Merdeka weekend yang dramatic

We planned to balik Raub to berbuka puasa with my mother.Then at around 9 pm, my mom in law rang to say Mak Yang in Alor Star had passed away and could Nik drive up to visit (Nik belum balik surau from teraweh.I do mine at home sebab malas duduk dlm air con in the surau with doors shut.Kalau org bersin, takut berjangkit).I said he would not want to sebab masih penat baru balik from umrah and suggest that we all fly the following morning.So Z helped book 4 tickets online.We were supposed to leave at 10 am hari Ahad tu.

As we were all set to go, at around 8 am, my mother in law rang to say Mak Su's condition got worse (Mak Su was hospitalised for over a week and we saw her yesterday and she was still talking, although looked very weak).Nik said she'd be OK and thought that his mom should proceed to attend Mak Yang's funeral.Masa pi pasar, I told Nik perhaps Mama should stay back ..just in case Mak Su got worse and that it would be sufficient for us (Nik, me and his sister Rose) to attend the funeral on behalf of Mama. Nik rang his mother to tell her this but I heard Mama nangis on the phone, saying Maksu dah takda!

Gosh! So we cancelled our journey upnorth (tickets tak leh pulang balik) and started to help with Mak Su's funeral pulak.Nik tolong carikan tanah perkuburan, I helped with urusan mandi jenazah (masjid dah ada orang2 dia but I tolong nengok2lah if they needed anything else.The 4 kids were all there to mandikan their mom.Quite touching actually.I tolong tengok orang potong kain kapan je...and did tolong basuh rambut Mak Su with her 4 kids.That's how far I'd go...pandang sekali lagi dah lesap). Sebelum tu we helped call all the cousins, another aunty in Rembau (Nik's uncles kawin org bukan Kelantan).So masa kat kubur, we got to reunite.Macam Raya la pulak (sebab lama dah tak jumpa).They dropped by our place to tompang solat (Kak Ani drove all the way from Kerteh with Abg Rosli..they did it in 3 and 1/2 hours!).Kak Ani is Nik's cousin from the Rembau's side.

Masa kat hospital, Noni (the youngest daughter) was the most badly hit.Yalah, dia tinggal with Mak Su after Pak Su died (Pak Su was one of the earliest Malays to study Pharmacy in Singapore but like Mak Su, dia jenis tak cakap byk.When he died, orang yang mandikan jenazah Pak Su kata dia tak pernah bau mulut yang seharum mulut Pak Su!) Mak Su's like that too.Tak pernah cakap banyak and never sakitkan hati orang.She and Mak Yang very close according to Nik.Can you imagine jenazah mereka turun waktu yang sama although Mak Yang died a day earlier (tak sampai 24 hours though).Mak Yang also tanam after zohor.We all felt humbled by this "coincidence".

Anyway, I tengok Noni and her siblings tenang sikit after they got the chance to mandikan jenazah their mom.I think they got to say their final goodbye in that sense.One way to cope with bereavement.Isn't God great?

We got to balik Raub berbuka with my mom as true to our first plan (cos' we left after semua dah siap) Lewat sikit (berbuka tengah jalan) but my mom was still at the dining table when we arrived, 10 mins after berbuka, so kita pun joined lah makan sama-sama.

Rezeki, ajal maut memang hak Allah.Buat lah plan macam mana pun!