A long trip by road often bring back that one particular memory. Some hours later, after I wrote this, after I woke up from sleep, I'll be on the road heading to Kuching. Nena urged me to go, and not to go at the same time. She is probably confused, but one thing she sure of (she told me this), is that she love me dearly. Yes, I do too.
Ah the memory. I was in the two door-hatchback car with Jeffrey (read earlier post if you don't know who this guy is) and my Mum. I believe we were going to the capital (Bandar Seri Begawan) from Seria in Brunei. As a kid, it was a long ride. It sure feel like one. I slept in the back of the car after counting the lamp post and got dizzy from it.
I can feel the car braking. No, make it like FEEL. I actually fell from the back seat to the floor. It was suddenly noisy. Mum and Jeffrey was arguing. He pulled my Mum's hair and slapped her. Countless of times. I put my hand between them, trying to stop the fight, but I was thrown to the back seat with ease. I was dizzy again.
Jeffrey then got out of the car, surging to the passenger's door, where my Mum is. He opened it, grab my Mum by the arm and and pulled her out. My mum was on the ground, crying. Jeffrey got back in the car, and start driving. By the time the car moved, I cried. I was watching my Mum behind us, chasing the car. Then Jeffrey stopped again.
This time he hold me under my armpit, opened the passenger's door and threw me out. By the time the car moved again, my Mum is with me. Hugging me. I stopped my crying. But my eyes were still following the car moving. Something I need is in the car. Then I saw it got thrown outside. My favourite pillow, with the 3 octopus-like tentacles on either sides, are on the road. I got up and ran for it.
I walk up slowly towards my Mum. She is still crying. Sobbing actually. I know what she is worried of. How do we go from there. I know she doesn't have the money for cab. I can see the beach from the road. Surely it's not that far from home, in Seria.
I don't speak. I just hold her hands and start walking, my pillow on my other hand. I think I got a blister on my left feet, but I don't show it. Mum stopped, and that moment I knew what she was going to do. She carried me on her back. At least I was light enough. After some distance, "Mum, put me down."
I knew she was tired. I don't want to become a burden to her. So we walked again. No car stopping to give us a ride. I understand. We probably looked like some dangerous pair, swindler or con artist. Then I see some familiar landmark. The cemetery. Not far from the house we lived in. My energy came back. I'm holding my Mum's hand tighter, knowing we can make this.
Home. With no Jeffrey around, yes, this is home. I took a peek at my feet, and washed it. I laid down on the bed, hugging my pillow. My Mum followed soon after. It was still a hot afternoon, and we slept till the next sunrise. I was probably 5 years old.
Friday, November 6, 2009
On The Road
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
I love my pillow
Sometimes I woke up in the middle of the night and there are still no one sleeping with me. My girlfriend said she want me to be there for her when she sleep, like every night. But of course I cannot do that.Well then I remember something about waking up in the middle of the night.
I have been sleeping alone since I move in to be taken care by my aunt, who is my Dad's eldest sister. It is not a big room, and my clothes are not actually that much. The cupboard for my clothes is actually too large, so I keep my books in there too. A single bed, my empty travel bag below the bed and nothing more. And of course a standing fan. The room is facing the veranda, as many Melanau's traditional house has a veranda and my room have 3 windows facing it.
I remember this one night I woke up, it was around 2 a.m. I was hugging my favourite small pillow, it is smelly with my body odour, but I love it because my Mum made it for me. It was total silence that night. The occasional sound of frogs and crickets break the silence, like a melody. I'm not sure what made me woke up.
I was probably dreaming, but I could not remember my dream. Then I thought about the last time I slept with my Mum. It was school holiday, some months ago. There will be a time when I no longer can sleep with her like that. And each time I went back to Mukah, I am growing older.
I opened the front door, went outside to the veranda, sitting on the wooden floor, looking at the big moon. Bright, because there is no light pollution in Mukah. I was thinking about counting my days until the school holiday, when I will go back to Brunei, to meet with my parents. But then I decide not to. Better for me to have less thing to think about. I let go a heavy sigh and walk back to my room.
I miss my Mum. Or perhaps hugging her. Or someone to hug me. But I am hugging my favourite smelly pillow. Well, better than nothing. I was 8 years old.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
This is my therapy
It seems like my writings (lately) is giving my girlfriend a good picture of my childhood. Sorry babe, I didn't meant to make you cry reading these. But she requested to hear (read) more. I couldn't talk to her face to face about my childhood. My mouth just seem to zipped up by themselves, a protection mechanism of the body to protect feelings of me and others. But here I go again.
Sometimes, just sometimes, I sleep with my Mum. She would pull my small hand to hug her, putting her other hand on my shoulder. It was heavy, but it gave me the sense of security. I love the warmth of her body.
She is always tired. You could hear her heavy breathing, all the system in her body trying to suck more oxygen to replenish the lost energy. She always sleep earlier than I do. So her hands and mine are stuck like that. I could move my hands away of course, but I did not. I don't even move my body no matter how much discomfort it cause me. The reason?
I don't want to wake her up. And I want the feeling of her breathing on my skin to continue. I watched as her fingers or toes twitch in the middle of the night. Her body slight move when she sleeps made me calm. Put it simply, I don't want her to die while I'm watching.
I have done some thinking about that. If she is gone at that time, I will walk to my Aunt's house, my Mum's sister. It could be 10-20 km, but a slow walk would do it. Even if I went blank, someone would definitely save me. I'm just a kid, who wouldn't save a kid?
I still remember watching the clock (Mum taught me how to read the clock) and it was 2 a.m. I haven't slept yet. Her body doesn't move. Her face were facing opposite mine, so I couldn't feel her breathing. I don't want to touch her yet. I raise slowly, and put my finger in front of her nostrils. A rush of warm breath came through. I was relieved.
I must be dreaming after that. Or I just felt asleep. I woke up early, looking for Mum but she is nowhere to be found. A bottle of Milo is on the kitchen table. Surely she went to work. I'm alone in the small space I call home. I was 5 years old.
Please read this in past tense where necessary. For example, I no longer have a girlfriend so you can discard that. Chingchongchingchong.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
How I met my father (back)
To fill in the missing gap in my previous post, I'll tell you this. The story of how I met my father after some years separated from him.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
I'm trying to remember
As a kid, I was, frankly speaking...lonely. At least that was the way I remembered it. I have two elder brothers, the closest age gap is 5 years. And even then, I hardly recall memories with them as a child. The only memory I got with them was when I learned to take my first step. I walked some step into one of my brother's arm(yes, this memory is blurred) some feet away and fell halfway. That particular brother laughed and the other pick me up. And that's it. No more memory until I met them back some years later in Mukah.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Erm, what old story? (Now I remember)
It was after school. Year 1992. I was just released from the principal's office after I got into a fight with some Filipino kids who were bullying another Filipino kid. His name was Thomas. With a small, frail figure and buck-teeth, I can see why they like to bully him.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Erm, what old story?
I remembered this one time.....
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Looking for old friends from St Patrick Primary School
Hi. My name was Michael Clair Bin Miris. Now it is Muhammad Mikhail Clair Bin Miris. People call me Mike, still (unless you're my lover). I am looking for my friends from the same batch. The school is SRB St. Patrick. I went there for approximately 5 years (spent the first year in Brunei). That was from the year 1992 to 1997.

The school band. We were sponsored by Mobil. Seriously. Look at the cap.
Now, I'm just hoping for the miracle of the Internet and networking to find you guys. Not that I miss you guys like crazy, but these are the crowds that shaped me the way I am now. So would you please, look for me in facebook by using my current name. I just don't want to lose contact. My years in Mukah is somehow 60% about you guys. Yes that much. (0.2 % is about my parents, haha!)
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Later
As you noticed(or not), I just changed the templates for my blog. Will get to the details later, when I wakes up and in the mood for it...Oh what the heck! Like anyone cares.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
It all works out(NOT)
I am astounded to see my own blog. No spiderwebs, no small dead creatures, heck! Not even a speck of dust! But it is the virtual world after all. And I have to thank this world. So here it goes my dear.
Chingchongchingchong nothing last forever, even our death. And the fact that I'm lied to(I asked you for an honest answer!) ...ah well, I deserve the lie one way or another. Should have stick to my principle, don't trust people completely, no matter how much you love them. Now you are freaking heart broken, how to mend? The end.
I'm pretty sure what I got for you was just an infatuation. It will go eventually, this is temporary, you always had this feeling and such are just some of the reassurance I gave to myself since I laid my eyes on you. How wrong I was...well I am naive to some extent. Like I always said, people think I'm a genius but in these sort of things I'm pathetic.
Little things remind me of you. I ate some yogurt and it reminds me of you. The smell of milo reminds me of you. Commercials on tv makes me think of you. Even every time I brush my teeth I see you (in my imagination of course).
This has been going on for too long. I am not used to this. I'm not even supposed to believe in this thing called 'love'. But you know what dear? I want this feeling to last forever. NF I love you.The End of mushymushy posting. I won't do it again. I'm shy. I'm doing it just for you. So lets continue being daring my love, you and me both. Muamua~
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Manchester United; youth, talent, experience and luck.
King Eric seems like imagining something. Oh, why imagine when you can do it. Yes, Manchester can do it. They can win every trophy, provided they want to. Maybe it is because of the youth that the team has. Evans, Anderson, Rafael, Nani, Gibson, Welbeck, just part of those who have shown their qualities. These young blood are those who can play all day long, with enthusiasm to match.
Talent is abundant in the squad. If this is a Winning Eleven or FIFA game, the team would have a great stats. By talent, I wasn't only referring to the youth, but also the oldies in the squad. Neville, Giggsy, Scholesy and Edwin. Lucky kids they have people who are great to teach them.
Experience. Sir Alex has told us over and over again he is building a team that is capable to dominate for a long time, be it domestic or Europe or world. So I guess all the experience he has gather is combined to make a team that is worthy of a mention in the hall of fame.
Today, Albert Riera, the Scouser, told that Man Utd are luckier than Liverpool. Reason? We scores late goals. Wait a second....I thought it was Liverpool that are luckier? You scored in the final ten minutes and scrape a win for most of the matches in the first half of the season. And that includes the win against us. Probably the worst match I have ever seen. Please let that be the last. And excuse me Senor Riera, we, Man Utd, actually play that way(hold on, wait, score and give no chance for them to claw back).
I guess this season will be a great season. If it is football, I am a Mancunian. The End.
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W, my first love.
I love writing. My first real love. It was not video games, or television, or porn, or Manchester United. It was writing. So I'm sorry that I abandon you. Sorry to think you could be left out of my life and I would not even have the slightest thought of you. When I was little, reading books meant for adults, I got the vision, or rather a dream, that this is what I'll do for life. People look at me like I'm some kind of freak, reading Malay and English classic literature. It would seem alright if I look like in my 20's, but I was barely 8. So now, I'll write, regardless of what people thought of my writing. Hello again my love.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Warm Liking Song lyric
They sounds like Arctic Monkeys, but they sure not. They are a local band, from Alor Star, Kedah. I like them. The Bourjuis. I found them on Nokia Independent Artists Club on Friendster. Then I search for their Myspace page as usual http://www.myspace.com/bourjuisband. Great! I had a Myspace page before but since there are too much attention, most unwanted, I probably deleted it, or was it only abandoned? I can't really remember. By the way, the song title is Warm Liking Song, the first song on my playlist(well, not anymore. But still in the playlist nonetheless), and here are the lyrics. Which I could not sing with. Could you?
Warm-Liking Song
It's hard to fall in love, I mean it's easy to love somebody but the cover,
when this occur, it's pretty damn hard it's happen together and hardly to
get in side her heart, to get her perfect loyalty as she really wants me
this maybe could be, as if we're kissing we'll know what type person are
But I believe that the first love sight so totally amazing
It's only God's work, we can accept it or we can just let it go
and I believe when she said just me in her heart, but one day
I found there's another man with her
It goes for several times I got to rewind scene,
on how when I met her last year
I feel something on my shoulder and it's really heavy to carry on
and I keep wondering out how I want to beat him, cuz I want
her back to me
Yeah, I want to beat him but there my best mates they told me
Now go up, look up to the sky, there are bugs fly,
there are more butterfly in this whole world
Just love it when you're in the blues
Well this is love
No, you need help.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Oh big city funny laa


Instead of a 'free ride' in police car, you get free ride in police truck. Like this kids. Bad kids. Don't follow them. They are bad influence. Like me in school. Daa~
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Mike's Kuching road trip(or is it?)





But we found this good Digital Copy services that provides laminate, fax and ......you figure out what. We asked for direction.

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Saturday, January 3, 2009
I hate that place...Qi sucker!
I never thought I would have my energy or qi sucked out from visiting a place. Just a tiny thought of it makes my head spin and my knees numb. The place? No, its not a fish market, nor it is a non-halal restaurant. It was E-Mart. Hafiz made me go to that place. And he also persuaded his mom(well, more like forced. the exact word is " at least sekali jak mak".)

You see, even my usual chrystal clear picture is blurred from lacked of energy.
The moment you stepped in the complex(or from here I would refer to it as Energy Sucking Pit - ESP), you would start to hear the 'feng tau' songs. The chatter of people who amazingly have the energy to even chat. Families with children who does not care the effect of the place to their child's growths. And LOTS of people PRETENDING like nothing is going on! For God sake, I was having a panic attack, increased heart beat, nausea and weak knees!(and so does Hafiz's mom).
Ahh, this is the real E-Mart. Couldn't took pictures outside of this mart because of the energy sucking effect.
Ok, maybe I was being mean in the description. The ESP is more like the Klang or Selayang morning market mixed with Sungei Wang pre-year 2000. Yes...hard to imagine. And its not even a real building. Just a big roof placing everything under it, like a mom taking care of children from various dad. I hate the place. No equivalent to it. Not cemetery(which I love), not shopping complex(which only gives me panic attack for the first 2 minutes), not government offices(oooh~do they have to look like their job is the worst job in the world?) or even the hospital(hey, I practically lived there, know my ways around a hospital since I can walk).
But at least nothing was bought there. But then we went to Kenyalang/Ng Sian Hap/Pasu, and bought something for our long drive to Kuching tomorrow. I played with the trolley, as usual. No, the cat food is not for us. I don't eat cat food, even if I'm super hungry, or when I'm imagining I'm a cat. I would eat fish. Thank you, and I hate E-Mart.
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Shopping, the Hate and Love relationship

The brand is Mi Rou. The other is Issey. And Miss Top. Nice name(no, honestly).

Shopping. Hate it. I mean when it is me doing the shopping. You see, I have a small body frame. And for a male in a fashion world where the male model are broad chested and have weight more than 60 kgs( I'll stop here before I sound more gay), I just lose out to have my pick. So there you go ladies, lucky you to have something that actually fits you.


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