I've known PK since first year at uni. Since then, i've had countless trips back to her hometown at east coast; it went on from bus dinding kayu, until we started working and our traveling bertukar kepada kereta. Our trips became more frequent when we were working at east coast. My visits also includes to her pakcik/makcik's place and also to her grandparents' place.
PK's grandparents lives very near to town. You have to pass through huge garden to reach the house. I've always admire that house; especially the big verandah where you can lepak on your way up to the front door. It's an old house but i reckon it must've been something great at the time when it was built.
Pada zaman mudanya, PK's atuk had worked as a ...errr...can't remember...but he had a stable career for a person at that time. Dia sememangnya macam McGyver. He had everything underneath his house. Segala macam enjin, wire, besi2 segala. PK told me that he even had his own lawn mower; dia buat sendiri ok... Toksah kata la, setakat mesin kopi tu agaknya kacang je dia buat. No wonder kalau kita masuk rumah tu, although it's an old house tapi kelengkapan adalah lebih elektronik and maju dari rumah kita ni. Selain bergelumang dengan besi2 & wire; his other passion adalah menjala. Walaupun dah tua, dia tetap suka menjala; PK and me pernah ikut dia menjala kat pantai belakang airport. Walaupun tak dapat apa, but i'm sure he had enjoyed the moment.
PK's nenek; as i remember her adalah sorang yang selalu berkemban and semestinya lawa zaman2 mudanya. Since they both tinggal berdua je kat rumah tu, makanya dia la yang memasak hari2 dalam keadaan dia sendiri pun tak berapa larat; lagipun her atuk never liked anyone else cooking except his wife's and PK's mom. They were both very loving couple.
PK's atuk had passed away about two years ago; and yesterday, PK's nenek had also left us. Although i never had long conversation with them but they were both like my own grandparents. They will be greatly missed by their anak cucu and anyone who knows them. Al-Fatihah.
i love their place too.. masa kecik-kecik, my cousins and i used to berguling2 kat padang depan rumah our grandparents. Every 2 weeks we had makan2 & jumpa all the cousins at atuk's place. All i can say, it was the gloriest moments for our family.
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