One late afternoon, mom was cravings for bubur pengat pisang. Kedai kat blakang rumah ada jual, tapi mom like her pengat pisang sweet and not salty. So, she asked me to take her to a restaurant at Tmn Melati. We went there, but unfortunately, they didn't have it that day. So we end up having satay at Hj Samuri Satay Kajang... sunggoh jauh tersimpang dari category bubur and pengat...
The interior ada banyak gambar2 satay hawkers dari era 60's. Where it was carried in a kandar... orang yang makan biasanyer kena mencangkung. Mom cakap memang lah macam tu. Masa dulu kedai tak banyak. Itu pun kat bandar aje... Kat kampong mom tak ada pun...
I still remember when I was around 5 plus,.. 1980... my family just got back from sydney. Dad dah habis buat his Masters Degree. We settled at Jalan B2, Taman Melawati. Melawati masa tu baru sangat. Kedai pun baru nak siap. Yang ada pun mini market pernama.Sungguh sunyi bila malam. Boleh dengar bunyi harimau mengaum dari zoo kalau duduk kat luar pagi2 buta. Mana taknya, masa tu siaran tv dahlah start lambat, petang rasanya, pukul 5 ker 6. Habis siaran pun awal.. tak mcm skrg ni.. 24 jam...
Malam-malam, selalu ada orang naik motor jual putu mayam, ada yang jual sate... Me and girl melompat-lompat bila Dad kata boley beli sate... Selalunya bila ada relative datang. Dulu rumah tu memang meriah, ada ajer orang datang. Among the regulars were Pak Lang, Wak Talleh, Pak Ep, and of course our grandma's... X sabar rasanya tunggu pakcik jual sate tu... bila dia lalu jer, apalagi jerit2 lar panggil... Then the pakcik will stop... He will bbq the sate on his motor... normally jiran2 pon kluar jgk nak beli... Mom will chat with the neighbours with d plate in her hand for the sate...Me and adik2 will take the opportunity to run around, main kejar2 -police and thief ( masa tu sebut police and three) hahaha!!! "police and three, 1,2, jaga... polis mati, pencuri jaga"
huh,.. I miss that... masa tu asal dapat berlari main kat luar rasa hidup dah bahagia sangat... tak payah lar hiburan apa-apa... cartoon pun tak banyak lagi...
myself with mom and girl back then
