Monday, July 20, 2009

Jejak Kasih - Sebugey has the story, I got the pictures

Last Saturday was one of those moments when dad and I had an urge to drive to Miri just for makan angin - to have breakfast at 2020, a coffee stopover at Ipoh Kopitiam for dad's favourite kuay tiaw soup and olang tengok olang at the Bintang Plaza. My mother was visiting, so we took her along. We zoomed for 2 hrs and reached Miri at 8.15 am - met Sebugey, apai Jill and my aunt for breakfast at 2020. Daphne and Cris joined us later and as we were exchanging family news, along came my cousin Mary, the DJ Mary Bajang. Food was good and the company was excellent - it was indeed a very pleasurable way to spend Saturday morning. So here are our pictures folks....

The DJ berindu kasih with my mum and aunt.

Nama, nama utai ke diketawa?

Mum is suffering from leg pain and despite several visits to our local gps, her condition has not improved. So I took her to see a doctor as well - Sebugey recommended a gp, so I took her there - the doc said there's something wrong with her nerves and she also has osteoathritis. Mum was given glucosamine on top of a jab and painkillers. Next was to visit my father's grave. While my family and I visit my father's grave frequently (this is our 2nd visit for the year), mum has not been there for years. After praying, mum said (to my dad) "Nyamai nuan diatu wai, udah di serega." Then she told me of her dream some years ago. "Udah din apai nuan Yang, aku kala bemimpi meda niang apai nuan biak amat, begulai enggau apai Jini". (Jini is Sebugey, or as aki Lakam called her, "Gini") Mum continued "Niang apai nuan enda bejaku enggau aku. Kami ka mindah maya nya, aku bedau tembu beradu. Meda aku bedau tembu, apai Jini lalu mai apai nuan mupuk. "Tinggalka Jeburi nya, lama amat iya", pia ku niang madi aku", said mum. Puji Tuhan indai, niang apai enggau niang madi nuan udah di serega ku aku.

Flowers for a much-loved and still-missed father. Apai, may you rest in peace.

On the way home we stopped at Niah, tanah ai menua aku. It's the beginning of durian season at my kampung, so we had durian for tea. My sister served us a late lunch - belauk tubu undang, daun ubi kusuk, buah dabai, chabi guring gulai belacan, daun ensabi enggau kari rusa rusi....anang ngining kita..(Sebugey enda ngining, enda nemu belauk daun babas iya). My aunt, my mum's younger sister arrived from Miri and we had a pleasant time berandau. My folks wanted us to stay for the night but dadi insisted on going back, pasal apa, pasal mau tengok football match Manchester United vs Malaysia live from Bukit Jalil. Now, at this very moment as I am blogging, he is watching the 2nd match...

This is our dabai, fruiting. Soon its harvest time... nyamai amat dabai kami tu.

Rambutan is also fruiting.
At the background is the kuini tree I used to climb when I was in my junior secondary. The tree must be about four decades old now. I didn't climb the kuini tree for the fruit, I climbed it to outdo my cousin Raphael in singing. Raphael's house was by the hillside, across the road from ours, so when he sang his voice could be heard from my house. Piqued that his voice could be heard loudly and because yours sincerely thought she could sing better than Raphael, she climbed to the top of the kuini tree and sang at the top of her decibels...sampai nyau raguk rekung, ba dadak.

Raphael was my punching bag, when I played hooky during my kindergarden years, I splashed mud on my uniform and told my mom it was Raphael who did that, so that was why I just had to go home. I couldn't very well stay in class with a dirty dress, I told my mom. See, awal-awal saya sudah belajar jadi luyar buruk. After many incidents, my mom wised up and I was given a good thrashing. When we walked home from school and the bigger boys and girls ran fast and left us smaller kids behind, I cried and told my mom Raphael was the bad guy - I blamed him squarely. When I lost to him playing ingka-ingka, running and swimming, I made faces at him and called him "Reno" - Reno was a derogatory name, Raphael hated the name. Despite those childhood spates, Raphael did not hold any grudge against me. We are still friends to this day. Raphael got himself a good wife and has beautiful kids, praise the Lord. And the luyar buruk became a real lawyer, still brash at times (a throw back to those mischievious growing up years) but God-fearing, mostly solemn and serious, sensitive but forgiving, stubborn at times but has a lot of love to give and determined, at times wont take no for an answer and worked to achieving it with or without others' help - did I tell you I dug our very first fish pond (10 ft x 3 ft) - got my maid to help me, just because dadi said no, no fish pond. See, I was so in love with the koi fish, I must have them and build a pond for them at the front yard. Dadi said no, not interested in that and refused to help. But when he saw me and my maid nyangkul penyangkul, he said "Stop that. Ba dik pama, pama, enda ulih enda dititihka"... so next day he got me some workers and a week later my pond was all done....Despite the trying times with my antics over the years, dadi, during the silver jubilee celebration, thanked my mum for giving him ME for a wife ....wee wit, pama meh, ku Jumau.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Kediri

Rumah sunyi, nadai ninga utai engkeretik. Maie nyau makai lemai enggau pangan iya. Apai Maie nyau ngagai rumah anak petunggal iya, laban sida sekaban bisi utai dikerandau. Aku enggai dibai iya, enda poh jenggu-jenggu ninga sida berandauka temuda, tambah aku ka rileks, udah bekau ke mela saritu tadi. Aku ngajar bible study ba Sunday school nya alai ma udah tembu sembiang missa sigi berumban belama ngirup enggaika laun tama kelas, kelas berengkah jam 9.45 pagi ngagai 10.45 pagi. Pulai ngajar, aku lalu guai-guai manduk lauk. Laban saritu ari pengada Maie, kami tiga ngintu di rumah - makai tengah ari, laban malam Maie keluar enggau pangan iya makai. Nya alai aku manduk lauk nitihka utai ke ka di empa iya - manduk kari pala ikan stail tambi, manggang babi, manduk daun entimum gulai buah entekai enggau tubu undang, sereta ngukus ikan garupa mirah. Tinggi tungku aku, munyi ku urang tuai, nyau pukul 1.15 ngalih ari baru kami tiga makai. Enda lebu ga aku, bendar seduai mapai makai. Tembu makai aku lalu ngaga bubur kasak laban Apai Maie agi belala makai bubur minggu siti tu kemari. Aku tembu kiruk-kiruk di dapur jam 2.30 lemai, nyau pukul 3 baru ulih gali. Amat aku lelak tang aku puas ati laban dadi enggau Maie gaga makai utai dipanduk aku.

Lemai tu aku ka nemuai ngagai sida indai tang sida nadai dia, nyau pulai ke rumah panjai. Tadi tua Maie ngagai sida indai Muntai nganjung bubur, nadai ga urang dia, muti ama sida ke bisi. Pulai ke rumah kiruk-kiruk baru ngaga jus - enda ibuh makai lemai tua ku Apai Maie, makai buah aja, udah kenyang makai bubur...tak cakap awal bang, saya dah goreng changkuk ku aku......nama deh, ta di empa apai Maie pia meh changkuk nya tadi. Diatu aku nyadi Uging, ngirup kupi enggau makai ruti sebayan sambil blogging ....ga aku kediri di rumah, nadai laki, nadai anak, nadai indai, nadai madi...

Aku enda nyamai amat ditinggalka Igat ke udah nurun belajar di KL. Ma aku udah enda betah, sigi keberai ai mata aku nyaya ngenang Igat, pia ngenang Sudan ke benung summer program di Budapest. Ta tiap ari aku besampi minta Tuhan nyaga, ngemataka bala anak. Ga indai aku nundi aku, lelak Tuhan ninga nuan Yang, nyau besampi belama, ku indai. Uum, ngerara aku, ia ta dua kali lima tua iya. Indai aku tumu belama dani pagi, jam 4.30 sigi udah angkat. Iya lalu sembiang rosary, sampai abis 15 dekad sekali sembiang. Sigi besampi meh iya ke bala kami menyadi, bala menantu enggau bala uchu ichit. Iya kala madahka aku iya minta Tuhan meri pengering ngagai iya, awakka iya ulih nerapi penguji ari ke mela bala ichit. Taja iya lelak mela bala ichit, iya bisi pengelantang. Bakanya meh pemanah Allah Taala, ma kitai ngereja peneka Iya, Iya sigi mantu kitai, sereta Iya enda ngelakka kitai diuji ngelui ari ti enda ulih tatka kitai. Puji Tuhan.

Pagi tadi Igat nusi diri masu gari iya, nusi diri makai oat enggau buah anggur ke breakfast, keberai ai mata aku. Ngalih ari tadi sms ga Igat, nanyaka pengawa kami. Benung makai bubur ku aku, keberai baru ga ai mata aku. Oh, kelalu nuan ku apai Maie, nama utai disabakka bala anak, senang Igat din. Lemai tu tadi Igat nusi sida sembiang missa ba chapel di Nilai, kolej sida bisi nyendiaka bas kena nganjung sida sembiang. Lantang ati aku ninga nya, nadai utai dikirauka aku senentang kini enggau sapa urang enggau iya sembiang agi.

Sudan hapi amat munyi (kati ke enda deh mami, pia ku Maie, chuti Met nya din, dini enda hapi) gaga iya nusi diri nyau ka tiap ari meda bala lutor mutung urang, lalu ari lima tu kemari iya dikemendarka lutor nulung muka jait (sutures), seronok ku iya. Hmm, manah meh enti nuan seronok ku aku, reti nya nuan milih the right course ku aku. Enti malam happening amat kami ditu mami, dibai urang keluar belama, ku Sudan. Eh jimat ku aku, anang enda nemu nyaga diri, ai irup anang enda nyaga enda alah ta disimpanka urang utai sengapa. Au mami, pia ku Sudan. Raun kitu seduai dadi, ku Sudan, manah amat Budapest..Umm, enda dalam list menua ke ka dilawa aku nya.....









Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Pengerami Jubli Pirak

Kena 3 July, tua apai Maie nyelamat diri ke udah jadi melaki bini chukup 25 taun nengah sembiang missa ti dipejadi Fr Justin Dan ba rumah kami. Kami menyanak mutus ngintu pengerami ba rumah ngambi lebih personal, ulih begaul kin kitu, bala ulih mai nembiak mit, sereta nadai letak jam maya pulai. Bala kami sekaban enggau raban cell group & raban gerija ke bukai bisi ngulu pengerami nya, kira-kira bisi 150 iku bala ke datai. Bala raban cell group aku enggau kami sebilik mela missa, Margaret ketuai choir, Maie & Pat Kok macha 1st & 2nd readings, Pat Fonseka sembiang intercessory, ika aku apai Julie nyadung holy communion. Pengerami berengkah enggau jaku pengelalu ari Maie, udah nya muji & nyembah, sereta ditangkanka enggau missa. Udah homily, tua apai Maie ngemaruka sumpah sabung jadi, lalu udah nya Father merekat kami duai. Udah tembu missa, melah kek. Tu sekeda gambar kami.

Kek carrot digaga aku empu lalu dianjung aku ngagai pangan aku Vincent (Glory Cakehouse) ngasuh iya ngias, lalu Vincent mega ngagaka aku cheese cake & chocolate cake ke dessert kami malam nya. Pemakai ditempah ari luar lalu kami sebilik mega bisi nyendiaka lauk kitai Iban baka pansuh enggau panggang.


Melah kek

Berengkah ka ngemaruka sumpah besabung jadi (renewal of marriage vows).

Dadi renewing his vow to love and cherish me ...

Aku nimbal ...

Tu vow dibacha seduai pia ku Fr Justin

Bala pangan ke ngulu missa

Bala anak cell group aku & choir mistress Stella Maris, pangan aku Margaret Jolinu benung nyilakka bup lagu, besedia ka berengkah belagu kena muji & nyembah dulu sebedau missa berengkah.

Bala ipar aku, apai Nyah & indai Ninoy & indai aku, benung ka berengkah sembiang.

Bala kaban cell group & sebilik

Bala ari rumah panjai



Indai Julie, Indai Ana, Julie & Indai besapi bala anak Julie ba dapur
Bala bujang mit
Bala ari rumah panjai

Fr Justin begulai enggau sida Albert & Irene sebilik.

Ika aku apai Julie & petunggal aku apai Ninoy

Enda ingat, nama utai tundi sida Father Justin ngagai aku.Father Justin rindu makai bubur kasak ke digaga menyadi aku indai Ana.

Apai Nyah enggau action iya.

Daphne & Cris begulai enggau bala anak Julie, Aaron Jaul & Ann-Marie Jeburi

Maie & Igat begulai enggau bala kaban seduai: Daphne, Crispin Ali Basah, Daniel Liman, Mark Patrick, Rex Fonseka (godbrother Igat) Igat & Marie-Ann Ali Basah

Indai Aaron, nyulu bala ke mela makai

Sida Scot, Cady & indai iya, sepiak indai Mark.

Bala kaban apai Maie ari upis.

Julia, Edward & family, Becky & Richard

Fr. Justin


Bala sida indai Stephen menyanak
Bala pangan cell group: Meg Lucas, Dora & John & anak (Gabriel) & Pat Kok

David & Alice & family.

Indai Biron, Indai Thomas, Ngayan

Ika & apai Kumo



Bala ari rumah panjai

Apai Ana, tinduk udah lelak mela jani, manggang & mansuh...

Tinduh dibai indai Birun ari Mukah, RM26 sekilo..

Mumai, indai Ngayan, indai Nyala & indai Deniis & anak-anak

Tu gambar siang ari, maya bala manggang & mansuh.