Here, There and Everywhere

For three consecutive Fridays, my house is filled with the smell of Bubur Assyura, a traditional delicacy cooked in celebration of the 10th of Muharram. Why? Google it yourself lah. What I know is, every year on this date (or a week before and many weeks after) my mom would be busy going here and there, coming home with bags of red beans, white beans, rice, fish, the Asyura spice and many other things. It's always her duty to buy the ingredients, delegate the duties among the closest neighbors and then dutifully watch them do the "kacau-kacau" (stirring) the heavy lumpy porridge.

This year, we did the Asyura porridge three times. THREE times can you believe that? And all is performed in the small of our kitchen. I'm not a big fan of this kind of porridge, because I'm more like a Bubur Lambuk fan. Therefore, having to stay at home for three Fridays, smelling the food that I don't like was such a torture to me!!!

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Oh, and the FELLOWSHIP is mine. Hurrah!!!

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Hari ni Khamis, hari yang paling diminati oleh seantero pekerja2 di sini. Jadinya, pagi ni setelah bermesra-mesraan dengan Baby Ain yang dibawa oleh mummynya ke pejabat sebab abangnya Yusoff sudah demam, maka aku pun memulakan langkah menuju ke ofisku yang jauh nun di sana hujung dunia (memang jauh weh..tak cayer? sebatu dari ofis Fakulti Bahasa).

Makanya setelah sampai depan bangunan aku pun cepat2 beli nasi ayam (bang, ayam lebih!), naik ofis, makan nasi ayam, tercekik, minum air, burp~~~Alhamdulillah...cepat2 donload mana2 video yg berkenan di hati, cepat2 kemas barang, grab my class file and PBL file (skarang semua nk bawak Problem-Based Learning dalam klas, maka aku ikut jer) and cepat2 melangkah naik lebuh raya u, cepat2 panjat plak tangga blok G, menuju ke bilik GB13, belek jam kejap - ah, baru pukul 11.10..kalau 11.15, mau aku berlari (klas pukul 11 wei!!!).

Dalam perjalanan nak sampai ke bilik GB13, aku berfikir macam-macam benda. Hari ni semangat giler nak mengajar..hari ni aku nak ajar budak2 berdikari, jadi independent learner..bila aku dapat master nanti, aku nak pulak bimbing diorang jadi manusia berguna!!!!

Maka aku pun membuka pintu kelas dan baru nak ucap "Assala....."

Takde orang.

Sorang pun takde.

Bilik gelap.

Air-cond tutup.

Aku tengok jam. Oh ye! Hari Khamis kelas pukul 11.30 sebab aku bagi can budak2 tu pegi makan dulu. Diorang ade kelas dari 8-1pm non-stop.

Adoi.

Maka aku pun turun ke kafe kat blok D dan menghirup udara segar...