Friday would be an early day for Dr. Farizah and I.Our class at the women's prison would start at 9 am.I slept late marking papers semlm so susah nak bangun awal.We were 30 mins late but stayed back an hour extra to do our interviews with our students.Tak sempat habis.Besok I have to finish off with the last two ladies.The authorities allow them two days extra so that they could finish their final entries for the anthology.
Dr. F told me while she saw I bergelak ketawa with my interviewees, she was crying with hers.I told her jgn get emotionally involved cos' we were on our task as researchers...keep the distance.But Dr F ni lembut jiwanya...she quit her Petronas job to look after her babies and only got back to do her PhD when the kids dah habis unis.So can I expect less of the mother in her? She told me how one of her interviewees said punya lama tak pegang pencil and paper/exercise book when she had them in our first class, she sampai tak tau how to use the pensel.And didn't know how to think anymore.
Beli anthology mereka bila keluar nanti, OK.We are also coming out with our own diaries (harap2 ada penerbit yang berminat nak terbit nanti).
Then I terkejar2 to chair my team on Kull Strategic Plannning.I delegated the morning job to Prof Thameem (I was group leader for Islamisation). But I came midway so after checking and editing our presentation slides,I minta Prof T to present them.Sekali sekala I menyampuk the Q&A.The rep from MQA kata he didn't expect our kull to do so well (apa dia ingat kita bodoh? He said we got A.I said A+! Someone said dah takda dah A+ now.Haha)
Then Gayah called kata Ismail beritau his dad in coma.Gayah kata let's visit Tan Sri Ani Arope.She offered to pick me up.Thank God! I dah penat sangat nak drive ke mana2.We went after Maghrib.
Ramai orang.Puan Sri pun warded kat sebelah bilik suami dia.Visited and berbual2 with her first.She's a very strong woman.Tetap anggun dlm apa keadaanpun.They were saying Tan Sri rimas duduk kat hospital and one day said dia nak turun ke Ground level, jalan2 ambik angin.Sampai kat bawah he told the butler to drive him home.Dia nak mandi kat rumah, main dgn kucing dia, etc.Then nurse called butler suruh balik by 4 pm nak feed milk.TS said tell her we'll go back at 6 pm.:D
Pagi tadi dia mula coma.Please send your prayers to a man who has done much to so many people.
Dr. F told me while she saw I bergelak ketawa with my interviewees, she was crying with hers.I told her jgn get emotionally involved cos' we were on our task as researchers...keep the distance.But Dr F ni lembut jiwanya...she quit her Petronas job to look after her babies and only got back to do her PhD when the kids dah habis unis.So can I expect less of the mother in her? She told me how one of her interviewees said punya lama tak pegang pencil and paper/exercise book when she had them in our first class, she sampai tak tau how to use the pensel.And didn't know how to think anymore.
Beli anthology mereka bila keluar nanti, OK.We are also coming out with our own diaries (harap2 ada penerbit yang berminat nak terbit nanti).
Then I terkejar2 to chair my team on Kull Strategic Plannning.I delegated the morning job to Prof Thameem (I was group leader for Islamisation). But I came midway so after checking and editing our presentation slides,I minta Prof T to present them.Sekali sekala I menyampuk the Q&A.The rep from MQA kata he didn't expect our kull to do so well (apa dia ingat kita bodoh? He said we got A.I said A+! Someone said dah takda dah A+ now.Haha)
Then Gayah called kata Ismail beritau his dad in coma.Gayah kata let's visit Tan Sri Ani Arope.She offered to pick me up.Thank God! I dah penat sangat nak drive ke mana2.We went after Maghrib.
Ramai orang.Puan Sri pun warded kat sebelah bilik suami dia.Visited and berbual2 with her first.She's a very strong woman.Tetap anggun dlm apa keadaanpun.They were saying Tan Sri rimas duduk kat hospital and one day said dia nak turun ke Ground level, jalan2 ambik angin.Sampai kat bawah he told the butler to drive him home.Dia nak mandi kat rumah, main dgn kucing dia, etc.Then nurse called butler suruh balik by 4 pm nak feed milk.TS said tell her we'll go back at 6 pm.:D
Pagi tadi dia mula coma.Please send your prayers to a man who has done much to so many people.
NOTA KAKI (besoknya)
Tan Sri meninggal peacefully at 5.10 am pagi Sabtu 20/12/14.Dari Allah kita datang, kepadaNya kita kembali.Semoga Allah cucuri rahmah ke atas roh allahyarham dan menempatkannya di syurga firdaus.Dia banyak membantu orang miskin yang cerdik dan dari pertama kali saya jumpa dia dan keluarga di airport Auckland dalam tahun 80an dan kemudian di acara2 Fulbright kami, majlis reunion dan ziarah alumni NZ di rumahnya (we buat potluck sbb tak mau menyusahkan keluarganya tetapi Puan Sri dan Sakinah masak juga) dan akhirnya sebagai salah seorang editor memoirnya, allahyarham seorang yang sentiasa merendah diri dan bergaul mesra dengan sesiapa sahaja.Dan ini juga benar dengan semua ahli keluarganya.Dari isteri sehingga kepada anak2 mereka.Sangat rendah diri
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