
Parent is derived from a latin word:
Parēns, is a caretaker of an offspring. Parents. Kita WAJIB hormat. Wajib sayang. Wajib sanjung. Dan penting sesangat kita taat and mendoakan kesejahteraan mereka. I have heard so many things a person should never say or think about their parents from so many people and it made me realize, yg bergelar ibubapa ni teruk sangat ke? (not naming names here) Layak sangat ke mereka di keji dan di umpat?
Kenapa? Besar sangat ke kesalahan mak bapak tu? If you can forgive and ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, why not your mom & dad? Orang langgar bumper kereta terkemek sikit, boleh je maafkan. Kenapa tak mak bapak?
Ada setengah, marah kat mak bapak sebab mak bapak tak provide enough for them. Ada pulak, suka merendah-rendahkan kebolehan or memperkecilkan mak bapak. Tak boleh blah, blame mak bapak for their own mistake. "Mak bapak aku la ni, kecik-kecik manjakan aku sangat.." Salah plak dimanja kan? "Aku dulu, mak aku suka manjakan adik aku je. Aku ni kire macam terabai, ye la adik aku tu pandai.." tak dimanjakan pon marah.
Kenapa masa kecik dulu, walaupun manja tak nak berdikari dengan sendiri? Kenapa masa kecik dulu, dah tau tak pandai sekolah takde initiative to tackle hati mak bapak dengan pandai benda lain? Contohnya, pandai tolong mak masak, tolong bapak basuh kereta...Ade ke parents yg xsuka anak tolong diorg? Ade?
Ade juga setengah tu, suka sangat compare mak bapak dia dengan mak bapak orang lain. Dude/dudette, memang mak bapak kau tak sama dengan mak bapak org lain. Kalau semua mak bapak sama, semua org jadi adik beradik la. "Bapak kawan aku tu, bila anak dia dapat 1 A, rm100. Kawan aku tu dpt 5A pmr dapat rm500. Aku dapat 8A, mak bapak aku belanja makan je.." nampak tak? dah nampak jelas sangat ketidaksyukuran dia tu. "Kawan tu bapak kerja pemandu lori anak pulak ramai, tapi anak dia mewah jugak. Aku anak sorang pon mak bapak aku tak boleh belikan handphone canggih2. Pakai 3310 je" ni pun crystal clear gak kan?
what is with all the whining? yes sure I too whine about stuff, about how i'm less fortunate than others, but I dont blame it on my parents! Tak cukup ke all this while your parents brought you (and your siblings if any) up. Pagi2 keluar rumah pergi kerja to pay the bills, to put food on the table, put up with your silly antics lagi. Weekend diorg nak rest, korg complain tak bawak jalan2. So diorg pun kesian, bawak la korg berjalan. Sekolah nak pergi trip ke zoo, korg merayu2 nak ikut, bergolek2 nangis ni sebab nak tgk beruk punya pasal. Mak bapak sebab sayang, bagi la pergi + bagi duit. mak bapak tak pergi parents-teacher meetings, cakap mak bapak tak prihatin kebajikan/pendidikan sekolah anak. Kalau mereka tak prihatin, why on earth would they send you to school?
Mak bapak org lain jemput anak diorg dari sekolah. Kamu, kena naik school bus or public transportation. Tak puas hati jugak. "mak bapak aku sibuk kerja. mane ade masa utk aku.." *dialogue mase borak dengan kawan yg parents amik after school* Kenapa parents sibuk kerja? Bukan utk pay for your bills, food and schooling ke? You should be thanking your parents, kalau diorg xkerja, mungkin payah sikit la nak masuk U kan? (maybe, bukan tak boleh lansung la maksud disini) nak masuk U kena pakai duit. Baju nak beli, buku nak beli, supplies nak beli. If you have to stay in (hostel) lagiiii banyak nak beli. Kettle la, iron la, ade tu beli rack siap. padehal hostel ade dah cupboard. Kalau parents tak kerja kuat dulu, sapa nak tanggung? Granted la ada loan, but bukan immediately dapat pon. I know, i've been there!
eh macam lari context sebenar aku pulak dah haha. What I've been trying to highlight here is, bersyukur. Not just bersyukur with what you have etc etc. BUT, (caps siap ni) bersyukur la kamu tu masih ada PARENTS!!!!! Kalau ada parent pun kamu harus sangat2 bersyukur. Try and imagine, you dont have a parent. Imagine pulak, you have no parentS! Berani nak imagine? I for one bersumpah aku tak sanggup imagine my life without my parents. Memang, mak bapak tak sempurna. and yes ada org yg kita nampak mak bapak mereka sempurna berbanding mak bapak kita. Tapi at least kita masih ADA mereka. Nak dapat pahala sangat senang. Nampak je mak/bapak kita, senyum. Tu baru senyum, belum bg salam or ckp baik2 dengan diorg lagi.
My mom and dad pun macam mak bapak korg jugak. Tak perfect. Ada flaws. Ada juga yg xpuas hati. Pernah jugak aku sakiti. Tapi syukur Ya Allah, they are still with me. Kalau daddy takde, who's gonna stay up and wait for me whenever I go out. Who's gonna yell at me telling me I should not be getting home late? Sape yg nak tiba2 buat lawak when I argue with mom pastu buat kami gelak and lupa ape yg ktorg argue? My father taught me a lot of things. Too many of them for me to just pick one.
Momsie. I've fought, argued, scolded and shouted at my mother countless time. Yes. I too am not perfect. Anak derhaka sungguh aku ni. That is why, i can never think of my mom without weeping, thinking about all the bad things i did to her. As i'm typing ni pun, dah basah dah sleeves aku ni. But I love my mother more than anything in this world. Yep, sedikit cliche situ. I can never describe what kind of person my mother is. If my life is hanging on a thread and all i have to do to save my self is describe my mother in 1 word, death awaits. Because there is not a single word in the world that sums up to who my mother is.
Macam mana baik, macam mana jahat mak bapak tu please, PLEASE remember diorg tu mak bapak kita. Jangan just because you're weee bit better than your parents, you trample all over them. All over their feelings. Jangan pijak mak bapak dengan kebongkakkan kita. Jangan keji mak bapak yg dah besarkan kita. Jangan pernah kata kamu boleh berjaya tanpa mereka.
Jangan sampai tak sempat mintak ampun and maaf from our parents. Mintak dijauhkan.