Mak and Ikan patin masak lemak cili api....

I called Mak yesterday night. Got her at the wrong time coz Kak Asmah kata Mak tengah Solat Isyak. Tak lama lepas tu, "oooop... udah selesai solatnya..." Kelakar gila Kak Asmah ni, dia plak yang panik. Boleh dengar dia kata " Cepat... ini Husna menelepon ni..." Maklumlah, bukan selalu Husna call rumah, tapi selalu call Handphone Mak je terus he..he..

Tak sampai beberapa saat, Mak is on the phone already. Mak sounded so happy but there's something deep within I myself can't explain.

So we chated and laugh, Mak tanya how's things and all. Everything is fine here, Mak, except for my Mental Block he..he... Anak mak ni, selalu sangat Mental Block lar.. dunno why....

I told Mak about the Dead Sea water I was having on the dressing table in my room. Mak was relief because she's been meaning to ask but she lupa , she was thinking "What on earth la yang anak aku simpan ni? Dah la dalam botol Mayonaise ladie's choice pulak..." he..he..he.. Ala Mak ni, tu kan Nanab yang bagi before I came to adelaide. She hasn't got any small bottle left masa tu selain botol mayo tu and since kita pun nak cepat bertolak balik shah alam that time, he..he.. kelakar.

Nanab is Mak's elder sister selepas Arwah Aunty Wan.Nanab and her husband Pak Dollah, suka pergi Umrah and then take tour to Middle East and ntah mana mana lagi every year la sejak they got married. ( Nanab and Pak Dollah used to be neighbours. Pak Dollah duk rumah sebelah my Grandma's place where Nanab stays.. Later, a few years after wife Pak Dollah meninggal, Pak Dollah pun masuk meminang Nanab yang also, dah lama membujang sejak my Mamu Othman meninggal when I was in primary school. Maka bertambah besar lah family Pak Aji Ariff yang sememangnya sudah besar tu... Kami dapat ramai instant cousins since Pak Dollah pun ada a big family. Diam tak diam, dah nearly 10 years they got married and Pak Dollah pun dah nak masuk 80 thn dah next year, how time flies....anyway, inilah yang di namakan jodoh,Hanya Allah yang tahu he...he...)

Mak pun start sembang and cerita la sikit sebanyak.Mak ceria, she met mak Haikal and kata Haikal was waiting for us to call masa kat adelaide but we didn't contacted him. We did sms Haikal at that time, but mungkin salah nombor kot. Mak and Mak Haikal are friends. I haven't met Haikal before and i have no idea how he looks like . I asked mak Haikal buat course apa coz I forgot, Mak kata engineering kot. Tak pe, nanti I go look for him... Then, mak tanya about anak cikgu Adam. Yes, I met him during raya at kak Salina's place. Good la..

Then not so fun bits came along. Mak start telling me mana dia simpan all the barang and the kain to use for tutup jenazah, the small pillow she had prepared for her and my dad if they meninggal dunia nanti and all other stuff. MAKKKKK !!!!! jangan la ckp mcm ni... Aduh... sedih la plak... Mak says, she told kak asmah the same thing incase anything happen and incase I am not arround so she had everything planned and tak nak nanti kelam kabut. Mak also kata, bukan tak normal bila kita memikirkan soal kematian. Memang dah sepatutnya dia bagitau pun. Berderau darah bila Mak ckp macam tu. Yeah I know it is not wrong and memang sepatutnya kit amemikirkan soal kematian tapi......
Goshhh....... I feel like nak terbang balik that time jugak to go and hug my Mak and Ba. Tapi bukan ada 'pintu' Doraemon atau Harry Potter's magic wand pun...haisssshhhh.....
Hati dah mula tak best ni....
Ya Allah....selamatkanlah dan panjangkan lah umur kedua ibu dan bapaku, lindungi lah mereka dari segala malapetaka .... Amin... ( air mata dah meleleh, tapi still kontrol macho ckp Mak... konon2 hay fever la sebab hidung dah stuffy... he..he... :-p )

Then I guess Mak can sense that I am upset with that topic and she said "Tak pa aih, Mak dah tulih dalam buku dah," so, later senang for me or my sister to cari anything.
Then Mak pun tukar topic. Mak kata Aunty Shama masak ikan patin masak lemak cili api and she's excited to send some over petang tadi. Mak kata jangan bagi banyak coz farhan sorang je yang makan ikan patin kat rumah tu, so Aunty Shama hantar la dua keping....
BESTNYEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aiyoh.... bestnye ikan patin masak lemak cili api, fuhhhh.....
Kat sini I only have lemak cili api BRAHIM he...he... Kak Long dah ajar dulu mcm na nak buat ayam masak lemak cili api , tapi, cili api susah la plak nak dapat kat sini. hari tu beli masa nak buat nasi goreng Mat lanun pun not pedas at all. Kalau dah teringin sangat nanti, kena beli cili api dalam botol tu je la he..he...
Aunty Shama, like this kalau, when I balik, you hav to masak again and call me to eat lar....he..he....
Ikan Kap yang Abang Nazri bagi tu ada....hmmm.... Nadia orang nogori sombilan... hmmmm.....
( are you thinking what i'm thinking.....? :-p )

And so, the conversation with Mak yesterday leaves me with all kind of 'stuff' to think about....Yeah, it's about time, I know....
Ya Allah, rahmatilah kedua ibu bapaku, adik beradik ku yang jauh di mata dan semua rakan2ku di sekeliling ku....
Amin....