Mama balik Penang dengan Ibu and Pak Uncu jap lagi. Tok Teh saket.
-Mama-
I received that text SMS while breakfasting at Wan's Mak kitchen. We were getting ready to go to office (cewahh..my new office..my new job..!) and the text SMS did a good job in making me alert (Nescafe pon x jalan..)
So who is Tok Teh? He is my maternal Grampa and i love him dearly.A tough man..masculine..the type that dunt bother that much with silly-dilly sickness such as minor head-ache..or batuk or lenguh-lenguh.Very strong and quite muscular in his youth,in his late 70s..he is still looking good.Only when the SMS came,it was like a shock to me.Why not,Grampa seldom fell sick.This must be serious.huhu.. *nervous*
Went to the office feeling a bit disconcerted and distracted.All day i was debating whether to go home back to Penang or not..then by the end of the day, after some discussion wif my kazen bro, Abg JD..i decided to go back.I mean, he is not sick everyday isn't it? Plus,he is the only grampa i got..selfishness aside..Pudu here i come.Wan drop me off at Pudu (lucky i stayed at her house so got some clothes wif me) and i bought the earliest ticket to Penang..unfortunately,the earliest bus to Penang will leave at 11pm. What the hell, it was only 6.45pm and what am i suppose to do till 11pm? plus..i'm freaking out and worried out of my wits..this will not do.Boleh gile kalo tunggu till 11pm..If i cant get to Penang now, then the nearest to the island pon okai la..so i bought the ticket to Butterworth (the bus is leaving in less than 3 min.) and by 7pm, already on my way to Penang..err..Butterworth..smelling masamand wearing my baju kerja..(sux man..!)
The journey was long and the driver was damn slow. Adoi..naik kereta lembu pon lagi laju kot. But then again, it could be the anxiousness talking.hehehe..I was damn anxious/nervous/worried (whatever..) and the tears kept falling.Weak huh? but i was THAT worried! Around 12 i arrived in Butterworth (i told u the bus was slow..wth..) and Big J and Ibu (my aunt) fetched me.First stop - Nasik Kandaq Beratoq at Masjid Kapitan Keling (syok wooo..sampai-sampai terus pekena nasik kandaq!). I was damn hungry and too nervous to eat while in the bus. Apparently so was Ibu. She was just too worried about Grampa to eat. Big J and Ibu filled me in on Grampa's conditioned while we devour pur nasik kandaq..Uhu..he was so sick he could hardly eat..uwaaa..apesal ngan Tok Teh ne?? Kesian dia.. =(
So perot dah kenyang, we head off..home.Ahhh..there's no feeling like going home..Grampa was already asleep when we arrived. Poor Gramp, he looks so skinny and weak. He ate a little and throw-up now and then. Doctor said he was down with fever (eleh..yeke? U r not even a specialist!). He felled on his face and earned himself a bruise near his chin..He couldn't walk properly if there's no one to hold him.Kesian kan Tok Teh? For him to be in that condition, he must be really ill. Lucky Abg JD was around at home. My mama was already at Penang when i arrived. So does my uncle - Pak Unchu and his wife.It was heart-warming to see them going back to nurse Grampa (though they are busy with their own family) . Turns out, my granny Tok Jan was also down with fever.Uhuhuhu..kesian die..
So i stayed in Penang till Sunday. I know i didn't really do anything to nurse Grampa or Granny sebab Mama and Ibu is already doing a good job in caring for them, but i also know (though he didn't say) how much he appreciated us coming back to see him and Tok Jan. It was there, in his eyes. At least our presence can cheer him up a little and boost his motivation to get well. True enough, by Saturday, he can talk more than before (almost like his old self..heeee~) and by Sunday he can nagged at me like his old-self..only weaker.But it's a good sign isn't it? He was recovering.He was eating.He could walk by his own..He was nagging! Alhamdulillah. Cheers!
I so wish i could stay till Monday but then i'm still a newbie at office and it would seems unappropriate to be absent on ur 3rd day of working..kan? Kejap pon jadi lahhhh *frust*
Plus it was also unadvisable by Mama, Ibu and Big J. Tak pelah, it is better than x balik lansung..kan? So on Sunday..we (me and Ibu) say Good-bye to Penang. Praying that Tok Teh and Tok Jan will get well soon..the soonest, the better. Mama will stayed with them till kenduri next week..Nasib baik ade Mama.. =)
Moral of this annoyingly long entry is, Family first.
Love them or Hate them..they are still your family.Your blood.Though even without them, you might still gonna be where you are today..but because of them, you are here experiencing life.While they are still with us, value them..we never know when our time will end.It is easy to love but it is never easy to care.I love you Tok Jan and Tok Teh! xoxoxo..hee..ngengade..
So that's it for now.I would like to thank Wan,Apis (ATMA),Echa and Kimi for korang punye concern and kata-kata semngat..God bless u guys.
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