I have less than 20 days to go before I depart for Dubai.....provided the production in Iran is delayed.....Nothing much to do actually....just an assignment that my caretaker boss here in TVOPA Kit Design gave me about the QC System Standards for our Kit factories. I'll take that in my stride....
Last weekend I went back to Rembau....most probably my last home visit for the next couple of years....(but I'll come back once a year for the Home Leave)......Got a wedding invitation on saturday....one of our distant relative....and another on Sunday....my wife's cousin.
Got a taste of Ayah's rose apple (jambu "tetek"...hehehe)....One wonderful thing about my father is that he has a really green finger.....Incidentally, my late Atuk (mak's father, his father-in-law) also had the same attribute....That's why our family is blessed with a durian orchard on the foothill overlooking Pekan Rembau and another in Kg Senama Hulu....Mak said that the durian trees are mostly planted by Atuk.....he also planted some other fruits (petai, cempedak etc). I counted, maybe around 40+ durian trees.....imagine if one tree bares 100 fruits.....hehehe....Saudagar durian beb.....But I don't honestly think that Atuk planted them all to get rich.....I know he wanted his kids, grand-kids, great-grand-kids etc. to enjoy the fruits of his labor..... I still remember when I was small....leaving with Atuk and Uwan...when he came home from his "job" at the Kerala Restaurant in Pekan Rembau, he would change into his "baju kebun" and mounted his Honda Cup 70 and went on to his next "job".....taking care of his orchard...usually alone.....(that's the real Minang spirit...can't stop working).....
In some sense, Ayah is just like that.....he just can't stop working....sitting around makes him restless....So, it's a good thing that Atuk left us with the orchards....Ayah has a lot of things to do...things that he love.....Mak didn't inherit them.....she's just the caretaker because she's the only child who lives in Rembau....my other uncles and auntie live in other states. Atuk told her that the orchards are for everyone.....that's why when it's "musim buah" Mak will call everyone to come and take their share.....Atuk wanted everyone in our hugely extended family to enjoy what he has left us with.
Deep in me....I feel that the orchards might be entrusted to me.....hey...I'm the oldest son and am one of the grand-kids that are close to Atuk.....But, I will be ready when the time comes....to continue Atuk's legacy. He's not wealthy....but what he left us with is worth more than any money in the world.
But this year, I will miss the "musim buah".....what a pity....I'll be in Dubai when the the first Durian buds blossom....
Anyway.....I know it will always be there....for years to come.....Many thanks to Atuk. May Allah bless his soul. Al-Fatihah.
Dedicated to the loving memories of:
Hj Hussain Talib, Hjh Ramah Hassan, Hj Abd Aziz Napi & Hjh Puteh Husin
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