Dalam kenangan .... dan al-fatihah...

Bila aku balik kampung many months back, aku managed to snap this picture of motor ayah. A picture of loneliness.... Since mak left to stay in KL, we had to put the bike in the house, under the staircase. It would stay there until sesiapa balik kampung and gunakan. Selalunya my brother or brother-in-law would be the ones riding it. Whoever spent more on the repairs would claim ownership, I guess! Tak pernah la rasa nak berebut, tak tau bawak motor pun. Anyway, ni la dia motor ayah. Could still picture him dengan motor kesayangan dia ni. After ayah passed away, mak jadi emotional bab motor ni, dia tak bagi anyone pun take-over. Yes, we understood her perfectly. She wanted to keep ayah's belongings and memories. Tapi for how long? The motorbike, lama-lama tak guna akan rosak juga. So maybe the right time came - my brother's bike (involved in an accident) dah tak boleh guna. So dia balik kampung and ambil motor ayah. Motor yang memang menyimpan banyak kenangan. Mak izinkan finally..... Aku pun cuma dapat tahu yang motor tu di ambil after a 'by-the-way' conversation with my sis. Anyway, it's gone. Now the bike has found a permanent home in Tanjung Malim, no longer being left alone, unkept and unused in Sg. Korok.

And today genap 7 tahun ayah meninggal. The memories of subuh of 20 January 2004 came flashing back. Tak mungkin aku lupa saat tu. The fears, the tears and finally the sadness of seeing ayah leaving this world, leaving us to meet his Creator. Tujuh tahun berlalu, doa buat ayah tetap tidak akan putus, insyaAllah. Semoga Allah swt mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh ayah dan dikurniakan tempat yang terbaik di sisiNya. Al-fatihah....

"Mengingati kematian dapat menunjukkan seseorang akan kenikmatan dunia yang bersifat sementara, menahan dirinya untuk tidak menginginkan kehidupan dunia yang serba megah pada masa hadapan dan mengurangkan lamunan tentang kenikmatannya."