On our raye trip drive home one night recently..my aRiff is sleepy and starting to doze off..clutching me tightly he snuggled close wanting to sleep in my arms....a few minutes lapsed and he lay limp...i thought he was already asleep when he suddenly jolted up and turned towards the front mirror a few times...then he slowly mumbled..to his aBah..." abah..bawak lah slow2..laju lah abah bawak keta nie....." as usual..his aBah beloved tak reply..kept driving jer..oblivious to the worried tone in his son's voice...... glancing at the speed indicator.it was only 60 km/Hr....I softly hushed him saying..." tak sayang..abah tak laju pun..ummie tengokkan ye..aRiff tidor dulu.." feeling calmer with my reply...he settled down again to sleep..
Only a few minutes passed when again aRiff jolted abruptly and commented in his sleepy soft voice.." Abah...janganlah laju2 aBah..nanti jatuh..( i think he meant nanti..terlanggar or sth like that..)...." sensing his worry..I tried calming him saying that its okay aBah is doing fine..not speeding n all...hushing him to sleep again...his next reply caught me dumb-founded ..." Ummie..macam manelah aRiff nak tido nie..abah bawak laju sangat..aRiff mane boleh tido..aRiff nak tengok abaH nie..jangan laju2..nanti jatUh.( again..)..." " kite tok sah bagi abah bawak keta lah ummie..kite due je bawak keta kan Umiie..abah nie tak dgr lah ckp kite."..n etc...that brought warm memories to my childhood times...all the long..long..long trips and drive back to kuantan..( when we stayed there )..terengganu..and penang even...
yup..jauh kan journey2 tue those few years back without the new highway n all.....when everybody else is fast asleep...MamaNa lah champion of all..masuk keta tak kuar tmn bangi lagi dah tido..Zzzzzzz...hehheheheh.....Mmmm...when everybody else is asleep..my abah yg kekadang terbawak laju or termengantuk....will always be startled with a small..voice..constantly chanting..." abah...abah ngantuk ke???...." "abah..keta tue abah....lori tue..abah..," " jgn bawak laju2 abah...."...and even "abah ngantuk??? while massaging his back & shoulder in attempts to make him alert ...Yup...tak percaya??percayalah.......the chant will continue..till we reach the intended place...Yup..me...it was Me alright...I dun sleep coz i'm worried to doze off n leave my 'papito' driving alone when I know he is also tired as can Be..but he's battling with it to reach the place cepat....knowing that N not being able to drive back then...my best way of helping my abah is to watch out n temankan him...even though sometimes I irritate him more than please him wif my endless chants.....
at times when he scolds me..( i know its not hate..just tension.. "Argghh!!!banyak lah komen budak kecik nie..cube bawak sket keta nih....." *maybe that's what abah was thinking back then..hehehe..*...yup terase jugak when he scolds me...but being persistent n patient ( eceheheh) as I am..I tahan jer kena marah.....dok lah tercongok temankan abah..all the way...all the way..
dah kawin nie..jarang2 drive ngan abah all the long journey.....laa nie asyik drive ngan abang...yup i'm still my old self..tak bley senyap ade jer komen..but yup..abah is the best...biarler die marah pun tak terase sedih sgt...wif abang..m'be its young ppl's ego...org tegur..lagi laju die lari..hehehehe..
back to my ariff...aRiff might look like his abah..but with all that i've cerite above...deep down inside..aRiff is really indeed aLot...alOt..like his Ummie...hehehheheh Ummie ijah yg penakut & OCD..ehhehe....like the malay saying goes.." ke mane tumpahnye kuah if not ke ketupat..heheh * adjust sket raye2 nie...*
