How I met your father 4- your father!

 

I was 25 .That means it was 4 years after the engagement was called off.

All was not quiet on the home front.Pa and ma were still at loggerhead. Sometimes for dubious reason. Kata tak settle bab tunang,cincin dah dipulangkan ,patut abah tentulah gelak sakan.Timbul pula kisah lain yang tak habis habis.

My elder sister was married by then.Being the second in the family,soon every John and Harry was asking me:

Bila lagi?

My younger brother and sister had too found their partners and soon talk of another wedding would be held at JPL. So how? Tunggu makcik kahwin or let them get through.

Sampailah satu hari rumah sewa makcik didatangi oleh sijejaka gempal,rambut kerinting,sawo matang berkereta Volkswagon.Rupanya ada tujuan.Maka bermulalah makcik berpacaran.  ewah!

But makcik having gone through some rough moments memang bukan senang nak berkawan.Makcik straight forward saja kata:

If you niat nak berkawan saja ,tak payahlah kita jumpa

So kelam kabut pakli hantar tepaksirih meminang anak pak mat cik aton buat isteri….

Anyway,masa tu makcik dah hantar surat pertukaran dari perlis balik kedah.Dah pergi pun tengok sekolah yang dapat.SKTunku malek,sekolah rendah makcik sendiri.

Jadilah kelam kabut sebab dah nak kenduri.Apahal kena tukar balik negeri.Maka dengan segala kebijaksanaan makcik pun mulalah satu karangan.Mohon jangan ditukarkan.

Tau apa jadi dengan surat itu.The Jabatan buat memo hantar surat tu pada kawan rakan.Dan surat makcik depa gelakkan.Lawaknya ,masa minta tukar baru berpacaran,ni dah nak kahwin minta dikekalkan.

Anyway,mujur pengarah baik hati.Tawaran pertukaran ditarik balik.Dan pada 6.4.1979 bertemulah jodoh makcik dengan pakli.

Tapi hari kahwin makcik pun ujian tak sudah sudah!