I just realized that....

I dah lama tak borak ngan my father... I mean really borak2....

Well, maybe becoz Babah is not like Mama.. kalau borak ngan Mama ada je menda nak cakap... Borak pasal resepi lah... ngumpat2 Angah or Along or Rizal... Gosip artis pun termasuk dlm topik borak2 ngan Mama.. so, there's soo much for us to talk about.. but with Babah, it's like we only talk about important things aje.. pasal bil keta ke, bil rumah ke, schedule travel ke.. (in case I plan to go somewhere..) pasal weather kat japan ni ke... menda2 centu je, by which 5 minutes pun dah bleh abih...

Most of the time, when I call home, if in case Babah yg angkat, I'll just ask him "Tgh buat ape.?" Then dia jawab, but then dia akan tanye balik "Nak ckp ngan mama ke...?" and straight away pass the phone to Mama... Gee... Since when jadik cemni eh? Anyhow, here are few things bout my father that I would like to share...

• Babah suka masak lemak... especially masak lemak cili api ayam.. and ubi kentang.. (part ubi kentang ni aku rasa dah turun kat aku.. I just Love ubi kentang.. tak kira laa.. dlm masak lemak ke.. or stakat tumis ngan ikan bilis ke... or harsh potato.. or fun fries.. or mashed potato.. or ubi kentang letak dalam sup ayam.. sume2 lah...) In case there's only one ubi kentang left dalam mangkuk lauk, both of us will brerebut nak abihkan...

• Babah suka tengok berita and baca paper... in short, dia memang updated pasal general knowledge and berita terkini... I remembered kalau masa kecik.. even until now.. when he's watching berita, I will ask him this and that. becoz my general knowledge is very2 hampeh... So, while watching berita, I will ask him " Apsal diorang perang, Bah?" or "***** tu ape, Bah?" (in case i dont understand any economical term..) or "Ni sapa, Bah?" (in case I dont recognize Menteri2 kat Mesia ni..) and normally he'll be able to answer my questions.. dulu dia suka tengok berita RTM.. but I normally bising coz presentation berta RTM tak menarik.. prop tak lawa, pembaca berita pakai baju tak cun.. so now he turned to berita TV3.. hehe...

• Babah suka komputer and internet... I remembered when I was in Form 1 (i think) he's the one who introduced to me how to use email... I remembered the first question I asked
  

Me : Cemane kita nak tau kita dapat email?
Babah : Cemana kita tau kalau kita dapat surat? Surat yg posmen hantar selalu tu? (Babah selalu answer a question with a question to make me think...)
Me : kita cek peti surat la...
Babah : Haa.. sama laa... kita cek la inbox kat email.....
Me : Woooo....... (terlopong kejap...)

And that's how I was introduced to the so called email....

• Kalau makan kat kedai, Babah selalu simpan air yg dia oder sampai dia makan abis... normaly air kan sampai dulu, so as for me and mama, makanan belum sampai, air dah tinggal separuh.... then tgh makan, air dah abih.. then we all mintak air babah... hehe... That's one proof that Babah tu penyabar... dia bleh tunggu sampai makanan dia sampai, then simpan air sedap tu sampai dia abih makan...

• Babah drives very slow... slow sangat.. even kat hiway pun kengkadang dia drive 80km/jam aje... adehh.. if I was sitting beside him, (same goes with Mama) we will membebel, apesal slow sangatt?? Laju la sket... or tekan la minyak sket, Bah.... bukan ada kereta kat depan.. I guess that's the main reason that he never involved in any accident... He's really patience.. (Langsung tak samo cam aku... huk huk..)

• Masa muda2 Babah suka naik gunung... I guess I'm the only child yg ikut jejak dia.. my other sibblings tak suka pun pegi jungle trekking or mountain climbing... that's why when I was studying, then I asked for belanja nak gi naik gunung, he never failed to give me... although Mama bising la jugak.. " Buat hape laa gi panjat2 gunung tuh..." but Babah never membebel or discourage me... He'll just ask questions like brape org pegi.. gunung tu kat mana.. pegi ngan ape... brape hari.. al the soalan wajib yg dia kena tanye as a father lah... and kengkadang bagi pesanan2 keramat... I remembered when I went to Tahan, he said "Nnnt time turun jangan lari... nanti muscle koyak..." ( it's true.. masa turun gunung tahan we tend to lari la jugak.. since ada tempat yg clear and macam turun bukit...)

• Babah suka minum air bandung... kalau bulan posa, dia selalu bancuh air bandung dia sendiri... tetiba je time berbuka, dia bawak keluar air bandung dalam peti ais... air bandung dia bancuh best.....

• Lagi satu Babah suka makan - jagung kacau.... ala. macam puding jagung tu.. but takde letak2 tepung... just jagung kacau ngan santan and gula letak daun pandan sket... (resepi traditional takde tepung or custard tau...) Sometimes mama bising coz dia tak rajin nak duduk tepi periuk and kacau jagung tu sampai pekat.. (takes quite a long time kalau nak bagi jagung tu sedap.. api slow, kena kacau sentiasa..) So, babah buat sendiri.. dia beli jagung sendiri, and dia kacau sendiri.. tak payah mama or aku nak tolong dia... tapi bila dah siap, kitorg la jadik tukang sibuk nak makan.... sedap oo...

• Normally, sume baby suka kat Babah.. especially cucu2 dia.. kan some baby takes time nak kat orang... but kalau ngan Babah, kejap je, baby dah gelak2 ngan dia.. I duno why.. sometimes mama bengang jek.. coz cucu slalu nak ngan atuk... bukan ngan opah... penat mama umpan ngan gula2 la.. buah laa.. but ngan mama lambat sket baby nak warmup... kitorang slalu cakap muka babah macam clown kot.. muka pak lawak.. that's y baby suka... dari jauh kalau tengok muka babah, baby dah senyum2... Babah tak buat ape pun lagi... Dah 4 cucu babah centu.. sama jek sume... kalau baby tu dah pandai panjat2, dia suka panjat2 atas babah since perut babah mcm dunloppillow...

This list can go on and on.... nnt if aku teringat lagi menda lain pasal Babah yg aku rasa nak share, nanti aku share... maybe entry lain I'll talk about Mama pulak...