(from right) My late uncle, Wak Mi with me & my lil bro, Adam...
June 7th, 1998...
This was the date, that you were born...
I remembered how I was going all panicky crazy when mom's waterbag burst & everyone's home except dad... He, was "unreachable"...
I remembered how I called Pak Long & Mak Long (paternal side of the family who stayed in the same neighbourhood) in the wee hours of the morning for help, to send mom to the KK Women's & Children's Hospital...
And again, the same question asked by my Pak Long, "Where's your dad? Does he know that your mom is delivering your adek soon?"
I answered, "Nope Pak Long... He's unreachable... We tried calling him so many times but just couldn't get him..."
I remembered how I sat in between both of my Pak Long & Mak Long... How pissed my Pak Long was when he tried calling dad who, yet still, was unreachable... He was so so pissed... Mak Long on the other hand, was rubbing my back, telling me to be strong as I'm the eldest child in the family & I must have the courage & patience to go thru all of this...
"Always be strong in whatever situation that comes even if we feel like crying", she said... This, I will always remember...
I remembered, how Alep was sleeping on my lap snoring like crazy... lol... How he forgot to bring his "bantal busok" along with him... lol...
I remembered how I kept worrying about mom who was all alone in the delivery ward without dad by her side... I mean, HALO!! Every wife needs her husband in times like this but WHERE WAS DAD?
He came alright... But @ the very last moment... Macam star karat dengan muke tak bersalah... Whatever...
I could vividly remember how he walked & looked like as he entered the waiting room area, walking towards us... And how @ that very moment, I felt like punching his face...
Then you came into this world... So innocently adorable & cute... A baby who know nuts on what's happening around him...
A month later, mom had to work coz dad wasn't like any other "DAD"... So mom had to be our "DAD" while her role of being a "MOM" was given to me...
I took care of you & Alep... Gave treats to the both of you whenever I got my pay from working as a part-time cashier... Cooked for you 2, fed you 2, bathe you...
I never left you outta my side, be it group studies or even when I went out on dates with Abang Rizal & people would always mistook you for our son... lol... Hilarious much... heh...
I disciplined you, taught you what's wrong & what's right... I scolded & even smacked you... But @ the end of it, I would always give you a big hug & a kiss, & said I'm sorry & that there's a reason why I had to do that as my last resort...
The part when I saw both you & Alep cried on the night of my wedding solemnisation saddens me... Truly I was touched & sad & felt like crying...
I recalled all those moments when I took care of my siblings... Everything that I had to go thru being the eldest sibling in the family... Indeed, I held back my tears... Me, always trying to act "tough" not wanting to cry infront of others...
Sesunggoh nye, I truly missed my siblings & my pet cat Black... I hope Allah would help me send my message down to them & tell them how much I truly misses them & that I always think of them as much as I think of my own family...
To my dearest littlest youngest brother, Muhammad Sahadam Bin Abu Bakar:
Wishing You A Wonderful 12th Birthday... May Allah guide & shield you wherever you may be...
May you grow up to be someone who is useful to Allah, Islam, family & to the society... Insya'allah, amin...
I'm hoping that some day, some how, you'll be able to find & read this entry that I wrote especially for you coz you're 1 of those few that I misses most... A part of my flesh & blood... The one whom I took care of since you were a baby...
Love you Adek...
From Kakak... ='I