Thursday, October 4, 2012

下课。阿嫲。日历

日历上写着“公元 1995 年, 4月11日;乙亥年, 巳卯月, 壬申日”

下课钟声响了,同学们也不怎么一窝蜂地匆出课室,只是有些同学漫步,有些连跑带跳(训导主任在斯已埋伏,为了不被抓到),到食堂去。这也难怪,迟去的同学总是买不到他们想享用的食物。我当然是连跑带跳的其中一个,可是,我可不用排队买食品。

总是,有一个老人,身穿“老人花”长袖衣、包纱笼的老人。老人, 古稀之年,余有七载,个子并不高(当时,对我来说她是蛮高的)、略瘦、皮肤偏黝黑。她,总是戴着镜片差不干净的金丝眼镜。她,是我的阿嫲。

“来,紧做。慢慢食”,阿嫲说道。

“嗯”,我立刻答道,手和嘴便开始行动。

“今仔日会晓吗?”,阿嫲问道

“会啊”,满嘴是饭地答道。

“嗱,攑去慢慢用”,阿嫲把手上用日历折成的小封子交给我。

“感谢阿嫲”, 笑嘻嘻的回道,因为知道里头装有零用钱。。。。。。

没等上课钟声响,阿嫲便离开校园了。近八旬的她,随不需拐杖扶持,走起路来,还是一小步一小步的慢走。她的背影渐渐远离。。。。。。

拆开日历折成的小袋,日历上写着“公元 1995 年, 4月11日;乙亥年, 巳卯月, 壬申日”,老黄历写着什么并不重要,袋里装有的才是主角。

心想,“五角钱!!!向牛车轮这么大,可以买十粒糖果,或者一碗面(加料的),或者五杯水。”

一会儿又想到,“还是算了吧,买一粒糖果,剩下的都存进储蓄箱里。”

上课钟声响了。。。。。

2012年10月4日;午夜12时03分
HUKM办公室撰

Sunday, September 23, 2012

回憶。感覺。隨筆

下班后小聚、一起用晚餐、餐后閒聊逐漸地成爲生活的一部分。要追憶第一次的用餐的情形,幾乎有點困難。

幾個人來自不同的環境、全然不同的家庭背景、對事情的想法看法出入不一,但很巧妙地,一股力量總是把幾人湊在一塊。

究竟是離鄉背井促成尋找歸屬感的過程、還是志同道合的催成、還是純粹吃喝玩樂享受人生、還是為已知的離別倒數、還是趁年輕有能力亂闖胡鬧、還是爲了留下難忘的回憶、還是還是。。。。。

六七年前,咱不是這樣嗎?

六七年后,電影熒幕上打殺的畫面早已被腦電波播放的回憶給取代,那幾年的回憶一一上演;餐桌、椅子的所在、桌上的菜色、相聚的人物、談及的話題已易,那種感覺卻回來了。

Saturday, September 22, 2012

四游吉膽


10am: 盡興而去、。
1045am: 早午餐、小談。
12pm: 臥讀、小談、睡覺。
3pm: 載著福強(啊。。。。在夢裏,甜蜜蜜)、午餐、小談。
5pm: 海風、木橋、海景
5.30pm: 盡興而歸、道法自然。

Saturday, June 30, 2012

再訪吉膽島-競智常年運動會 (檳城福建版) Pulau Ketam Revisited - Keng Chee Primary School Sports Day (Penang Hokkien Version)

下晡五點- 放工以後,穿著長手䘼白衣佮黑裤,赶車去巴生港口。
六點四十分-到競智學堂路。慾到學堂時,聼著雪州州歌,真正久未聼著、真正思念的學生聲;閣向頭前行,已經有好濟村民彼爿看閙熱。我放落冊包,攑出我的相印機,準備來幾仔張。

“是记者吗?”,穿著红衣、四十幾嵗的村民问我。

其實,伊是 競智 的校工。

笑著講,“不是啦,Uncle,我是王老师的朋友”。

“請进,請进,跟我来,跟我来”,真正客气地请我入内面。

“谢谢,
谢谢”。
俊豪,是彼一日的司儀,所以有闲佮我、欣寧做一下講話。

竞智無大,是細型學堂,僅焦(干焦)有百幾个學生,先生十四个。

吉膽島,洘流時,規个島是咸芭;水起時,差無多到了咸芭予海水淹過。無大厝, 無大路,無大車,僅焦跤板厝,材路,跤車,漁船。

運動會常有的大粒人、參賽的學生宣誓過後;

Saturday, June 23, 2012

壬辰端午-随笔

此次归家的旅程,已在两星期前计划好了。前几个星期的面子书Wall Post, 也顺便贴于此吧。

“端午, 重五之日--阳历六月廿三日(星期六); 姑且不理天干地支,暂且不顾屈原或龙图腾祭祀等来历,也可以不吃千里飘香的粽子,但不可不归家!”

对,就是因为端午节及家乡其实离焦赖并不遥远,于是,也很难找个不归根的借口。

其二,好友永兴难得从新加坡归返;其三,老槟城打铜仔街端午节的活动;其四;回家领路税证。

以上四点-- 都是借口;真正回家的原因:想回家,因为回家不需要理由。

回家旅程, 有惊无险。昨晚与一般朋友到Secret Recipe聚餐,理由: TGIF。

回大山脚火车晚上十一时出发;从焦赖家出发时间 - 十点半。抵达KL Sentral, 10点55分,载送我的友人,应该为我捏几把冷汗吧,多亏有他们,否则。。。。。。

接下来,该顺顺利利了吧。

火车上,阅读着马大2011/12
中文系生的文集 《寻找遗失》;好像老天要给我考验似的,火车内突然伸手不见五指 ,车速渐减。不知道哪个部分坏了,乘客们在Sungai Buloh火车站苦等了一个小时。为什么是等,而不是睡觉,因为封闭的火车厢在没有冷气的情况是火炉般的热!!!乘客们都到外头等。。。。。。



火车恢复行驶,沿着家乡,徐徐北上;终于,可以慢慢细嚼《寻找遗失》了。从《寻找遗失》得到的,是一串串共鸣、回忆及无数的感动。泪水,不自觉间,溢出了眼眶,还好此时已凌晨3点,火车上的乘客们应该都在周先生府中下棋,没有目睹这一切。

本该在大山脚站下车,一不小心睡着了;还是在北海站等母亲吧。一路上,是再也熟悉不过的绿油油稻田;烟雾蒙了大山,脑海里在绘画着其轮郭;

到家了。吃着刚被弄热的粽子

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Bersih 3.0

> Bandar Tun Razak Station
Opposite the crowd direction, the person took Sri Petaling Line, alone.

> Bandar Tasik Selatan
He took the KLIA Transit, carrying with him, the RipCurl bag pack which was given by his friends approximately 4 years ago, with a loaf of bread inside.

> KL Sentral
He saw, the crowd in yellow,  started gathering.
Knowing LRT was crowded, he followed the crowd, which was walking toward somewhere, unknown, but he believe the crowded would lead him to his destination.

A squad of policemen were patrolling while another squad stood by, waiting for order.

Outside KL Sentral, he stood beside the road, and observed the surrounding. Little noise could be heard, though far away, and it was approaching, 200 meters away, a crowd in yellowing was marching toward him. When they were 100 meter, the slogan could be clearly heard.

"Bersih, Bersih. Hidup Bersih", a leader in the crowded shouted.
"Bersih, Bersih. Hidup Bersih", the crowd followed his slogan.

He followed them, but not joining them, remember his mother's warning previously. He decided to be an observer, as usual. In front of him, was a pair of foreign couple, who were travelling in KL, filled with curiosity witnessing what was happening.

When the crowd was passing by a "flyover", without instruction and automatically, the slogan "Bersih, Bersih, Bersih....." was shouted. The echo plus the resonance amplified the meaning of "Bersih" with the heart of all participants.

Frequently, the crowded was broken into 2 halves by passing by vehicles, which also supported the possession by pressing the horn repeated when passing by the crowd.

The crowd roared when a police 4 wheel drive drove between them. The roar was even greater when the crowd realised that the police was actually escorting 20 postmen who were riding their bike to deliver the mails and parcels.

Holding a notepad and a pen, a few bar council members were following, observing the crowd and frequently writing down something on the notepad.

The crowd continued marching, they was backgrounded by Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, which had witnessed uncountable of similar possessions since its birth in 1910....

> Pasar Seni

On Tan Cheng Lock Road, 2 crowded met and formed a bigger crowded, witnessed by Gombak River which was flowing, endlessly, beneath them, since the beginning of time. Under another fly-over and near by, a few squads of policemen were standing by, waiting for order; a medical team, in a group of 20 years, were resting and observing the possession, with the hope that no injury or accident would occur on the day. The person, which Tan Cheng Lock Road was named after, was one of leaders, together with Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Sambanthan, Lee Hau Shik, who negotiated with British government for the independence of the countries (even though  Lee Hau Shik was the person who represented MCA to sign the independence treaty in London in 1956).

Solat Zohor was being recited, not far away, from Masjid Jamek, which stood there since 1909, at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River. The solat had indeed given the determination for all of the people around the area, the participants, the policemen, the medical team members and the bar council members.

The observer, did not bring his camera, he recorded everything, using his organic memory, which might be erased, in the future. His initially worry about the crowd safety was relieved when he found there were a few medical teams were standing by and the crowd discipline was well controlled by the leaders of the crowds.

He then walked to Masjid Jamek Station.

> Masjid Jamek Station

The station was closed for the day, as well as Bandaraya Station.

He walked in the crowd. Some of the people were busying taking photos, some were observing, some were eating inside nearby restaurants, and well, the rest of people were "duduk bantah" He hoped to meet his friend there. His hope did not come true, as he expected. He walked around, following the crowded, on to the roads named after Lee Hau Shik, Tan Siew Sin.

Then, he walked back to KL Sentral. On the way, he heard the news that tears gases were launched towards the crowded and a few accidents.

He believed that his physical appearance gave hope to other participants.
He was glad, he could still see the hope......

Thursday, March 1, 2012

小鸽子

若干年前,因迟了10秒而无法从猫掌中救出小鸽子,眼睁睁地目睹弱肉强食。若干年后,再遇前缘,这次早了10秒,被雨水淋湿的小鸽子暂时在纸箱里隔一晚。看来它很是害怕,可微感其之发抖。吹风筒把羽毛烘干后,发抖没了,可是还不敢入眠;明天再放生吧,望与其父母重逢。你可要活着!!!