CERITA DULU-DULU.....

Jam dah nak pukul 2.00 pagi....I still tak boleh tido. Nak layan TV...macam boring jer....so, apa lagi tulis blog le..!!

I am not good in writing but I feel that I want to express apa yang terfikir dalam otak ni buat tatapan sendiri...tak pun sapa-sapa kat luar sana yg terbaca blog ni.And for the first time ever, I will write about MYSELF.

Aku sebenornye lahir kat Pahang but raised kat merata-rata tempat maklum la my father dulu askar. That's why my siblings ada yang lahir kat Perak, Negeri Sembilan dll. My father jugak pernah kena hantar kat Congo....bertugas kat sana. Nasib baik la sekejap....kalau tak.....mahunye aku ni dilahirkan di negara Afrika tu....eiishh!!!...tak glamor langsung kan???

Being an army, my father will be posted merata-rata. The last posting was in Sarawak...and I followed my parents there. Tinggal kat sana 2 tahun je. I had my pre-school there and back to Perak to continue my primary and secondary schools. Sekolah kampung je..Malay medium some more.

Kalau nak ikutkan, I was considered pandai le jugak....considering standard sekolah kampung I ni. I managed to get 1st Grade during my SPM and all my science subjects dapat kepujian....kira ok ape???

Abis SPM, I masuk Form 6....tempat yang paling dibenci. Ada gak apply to masuk universiti tapi tak dapat offer plak. At last, UITM (dulu ITM je) hantar surat suruh lapor diri. Alhamdulillah........dapat gak aku berambus dari Form 6 nih.

Kat ITM, I did my DIB (budak2 ITM tau le maknanye) for 3 years. Ni pun satu lagi hal...sebab tak tau apa course nak masuk....so I just put DIB le...padahal banyak lagi course2 yang canggih manggih. Honestly, nobody guided me during that time and I was unsure also what I wanted to be.

Abis ITM, I decided to go to KL. Masa tu mmg tak leh nak stay kat kampung. Kalau stay, peluang kerja sure susahkan?? So, berbekalkan duit RM100, dengan selamba kodoknye I went to KL. Penuh semangat nih....maklumle KL...bandar besor beb!!.

Kat KL, I have to stay with Mak Cu and her husband. It was in Bandar baru Sentul. Masa tu takda LRT lagi...so ari ari naik bas SJ no. 3 kalau nak ke bandar. I was lucky because after few months, I got a job kat Oriental Bank as a clerk. Walaupun ada Diploma tapi pasal kerja susah nak dapat, so I decided to take up the offer....clerk pun clerk la asalkan masyuk.

After 9 months working as a clerk, I dapat plak another offer as a Maybank Officer. Wah! Masa tu grand beb maklumla Bank Officer....kat Maybank plak tuh!! Tapi kat JB....nak ke????

Being a young and adventurous person...I managed to survive kat JB. I met lots of people and have lots of friends. I was still young then...around 22 years and not Johorean....which I think people surrounding me appreciated me more. Maklumle kira adik la kan....kat opis yang dipenuhi dengan abang2 dan kakak2...di perantauan pulak tu!!

While I was still in JB, few of my close friends decided to further their studies. Yes, it did bring a big impact on me....coz I want to do that too. I decided to apply for scholarship and managed to secure MARA's convertible loan. Convertible as it will be converted into a full scholarship provided I have to pass their minimum requirements etc. Now I have already a scholarship so to speak and I must find a university to enrol. And my target was to go to USA with all my friends who already there starting their first fall semester. And.....I managed to get into few universities but later decided not to join my friends kat University of Kalamazoo sebab ramai sangatla orang Melayu kat sana....voley???????

None of my family members and office mates knew about my plan till I told them. I tendered my resignation and revealed everthing. Excited sangat dah nih maklumla nak ke US....memang my land of dream pun. My family was shocked when I told them for the first time but my dad was cool aje...as usual.

Myself : Yah, Di nak sambung belajar?
Ayah : Kek mano tu?
Myself : Kek Oklahoma
Ayah : Kek Jopun ko?
Myself : Dok eh.....kek Amerika....
Ayah : Okay la tu....

Untung pengetahuan korang suma, the language yang I pakai with my family dan bila balik kampung is called 'Bahasa Rawa'. Rawa was originated from Indonesia...kira suku sakat Minang la.....that's why more less bahasa Rawa ni macam cakap Nogori sikit.

After pengumuman tu, kira kecoh la gak....maklum le tak sapa expect budak kampung ni akan pergi oversea. Dan tersebarla berita tu kat kawan2 kat kampung. Glamer la jugak dan we all pun buat le kenduri doa selamat untuk I. I know my family are very proud maklumle in my family dan sedara mara, ni consider the first time la yang ke oversea.

I still remember this conversation between me, orang kampung 1 dan orang kampung 2 (kira penyebok le ni):-

Orang Kampung 1 : Ko amik ape Di kat Amarika tuh?
Myself : Ambik Degree in Finance, pak!
Orang Kampung 1 : Finance??? (maklum le...pokcik tua mana dia paham...aku ni pun
satu!!)
Orang Kampung 2 : Kiro Akauntan la tuhhhhh!!! (menyampuk dari belakang)
Orang Kampung 1 : Oooooooooo!!!!!!

Dalam hati aku......lantak korang la..............

Masa yang ditunggu pun semakin hampir. So lepas prepare apa2 yang patut....we all pun berangkatlah ke KL to stay kat umah Mak Cu I yg kat Bandar Baru Sentul tu. My whole family termasuk makcik sedara bagai hantar I kat sana. Kira macam rombongan Mak Kiah gitew!!

Honestly, I didn't feel sad masa nak berlepas tu. I was soooooooo excited. The night before I fly tu, memang tak boleh tido lelap...kejap2 bangun...kejap2 bangun....maklumla esok nak ke Amerika la katakan. Funny gilerrrr masa tu. But I know, my mum was sad maklumla I ni macam anak manja dia. As usual, my dad cool je.

At last, tanggal 25 December 1994, I landed kat US. I was so proud and I even menjerit kat airport tu (kampung betul) that " US, here I comes". Seronok giler rasanye...maklumla bak kata Elyana, "Tak tercapai akalku"....kalau diikut-ikutkan...considering my English yang berterabur bagai...lepas tu kena study dan duduk kat tempat mat saleh plak!!

Throughout my 2 1/2 years my student life kat OSU ni memang cukup manis. I did not regret to enrol kat kawasan kampung mat saleh ni. Hidup kat negara orang ni kenala adventurous. Indeed I was and still I am. I have to admit that I had a great life there in US and that was one of the best experiences that I had in my life. Period.

Okay....sekarang, I dah reside kat Subang Jaya. Baru lagi dan maybe settle down kot kat sini. I love my new place. Locationwise memang bagus.....dekat dengan semua amenities. And the best part I guess, I have now fulfilled my childhood dream to stay in a place yang ada swimming pool, ada lift, bangunannye tinggi.....maklum le budak2 kan suka berangan masa kecik2 dulu.

Ada gak few of my friends yang kasi pendapat depa yang tak bertauliah tu..."Napa ko beli umah mahal2 kat condo? Bukan ada tanahpun? Buat rugi je......

Carutanku......Helloooooooooo!! Berapa deposit ko kasik kat aku beli umah nih?? Aku beli umah ni untuk korang ke???....Duit aku sukahati akula kan??? Piiirahhhh!!!!!