stay inside

i've been staying away from wat's happening in hometown
it gets tiring to read the same old news day after day
the only updet i get is from the infrequent phone calls to home
-shoot me for not keeping in good touch with my own family but the time difference can be a big hurdle *alasan!*-
or if Kak Ana ask if i know this n that dat is happening in beloved M'sia

dat's why i was late to find out about Norman Hakim ruckus or the fact that Kuala Terengganu is having a by election soon because the guy is dead while playing badminton or there's another landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa and government immediately calling off all hillside projects -yeah, like after numerous landslides that claimed so many lives already- or it's raining season now and it's already claiming its first victim

growing up i always love the rain season eventough i abhor rain
i was allowed to play air boh but under strict supervision of my family
mind u, i was living with my grandparents and i'm the only grandchild living with them so i get to hog all the attentions
back then, it's still gonna be flooding every monsoon season
after few years they decided to dig a water channel and no more floods *cries*
my uncle would made me a boat out of pelepah nyior and tied to a string
and i would glee in hapiness discovering the big fat earthworm crawling under the rocks
and the special diet of ubi kayu rebus with kelapa parut or pulut with ikan rebus goreng and kelapa parut *drools*
due to close proximity to the beach, the roaring waves somehow become my lullaby and soothes me to sleep
it is a good memory, indeed