BERKHATAN

Anakku selamat di khatankan pada 1 Dec 2009 di Klinik Permai Poly Putatan. Mulanya aku bimbang juga, takut2 anakku kesakitan yang teruk - tapi Alhamdullilah nampaknya ok je dia. Hari tu ramai jugalah budak-budak yang berkhatan, maklumlah cuti sekolah.

Aku nda ikut masuk tempat berkhatan tu, takut bah aku menengok, aku duduk je diruang tempat menunggu bersama ibu-ibu dan anak-anak mereka yang sedang menunggu dikhatan. Aku dengar ada budak menjerit, mungkin ketakutan tu. Aku tanya budak yang sudah dikhatan, kalau sakit, dia bilang 'nda juga tapi geli' he he he. 'Bah baguslah tu kalu geli je nda juga sakit,' ku bilang.

Aku masih ingat lagi dulu adek2 dan anak2 buah ku berkhatan - mereka asyik terbaring berjijir bah diruang tamu sambil kain sarung diikat keatas. He he he sekarang ni nda sudah begitu, lepas khatan, budak-budak boleh bejalan-jalan pakai seluar lagi. Ada lagi teknik baru kunu nda paya dijahit - dikasi tutup macam orang afrika yang pakai buah bikin tutup 'loloi' dia he he he.

Life Isn't Always Sunshine

I was on my way home. Suddenly my mobile phone rang. A friend who had not called me for a while was on the line. After the usual greetings, she told me that she would like to see me. I said I'm just about reach my home after the whole morning out in the city. I then told her to come and visit me at home. She promised me she would make it the next day. Since she had been away on a trip overseas, maybe she had some gift to hand over to me. He he he.

Actually I just had tea in town with another friend from out of town. This friend had told me about her cashflow problem. Funny why she thinks I could give her some advice on such matters. I had worked for a Government Agency that manages GLCs but I myself had never embarked on any kind of business of my own. She told me that her first venture - a Cafe was a flop. She lost almost a hundred thousand ringgit on that venture. So I said why didnt she sell the shop? And having reflected it in my mind, I said - "no buyers?" and she said 'yes'.

Now she is operating a Canteen in a Higher Institution of Learning. She said that she could make average RM2,000.00 a day but because she had no Operating Capital, everything is bought on credit. For the last six months she had not received payment on food supplied and that she is three months due on rental. She's got notice to pay. I told her maybe she could approach the bank for credit - she said she could not because she had been blacklisted - see she had guaranteed a friend - and this friend had defaulted on her loan. Now she (my friend) is on the receiving end due to her friend's non compliance to pay the loan. What is your views - how could she get the capital to continue her venture and make money out of it?

TERMINAL BUS - INANAM

Pada Hari Sabtu (28 Nov 2009) yang lalu aku pigi Terminal Bus Inanam - kakak iparku mau balik Sandakan.

Eeeeeh ngeri aku meninguk - adakah patut orang-orang disitu mengejar penumpang macam memaksa saja bunyinya - macam mengertak pun ada - menyuruh orang membeli tikit dari diaurang. Nasib baik kakak iparku ni rupanya sudah biasa - tikit sudah dia suruh orang lain beli - ndalah dia dibubut-bubut(kejar) sebab dia sudah ada tikit.

Waktu kami duduk-duduk menunggu bas bertolak adalah satu orang putih (mau juga diurang ni naik bas bah). Apa lagi dikejar entah berapa orang - ada kali empat lima orang masing-masing berebut-rebut menyuruh orang putih tu membeli tikit dari tempat diaurang. Nasib baik ada dua orang Pegawai Penguatkuasa Dewan Bandaraya yang mengawal keadaan. Tapi bikin takut bah - rasa-rasanya dua orang Pegawai Penguatkuasa ni macam nda cukup bah. Patut juga ada polis bah menjaga keadaan disini.