monday

monday.

i hate mondays.

well, who wouldn't hate monday?

the weather is getting a bit crazy around kL these days.

whole week was very heaty and the sun was shining strikingly. i basically walked around half-naked in the house. it was really hot.

suddenly, it rained last night.

and now, it looks like it's going to rain again.

i felt like blogging but i have no idea what to blog about.

oh. this morning, Pak Kong called me (Pak Kong is a nickname for Granpa). he called in just to test his new phone. my auntie bought for him a brand new Samsung phone. and the first person he called using the new phone is me. obviously, im his favorite *giggles*

i guessed i've always been his favorite. i am unsure why he favors me more than his other grandchildren. yes, he loves all his grandchildren but he favors me more. maybe cause i resembled more like his side of the family. the Khan bloodline i mean while others look more like chinese. fair. normal nose. me? im nescafe-like, sharp nose (hidung mancung, hehe), small lips. Mummy and Maknek (nickname for Granma) told me once that i looked like Pak Kong's mum. and as small as she was.

Pak Kong had always pampered me with almost everything. thought we seldom speak with each other, but both of us somehow know each other inside out. sometimes, words are unnecessary to tell others bout your thoughts, feelings or emotions. sometimes, it just needs a sense of understanding each other.

i still remembered gardening with him in the evenings when i was younger. i would wake up as early as 5am during weekends just to tag along with him to his big farm. he bought for me a little hoe and a small rubber boots. oh, not forgetting a straw hat too. then he would ask me to pack some snacks and drinks, and also insect repellent for myself. i hopped into the back seat of his jeep with my younger brother, and off we go along with Maknek too. things were fun those days. playing and running around the big farm. experience the life in the jungle, got to know some animals and weird insects or plants. then come back in the evening. those were the days.

he used to have 2 farms, as far as i remember. one is a fish farm where he would keep red tilapia fish in huge ponds. the other is just a normal farm full of veggies and fruit trees. i liked the former more. cause i love fishies.

if he doesn't go to his farm, he would go out and drive his jeep around Miri town. and he always bring me along with him. we would go to the wet market. picked up some stuff for Maknek and send those things home. then he would go to the mosque and hang out there while i was having my Quran recital practice. after that, we would go to any coffee shops and eat. that's my favorite part cause i get to order what i want. before going home, we would go to a supermarket and get snacks for ourselves. he would choose Coke and i'd go with ice-creams.

he was a pipe-smoker before. yeah. and he was a Coke addict too! haha. now you know how i discovered Coke for the first time. he could finish a whole 1.5L of Coke by himself while smoking from his pipe. and i would always sit beside him, drinking Coke too. and we would stare out to the streets and be blur. no words. no sound from both of us. just plain blank and blur.

those are some of the memories with Pak Kong when i was small. but he never stops to favor me though im a grown-up now. he still asks whether i have enough cash for myself. if the family goes for a holiday, he never fails to buy for me some ornaments. if i tag along, he'll splurge me with clothes, sandals, bags and mind you - it's all branded. Nike and Adidas are the brands that he loves to buy for me. countless times he bought for me watches, shirts, bags, shoes or slippers.

he gets very worried when i fall sick even if it's a mild fever. he's more worried than my mum is! my mum would tell me off taking medicine, but as for Pak Kong - he'll take the next flight just to check on me.

i guess im very lucky to have such a loving granpa, huh? that's why i can't wait to go back this December. i just want him to see me - that im healthy and living life well. just to shrug off his worries for me.

damn. it's raining. and i didn't bring the clothes in before i go for work. *sigh*