My time management has gone "kaput".
I've been doing this and that, gone here and there, you know, the little things that are mundane and boring that I get to do anyway, but they all consume time.
I met Hank at Halim's daughter's wedding at the Tropicana Golf Resort last month, and told him that I've not put anything new on this blog for some time.
Ramadan is fast approaching. Last night the Surau held its "Israk & Mikraj" celebration with the usual religious talk and a "makan." As usual, as the President of our Islamic Welfare Association, I had to deliver a short welcoming speech. This I have done before, and it was stand up, hello, thanks and sit down again. Simple.
On Monday 11th. I have to stand up and deliver another type of speech, this time in KL. You see, my younger brother has decided to get married. Again.
Now, this I have to give more serious thought.
I've been thinking. Should I make it serious or humourous, long or short, in Malay or English ?
I think I'll go English because it's going to be with very close relatives & friends only and they should be comfortable with it. But I'll try a joke in the Negri Sembilan dialect for a bit of local touch. I know pulling a joke would not be easy, and I can fall flat on it. And I know if Bang Enon reads this he may let the cat out of the bag and tell my brother, and I lose the element of surprise. But this is how it goes:
bilo bolun nikah, kan main sayang dio kek tunang eh tu.
"sok boli an ayo golang, yo bang ?"
"Yo lah."
"Sok boli an ayo gelinya, yo bang?
"Yo lah."
Lopeh kawin, bini ulang balik "boli an ayo golang moh gelinya, bang!"
Kali ni jawab eh "tengok la sok!"
As the Indonesians say: "dasar!"
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2 comments:
Dear Zam,
I've not made comments at your blog for sometime.Interestingly enough, I had that kind of feeling before. In fact it was worst. Not just:
1)about finding time but also
2)what to write about
I left blogging for nearly 9 mths. I more or less gave up!
I was later encouraged to try poetry and later still added my sketch to give effect.
You are brilliant in sketching and painting. I remember that. Why not give it a shot?
Just for month of August 2011 alone my poetry written were more than 20, of which two were with my sketches.
I have a separate poetry blog at Rainbow, imagery77.blogspot.com/
Check it out if you may!
Hank
Dik Ena, Sorry to have missed your blog for quite a while since a few times that i did visit it there was no update.
The last one made a casual reference to a person I know and I thought I might respond even if it's very late in the day. The person referred to might have married a couple of times but all sequential, not simultaneous.
He finally stopped because he had found the right one. At last. One who didn't ask for the golan and gelinya, but look after the home admin efficiently.
Hehe, I wonder how your younger brother is doing now. Wish him all happiness.
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