Bercakap Dengan Kakak Cleaner (Siri 1)

Yesterday I had a good conversation with akak cleaner, Kak Chik. Kak Chik was absent for the past 1.5 weeks so we had a lot of things to catch up.

I think it would be simpler if I summarized her stories in different segment. That way it will not confuse you and me. Bismillah.

Her Son

Kak Chik had her second baby 3 months ago, she said it was quite late to get a baby at her age but alhamdulillah, Allah itu Maha Pemberi. I forgot to ask her age, but I guessed she's in her late 40s or early 50s.

With teary eyes, she told her baby was admitted during the past 1.5 weeks. The baby previously was doing just great, happy, active and healthy until the day he was discovered with biji mata dan ubun-ubun kepala tenggelam. I mean LITERALLY, tenggelam ke dalam tengkorak. I could not imagine how and I refused when Kak Chik offered to show the photo of her baby in that condition as I knew I would burst into tears if I saw the photo. That brought the whole family to the emergency room that day.

The condition was due to very, very lack of liquid (water and blood) in his body. The baby was dripped with 4-5 bottles of water and blood and he was back to normal. But the baby remained passive and weak. They ran the x-ray procedure, several tests but they could not find the root cause. Until a certain point when the doctor did thorough physical check up, including putting small camera inside the baby's ear, they found something shocking.

The doctor found a mite (perhaps with the 's', I didn't ask whether it was one or more) in his small ear! And not just that, apparently the mite was already there for quite sometimes and they could find some trace of 'sarang' in the baby ear! (I had goosebumps when I typed this). And that was perhaps the root cause of everything, even though I could not relate between the mess done by this little thing with, the draining of water and blood. Doctor said the baby might had picked it up from the carpet. Even until yesterday, the baby's condition was not 100% tip top but improving. The baby was discharged (saya tidak setuju yang ini, kerana bayi itu tidak sembuh sepenuhnya dan masih perlu diberi perhatian yang lebih, tetapi masih disuruh pulang), but they'll go for a follow up session next week. Ya Allah. Kau Maha Penyembuh.

Tong Pad

Kak Chik said that it is a regular procedure for all cleaners to come on Saturday and Sunday (may be half day), to do thorough clean up of the offices, toilets and suraus. During Kak Chik's first working weekend, she did clean everything as instructed, including the 'tong buangan tuala wanita'. It was her job, with the name of Allah, she did it. While cleaning, she found a container heavier than others. Out of curiosity, she asked a workmate to help while she opened the container. And her finding gave me another goosebumps.

She found a tightly tied up plastic bag, with dry stains of blood and some thick liquid. The plastic bag is about the size of a pack of 1kg of sugar, contained some jelly-ish unknown thing. She didn't dare to open the plastic bag. She just tied up everything together in a big bag and threw it away. I didn't want to comment on what she did but rather the thing that she found in the container, in the toilets, at the same level of our office and surau. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Is it true, what we are thinking? Ya Allah, jauhkanlah kami dari perkara-perkara mungkar. Now the very odd stinky smell that I remembered smelling the past several weeks, makes sense. Ya Allah, jauhkanlah kami dari kejahatan syaitan dan manusia.Na'uzubillah. Na'uzubillah.

Acheh Kini

Setelah bahana Tsunami menimpa Acheh, Acheh kini telah semakin pesat dibangunkan. Kak Chik kata dah ada "Sunway Lagoon" di sana. Anak sulung Kak Chik kini berusia 12 tahun, sudah 6 tahun bersekolah di sekolah arab (saya suspect sebenarnya sekolah agama) di Acheh, sekolah yang dibangunkan oleh Professor Diraja Ungku Aziz (wallahu'alam, tidak dapat saya pastikan kesahihan cerita ini). Diberitahu oleh Kak Chik juga, Tun Dr. Mahathir dan Tuan Guru Nik Abduk Aziz Nik Mat juga ada membangunkan sekolah masing-masing di sana (wallahu'alam, tidak dapat saya pastikan kesahihan cerita ini juga). Sambungnya, rata-rata di Acheh, ajaran Islam masih amat dititikberatkan, antaranya pakaian perempuan wajiblah longgar dan menutupi setiap kulit dan bahagian yang wajib dan lelaki dan perempuan yang bukan muhrim tidak dibenarkan berdua-duaan sama sekali. Kak Chik kata, kalau saya nak ke sana, dia boleh uruskan tempat menginap yang tidak menerima bayaran hatta sesen pun. Saya kata, inshaAllah Kak Chik.

P/S : Kak Chik juga direkodkan berkata, "Adik nanti kalau dah kahwin, anak tu jaga betul-betul. Karpet tu bersihkan, pembersih yang betul boleh beli kat farmasi. Kedai biasa tak jual, tau." (I told her that I'm indeed married, with a 2-year old daughter). "Hah? Biar betul dik?! Mati-mati Kak Chik ingatkan adik tak kahwin lagi. Kami dok sembang kata muda lagi adik ni. La... Tak nampak macam dah kahwin pon! Maaf lah Kak Chik salah anggap." (I sengih-sengih malu but told her that I got used to those kind of reactions. But I thought she knew that I'm married with kid, judging from my happy bumpy tummy). "Eh, tak lah! Anak dara sekarang pun sama je perut sekarang ni. Ada tu lagi besar pun ada." (I was speechless).