meeting and I think despite some hiccups, it went well. After that I stayed on at PKR Wakaf Bharu to discuss last minutes details on the motivation program at SMK Chabang Empat. After the discussion, I went home. After Maghrib, we headed to Y.B’s house who hosted a kenduri tahlil for all of us.

Day

9: 22

May 2006

Woke up at

6.30 a.m.

to get ready for the motivational program at SMK Chabang Empat. Ayah sent me to the school. When I arrived, the students (Form Lower 6) were busy registering. The actual program started at about

8.30 a.m.

with career and motivational talks by Nik Syahida,

Amoy

and Jasyinder Singh. After that the student were divided into small groups for Latihan Dalam Kumpulan (LDK). There I learnt about the perspective of these students towards their future. The fun part was when we played a charade kinda game. After LDK we all gathered again at the hall for senamrobik and pocho-pocho before the closing ceremony by Y.B. Wakaf Bharu. The program ended at about

6.30 p.m.

and the foster kids then adjourned to either Ustaz Din’s house or Khai’s house (too many invites, too little time and too little space in the stomach for food!!) Then I went back home, borak jap with Ma and Ayah before dozing off to la-la land :o)

Day

10: 23

May 2006

After 10 days in Kelantan, this is the first and only time I get to spend with Ma and Ayah. Even so, time was not on our side as I only have the morning to spend with them. The day started off with breakfast at home. I once mentioned to Ma that I wanted to eat pulut pagi and she actually made it for me :o) After that I went to the next village (Kg. Padang Mandol) to visit Ma’s family (her younger sister, her aunt and her mom). Ma’s Mek is 77 years old and she is still working on her kebun as if she is in her 40s. After those visits I went to Ma’s neighbour’s house to pick up my baju kurung which I sent for her to sew. Very nicely done..and it took her 4 days to sew them. After lunch, I headed to Lily’s house for her adik angkat’s 9^th (kot??! Tak ingat!!) birthday party. Food as always was excellent. After the party, we headed to Afeefa’s house for a dance rehearsal and since Ma and Ayah decided not to go to tonight’s dinner, hosted by Y.B. Pengkalan Kubor, I decided to hitch a ride from Afeefa. The journey to Galeri Tengku Anis was long and very dark. I don’t understand why the dinner was held so far but then who am I to complain? Galeri Tengku Anis is a really nice place. I could see Tak Bai across Sungai Golok. The dinner was a very good ending to our stay in Wakaf Bharu and Pasir Mas. I think all of us had fun..except for the fact that some didn’t get to eat. I was touched because Majid’s mom gave me some keropok to bring back home. Everything ended at about 12

midnight

and I reached home at about

12.30 a.m.

Kesian Ma..she had to wait up for me.

Day

11: 24

May 2006

Today is my last day in Kelantan. Yippee. Although there’s a pang of sadness, my feeling of relief outweighs the sadness coz I get to go home to Rafiq and Faiq. I missed them so much!! Before going to Pengkalan Kubor, we stopped at Ayah’s sister’s house. The ceremony started really late..much to the dismay of the local folks. Don’t the “BIG GUYS” realize that these people worked hard for their living and they actually have to work?

Anyways, there was mixed feelings everywhere, same with me as to sadness and relief. During the penyerahan balik anak angkat ceremony, our foster parents received a certificate whilst the foster kids received goody bags from Y.B. Pengkalan Kubor which consisted of 2 bottles of budu, keropok and dodol. There was an incident before I left..the bus left me coz Ayah was nowhere to be found. I don’t wanna go over the details but let’s just say that I arrived safely (earlier than INTAN bus!) at Renaissance Hotel with Nisha’s dad :o)

Taman Sekamat, here I come!