kisah ini berlaku years ago. maybe when i was 13 years old. or 12... i dont remember much, but all i do remember that it was a family trip to Kelantan. i went there with my mom, dad, sister, late grandmother and her youngest sister's family. so, ramai juga lah orang.
we went there but all hotels were fully booked. duh... school holidays. and then my grandmother's sister, (well, boleh my grandma juga lah kan...) remembered that she has a relative(her husband's side lah) who has a big house there in Kelantan. so, she called that relative of her, an old lady (let's call her "datin grandma". she was about 60 or 70 kot, that time...) and asked whether its okay for us to stay there for one night. so, we got a green light and we went to her house. yes... it was huge. lotsa rooms and each bedroom has its own toilet.
datin grandma lives alone. well, i dont know whether she's still living alone now or not.. i hope her children live with her now. although she lived alone (anak2 semua jauh2), she had a housekeeper to keep her house clean and also to take care of her. her housekeeper lived in the next house. something like guest house lah. but her housekeeper yang duduk la.
soo... while we were there, i felt like wouldnt it be lonely to live in such a big house like this although you have many children? i felt sad. i felt sorry for datin grandma. when we entered the house, she seemed so happy to see us. it was like "finally there are people who visits me". and i was glad we came. we brought our bags into the house, duduk borak2 abit with datin grandma... my grandma's sister's youngest daughter (she was 16 or 17 year old that time) dah sibuk kata kat mak dia
"i dont wanna stay here. i dont like this house. i wanna stay in a hotel room...blablablabla"
while we were still in that house. in my mind, i was like "urghhh! bisinglah perempuan ni. kalau datin grandma terdengar mesti dia terasa..."
tak sampai 2 jam...
we got a called from one of the hotels saying that they have a suite for us.
so, my grandma's sister terus kata "okay, lets go to that hotel". and then we left the house... so, tak jadi la stay dekat rumah tu. weird. pelik. weird. pelik. pelik. pelik.
call, kata nak tumpang rumah, datang, dah masuk and letak beg, dapat panggilan dari hotel, ada bilik di hotel, terus keluar dari rumah tu. all happened in less than 2 hours.
one thing had been bothering me until now is that my grandma's sister didn't plan to visit datin grandma at all but she thought of her when we couldnt get any hotel room. i felt like.. how could she do this to an old woman? rasa sangat mempergunakan that datin grandma. i mean, fine lah kan. if we all tak dapat tempat tidur, mana nak tidur untuk malam itu. but still, we went to kelantan and takkan lah tak terlintas langsung to go and visit our relatives? bukan selalu jumpa! not everyday or every raya we all go to kelantan ke apa.
seriously, i felt sooooo bad for datin grandma. i was 13 or 12. whatever i said that time, ingat those adults nak dengar ke? how would datin grandma felt that time? her face saddened when my grandma's sis told her that we got a hotel room, so we all tak jadi tumpang rumah dia. i still remember she was sitting on the stairs. looking at us going out of the house. awkward moment for me. pelik!!!! and i really hate it that i couldnt do anything about it! should have we stayed that time? i dont know. maybe i was just a little kid, i understang nothing but.... i felt so bad for datin grandma. she seemed so lonely. she seemed soo happy when she saw us. and i felt bad for leaving in just 2 hours....
you know, its like you gave a person a hope and then you took it away. humans really are selfish. maybe im selfish too. i might be. i dont know. i just might not realize it. i might be selfish for posting this story...maybe. one thing for sure most humans dont really care about others. all they think about is themselves.... sad huh?
haih...
so, kesimpulannya when you go somewhere, and you have the chance to visit your relatives or friend, go and visit them. or at least tanya khabar. jangan datang kat mereka bila you're in trouble je. it's not nice. in my opinion, it's really rude. or kalau nak mintak tolong pn, never ever mengarah orang. contoh macam you went somewhere, and suddenly tak dapat cari place to stay for the night. so, teringat ada kawan duduk kat area tu. bila call, jangan kata like this "hmm, boleh bagi kunci rumah skarang tak? aku ada kat sini tapi tak jumpa hotel la right now," especially when you're not so close with that person. orang yang kamu minta tolong tu might felt sad, hurt, and so on. of course she/ he would say "sure, you can bunk in here" with a smile, but you never know dalam hati dia rasa macam mana. and never ignore the existence of that tuan rumah. speak with that tuan rumah, borak2, cerita about anything. be friendly. so that tak lah sedih sangat that tuan rumah tu. coz he/she is helping you! so, appreciate! express that appreciation towards him/her. at least try to make that person that helped you, smile.