Yesterday morning... after suboh prayer.. I got an SMS from Juita stating that 'Dr Riza telah kembali ke rahamatullah.. tolong doakan, terima kasih' and I was like "huh? Dr Riza?? Bukan suami dia ke?? Biar betul!" Germ called me earlier to ask the same question.. So I called Juita and confirmed that yes.. sadly her dear husband just passed away due to heart attact.. she cried when I called her to confirm this.... sedihnye :~(
When I reached my office later, I was still thinking of Juita.... teringat2 lagi suara ceria dia a few days before when she called to inform of her 1st daughter's excellence result in UPSR. And all her invitations to her house for raya open house, kenduri kendara, ect.... all which I failed to oblige :( So when Germ called me again later... kami berpakat lah to 'ponteng' kerja and go to visit Juita in Kuala Pilah.... yeap MY hometown. Juita's in laws also happened to be my family friends. Her parents in law are my parents friends... maklum lah.... cikgu-cikgi... sekampung pulak tu... maun tak kenal! Tu yg rasa lagi bertanggung jawab to go and visit her...
So I went to Bangi first to fetch Germ (first time jejak kaki to Germ's house... after all these years!!! Sorry Germ... time macam ni baru aku dapat ke rumah kau!) and later at Seremban we fetched Zita at her office. The 3 of us were representing our tkc8387 batch... to be with Juita on this sad occasion... just to tell Juita that we are here with her.... for good and bad time!!
When we reached Kuala Pilah... bertembung dengan van jenazah at Jalan Melang. But we went to the house first.... but as expected was told Juita and other family members went to 'kubur' for the funeral. So we decided to turn back... and go to perkuburan Melang... by the time sampai sana... jenazah dah selamat dikebumikan... but were on time for the doa selamat. Met Juita there.... she hugged me and cried on my shoulder..... sedih nya.. tak sampai hati tenguk Juita macam tu... I could not help crying myself :~( It was soooo sad to see her struggling to be strong... for her kids' sake (she has 4 kids). May Allah protect her and give her strength during this difficult time.
After the funeral... we wanted to eat at my Maklong Eda's restaurant.. tapi tutup pulak. So we end up eating at KP cafe... which apparently is famous of nasi beryani (ceh.. I'm from Pilah and I am not even aware of this small cafe???!!). Later... could not resist myself to tapau 'rojak ibrahim' and pekena Pilah's bus stand's cendol with the girls. Ewah... macam girls outing la pulak kan? Lepas tu baru balik....
Semoga arwah Dr Riza dicucuri rahmatNya..... Aamin.
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