Monkey bukan monyet....satu pengorbanan

Sejak kehilangan Ninasandaq,kehidupan di RBL jadi tidak keruan.
Hilang seri dan kegembiraan.
Cikli menangis bila mengenangkan anak bulus kesayangan. Peneman setia kemana saja.Kini tiada lagi pengikut cikli bila cikli ke laman rumah, ke rumah toksaad atau membeli kuih ditepi jalan sebelah rumah..Tiada lagi susuk tubuh yg memerhati sayu setiap kali kami akan berpergian.

Monkey, Bu dan Pong si anak angkat itu pun macam meratapi kehilangan Nina.

2 ekor anak bulus Nina tinggalkan pergi. Terkedu kami . Nak buat macam mana ni?
Suddenly, A thought appeared out of the blue.
Kan Monkey baru lepas melahirkan anak. Susu dia mungkin ada lagi bila anak2 dia meninggal hari tu.
Si Monkey or cikmon, cikson kidnap and pujuk dia jaga baby tu.
Mula mula dia teragak2 dan keberatan.
Ehhh, ni bukan anak kami!
Mungkin kata dia.
Dua tiga round ,nampaknya Monkey sudah jatuh hati dan sayang pada babies  itu. Dia merebahkan diri dan membiarkan adik adik dia menyonyot susunya. Lega.
Tapi satu hal lah pula. Dia tak mau duduk dalam besen mandi yg cikson sedia. Sana sini dia gonggong anak anak itu. Atas katil, bawah langsir, atas karpet semua dia heret. Sekarang dia sembunyi belakang tirai wash basin dapur cikson. Moga dia permanent kat sana.

kasih kakak

mujur Monkey sudi jaga baby

Monkey bukan monyet ,kau penyelamat
Jadi ibu angkat .

Since you be gone...

Nina,
Baliklah.
Anak anak nangis ni
Ciklicikson dan buntu nak buat apa dah.
Kesian budak budak 2 ekor tu.
Dah berapa hari dah ibu mereka menghilang diri tanpa pesan.

Nina!
Dengarlah
Hear your babies cry.
Loud and shrill,with hunger for your milk.
Dah beli susu utk anak kamu tu
Dah cuba syringe dalam mulut mereka.
Lapar dan dahaga sangat nampaknya mereka.

Nina!
Tengoklah
Cikson pujuk Monkey utk jadi ibu mereka
Beri susu pada mereka
Bersihkan bulu mereka
Panaskan badan mereka

Tapi Nina,
Semua itu tak sama macam apa yang kau buat
Susu formula yg cikson suapkan meleleh2 keluar
Monkey sekejap saja mau babysit anak anak mu
Tidak terbuat bandingan antara kamu berdua
Kasih ibu sejati mana dapat diganti.

Been looking for you
Been searching for you
Where are you Nina?
Kalau mati mana badannya,mana baunya?

Nina,since you been gone
Cikli was sad
No more the obedient cat who follows him whenever cikli went
Cikson too dont have somebody to talk to
We could not speak but we communicate.
So many fond memories of you
The time we had together.

.

See cikli weeping

Easy Life?

Its been quite a while since I last wrote about them.

The furry four legged beings of RBL,I mean.

Ninasandaq just delivered. Monkey had an emergency visit to the vet . She been through a lot .Poor soul. 

Bu is still her meek self. Given chance ,she would rub her body to gain sympathy and attention. Meowing softly.

The lonely castaway kitten that came into RBL has now grown bigger. And cheekier. Could see her playing happily with Bu and Monkey on the floor of the porch.

But alas,they seem to acquire some sort of fungi disease on them. And if shelf medication dont work,the vet is the solution. Kena bawa depa jumpa Dr. apa ke nama ntah kat Klinik Haiwan.

Hmm... its quite boring without them in the house. But to give them a free rein the house is out of question. Dont know whether my furry children like the free reign of the courtyard or the restricted area of the house.

See...they seem happy chasing each other among the bushes.

I think I am more of need of them than them of me..right?

Rasa sunyi sangat sometimes. Kalau depa masuk rumah sekali sekala baru lah cikson dapat bercakap...haha.. Bercakap in terms of tak risau di interpret wrongly.Kan bila bercakap dengan manusia lain kita cakap lain pula interpretsainya. Tak kuasa.Still cant get over dan tertanya tanya .

Sometimes... being them ,having carefree life is better than being caged in the house. Being hoooman for that matter.

bawah pokok buluh tu miang,jangan dok pi main

laman ni kan luas...

pokok kelapa seronok tau dipanjat panjat

kawasan dan laman tiga buah rumah utk bermain

agaknya itulah kata Nina pada anaknya Monkey
Tak mati pun kita kena duduk diluar rumah...

Thats all for today.

Jadi mereka tak payah bayar bil itu ini

Semak kepala tau kena buat begini setiap kali.

Cucu cucu ninasandaq

Dah bercucu ninsandaq.
Anak dia si Monkey selamat melahirkan dua ekor anak anak yg kiut miut . Hitam belang belang badan ereka.

Ha ...tentu ramai terhairan kenapa anak ninasandaq ni dinamakan Monkey. Ni kerja cikli la. Dia kata warna badan dia macam monyet. Warna saja. Karektor dia tak pun. Macam kucing biasa saja tengoknya.

Monkey pun macam redho saja namanya sedemikian. Ligat saja dia menonong berlari bila nama dipanggil.
Maka tentulah hairan makcik belakang rumah yg terdengar laungan ciksoncikli memanggil Monkey

Monkey Monkey...balik.
Monkey Monkey... mai makan gitu...

Haha... all those aside
Ada story disebalik kelahiran cucu cucu itu.
Alkisahnya...

Selepas balik berkelana selama hampir 10 hari, ciklicikson dapati Monkey dah sarat sangat. Check punya check ada macam sesuatu keluar dari peranaknya. Esoknya , cikli bawa dia ke pejabat Haiwan sebelum ke KIM kerana cikson akan ke stesen bas menjemput cikolin.

Masa balik satu panggilan talipon cikson terima. Cemas saja bunyinya.
I kemalangan ni . Mai cepat. La ni ada di depan sekolah.
Maka bergegas cikson dgn anak yg baru turun dari bas ke tempat dinyatakan.
Huaaaargh.. apa jadi cikli? Terekelepek kereta tersadai tepi jalan. Mujur cikli tak ada apa. Tapi muka cuak la.
Kami mengambil Monkey dan terus ke pejabat haiwan. Doktor yg baik hati melayan kami dgn santun sekali.
Monkey dia tolong jaga sepeninggalan kami ke tempat kenduri petang nanti.
Dan Monkey terus di op haritu juga.

Sekembali ke tempat cikli berada ,kami berurusan dgn tow truck pula.
Selesai,berehat kejap sebelum ke Alor Setar ke rumah adik cikli yg akan mengadakan majlis pernikahan anaknya besok hari

Dan disana dapat panggilan talipon yg Monkey dah selamat dibedah. Dua cucu dia anugerah buat nansandaq dan kami..

Sekarang sibuk dia pindah randah anak anak dia sana sini.
Semalam dia bawa mereka naik katil. Konon2 buat peneman cikson malam tadi.
Banyak lah kau punya empathy. Konon sebagai ganti cucu cucu yg tak kemabli cuti ni...

amboi...hebat kau Monkey
atas katil kau angkut the two blackies
Dalam kotak tak mau kau huni

 Hari tu puas cikson berDIY buat pengadang katil. Di angkutnya anak anaknya kedalam bawah katil . Jenuh cikson jadi badang angkat tilam utk bawa mereka keluar. Sampai harini terasa terkehel leher.
Dan drama angkut mengankut,sembunyi sana sini akan mendominasi hidup kami di RBL ini sampai tiba masanya mereka tinggal di luar...

Monkey,where are you?
Kelaur rupanya utk hilang stress jaga malam katanya.
Bapa mereka pi mana?
Monkey buat donno bila ditanya.

kena ditampal kadbod begini

tempat bawah ini dia tak peduli

bawah katil ni juga dia nak bawa anak anak bercuti
Kat sini macam Hotel TH yg cikson sekeluarga huni tempoh hari

Selamat bercuti semua.Bye.
Cuti apa ni banyak sangat kali ini,tanya ninasandaq kat kami.
Malaysia Darul Cuti...kata mereka dan satu video menghina kita boleh dapat kat fb. Katanya Malaysia paling malas dalam dunia.. Lebih malas daro orang Arab yg terfamos dgn berjoli. Biaq benaq kita jadi juara dalam kategori negara paling Malas dunia...sakit hati..

Hari ni Selasalah momma.

Hhehe... Hari pun tak ketahuan.
Selasa dah disangka Rabu, sepatutnya coretan berkaitan anak anak bulu semalam
Sorry Ninasandaq yang tak sempat  bersandar, Monkey bukan monyet dan Bu yang kelabu. Not forgetting Pong,budak yatim piatu.

Kesian kat depa....

Tadi nampak selonggok mereka berlonggok atas jubin pintu gelongsor. Semua ada. Si Pong tumpang perut Bu sebagai penyendal kepala. Manja.

Terdetik saja pintu dibuka semua bangun menerpa. Meluru mereka masuk kot kot ada rezeki mereka. Mungkin sepotong ikan goreng temenung lemak buat dimakan. Tapi cikson dah tak benar mereka berlama lama dalam rumah. Lepas makan dia halau semua keluar rumah. Takut mereka memerut dan memunggah.

nina anak beranak

 If  there's a prize for being unselfish and caring,Nina deserves it.
Pong is not her daughter yet she lets her drinks her milik,takes care of her after initially rejecting her. Now both of them are seen so much in each company. Bu too follows her heel wherever she goes. Only Monkey is sometimes absent from the company.

Awal pagi tadi nampak mereka bertiga dalam longkang didepan rumah.
Now there they are...on the lawn in Chu's house.

Thats all folks from RBL.
Will be missing them for a few days..

those darn cats...

Lama benar cikson tak ambil peduli ttg mereka. Sejak sibuk dgn kerenah sakit demam, kelangsungan hidup yg mencengkam dan seribu satu permasaalahan.Depa cikson abaikan.

Sorry to you all...ninsandaq dan ahli2 keluarganya.
Monkey dan Kelabu...oh wait ada tambahan baru..ie Pong junior anak yatim piatu.

Kesemua anak2 Ninsandaq succumbed to a virus attack wiping them out kecuali Monkey and Bu. One by one they were gone including those from the neighbouring houses.
But.. one day,I noticed a small unwanted kitten in the vicinity of RBL. A homeless.
Ninasandaq paid no attention to her
Monkey abused her and Bu wanted her to stay away from them.
But the persistent little kitten soon captured the heart of the older cats.

Monkey was seen playing with her
Bu was seen settling with her under the car. Snoozing away.
And to the surprise of all,Ninasandaq was one day seen feeding her!
And now she is one of them.

She could be seen scrambling for food with the others
She was seen climbing the coconut tree
And she too made friends with tok saad's chickens!

No latest picture of them la pula
Hanya Pong yg dulu saja yg ada......

Pong yang dikasihi
Tapi sekarang dia tiada lagi
Pong Junior pula datang mengganti
Tapi pagi pagi ni,kelibat dia pun tak nampak lagi
Mana lah dia pergi...

The instinct ...kasih

I watched with relief the news on CNN . The 12 Wild Boars with their coach were brought safely out of their confinement. Their ordeal for the past three weeks became the centre of attention world over.

Alhamdulillah.

On the home front, yet another scene grabbed the two old folks of RBL's attention. The story...

I was surprised when I noticed one of ninasandaq's babies frolicking under the lid of the water tank at the back of the house. How come that tiny creature made his way from the front yard to the back. Its quite far for him.
And when I looked out of my sliding door,the sight of Nina's older daughter carrying a tiny motionless baby in her mouth caught my attention.
Hey..pasaipa Bu dok tong teng bawa Tam pi belakang.' I was puzzled.
Soon,another baby was seen carried by Ninasandaq to the back It seemed Nina was in difficulty and the baby kitten rolled into the drain. Before I could render any help, Ninasandaq dragged her out by herself.
Then yet another scene enfolded. Bu who had safely deposited the second baby under the water tank lid came back for the baby in Nina's mouth. There was some sort of tarik tali between the two. Then Nina let go of the baby and Bu quickly snatched her. Off she marched dragging the baby to her safe haven.

This cannot be. I told myself. If it rains,the babies would be drenched. Picking up a basket,went out and gathered the babies in it. I went over to the front yard and locked the babies with Ninasandaq inside the cage.

kasih abang adik

kasih kakak adik

kasih ibu anak

Returning into the house,I noticed that the babies had managed to escape. And Bu was trying to take the baby back.
Bu,JANGAN! I scolded her.
JANGAN bawa babies pi belakang. Faham?
I showed a clothes hanger ,making sign that I would whack her up if she disobeys.Bu showed signs that she understood what I meant and went to lie beside Nina. Her eyes looking sadly at me and cikli who had then joined in the scolding.

Soon I saw her with the babies on her body sleeping. Nina and Monkey meanwhile were having their siesta on the garden chair by themselves.

Later, cikli had a good laugh when he saw Bu dragging the babies back into the cage. One by one.
Ha..gitulah. Nak pi belakang buat apa.

Then night falls. All was quiet in the front yard.
And the news on tv was showing  netizens wishing cekdet happy bday. Dah 93 cikdet. .
And the Thai Cave episode came to a good end.


Happy Birthday dear PM.

WW... setiap kali mesin berbunyi

Setiap kali mesin basuh itu berbunyi ,dia akan ke sini

Melihat buih buih sabun laju berpusar pusar ditelan bumi

Tentu dia bertanya sendiri

Apa ni,apa ni...persis cucu kami.

Dia mengagumi alam semula jadi

Juga benda benda yang dijumpai

Seronok tengok aksi dia setiap hari

Namun ,Tuhan lebih menyayangi

Sekarang,dia sudah bersemadi.

Pong,kucing kesayanganku

Yang hadirnya sekejap sangat

Namun ingatan terhadapnya kuat terpahat...

dengar air menderu keluar ,cepat dia sampai untuk melihat
air air sabun menarik perhatian

Melengkar lengkar bentuknya

Membulat pula dia

Membelek belek file gambar gambar lama, aku tertarik melihat gelagat Pong yang ku sayangi.
Such a curious cat. Semua menarik perhatiannya.
Manjanya...cerdiknya...mmg susah untuk dilupa
Entah bila pula aku bertemu dengan kucing se pandai dia. Rindunya.....

Bila anak2 dan cucu2 jauh di mata, kucing kucing sajalah pengubat jiwa..Bye..

Musim mengawanan dah tiba..

Bising .
Shooooooh.Pi sana.!
Aku terbih baru tau...

Itu suara suara manusia bila suara suara binatang tingkah bertingkah membelah malam.
Dari suara suara itu tahulah aku musim mengawan si Ninsandaq dan kaum sejenisnya dah tiba. Ada masa aku terkejut dari tidur yang lena.Marah menyelinap rasa.

paktam hero nina..
depa ni ada ada saja.

Sunaaaat baru tau!
Pintu kaca ku ketuk supaya mereka bersurai . Adakala berjaya adakala sia sia.

Teringat dinombor tujuh rumah lama.
Seekor kucing jantan setia menunggu diatas para para tembok batu mengintai kucing kucing betina . Siang malam dia di situ.
Eh kau.. tak jemu ka dok ngorat  macam tu.
Bila pi cari makan.

Semalam,lama aku tengok bawah pohon jambu ada kelibat sang hitam bertelegu. Oooi,ninsandaq pun ada disitu. Persis dua insan bercinta begitu.
Kemudian aku dengar suara garau . Macam marah saja.
Rupanya ada kucing jantan lain ditepi dinding rumah. Itu yang membuat dia amarah sangat.
Mereka mengiauw agak panjang dan membingit telinga .
Cikli keluar dan menghalau mereka dari situ.
Si hitam ekor panjang cepat cepat menyelinap susup sasap menerusi jaring jaring besi. Terus menghilang diri dalam semak samun rumah sebelah.
Tapi..sihitam ekor kontot masih berdegil disitu.Lagak bagai mengatakan......
Eh ni bini aku. Kenapa nak halau aku.!

Thats all folks. Bye. Have a fruitful Tuesday.

Thru the eyes of ninasandaq... the antics of abam fahim

Hi people,its Tuesday once again.
Come Tuesday,Thru Ups n Downs is dedicated to nina's thought n fancies...hehe.

Well,well....

Its quite a havoc when budak banyak akal as mamason put it came visiting his grandmom. Last Wednesday, with his mummy,ayah and lil baby brother ,he arrived at RBL just before maghrib. It was a long journey from KL ,so they said.

That night nina could hear his wailing loud and clear.
Nak pi rumah tok,nak pi rumah tok... between his sobs.
Ni kan rumah tok,cikson replied
Tak... ni butan...
He clinged to his father and refused to be consoled. The louder he wailed when someday tried to calm him down. So much for a two year old terrible two's temper tantrum.

Esok tok beli swimming poooool.
Tak mau. Tak nak...

At last after tiring himself he fell asleep.And all was quiet until the next morning.

The next morning....
When nina went into the house, Fahim was a happy self and greeted nina beaming with a smile.
Asokla..
Nina dah akan...he asked me wether I had eaten.
Bu and Nyet following me attracted his attention too.He chased after them trying to pull them by their tails. This startled and terrified the two and they scuttled out of the door in no time at all. Never to enter the house at the sight of abam Fahim.

Now and then, Abam Fahim would put on his show.
He could be seen jumping as in temple run, singing songs that he knew of and make believe s.
The green tins were his favourite toys.Nobody taught him how to use it.
One moment,it was obstacles for the temple run. He would lay down the tins and run over them hailing huk huk huk.
The next time ,the tins were arranged in such a way,it resembled a bday cake on tok wan's sarung. He sang the bday song and puffed at the make believe bday candle. Clapping gleefully.

But his temper tantrums were a class of its own.....

Until cikson went to PB with auntie eena and brought home a mini swimming pool. He was such a happy toddler when given the chance to enter the pool.
Sonok... nak swim.Tok beli. Auntie eena beli...he would tell people.

Oh well.. he's into story telling too.
Gigi supih... he went to demo how he collided with wawa and he fell to the floor. Senget benget dia tunjuk how he went down.
But no mention of  school. He pulled a long face at the mention of sekolah. Such a bad experience for him.

Alahai abam Fahim... those were some of his antics..Such a lively child he is.
Some vocabs of him..
Naik,naik naik.... he imitated the kambings' episode of balik reban that he watched.
I got,you got it... aunty eena taught him..
Bu , Monkey.... calling after the nina's munchkins.
Tok Perlis...

But his attachment to atet @ gadget was something that should be dealt with .... I hope.

Thats all folks..bye

Kita main sini aja anak anak..
Mamason tak bagi kami masuk rumah.
Tu la asyik nak garu saja..

Nina...mai swim
Sonok tau...

Video nila yg abam Fahim minat sangat
Berbelas kali dia tgk.
Dah hafal ...naik naik naik
Baliiiiiiikkkkkkk
Up up up up up..

NINASANDAQ

Its play and all play...

Watching the boisterous kittens playing is a teraphy in itself. Little pieces of paper, clothes pins ,bottle caps were toys to them. They could spend endless hours chasing those objects much to the delight of cikson.Hence she has nothing to be delighted of presently.
Watching tv ... nothing much nowaday. With all those news on tv ,its better to have the tv off.
Ada ka gila berita yang entah apa apa jadi berita.
The other day ...berita ttg putih memutih tuttttt pun dimuatkan. Hadoii.
Cerita orang gila dok jaja keburukan ahli keluarga dia pun jadi bahan berita. Itu pun belum tentu ahli keluarga dia berbuat salah. Berhalusinasi betul mamat joyah tu.
Sejak dua menjak nak dekat PRU14 ni lagilah nak termun... tgk berita esp that one channel.
Tapi channel yang kami dok tengok selalu pun akhir2 ni entah macam sasau saja berita yang disajikan.
Dok tgk Aljazeera, CNN, BBC... pun ada yg tak seronok. Kalau tak bom,tak bunuh tak lengkap berita. Not even one single day,these malicious killings in the name of religion doesnt make the news.Why such hatred for mankind. Apa dapat ya habis semua nak diruntuhkan. Habis semua dipadang jarak padang tekukurkan. I cant digest them.

All those rots aside..

Nyet and Bu,those little kittens have grown up . They have a free range in the compound and porch of RBL. Trees are their favourite places to cool under the blazing sun,or exercise their limbs. Now and then,they could be spotted racing up the coconut trees or gingerly balancing themselves gingerly on the branches of the cempaka plant.

And when they sneaked into the house,all havoc let loose. They raced with each other ,banging all the way with the furniture.

Ooooi tak sakit ka kepla tuuu... cikson called out.
Then its scartching time... the bamboo Sarawak mat is their ground.
Scratch,scratch scratch.

Then the ribbons underneath the dining chairs got their attention. Swinging time!

Oooooi... there's a new toy la..

The cupboard box lying idly on the floor soon caught their attention...See how they enjoyed themselves..

If only, we humano sapieno could enjoy the little things,life could be much simpler. Tak dakla dok bom sini sana, dok jaja fitnah seantero dunia...
Ni...hai..entahlah dunia. Senak dada.

Bye folks...

bercahaya mata si BU bila dapat kotak itu..
Hoooray...mainan baru!

Ni hak aku... kata Nyet
BU pi lah cari yang lain buat main

cikli pun campur tangan... mainlah sama sama,buat apa berebut mainan.

ha aaah... kita main sama sama ya
Tak perlu rebut merebut semua macam manusia.

Hi.... aci lut...catch me if you can.

penat dah bermain... jom cari yang lain
Yg penting jangan sambar orang punya ya.

Bye bye kotak
Besok kita main pulak...

Ninasandaq... story told n untold.

Few must have wondered why she was named so..Ninasandaq!
She was named Nina by the children after that bottle of perfume that I brought back from Edinburgh..Ninaricci.
Another cat was named Ricci ,but she was long gone.
And how did Sandaq appeared after her name.
Oh ya... sandaq was sandar... recline. She likes to sandar all the times. Thus we nicknamed her ninasandaq.

Berapa umur dia? Someone asked.
Quite a veteran,she is.
Anak dia pun dah tak terbilang ramainya.
And none live to see old age.
At present she was left with 2 kids. Bu and Nyet. Teh was knocked down by a car and lay motionless on the ground when we found her. Suka sangat duduk bersantai bawah kereta ,tu la akibatnya.

The other day, Nyet was found limping. Cikli nursed him and he was back to normal.

Nina has one peculiar behaviour previously. She grrrrrred when we teased her children.
She even rushed to ciklin with a menacing look when she called her favourite child's name.
I tried to test her once again.
I called out baby baby baby loudly to her small children.
Nina raised her head and stared at me!
Marah la tu.
Oh..tak boleh panggil main main tau baby baby  gitu.
Nina nina....

Nina is still full of kasih sayang. I could see it when feeding them. She stood still to let her two children have their feed first. Thats her... always a loving and caring mother.

samseng kampung dusun...pakwe ninasandaq terkini.

Bu, namanya diberi kerana warna bulunya..kelabu

mengawasi pak tam yang datang bertandang..

hebat dua beradik ni... walau pokok tu tinggi,
seronok sangat mereka panjat memanjat pagi pagi.

Thats all folks. Bye.

Se petang di RBL.

Walau tiada tamu yang berkunjung datang
Walau bukan masanya anak anak pulang
Namun RBL tetap dengan kegiatan kegiatan mereka yang adakala kita boleh jatuh sayang.
Melihat gelagat mereka yang riang
Pokok kelapa jadi tempat mereka jadi sutntman
Ranting kemboja tempat mereka bergayutan
Bawah daun jambu yang rendang kadangkala mereka baring melepas kepenatan

Harmoni jelas ada
Si ayam cuba menjamu selera
Bersama ninsandaq dan anak anaknya

Sekali sekala jiran sebelah pun bertandang sama
Ada kelabu,hitam pekat yg tak nampak apa kecuali mata
Atau si tampung yang manja.

ada kenduri di sini

ramai ahli keluarga si bapa ayam datang walau tanpa diundang

amboi... kot nak ajak kami sama kata si ayam
betullah... makan tak ingat orang ,kata sitampung yg berjiran.

Tak apalah mak ayam oooi
Walau lebihan itu pun dah rezeki

Tengok tu... dah puas makan kenduri
Semua kroooooh krooooh di petang hari

Bawah poko jambu air yang tak berbuah lagi...


Thats all folks. Have a pleasant weekend
Bye.