Friday, February 19, 2010

insaf

sapa yang mengenali i really well would know that i don't like to kemas rumah. like really. i really really dont like to kemas rumah. of all the house chores i like,i love laundry. and..err..thats about it. tu pon i think its because i used to ikut atok jemur kain, n teman dia lipat baju. hih hih. but...ada but..i only knew how to cuci baju guna washing machine selepas berkahwin ok. laki mak yang ajar. sebab? sebab sebelum tu, i never had to do my own laundry. *matila membuka pekung di dada!!

since young, i hardly ever had to help with house work. i guess being the youngest has its perks. hih hih. all i had to do during raya masa sume orang sibuk nak masak/tukar langsir/ masuk kuih dalam balang/ rebus ketupat was susun kasut kat luar rumah and isi duit raya. yes, up till i was in college. hih hih. how manja was i, man?

even bila dah kerja dan kawen pon, perkara paling teruk yang disuruh buat masa raya was to isi kuih dalam balang (which i bet any budak pon boleh buat) and potong kek letak kat atas doily pastu letak atas my mom's queen anne collection. oh..ada sekali tu, i had to vacuum...tapi that was only because akak had to raya at her husbands house. otherwise, mak lenggang kangkung jer u ols.

so, when i got married, imagine the culture shock i got! tu pon....masa baru kahwin, we stayed with my parents so technically i only had to take good care of the room and buat laundry. tapi...tu pon i failed miserably. its not easy to change someone who is used to her life like that for 26 whole years okeh. (fact: i send my bajus for dobi masa zaman universiti. )i have always had someone to clean up after me.

then, pindah rumah sewa...aiyo amma appa...tu lagilah mak rasa donia macam nak tunggang terbalik you alls!!! dengan toilet lah, ruang tamulah, bilik tetamulah, bilik sendiri lah, toys dani yang merata lah...aiyoyoyoyoyo....so...to help me out yang memang sedia pemalas and tak berapa pandai kemas rumah ni (ececeh...tetap konon tak nak mengaku tak pandai), i hired an aci to help clean the house once a week. jadik..takdelah mak sibuk nak mop, lap habuk, lap kipas/cermin bagai sebab ada orang buatkan. syukuuurrr!!!!!

mulut Dr Sunshine tak pernah berenti pot pet pot pet dok encourage bini dia ni jadi seorang yang rajin mengemas. ok...mak bukannya tak kemas LANGSUNG. i only do it when the mood comes (like sekali dalam sebulan kot..hikhikhik). and....yang pelik bin ajaibnye, i like everything to be clean and tidy TAPI i dont want to be the one cleaning and tidying it, boleh? *matila perasan jadik mam besar!

anyhoo, i am glad to tell you alls that that phase is OVER. well, maybe not over over. but i am finally getting there. getting over my geli feelings. (ye..saya tak suka mengemas sebab geli dengan habuk, tak suka buat dishes sebab geli dgn benda yang melekat kat jaring2 tu, HATE to buang sampah and also cuci toilet sebab geliiiiiiiiiiiiiiii).

vienna telah mengajar saya to get over the geli feelings, cos if i dont do it, sapa lagi nak buat kan?so i now vacuum every three days (dan ada jugak yang every day, depending on the mess Andi makes), clean the toilet and bathtub every two days, clean my kitchen table top EVERYDAY. wah..sangat impress ok. laundry tak yah citer la kan dah kata favret kan. so memang sure tip top punye. hih hih.

kenapa nak cerita semua ni? sebab. it has been about a month since i started cleaning my dishes, lap table top and stove every night after andi goes to sleep. dulu dulu (yes, even masa dah kat sini pon) slalu je bersepah kitchen counter tu. pagi2 barula sibuk2 nak basuh pinggan periuk bagai. tu pon cos nak masak breakfast kan. skang...tidak lagi. (eh..terasa macam iklan pulak)

sigh..dengan itu Dr Sunshine, i rasa i deserve a really really good kitchen cabinet dengan splashback yang vass sebab i dah pandai jaga kitchen *winks at Dr Sunshine*

notakaki: sungguhpon saya malas, saya bukan pengotor. selain itu, saya amat behave apabila berada di rumah orang lain kerana saya otomatik menjadi rajin dan tak kesah buat keja rumah. bak kata orang, masuk kandang kambing mengembek.

6 comments:

che zuls said...

u r so funny la che sabb. . . but i am so proud of u!!

munchkin said...

gurl... kau memang kelakar.... i'm so proud of you..

yikes... if i kawen, i pun kena kemas rumah ke? right now, mummy does everything... even my laundry ok... hahhahahaha...

semoga saya pun cepat insaf :) thanks for an inspirational story.. :)

ps./ che zuls, awak pun pemalas cam saya ke? :p

miSs inTerpReted said...

che zuls:thanks gurl! after almost 30 years, barula i nak insaf kan. hikhik

arni huns: thanks. and yes babe, unless u ada bibik, u have to kemas ur own rumah after kahwen. otherwise, just hire a weekly cleaner like i did. hihi

and you know, tula masalah kita yang manja ni kan. tapi its not like as ifwe asked to be manja-ed. its like automatic kan??hihihi

Oyis said...

saya juga insaf... duduk obersi jauh dari kluarga byk mengajar erti kesusahan. kalo dulu asyik2 mkn luar, skang the rule is, x masak x makan lah. biar kebulur satu family. so malas mcm2 mana pon mesti masak jg.

same goes to toilet, dulu malas / geli nak cuci toilet rumah sendiri, skang ni i cuci toilet everyday (part-time work). amek ko... qadha' x pernah cuci toilet all these years!

and oso pasal bgn tido. never would i thought i am capable of x tido lg lps subuh to do housework / studying, but i guess dah jd ibu ni dgn sendiri nya mmg x tido dah lps subuh.

smg kita balik nnt bkn saja bawak balik ilmu PhD, tp jg dgn sahsiah dan jati diri yg tinggi... insya Allah... :)

PS: u really are an inspiration tau, sbb bole survive with a baby on your own, sans husband, on a non-English speaking soil plak tu. *tabik spring*

miSs inTerpReted said...

oyis: kita serupaa...betulla. duduk obersea ni byk ajar about life jugak. skang ni, i am more confident of me and hubby's decision of not having a maid bila balik kl nnti. :)

p/s: tak yah tabik spring. i malu you!

the dreamer said...

sabb aku pown dah jadi rajin bila ada anak ni *insaf juga*

hari2 kena sapu sampah & mop lantai, lap meja after tuck luqman to bed..klu dibiarkan sisa makanan di lantai itu..memang lipas2 & semut dirumah ku terus sambut raya, cny & christmas skaligus...

*teringat alahai bestnye klu aku ada maid lagi*