The box of pictures was found submerged in the flood.It was already wet….the small albums as well as the pictures.Pakli nonchalantly put the box back on the cupboard. Seeing the drenched pictures mamason quickly ducked into actions.Grumbling and wondering how the pictures could be so carelessly placed in the cupboard which was on level ground.And it was flooded many times before.
She stripped off the cover of the mini albums and scattered the pictures on the table.She couldnt do much as she was in a hurry to evacuate. When she returned 2 days later,she discovered the pictures has been stacked .To her horror,water had sipped through the plastic covers and were making patterns on the photos.Those nostalgic photos of the children,weddings,feasts,travels and assorted activities.
The pictures were priceless according to mamason.Yes,true enough.We could not go back to our youth,could we?Could the children go back to being babies?
So for three days,mamason took the task of drying the pictures .Hundreds of them.Albums after albums were stripped of plastics and put to dry.The whole living room soon turned into a keropok enterprise with pictures being dried everywhere.Not only on the table but spread on the floor,the sofa ,the book rack,the chairs …everywhere.
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The next day,she discovered that the pictures had not really dried.Water had smeared the pictures into patterns.Those badly smeared had to be discarded.She wore a sock on her hand and painstakingly one by one dried the hundred pieces of pictures.If that was not done,I doubt the pictures could be saved.
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Lastly,the last piece was dried and saved. Mamason was relieved but I could see her holding her back.Sakit belakang la tu…
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but these are ……memorable
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and downright adorable.
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Jade believed that those pictures hold lots of memories for mamason and her family. Memories that money cant buy.Mamason took lots of pictures of us and she has a sad but funny story to tell about one of us. Well ,I’m not disclosing about it this moment as I promised mamason its a secret for a later date.
Till then,Bye. Jade is going into labour anytime.Pray for me.
yang penting gambar nikah selamat~he~~
ReplyDeleteYa Allah kesiannya, abih semua basah lembab. Betul sayang kan gambar yg penuh memori, kenangan zaman silam yg tidak boleh ditukar dgn nilai wang...
ReplyDeleteNapa tak guna hair dryer?
En Bujal,
ReplyDeleteBetul tu...kalau tidak habis kenangan anak cucu.
Pn Azie,
Hair dryer tak ada dalam simpanan.Itu yang sidai macam kerepok saja.