Klu nk ikutkan, I think this year’s raya is the most satisfying raya since I no longer have kampung. Yelah, since grandma ddk S’ban, nk blk kmpung dh tak feel dh. Rumah kampung yg once pnh org kata antara yg lawa kt kampung tu pun dh suram. It’s different rumah bertunggu dgn rumah tinggal.
This year it’s different coz I already earn money of my own, so boleh shopping beli bj sndiri and utk adik2. Dh start bg duit raya pun! Mmg rasa adult btl la! Rasa puas hati sbb akhirnya impian nk tgk adik2 pki baju mahal sikit (mahal la dr ape yg derg pnh pki) tercapai. Yela, org tak berapa nk kaya cam kami ni, live on a shoe string budget. So, beli baju raya sekadar yg mampu je. Sebbaik masing2 pandai bersyukur, so tak merungut. (Klu merungut pun nenek dh tangan kn mereka dulu. hahaha)
Thennnn…what else a…
Oh ye, this year, my mom no longer allow me to wait in the house and lyn tetamu. She wants me to go out, pegi beraya rmh sedara mara and tunjuk muka pd derg. So that “they know which one who will get married soon”, said mom… I was like… okaaay. One side I am happy sbb tak pyh lyn org dtg. (tak sukela nk buat air, nk lyn borak, pura2 ramah sumer niiiii). And on the side, I was like… ni apehal ni, sesi mari berkenalan dgn bkl pengantin?
tak sukeeeee….
…but necessary.
Karang derg gk yg kene tolong aku masak nnt. Wahahaha…
Oh, seperti biasa, klu dh bermacam-macam org yg dtg rumah, sure kita akan terjumpa dgn bermacam-mecam perangai org yg kita nk ngaku sedara pun malu. I hv this habit to not disclose where I was studying and what is my job. Sbb taknak riak. Rasanye aku ngikut perangai mak aku because never once I heard her bragging about her kids to makcik2 kampung. Instead, org kampung yg bercerita (puji la is more like it…hahaha) psl kami. hahaha
And nk dijadikan cerita, ada sedara dr Johor yg berkonvoi dtg ke rumah kami. Bawak 2 kereta…Kereta mhl plk tu (kene mention info ni. haha). I never adore them precisely because of their particular perangai yg tak ‘masuk’ dgn kepala aku. Maaf ckp, save for several wonderful friends whom i know in UTP, I think org Johor kebanykan suka meninggi diri. Ckp macam dia sorg saje yg hbt, anak dia aje yg pandai, kereta dia aje yg besar, duit dia aje yg byk. Aku just senyum and dengar je whatever they want to say.
Sbb, alah…klu setakat nk belagak dgn aku psl ko bermenantu doktor, tak pyhla. Yang doktor nye tu menantu, bkn anak you. (Tapi itu ckp2 keji dlm hati je). Honestly, aku tak kisah diorg nk berlagak tp mmg hari tu darah aku menyirap bila derg cuba nk perlekehkn mak abah aku.
I know kami miskin, kereta buruk naik adik beradik 9 org dh macam aksi sarkas masuk tv, tp kami tak kacau org. Bkn mak abah aku mntk duit derg beli kereta tu. “Eh, muat ye 11 org naik kereta tu?” katanya dgn gelak setan tp mata pandang abah aku penuh sinis. Tapi aku tak ckp apa2 psl klu aku ckp masa tgh marah, nnt aku ckp ikut perasaan marah, which at last will make me sound like idiot. So istighfar je dlm hati.
My revenge came when they asked the inevitable question to me: “ni along ni belajar kt mana?”
“Dulu belajar kt Universiti Teknologi Petronas, tp sekarang dh keje”. My makngah - who clearly naik menyampah dgn derg - answered. (I know because she said the university name in full. Sebenci mana kita kt UTP, igtla, satu hari nnt, mebi kita leh gunakan nama UTP utk ajar sedara kita yg belagak. hahaha). They were quite for a while. “Oh, bagus universiti tu,” said one of them, who clearly, under the impression of Petronas as the big company in Malaysia, surely also provide the best university in Malaysia. (Damn right u are!)
“Sekarang keje mana?” they asked again. “Keje kt Klang.” I answered ambiguosly. I know they expect me to work with Petronas tu. “Klang syarikat mana?” asked another. I considered nk sbt keje kt Port, but think against it (sbb tak tau detail. Nnt nk tipu tak convincing. hahaha). “Keje kilang je” kata aku. Hey, at least aku tak tipu, ok?
Seriously I tell you, mata derg bersinar2 dgr bende ni. Oh-that-means-I’m-superior-than-you attitude mula kuar tanduk. “Keje department mana? Store ke?” and then gelak cam setan sambil jeling kt both my makngah and me.
Fuck.
“Saya engineer.”
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Senyap.
Puas hati aku.
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