Dalam usia mencecah 50 ni, rasanya waktu makin cepat berlalu. Tanpa disedari kini sudahpun pertengahan Mac dan berapa hari lagi Cuti Sekolah 1 minggu bermula. Rasanya baru saja Cuti Seminggu Tahun baru Cina, kini muncul lagi. Terlalu cepat ! bagi rakan-rakan ana yang dah mula melangkah ke alam 'datuk' didoakan agar semakin ceria dan rata-rata rakan ana ni dah mula menagadakan majlis perkahwinan anak mereka satu persatu. Tak apalah asalkan majlis tu bukan untuk si bapa sudahlah ... perang saudara nantii.
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Yang muda pastinya menjadi tua. Bagi ana yang agak lambat mendirikan masjid ni, belum ada anak yang dah tamat belajar atau berkerja. Apa pun semuanya adalah ketentuan yang kuasa dan kita tak mampu mengubahnya balik kebelakang. Beberapa hari lepas, adalah hari lahir anak ana, Aqmal UTeM dan kami sempat membawanya bersama family ke medan ikan bakar bagi meraikannya. Moga Along UTeM akan menjadi contoh kepada adik-adiknya. Along UTeM yang pernah mengalami pembedahan di muka dan terlantar di HKL selama 2 minggu beberapa tahun dulu, kini ceria saperti biasa.
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Saperti yang terkandung dalam karangan Along UTem semasa di Tkt 4 selepas pembedahan yang ana jumpa dan terharu bila membacanya terutama dalam ayat-ayat yang akhir karangan tersebut....
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Let me tell you a story, this is how it all began. During my children year, I was just an ordinary kid. My passion for football is rising at that time, especially due to the popularity of David Beckham. All my friends were very obsessed with David Beckham. We always proud about the jersey that have number seven on it. It was the number on the back of David Beckham whwn hw still playing at the Old Trafford. As an active kid, I joined Teakwondo Club when I'm just in year two. My father encouraged to joined because he want me to be a very dicipline man when I grown up. During the training, I was punch ,kicked, knocked and many more, but for sake of my father, I just followed untill I am selected to represent my school in allmajor tournament in Melaka, and the proudest moment in my life is get to represent state in under 13 category that were held in mid Valley, KL.
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In a year six, I think I did a well job to get 4 A's in my UPSR examination. My father get angry with me because i have all my effort through it. I then was offered to SMK Telok Mas. When I'm in Telok Mas Hostel, I feel very boring and sad, so I always hope I got disease that can sent me home for months. I think my wish is granted. One day, during leisure time in the evening, my best friend spotted a swell at my cheek. I think it just a minor swell but for sometimes the swell become very painfull. After three months shut up my mouth from my mother, I finally tell the truth. My mother was very panis and curious. One day my mother brought me to the Melaka Hospital at the Otorinoloringology epartment which is specialised in diseases of eye, ear and mouth. The service were blurred, I had to wait for about ane hour just to get a scan on my face. It was really pissed me off.
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On the next day, I went back to the hospital to met the doctor. On that day, it was the most bitter experience in my entired life. The doctor spotted a reare disease of tumor at my left cheek and be suggested me to go for an operation. What can a boy can feel when he got to go for a major operation when he just 13 years old and the operation is at his face ? Can you imagine ? I feel the risen up in my head, I blow my tears right infront of the doctor and my mother. back in my home, my father calm me by give me support to take the risk.
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My operation is just after hari Raya AidilFitri. So during the eve, my mood was not same as my relatives and cousins. They all laugh and happy and doesn't care about my feelings but my grandfather is the best. He usually said to me that all happen in this world have the good meaning. I was very determined when my grandfather told me like that. The day has come, I was submitted in ward six in HKL. It is also my first experience wearing a patient outfit. The nurse treated me nicely because I'm only that can talk in that word. Other patient had surgery at their neck. beside my bed there was a little kid that always have a bowl of ice-cream at his hand. The boy was very nice although he could not talk to much. He is accompanied by his sister. His sister is very beautiful but unfortunately for me because his sister is four years older then me.
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During the interval from the operation date I'm always prayed to Allah to give me strength to overcome all the problem before my operation. i also had been experienced the magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). It was my first experience been done like that. In the machine , I felt so terrified because the tunnel is so small and dark. But I'm wrong, in the tunnel is so bright and make very loud sound. My hand was attached to a tube that contain some sort of liquid that go into my body. I was so boring so i had a nap in tunnel. Suddenly when I woke up, I realised that I'm on bed. My mother said that the procedure of the MRI last for three hours ! After the procedure , I slept silently.
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What will you do when you been situated in a ward that full of silent elders and you just 13 years old ? During the night I felt so boring, luckily the ward have a televisyen. My parents cannot stayed with me yet because I'm not in a critical stage. so I will usually walking around in the hospital. My parent's had to book for a hotel just because they want to visit me in the evening. Sometimes the nurses all gather around my bed and shares stories with me., sometimes untill one o'clock in the morning. I really admired their job serving people with patience and dignity.
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Now, the has come. I woke up early in the morning and perform the Subuh prayer. prayed to Allah to always caring my parent's just like they care me. I been settle down on a whellbed and push me all along to the operation room. was so bad because my parent's still doesn't come. I told the nurses to wait for a while but they couldn't afford to do it because the doctor had prepared. I been situated in a operation room for the final check up. Suddenly my parent's arrived. I was very happy to see their face although there is a glass window as a barrier between me and my parent. I cried like I never cried before, from the looks of my parent's I can see they were very sad although their smilling. Then i been pushed into the operation room.
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All these long I though that the operation room just like dull and scarry room, but I'm wrong. When I been pushed into the operation room, I heared pop song in my ears. In the room is just like bazaar that is going to open. They sang together , talking and laugh just like a market. By the looks from the doctors and nurses, I believe I can rely on them for the operation. After all have prepared, I got to smell the nice aroma of the chloroform, then I blacked out.
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After eight grueling hours of operation, I been pushed out from the operation room, the first one I saw is my brother, then I saw my grandparent"s, my father and mother and all my relatives. Then I was transferred into a first class ward. For the first time I couldn't bare to see my face at the mirror. There was a tube attached at my neck into a glass bottle to discriminate the unwanted blood. I couldn't eat and drinks for three days, my only hope is glucose attached to my hand. During the pain period, my mother always beside me. She always smile as it nothing happened but by the look of her face, I know that she is very sad because of me. For two nights I couldn't sleep because I feel really uncomfortable. My mother always massage my leg because I felt a little numbness at my leg. My father always beside me and support me.
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For about 20 days in the hospital, I finally can go back home. I feel really relieved when I finally step into my house. Now, when I grown up, I will never forget this incident and I want to state that no matter how fierce your parent are, they will always beside you when you need them . The end...
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Kini Aqmal UTem dah berusia 19 tahun, dah besar panjang ..moga Aqmal UTem akan berjaya dalam bidang diceburi. Sayang dari Ayah dan Mama serta adik-adik.....
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