7 - Still Remember - Part 1

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1. Started cycling to school at the age of 11. From Sungai Kantan to Primary School, Jalan Bukit 2 Kajang. What rain? By the way, the bicycle was for boys. There was a palang. 

2. Continued cycling to secondary school from 13 years old to 17 years old (form 1 to form 5) from Sungai Kantan to Convent Kajang. What rain? Just basah kuyup including the books. Kasut also basah so malam letak kasut bawah fridge. Just realized that bawah fridge tak panas pun. Mana nak kering. The next day wore the same wet shoes. By the time balik sekolah and bukak setokin, all my jari dah berkedut because setokin basah from the kasut. 

3. Mak will always ask me to study right after sahur. Right in front of her. Meaning, after sahur till subuh. I pretended to open the book while lying down. Terus zzzzz. As for mak, she continued with her crocheting. Mak tak marah pun. She knew I was not the study type. 

4. Abah who was a man with few words, helped to clean and tidy up the rooms in the house once a while. I helped him. Pretending that all the rubbish not from me. 

5. Our house at Sungai Kantan, was burglared for 7 times if am not mistaken. Abah had a rifle. Not a gun. He was in the voluntary askar so he was allowed to have one. The last burglary, he managed to shoot the burglar but of course failed. It was at night. Nobody can see anything at all. 

6. I was traumatised because of this. The burglar was in the house. Mak and abah told us all three girls, me, noai and yacik to sleep in their room for almost a year or is it more?. I was 13 at that time. Still I cycled to school feeling nervous most of time. Thinking the burglar was waiting at the end of the road. 

7. Had to have two dogs to shoo away the burglars. It was fine for a few years. I was totally fine with the trauma. Really?

8. Started driving when I was 15. Drove to Penang without license at the age of 17ish. or was it 16. Not sure now. I pitied abah, he looked so tired. So I took over. 

9. tuit sambung later.


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I was sho small when in primary school

Vista Seri Putra, 

Kajang

17.7.25

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