Budak Kampung

1. Seorang sahabat mengadu tentang anaknya. Masih belajar di matrikulasi. Esok hari jadinya. Dia mahu handphone baharu sebagai hadiah harijadinya. (Birthday lepas sudah dapat handphone idaman yang dibeli di Singapura.) Harga handphone idamannya agak mahal membuat emaknya terkedu. Lebih mahal dari handphone hadiah harijadinya (dari suami).

Emaknya yang musykil bertanya "Kawan baik awak pakai handphone apa?" Dia enggan memberitahu tetapi memberi alasan "Dia budak kampung! dan terus merajuk masuk ke bilik tidur.

2. Emak dan ayahnya terkedu. Si suami berkata "Kita juga budak kampung. Tak layak dan mampulah kita belikan dia handphone yang mahal"

Toyol

1. Slightly more than a year ago, my youngest daugther lost her 10 days old handphone at school. The phone was her birthday present from me. Despite of my many reminders not to bring the new phone to school, she did and someone stole it.

2. Feeling guilty, she gave me a box where she kept the money she collected during the raya before and those given my her nenek (that she had not spend). The box contained many coins and notes of more than RM400. I kept the box in my wardrobe. Noboby knew where I kept the box. And my daughter has forgotten about it.

3. In less than 4 "emergency" situations, I borrowed some loose RM10 notes (less than RM50). I would replaced the money with a RM50 next day. Nobody knew the transactions.

4. Last Friday night, I had to borrow five RM10 notes to pay her Quran ustaz as I was short of RM50. But it was cancelled and I replaced her notes with a RM50 note so that it will be easier to deposit to her Tabung Haji Account. I have been wanting to do that for quite sometime. On Friday night count, there was 9 RM50 notes and coins.

5. This morning I was not well and decided to take a leave as I have an accumulated 30 days leave that has not been used.

6. I decided to visit Tabung Haji. I asked my daughter to accompany me without telling her that I was going to deposit her money into her account. It was a pleasant surprise for her.

7. At the counter, we gave all the coins in the box to the cashier and counted the RM50 notes. To my surprise, there was only RM300 and not the RM450. Nevertheless we deposited the money and updated all our family accounts.

8. We then went to have a lunch at Kyros Kebab. I was still puzzled about the RM150 shortage. I told my daughter "I counted the notes last Friday night. It was RM450. Arghhh probably I was wrong!"

"You're not wrong. I remember giving you the box a long time ago (out of guilt for losing the phone). It contains almost RM400. I guessed a toyol must have stolen it!"

"Yeah must be a toyol!" She repeated a couple of time. I was suprised and wonder who could have told her about these toyol myths.

9. I told her that her mum saw I took out some cash from the box last Friday night as she was not well and stayed on the bed. She did asked how much were there in the box and that was why I counted it. "Could she had "borrowed" it?"

"Noooooope..... She would have told me/you." Said both of us.

"I told you. It must be a toyol!"

10. While eating my kebab, I was still thinking of the shortage. So I SMSed my wife "What was the balance in Safra's box? I thought there was RM 450 notes. But there was only RM300 now!"

11. Six minutes later, my wife SMSed back "I borrowed 150. Forgot to replace it yesterday."

I showed the message to my daughter with a smile. She giggled and said "O..O... She was the toyol!"

Tiga Destinasi Cinta

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Serban Wak Duan

1. Kejadian serban We Luv TG mengingatkan saya kepada cerita Kak Sarijah ketika saya mengunjunginya di suatu raya bersama arwah abah, emak dan zaujah. Saya tak ingat bila... Masa itu abah dah kena stroke tapi dah boleh jalan sikit-sikit.

2. Kak Sarijah bercerita, beliau pernah mengunjungi Wak Duan yang sudah mula sakit tua di Parit Pecah. Sebelum balik, Wak Duan memberikan sehelai serban dan memintanya menyampaikan kepada Imam Pt Bulat. Saya tak ingat namanya.

3. Sekembalinya dari rumah Wak Duan, dia singgah di rumah pak imam tersebut. Beliau menyampaikan salam Wak Duan dan menyerahkan serban itu. Pak Imam tidak mahu menerimanya. Puas Kak Sarijah memujuk, pak imam tetap berkeras menolaknya.

4. Kak Sarijah naik cuak pula dan singgah di rumah maknya dan menggantungkan serban itu di bawah rumah itu. Pada suatu hari datang seorang pemuda kampung tersebut bertanyakan pasal serban itu. Dia meminta izin untuk mengambil serban itu kerana rumah tersebut sering ditinggalkan kosong. Dari sia-sia saja serban yang masih elok itu tersidai di bawah rumah, Kak Sarijah membenarkan pemuda itu mengambilnya.

5. Namun keesokan harinya, awal-awal lagi pemuda tersebut memulangkan serban tersebut. "Keras!" katanya dan enggan berserita apa yang berlaku. Ekoran dari itu, Kak Sarijah terpaksa memulangkan semula serban terbut kepada Wak Duan.

6. Sewaktu pulang, saya bertanya abah apa maksudnya serban tersebut. Abah kata kemungkinan Wak Duan mahu memberi "ilmu"nya kepada imam yang dirasakan boleh "membawa" ilmu itu. Wak Duan adalah seorang pawang separa masa. Ternyata imam tak sudi. Dan "ilmu" tersebut terlalu berat dan tidak sesuai untuk pemuda itu. Mungkin ada sesuatu yang berlaku kepada pemuda itu di waktu malam sehingga beliau takut untuk menyimpan serban itu.

7. Saya tidak tahu samada kes itu kes serupa penurunan saka atau tidak. Abah seperti berkata demikian. Dan saya tidak ingat siapakah yang akhirnya mengambil serban Wak Duan. Pernah seorang anaknya memberitahu saya dia ada mempelajari sikit-sikit ilmu ayahnya. Apakah dia sekarang pemegang serban itu?

Sebelum Solat Jumaat

Sebelum solat Jumaat tadi, saya terserempak Haji ARO Timbalan Pengerusi Lajnah Ekonomi PAS yang kebetulan menziarahi anak dan cucunya yang setaman saya. Taman yang dia bangunkan ini.

Sempat saya bertanya "Bukankah dulu Tuan Haji yang dikatakan akan menjadi Penasihat Ekonomi Selangor? Apa dah jadi? Ke Tuan Haji menolak kerana gajinya seringgit sebulan?"

"Ha ha.... Itulah bijaksananya Khalid Ibrahim. Lantik DSAJ jadi Penasihat Ekonomi and now DSAJ dok perintah (control) dia!" Tersenyum lebar Tuan Haji ini sambil mendokong seorang cucu kembarnya.

Saya tak tahulah samada itu statement sour grape ke apa. Dalam hati saya berkata "Betullah desas-desus pembangkang bahawa DSAJ adalah MB dan Raja de facto Selangor sekarang!" Tapi tidak mungkinlah Timbalan Husam Musa ini membuat fitnah pula. Orang PAS kan semua PASti ke syurga. Tak mungkinlah bakal ahli syurga berbohong!

Seingat saya sewaktu Nabi Yusof jadi Penasihat Ekonomi Firaun, tiadalah diceritakan sampai baginda perintah dan control Firaun. Mungkin ada benarnya kenyataan ARO itu kerana tak beberapa lama kemudian Khalid dok khabag amaun dan perks Penasihat boleh dinaikkan lagi.