Seatbelt Attraction

I am always amazed with kids... especially those less than a year old. They will be interested in EVERYthing and will try hard to catch hold and bite... yes...BITE... to taste, maybe.

Pix below is my beloved nephew Hasif Zahin bin Roshidi. They were captured three months ago when I visited him in Kemaman. It happened in the car and I was at the passenger seat. Watch and read the storyline...

1. The seatbelt really mesmerised him, a temptation he could not resist...

2. "I got it, I got it... the taste is fine with me..."

3. After being stopped by me... looking straight at me, nasib tak nangis!

4. And ... when I ignored him ... back to his attempt... very determined.

5. "Yum..yum...yummy...! At last I have tasted it, the seatbelt!"

Well... thats my nephew... 7 months old at that time. Hopefully, he'll grow up to read this blog and laugh his heart out. But, will I still be around then?

Kalambicara signing off with a mixed feeling now...

Warisan

Actually, I do not like to talk about whats in the news nowadays. I do not see the news value or news worthiness there anymore. Not like newswriting before... Its not that I do not know whats happening in the country and around the world. I do. But from various other sources, not so much from the mainstream media.

With whats happening in the country at present, I have this odd patriotic feeling. My mind goes way back during my orientation days decades ago in ITM, now UiTM. We were asked to sing this song over and over... and till now I can still recall the lyrics... and it really touch my heart every time I hum this song. For all ITM breeds out there, I guess you know this song well... The title, if I am not mistaken is Warisan:

Anak kecil main api
Terbakar hatinya yang sepi
Air mata darah bercampur keringat
Bumi dipijak milik orang

Nenek moyang kaya raya
Tergadai seluruh harta benda
Akibat sengketa sesamalah kita
Cinta lenyap di arus zaman

Indahnya bumi kita ini
Warisan berkurun lamanya
Hasil mengalir ke tangan yang lain
Pribumi merintih sendiri

Masa depan sungguh kelam
Kan lenyap peristiwa semalam
Tertutuplah hati terkunci mati
Maruah peribadi dah hilang

Kini kita tinggal kuasa
Yang akan menentukan bangsa
Bersatulah hati bersama berbakti
Pulih kembali harga diri

Kita sudah tiada masa
Bangunlah dengan maha perkasa
Janganlah terlalai teruskan usaha
Melayukan gagah di Nusantara (repeat 3x)

Kalambicara is thinking, "How 'bersatu' are we now... to be 'gagah di nusantara'!"

What is the time Mr. Tiger?

Believe it or not, it’s almost 4.30 am on Sunday, 14 September 2008 and I am still wide awake, doing office work!

As of now, I am not feeling sleepy yet. I guess I will wait till ‘sahur’ and the ‘subuh prayer’ before I take a rest. I am working using my laptop in front of the television downstairs. Upstairs, my sister, a final year Quantity Survey student, is wide awake too. She is finishing her thesis.

Actually, there was no intention on my part to do work at wee hours like this. But, since my sis requested me to accompany her (so that there is another soul awake in this house and not her alone at this odd hours), and I do have unfinished tasks, so here I am, active like a bat eyeing for food before daylight comes.

Earlier I was watching documentaries via the Astro channels, one after the other, until I got bored, thus switched to this laptop. And out of boredom too, drove me to updating this blog at present, between work.

(I know the remarks my mum will make if she later realizes what I am doing at this time. Well, she will say, “Jago male tengok tv ko, buak kejo ko, buleh pulok. Cubo kalu bangun dok baco Quran ko, semaye sunat gapo-gapo ko, lagi baik, tamboh bule-bule poso gini…”) Obviously you will know that we are Kelantanese.

Well, she has a point. Mum is always right… but….ermm… Never mind, I rest my case now.

Kalambicara needs to focus back on her work now…

Excruciating Pain or Pedih Menusuk Kalbu

For this particular post, I am writing in Bahasa Melayu (BM)... To those BM Experts out there, you may judge me and see how I score...

Pernah terdetik tak di hati kalian satu perasaan yang sayu dan hiba? Sayu sehingga menusuk kalbu. Bukan satu kesedihan yang nyata. Cuma satu perasaan yang membuatkan diri, hati dan perasaan terasa amat sebak, sayu dan hiba...

Sudah lama aku tidak mengalami perasaan sedemikian, tetapi malam tadi... perasaan itu menyinggah di hati dan sanubari... terasa benar... sehingga air mataku menitis membasahi pipi... tanpa disedari.

Mungkin dek banyak perkara yang bermain di benak fikiranku... dan tiada yang dapat ku luahkan melainkan kepadaNya jua. Pilu... amat pilu ku rasakan. Perit pun ada.

Titisan air mata dan kesayuan yang ku alami itu benar-benar memberikan satu keinsafan. Elok juga perasaan itu melanda diri ini. Sekurang-kurangnya aku berpeluang berteleku dengan lebih khusyuk mengadapNya dan berserah. Ku bermuhasabah. Hanya Dia yang mengetahui segala yang berlaku dan bakal berlaku.

Perasaan sebegini datang tanpa dipinta. Dia jua yang menjadikan ku dilanda badai kepiluan dan kesyahduan sebegitu. Dia yang Maha Mengetahui.

Aku pasrah. Aku redha. Aku sedar. Aku akur. Aku berserah...

Kalambicara needs to be alone now...