I had just stepped out of the toilet's door when an Indian lady confronted and cynically spoke to me in fluent longat utara,
'Apa Pak Cik ni masuk bilik ayaq pompuan!'
'Ya ka!, sorry sorry, nasib baik tak dak pompuan'
I turned my head looking for something to confirm what she had said and ooh yes there I could now clearly see woman-wearing-gown signboard pasted to the wall for all to see. How on earth that my eyes missed seeing it in the first place. Lucky me, there was no one in the toilet or no reporter around while I was using it. Very unfortunate of me if someone might made a fuss out of it and simply accused me as 'pak cik gatai' or an old peeping Tom or a potential molester. And the allegation is then turned into a sensational news splashed in the newsmedia.
Actually you become oblivious of your surrounding when your mind is preoccupied and wrestled with many problems. Problems are multifaceted, they can be family, financial, business, etc and these mind boggling problems may unconsciously drift your mind away to another unknown dimension. I think this what happen to me that day. I was in another dimension when I entered the wrong toilet. I might have seen the signboard but my mind failed to register it as a lady's toilet. Or was it the age factor that caused the incident?
The embarrassing incident occured at Pasar Dato' Kailan (Allahyarhamah Dato' Kailan is the mother of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) in Kepala Batas. This Pasar is an imitation (not like) of Pekan Rabu in Alor Star. It is worth visiting it if you happen to be in Kepala Batas.
Syima, Fadhli and Fikri were born when we were staying in Kepala Batas. Kepala Batas which was a small and quiet town 30 years ago, has turn into a bustling town with many government offices, a hotel (Hotel Sri Malaysia), beautiful housing areas, dewan mellinium, well-equipped hospital and now is set to become a modern, sophisticated, futuristic administration centre for Seberang Prai Utara District. Big thanks to Pak Lah.
BERSUNGGUH-SUNGGUH DAN BERISTIQAMAH DALAM BERAMAL SOLEH.
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Hmm, wonder what are the 'many problems' you're having now. Just hope that it wont snowball into other problems...like the toilet incident. Too much problem is not good for your health...so take it easy, insya-Allah everything will be just fine. Remember, 'God will never burden mankind beyond endurance'.
ReplyDeletewhat kind of problem is bugging u for now? If u have any problem, do share it with us or maybe with mom. Of course,we might not able to help u with certain problem but at least we could try to ease the burden bit by bit.
ReplyDeletep/s : if we have a problem, sit back 4 a while and think, can we solve the problem. If we can, then no need to stress out because it can be solved. If there's no solution, then we don't need to worry anymore coz we know there's no solution to it, so why stress out for something that we know can't be solved?
Don't worry,Nothing serious.Trivial problem. Solved there and then.
ReplyDeletei miss the house that we used to live in Kepala Batas.. sigh.. belakang rumah tu pulak banyak pokok getah, tapi sekarang dah ada taman perumahan. hmmm...
ReplyDeleteayah, if u have problems, we're here for u to help solve it. *hugs*
what happened at Pasar Dato' Kailan?
ReplyDeletebilik ayaq tu located kat Pasar Dato' Kailan
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