Do you believe that for the last few days ,the tv was not on at all.The newspapers that pakli brought were not read saved for a few glances here and there.On normal days,I would read all the papers from page to page,the advertisements,the obituaries,the bankruptcy notices .I mean everything from the paper.
That was how busy I was.No time at all.Dead tired.
The two girls are back home for the weekend.Having children home from out of town,the mama in me would ever ready to cook their favourite dishes.
So the menu for berbuka puasa for the two days were:
Mee kari
Mee sup tumis darat kakchon style.
Gulai ketam
cucuq udang
Gulai udang +++++
The weather tonight is hot and humid.Went to sleep at ten but woke up around 12 sweating all over.
Bila kepanasan dan kehumidan begini tentulah ada yang allergic dan sebagainya.And sebagai ibu tentulah tak sanggup melihat ada yang tergaru garu.
Hah,mai mama sapu ni.
So with the bottle of Listerine ,I patted the reddish glow on the skin.
Pooooh,baik dah!
Anak anak selalu gelakkan mama.The mama in me is always ready with home based remedy for the little ailments.LISTERINE for those gatal gatal kulit. The soothing effect of the liquid would make scratching and digging into the skin be minimised.
And one episode of me being the dukun still etched firmly in my memory.We were travelling when pakli developed those hiccups.
After a few agonising moments,I ripped one piece of the tissue paper and wet it with my lips. I stuck it to his temple and muttered my mantra:
Poooh,baik dah!
We continued our journey home with pakli’s hiccup down and stopped at aten’s freind’s house to fetch her.Pakli got down of the car to meet the owner of the house.When he got back into the car.to his horror he discovered that the piece of tissue was still stuck on his forehead!
Adoi mak ,malu nya aku! pakli lamented.The owner of the house was a doctor!
Long ago when my youngest girl was a little girl,every all or missstep,would found her running to mummy.
Ma,hambus…Maa pooh , I would mutter a few nonsensical words and there she would be all right again.
Pooooh.. baik dah !
So could anybody challenge the role of mothers.
Bukan masak,basuh,guru tuition,money lender and supplier…tok bomoh pun boleh!
Anda bagaimana?
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CIKGU, betullah. Kita mak-mak ni memang serba boleh. Anytime jer boleh jadi bomoh, tukang urut. Hembus sana hembus sini.
ReplyDeleteBONDA saya dulu kalu kami jatuh, leban skit ker, dia guna ujung rambut dia, gumpal tiup kat mulut pastu tekap kat lebam kasi surut.
Saya dgn anak-anak setakat urut blehlah... jampi pun jampi tipu..hahahahaha
Azie,makcik pun main tifu tifu saja.Tapi anak yg bongsu tu ingat mak dia betul tokmoh.Sikit sikit suruh mak pooh.Gelihati ingat.
ReplyDeletemama pooooh :) poooh sana poooh sini berkat doa ibu, makbul :) org sekarang jarang guna teknik ni tapi saya rasa ada kesan yg baik, dari segi psikologi, anak akan merasa tenang dgn doa ibunya :)
ReplyDeletecikgu...
ReplyDeletesama kisahnya dengan saya...
masa anak kecik2 dulu... kalau jatuh, lebam.. memang sayalah bomohnya.. kalau part yang besar-besar.. luka.. demam.. barulah jumpa abahnya...
anak2 selalu konpius... sebab depa lebih suka berubat dengan bomoh yang suka jampi2 dari jumpa doktor yang terus bagi ubat.... kalau luka kena ubat.. kan pedih... dengan bomoh jampi tiup..jampi tiup....
Mungkin juga kan.Satu hari tu anak saya jatuh masa main kat laman rumah.Saya di dapur pooh saja,terus diam dia dari menangis.Bila besar saya tanya,baik ke mama pooh pooh tu.Jawabnya: Saja ngada ngada,nak minta perhatian mama.
ReplyDeleteKita kena minta kepakaran kita direcognised.Sbb anak anak yakin dgn rawatan tradisonal kita.
ReplyDeleteSalam Mamason (guna nama nih kot kendian2 kita boleh berbisan maklum kita ada 'anak2' berkaki empat).
ReplyDeleteAlhamdulillah when we become mothers, Allah kurniakan that little something that goes a long way. Kita juga ada bakat jadi Mdm Zora. Tercengang muka anak2 bila tau Umi diorang ada bakat 'intuition'. In fact kita semua ada bakat tu :-)
Ha ha betul tu,Si Dell ni dah besar remaja.( tapi malu eh...masih menyusu lagi)
ReplyDeletePn Somuffins,
Sekali lagi betul.Mdm Zora dlm diri setiap mothers. Alih alih,anak anak & hb cakap: mama jangan sebut!
HAHAHHAHAHA mama ni,malu ai. :P Love your Poooohhhhh!
ReplyDeleteHaha ,pooh kiri pooh kanan,semua sakit masa dulu baik dgn mentera mama .Gambar di next post tu kak lin yg uploadkan.
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