Assalam
This very first post in 2014 summarizes precious moment that i strongly believe worth sharing with readers.
About three weeks ago, i was invited to an engagement ceremony of a daughter from a family we've known so long. As in Malay cultural; the tradition of 'rewang' still sticks strong among us so I spent hours after work helping them out with the preparation. I happened to meet a high-determined makcik who was also at the house joined the 'rewang' ppl.
I would say the makcik is almost 60yrs-o, quite friendly person (after i struggled a bit to start conversation..oh my im still need to learn a lot how to mingle up with stranger from older generation)
As time passed, I got to know that she has 6 sons&daughter and 3 of them have their own inspiring story. To start the topic, she told me that "she was so tired, restless, thanking God so much whenever she recalls all the hard times bringing-up the children'' ...we were talking about my boys who are at school nearby.
She started with the youngest, who is now studying phd. She thought that the youngest would have a career soon after finishing her MA but unfortunately the luck didnt come out as planned. Having told that to be a lecturer (as she wish to) one must have phd qualification so there she goes...unpack all those tools to become a student again.
Then she moved to her son, the second last..This is i admit is so inspiring story to spread . From her story, I conclude that she is so lucky to have excellent children whereby most of them found themselves in a high -performance secondary school. To my surprised, this makcik and her husband did a lot of effort to ensure their boy went to asrama and did all the preparation altho they are not from even middle class, in fact their income purely comes from pakcik who worked as driver.
She said.,'' kami lakukan apa shj utk hntar anak2 ke asrama penuh, sekolah sains. Adakalanya yuran tak terbayar. Kami telah memohon bantuan dr pihak tertentu ttp akibat prosedure yg tidak telus anak saya hanya dpt tunggakan biasiswa pada tingkatan 5. sedangkan saya telah berhabis gadai semuanya.'
One saddest moment was when her child had failed in matriks exam for two times. So she decided to save some money for bus ticket from B Pahat to KL just to see the principle for an appeal, 'please dont kick my boy out from this matriks centre'. They were not fortunate in the appeal, the answer she received was 'makcik bawaklah anak makcik ni keluar dan cari tempat yang betul2 sesuai dengan jiwanya'.
At this time, my heart stopped and cried out ..what if the makcik took it hard? what happened with the child? how they can cope with the situation..
Little did i know that this makcik is so supermom in and out, she told her child,''..jgn risau, kita cari tempat lain di mana yg boleh sambung belajar''. akhirnya si anak dpt mendaftar di UITM bidang mass comm. Di situ, barulah beliau discovered sesuatu berkaitan dgn minat sebenarnya beliau iaitu 'sgt rajin membaca'. Kemudian, minat beliau ini disarankan spy mengkhusus ke satu bidang yg sgt sesuai dgn jiwanya iaitu peguam. Alhamdulillah, maka kini si anak telah selesai pengajian dan menjadi seorg peguam.
Kata makcik, sbnrnya sewaktu perbincangan merayu dan setelah mendgr kata2 principle matriks, hatinya sgt hancur luluh dan sedih, tapi di tahan air mata nya spy tdk kelihatan pd si anak. MasyaAllah...Katanya, kalau saya nmpk lemah, tentu anak saya lebih2 lagi lemah semangatnya...
Ada satu perkara yg membuat sy terkilan iaitu, persoalan knp bantuan yg sepatutnya makcik dan keluarga dapat..ke mana perginya tanggungjawab pihak yg berkenaan.
Kekuatan jiwa makcik ini sgt mengesankan daripada segi; apakah kita boleh kuat spt beliau walaupon kita ini pagi tghr dan petang hingga ke malam cukup makan minum dan pakai? Kekuatan makcik ini terletak pd how she cope with terrible emotions which of course would probably drive her to mishandling but she diidnt!
Kini makcik hanya menunggu hasil tuaian. Saya lihat jari jemari beliau yang kasar,.ada genangan air mata ...dan itu menjadi bukti kesungguhan beliau mendidik anak2. Sekiranya tergambar visual jiwa beliau saya pasti ianya sedikit berbeza daripada yang lain iaitu ia berkilauan seperti berlian yang dapat dilihat dari jauh..
Sekian. till we meet again...appreciate things arounds us. Each of them is meaningful.
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