Assalammualaikum, today is 30th April 2020 and we are on our 7th Ramadhan for this year Alhamdulilah.
Just want to share some story, today i had a conversation with our universiti macik cleaner. I went bilik bacaan this morning bcause i have to attend my online classes and yes i need wifi. While i had my class, macik cleaner masuk bilik tu bawa borak, mybe macik cleaner tu ndak perasan yg sy tengah kelas online since i used a wireless earphone and just staring at my laptop.
Long short story, she told me that she is 60 years old mom and used to be a penoreh getah. That one day during her 8 month pregnancy for her second child, she was 30 years old and went to ladang getah. Ladang getah tu berbukit, so dia kena bawa junjung getah tu atas kepala and then macik tu jatuh dri atas bukit tergolek, imagine masa tu macik clenear tu mngandung 8 bulan. Luckly she was fine and the baby was fine, she said she and her husband had to menoreh getah from 1 am until 7 am. Ya Allah 1 am tu sya baru mau tidur lepas tngok drama korea. She said sometimes teserempak harimau and sometimes dengar perempuan mngilai tengah2 hutan. And then i asked what about her kids? Masa tu anak2 macik tu bru 3 tahun dan yg adik bru beberapa bulan, macik tu kata dia akan letak bayi dia dekat buaian yg dia buat sendiri guna kain sarung, and minta anak dia yg umur 3 tahun tolong jaga2 adik. She said shes tawakal untuk cari rezeki, macik tu kata, dia akan tinggalkn botol susu untuk bayi tu berisi air susu junjung, sbb dia ndak mampu mau beli susu tepung, and then i realize how perfect my childhood was, thank you for both my parents :')
Macik tu kata, macik tak mampu, beli susu anak pun macik tak mampu, masa diorng bayi, macik tumbuk2 beras tu smpai hncur and then macik masak untuk anak macik makan. Masa diorng masuk universiti, anak2 macik kurus, sbb makan meggi je mampu. Org nasihat macik jgn bagi anak makan maggie, tapi macik tak bole buat apa, tu je macik mampu.
And then she continue, Alhamdulillah skrg anak2 macik sihat je macik tngok, dah keje offshore, jadi owner tadika. Anak2 dah grad dean list. Anak macik ada 7 org, semua pun dah kawin. Macik pun dah hidup senang, keje part time sini je.
Lepas dgr macik tu cerita, bru terasa Ya Allah sy ni je ke yg asyik nak mengeluh? Walaupun parents dulu takde la kaya, but atleast apa yg kami dpt tidak perna kurang, sentiasa cukup dan sentiasa lengkap masa kami semua masi kecik :) skrg lagi la best, parents dgn kkak semua keje, and sya je kena tanggung dgn adik. How grateful i am, Alhamdulillah