{ Working Saturday }

It's a working Saturday... Yes, I have to work today because the workload is out of my control. Maka, sebelum aku memulakan kerja aku...saja amik masa sat tulis something kat sini..saja mencari mood nak kerja after a not-so-good night.

Actually, boleh dikatakan ini first time aku kerja weekend except during PI hari tu. Kena siapkan FMEA. During normal working day, banyak sangat interruption dari production, not-so-useful meeting yang terpaksa aku attend...arhhh...hopefully hari nie relax sket la.. nak concentrate. Well, actually aku cuma ada until approx. 1PM jek..halfday beb..pasal anak kat taska... sian Kak Long & Eiman...

Dapatla gak aku berhibur layan MP3 sambil kerja hari nie..selalu terpaksa kontrol macho..hehe... hah! dah 8.30AM... I got to start now... nanti kalau aku pening2 kang aku sambung menulis lagik....

{ Wajah-Wajah Jubilee Weekend }

Mcm aku kata, kan..aku tak bwk kamera and tak attend most events..so aku just nak share gambar-gambar Eiman & Nana kat sini... :)
Norhaslina & Dr. Halina

Norhaslina & YB Razali Ibrahim

Eiman yang keletihan di atas pangkuan mama selepas dinner...

Eiman kat KFC sementara tunggu bas nak balik Kulai dari Muar..

{ Jubilee... Here We Come }

Finally, sampai juga hajat aku untuk menghadirkan diri ke Ansara Terendak Silver Jubilee Dinner... mungkin orang lain tak rasa apa yang aku rasa, I have been through a long way before I finally made it... dugaan yang aku lalui, biar aku je yang tahu... sebab tu aku punya rasa GLAD nie mungkin lain dari apa yang orang lain rasa...

Dengan beg baju yang aku tak tau nak humban ke mana, aku Nana & Eiman masuk ke MITC... there was a big crowd dekat kaunter pendaftaran. First person yang aku jumpa was Johoe...dia kan Naib Pengerusi... dengan kurta putih dia... aku tegur, dia jawab lebih kurang jek...hmmm...takperlah..dia penat kot or lebih nak sambut VVIP and cikgu..aku cuma kerak-kerak jek dalam majlis tu..so nevermind... aku terus cari kaunter pendaftaran. Then I saw Kak Intansue... terus aku tegur dia.. dia dengan Kak Azean (rasanyalah masa tu..maaflah Kak Yan, Eca tak cam... you changed completely)... dia tunjukkan aku kaunter yang dijaga oleh budak ISIS... aku daftarlah dengan si Nana (on behalf of Ayie)..dapat lagi 2 goodies bag...adeih, tambah lagik ktorg punya bebanan bahu...huahuahua... malas nak tunggu lama-lama, some more masa tu dah pukul 8 and aku tak kenal sesapa pun...terus naik ke tingkat atas..gie ladies, touch up lebih kurang and masuk terus dewan...

Masuk je pintu, Madhi sambut.... (Nana kata Madhi hensem...hehehe...)..siap drop his business card lagik.. cayalah! Oh yer hampir terlupa, masa kat eskalator, aku jumpa Hairil... berisi sketla dia berbanding masa zaman sekolah dulu... bak kata dia pun... 'hati senang sket skang'... Hairil nie kapla segala montaj yg memang best... dia dok guide meja mana yg boleh duduk, meja mana yang tak boleh...mula-mula tu kitorang gi kat meja yang masih kosong...tepi dinding memandangkannak sumbat beg-beg kitorang yg banyak tu..segan arr kalau dok tengah2 alam dengan beg yg menimbun (kesian kitorang kan..?? kan Nana Kan..?? mcm jakun darat mana jek masuk dinner dengan all those thingies...) sekali entah mcmana segerombolan jantanas yang takde seat serbu meja kitorang nak duduk... aku dah rasa mcm nak keluar terus dari dewan tu jek coz tak selesa... nasib Roslina jadi penyelamat... Roslina nie classmate aku dari form3 sampai form5 tau... dia ajak aku, Nana & Eiman join meja dia yg kebetulan ada kosong... kira selamat la..and a bit fulfilled sebab dapat duduk semeja dengan bdk batch aku... Roslina & John, Ruhann, Fendi Izani... meja sebelah plaks Nor, Yan, Sue, Rose, Bundy... and meja kitorang turut dijengahi oleh Kuchai, Poken, Yuskhairul... and outside of the hall...aku berkesempatan sekejap jumpa dengan Mat Rock (KLMJ Ina Rock..hehe..tengah dukung anak lagi...harharhar... sungguh berbeza pemandangan ituw...)

Aku sapa Huzairi... and dia terus cium Eiman... fatherly gak rupanya dia nie, kan? Heheheh... then jumpa Abg Sofi...dia nak amik Eiman, tapi as usual.. Eiman..mana nak ikut strangers...nampak Fizah Bahau, just lambai dari jauh jek since dia hilang lepas dinner..tak sempat nak jumpa... sapa lagik? Haaa... Halina... (awek SMS) yg duduk sebelah Fizah...Ada lg jumpa sape ntah budak2 yang tegur aku ...super juniorla..yg aku tak recognise...sorry ye dek... memory akak dah low la..hehe... maklumla..dah tak muda lagikkkk....!!!!

After bla bla bla bla bla... it's makan time...!!! Hidangan disediakan oleh Hotel Seri Malaysia... and from the name, I already expected how the foods wud taste like... aku rasa actually hidangan tu mcm tak cukup jek, tapi oleh kerana keseronokkan jumpa rakan dan taulan serta guru-guru dah melebihi segalanya, maka aku bikin ignore jek sama itu makanan...kiranya makan ala-kad jek lah.. heheh... ada dimsum..ada sup..ada nasi goreng, ada ikan siakap (yg nie mmg sedap)..ada air oren..ada desert apa ntah sagu ada kuah... ada udang... yang gerenti kenyang is Eiman lah... heheh...aku ngan Nana kenyang air jek.. in the middle of makan time..aku mula rasa bosan dan kepanasan so amik kesempatan keluar dari dewan... tu dia...keluar jek dari dewan, berdirilah MP Muar kiter, YB Razali Ibrahim... dia nie aku 1st time kontek pasal tiket F1 Sepang back in March 2008 la..then kononnya nak tongtong kereta ngan dia dari Muar gie Jubilee tapi dek kerana timing lari, so tak jadilah... aku pun teruslah introduce diri kat dia... "Abg Zali, Saya Eca"... ngehngehngeh... and the conversation went through mcm dah lama kenal jek. He is a very nice and humble person… kind-hearted (bukan bodek yer Abg Zali…heheh) before beredar, sempatlah dok posing-posing sat gambar kenangan… bukan senang woooo nak jumpa dia…hehehe… went to washroom, and masa nak masuk balik dewan la jumpa si Kuchai, Poken & Mat Rock tengah dok sembang-sembang kat luar dewan.

Bila dah back to meja makan, sambungla meratah udang plaks…nasib Eyna simpankan sket, kalau tak aku ngan Nana dapat kulit udang jelah kot..hehehe… sambil dihiburkan oleh kumpulan Gangstarz (Infinite) yang turned to be ex-tdk and ada nasyid (nie mmg trademark MRSM Terendak)… well actually I didn’t really bother about semua tu, concentrate dengan jumpa kawan-kawan lama jek sebenarnya… aku mula tegur-tegur cikgu, tapi malangnya haram sorang pun tak kenal aku… except masa before balik aku jumpa cikgu homeroom aku. Pn Zuraidah bt Zulkeflee… aku salam cium tangan dan peluk dia, yang menjaga aku dari form 1 sampai form 5.

After all the activities habis, masa tu dah dekat pukul 12, maka bermulalah aktiviti beramah mesra sesama cikgu dan ex-tdk yang lain. Time niela ada sesi salam-salam, peluk-peluk (sama jantina ehhh…hello!!) and amik-amik gambo. Aku yg x bawak kamera nie tumpang posing jek dlm kamera canggih si Zaiti, Kak Intansue, Rose & Halina. Masa nielah aku berpeluang jumpa Kak Julia, sembang-sembang ngan kawan-kawan sama batch i.e. Rose, Eyna, kakak-kakak senior, abang-abang pioneer like Abg Ed, Abg Azahadi, Abg Azmi etc etc… by that time, Eiman dah terlentuk ngantuk dan terlelap dalam pelukan aku. Maka aku pun terpaksa menstatikkan diri duduk atas kerusi melayan tangan yang lenguh…hehehe…then aku terus turun ke bawah menunggu Kak Julia (sebab aku tumpang stay ngan dia kat Ismah)… penat sangat… rupanya Kak Julia gi minum-minum ngan kwn-kwn dia kat Subaidah… aku dah siap bersila memangku Eiman sambil dok sembang ngan Nana, Manwie and Ajla… since aku nie sekadar menumpang kasih kenderaan rakan-rakan yang memahami dan bermurah hati, aku and Nana pun joinla sekali minum-minum kat Subaidah… saper ek yang ada..?? Abg Azahadi, ISIS, Kak Oya, Kak Aidrina, Sherrina, Zaiti, Johoe, Rasyid, Prof. Jamal and etc etc etc… aku dah tak larat nak makan, minum-minum jeklah sambil memerhatikan si ISIS pekena sekeping roti telur dan roti kosong. After dok sembang-sembang dan transport available, maka bertolakla ke Ismah… dan sampai sana terus tidur tak ingat apa-apa sampailah pagi dekat pukul 10 aku, Nana and Eiman pengsan!!!

After wake up, terus dok fikir how nak balik… dengan tak mandi…kitorang gie breakfast…huh! Takleh masuk perutla…so aku minum-minum jek… mandi-mandi etc… cuba gak tanya-tanya kawan yang belum check out if bole tumpang sampai tepi jalan so that kitorang boleh tunggu bas ke Melaka Sentral. Malangnya, respon menyedihkan… and tengok-tengok dia dah checkout without says goodbye … so minta tlg owner Ismah arrangekan… and paling aku sedih, kena tipu dengan teksi tu..owner Ismah kata cuma RM10 ke tau, sekali tiba kat Masjid Tanah, dia charge aku RM24…!!! Aku rasa mcm nak maki-maki jek… mentang-mentangla aku tgh susah, in a desperate condition… ingat aku halalkan ker..?? Makanla anak bini dia sekali dgn duit aniaya orang…so, kitorang naik bas Patt Hup dari Masjid Tanah ke Melaka Sentral…dan kenangan lama menjelma lagi….

Aku gerenti, extdk-extdk lain yang datang berkereta or dgn lebih tepat, own transportation takkan rasa KLMJ yang aku rasa… naik bas Patt Hup (walaupun nasib aku baik sebab dapat Patt Hup ada air-cond.. rahmat buat Eiman) merentasi Masjid Tanah yang tak berapa beza dengan 12 tahun dahulu. And bila melintasi Simpang Terendak, mcm nak gugur gaklah airmata melihat entrance masuk Kem Terendak..sebab hajat hati nak menjejakkan kaki ke MRSM Terendak tak terlaksana…dah maju area Simpang Terendak dan Sungai Udang… banyak rumah kedai dah dibangunkan. Famili Store pun dah takde…. Tiba-tiba waktu nie dapat plak satu sms tu yang buat hati aku syahdu giller…sampai meleleh airmata beb…aku tak bolehla bagi korang baca apa sms tu, tapi bunyinya lebih kurang camnielah… “Eycha, personally saya kagum dgn semangat yang ada pada Eycha yg sanggup bersusah payah menempuh segala rintangan untuk sama2 menjayakan sambutan jubli perak terendak….blablabla...” tersentuh hati aku kerana dlm pada susah payah tu, ada gak yang appreciate…aku doakan yang terbaik bagi pihak yang appreciate… amin…

Sampai ke Melaka Sentral… 1st thing 1st la… makan time…!!! Memang lapar giler, so aku ajak Nana gi Chicken Rice Ball..teringin plaks pasal lalu situ masa hari sampai Melaka.. so, makan la..lawan dgn dumpling soup..mmg sedap soup dia..nasi biasa jek..air dia sedap..air asamboi dgn limau kasturi…ntah aper nama dia… settle makan, time to catch the bus… and beyond expectation… bas takde. Plg awal pun petang dkt pukul 6…giller apa..apa aku nak buat time nunggu tu…dlm otak aku pikir, cari bas dari Muar jela.. kalau takde gak, tidur umah Mak and balik pagi Isnin… penat giller…naik bas Orkid Ekspress sampai Muar then cari bas…lewat baru dapat..terpaksa gak balik sebab laki aku paksa suh balik…aku berang gaj la..sebab aku penat giler tapi dia takmau faham… nak buat macamana, kan?

Arrived at Kulai so late, mmg penat giler..dah tak ingat apa..terus tidur…. Isnin tak kerja…hari Selasa back to work tapi mcm org cacat jek pasal bdn sakit giller… mengantuk mcm nak pitam pun yerkkkk…. Tapi the journey was well-worth it la… once in a lifetime…

Last but not least.. I would like to thanks:
ALLAH SWT – kerana jika tidak dengan izinNya, tidak mungkin aku berada di Jubilee Dinner….
My husband – kerana izinkan aku dengan Eiman meneruskan hajat ke Jubilee Dinner…
Nana – sebab sudi ikut akak… tapi, berbaloikan?
Kak Intansue – hanya saya, akak dan Dia yang tau….
Abg Azahadi – for your concern, hospitality and companion…
Kak Julia – for the accomodation… hmm… brp saya kena bayar share saya, Kak Jue?
Roslina – pasal ajak aku duduk semeja dgn ko..kalau tak mati aku dikerumuni semut2 yg tak dikenali…
YB Razali Ibrahim – pasal offer tongtong although I can’t make it….
Kak Oya, Kak Lin, …serta semua yang saya mungkin lupa nak mention nama kat sini… bersama-sama nie aku attach gak gambo-gambo yg sedikit yg sempat di snap menggunakan camera phone sahaja… gambar2 dari kamera rakan-rakan akan menyusul kendian… thanks a lot for the journey of the lifetime… semoga dapat bersua dengan semua lagi in future, Insya Allah…

Terendak… the place where my life begins… and all the memories remain……..

My Journey To Ansara Terendak Silver Jubilee Dinner 1983-2008

Assalamualaikum WBT...

Alhamdulillah... finally dapat jugak aku mencuri sedikit masa untuk melakarkan bicara dalam blog nie... umak ait..lama giller tak update blog... life has been upside down lately, juggling between work and personal life... sampai rasa tak terdaya, but what to do... life goes on... isn't it? One by one happened.. dari isu harga minyak naik lah.. itulah.. inilah.... frankly speaking, talking about it wud drive me insane...!!! Pasal semua naik, tapi gaji aku macam tu jugak.. hampes betul...

So, pada waktu yang limited ini... I am going to concentrate on the event I attended last weekend... a moment of truth.... something that I was looking for... dari akhir tahun lepas punya cerita... until it really happened last weekend... MRSM TERENDAK SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION 1983-2008...!!!

Actually, my initial plan almost been blown away by many problems yang aku terpaksa hadapi all the way. Duit jubli aku dah bayar together dengan Ayie... aku bayar kat Johoe rasanya bln 4 ker 5... camgitulah..aku pun ingat-ingat lupa... initial plan was nak cuti-cuti Malaysia with my family to Melaka sekaligus, but due to time and financial constraints, terpaksa dibatalkan. Sedih gakla, because I was very looking forward for this event... until at the very last minutes, miracle did happened...!!! Thanks to somebody that I am not going to mention her name who has been helpful enough to me and making my dream to attend Jubilee Dinner comes true....yes, only Jubilee Dinner..sebab aku tak attend perasmian dengan aktiviti kat maktab 22/6/08 tuh...

To be very very honest.... perjalanan aku penuh dengan liku-liku... bermula dari macam-macam masalah yg timbul before the journey itself begins, until the day aku ke Melaka. Aku pergi berdua dengan Eiman dari Kulai pada pagi 21-June-2008. Dapat tiket ke Muar jam 10pagi dari Larkin, aku disambut oleh Nana yang tunggu kat Bentayan untuk cari tiket ke Melaka plak pada petang hari tu. Dapat tiket pukul 5.30ptg. Sementara tunggu hari petang, aku balik rumah mak kat Jeram... lepak-lepak.. makan-makan nasi minyak kenduri kahwin jiran... (hehehe...the kambing was so yummy...!!) So, kitorang bertolak dari Muar ke Melaka Sentral memang siap dengan dressing untuk dinner. Aku dengan Nana sedondon jek biru... aku pakai baju baru, mak aku bagi (thanks mak.. kaulah ratu hatiku!) yang sepatutnya jadi baju raya... and Nana pakai baju kurung biru yang originally baju raya aku tahun 1999 masa study A-Level kat UK dolu... hero kenit aku si Eiman, pakai jeans Debenhams Kak Long, dengan kemeja hijau yang auntie Yanie bagi for his birthday last April.. memang hensem si kenit tu...tapi dia tak reti berjalan kalau pakai kasut..so, dia pakai stokin jela..hehe.... aku baru perasan yang mak dah lama tak tengok anak dia pakai baju kurung bila dia cakap... "Haaa... barulah nampak anak aku nie mcm org Melayu" ..wakakaka...aku punya gelak.. selama nie muka aku mcm pelarian Myanmar ker..?? Sabar jeklah...

Aku, Nana & Eiman bertolak dari rumah naik kereta Poksu hantar sampai Bentayan... lupa plak nak citer, aku sempat tapau Putu Bambu RM5 and makan 5 ketul (selebihnya bg Mak & Ucu la...) sebelum bertolak gi Melaka..memang berhantu betul ngan Putu Bambu Bentayan nie... haaa..kalau korang singgah ke Muar, jgn lupa try Putu Bambu nie.. mmg sedap... walaupun harga dah naik sket..tapi quality sentiasa tiptop! Sambung citer tadik pasal journey to Jubilee...kitorang bertolak dari Muar ke Melaka Sentral naik bas Cepat-Sedia pukul 5.30 ptg, sampai ke Melaka Sentral dalam pukul 6.20ptg...

Dalam perjalanan ke Melaka Sentral, aku terpegun melihat perubahan Melaka... yelah, aku tinggalkan MRSM tahun 1996..last aku jejakkan kaki ke MRSM Terendak on 15-8-1998 (aku ingat tarikh nie pasal sama dengan anniversary aku...harharhar...)..last aku gie Melaka jalan-jalan rasanya hujung tahun 2005 tu pun gie Waterworld jek... and to be honest, aku rasa mcm In Love Again dengan negeri Melaka... makin maju, tapi tetap mengekalkan budaya bangsa... yes, Melaka cantik sangat... betul-betul menggamit nostalgia..dahla journey to remang-remang senja... sampai Melaka Sentral yang aku rasa baru 3 or 4 kali aku jejakkan kaki nie, aku kagum gilerla... memang canggih..berjutakali lagi best dari Puduraya, dan berkali-kali lagi best dari Stesen Bas Larkin... terasa mcm Bus Station Canon Street kat Manchester plak..tapi kat Manchester tu kecik jek... cuma yang mencemarkan rupa Melaka Sentral tu is bas-basnya yang masih sama jek stock-stock bas yang aku nampak dari aku form1-form5 kat Melaka.. adoila... bilalah bas-bas nie dah bertukar wajah....!!!! Seriusla.. masa aku dok cari bas nak ke MITC, first bas yang aku nampak is Salira... umak aittt... macam bas kat New Mexico dalam cerita Prison Break plak... punyalah antik... aku pandang Nana, Nana pandang aku...mcm tak sanggup je nak naik..har har har... nasibla aku panjangkan sket langkah... nampak Tuah Bas yang baru sket, ada aircond... so naik bas tu la sampai ker depan pintu masuk MITC... punyalah jauh dia pusing, tapi nak buat camner.. public transport, kan? Pasrah sahaja laaaa... herherher... memang penat gakla..dengan mengendong beg dan si Eiman...nasib Nana ada... and aku cakap ngan Nana... "Kita bawak jek beg baju masuk dinner.. mampusla... kalau diorang nak marah ker.. aper ker.. silap besarla...." ... and bila melangkahkan kaki keluar dari bas... dari jauh dah nampak kain rentang Ansara Terendak Silver Jubilee Dinner.... dengan hati yang gembira, dicampur rasa bersyukur dan secebis rasa sayu (yang hanya aku seorang yang tahu....) aku melangkah beriringan dengan Nana, sambil mendukung Eiman..menuju masuk ke MITC.... Jubilee Dinner... here we come....!!!!

A Wake Up Story...

Thanks to Kak Julia... this is a must-read story to everyone out there...

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I
held her hand and said, I've got something to tell
you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed
the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't know how to
open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was
thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she
asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This
made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and
shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we
didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she
wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage.
But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer, she
had lost my heart to a lovely girl called Dew. I
didn't love her anymore..I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce
agreement which stated that she could own our house,
our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at
it and then tore it into pieces.. The woman who had
spent ten years of her life with me had become a
stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources
and energy but I could not take back what I had said
for I loved Dew so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in
front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To
me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of
divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed
to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her
writing something at the table. I did'nt have supper
but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast
because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew.
When I woke up, she was still there at the table
writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was
asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions:
she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's
notice before the divorce. She requested that in that
one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as
possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his
exams in a months time and she did'nt want to disrupt
him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more,
she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out
bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that
everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of
our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought
she was going crazy. Just to make our last days
together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Dew about my wife s divorce conditions. She
laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter
what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce,
she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my
divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I
carried her out on the first day, we both appeared
clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding
mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of
pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to
the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my
arms. She closed her eyes
and said softly, don't tell our son about the divorce.
I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down
outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to
work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily.
She leaned on my chest.. I could smell the fragrance
of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this
woman carefully for a long time. I realised she was
not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her
face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its
toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done
to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a
sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who
had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth
and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy
was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It
became easier to carry her as the month slipped by.
Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried
on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable
one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown
bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so
thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more
easily. Suddenly it hit me, .. she had buried so much
pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I
reached out and touched her head.
Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time
to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying
his mother out had become an essential part of his
life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and
hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I
was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute.
I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom,
through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand
surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her
body tightly, it was just like our wedding day.. But
her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day,
when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step.
Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and
said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy.

I drove to office... jumped out of the car swiftly
without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would
make me change my mind... I walked upstairs. Dew
opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do
not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished. Then touched my
forehead.. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her

hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I won't divorce.
My marriage life was boring probably because she and I
didn't value the details of our lives, not because we
didn't love each other any more. Now I realise that
since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I
am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Dew
seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap

and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I
walked downstairs and drove away.

At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of
flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to
write on the card. I smiled and wrote:

I'll carry you out every morning until death do us
apart.

The small details of our lives are what really matter
in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car,
property , the money in the bank, blah..blah.. blah.
These create an environment conducive for happiness
but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time
to be your spouse's friend and do those little things
for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real
happy marriage!

If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you,
but if you do, you just might save a marriage.