Papa (Part 1)

Hello, I know I don't post much about my personal life here. Honestly I'm not good at writing blogs so for me to commit to one is to only write poems. Hahaha, most of my rants are on Twitter a.k.a my public diary [if you haven't followed yet, it's @isafiqah]. I just registered for degree. Yay, I am officially a law school student????? Haha not quite sure if that’s an exciting news or not. However, that is not what I am going to write about. I am going to write about my dad who passed away in 2006, when I was only in Primary 5. I don't talk much about my parents to people around me because I don't really like to do so. Only if they asked. The only thing you need to know is that I grew up in a beautiful family. Alhamdulillah for that, there's no greater blessing I wish to have.

Back to my beloved late father. His name was Mohammed Isa bin Mohd Arshad. He came from a kampung-KL kind of family, Hulu Kelang to be exact. My father was a very cheerful guy, always making faces always scaring off my friends with his weird jokes. I was closer to him compared to my mother (before he passed away) because my mother was a bit busier that my father. He used to fetch me after school really early only to drag me along with to pay bills and service our car ending up that I will always reach home at Maghrib jugak at the end of the day. Haha he was also a fan of movies so after school memang selalu tengok wayang pakai baju sekolah. He loved all kinds of movies, but mostly action movies like Chinese hustles or perang-perang kind of stuff. Oh yea, not to forget he bought all the Hindustan DVDs for us to watch at home. Sadly, not much that I can recall though. But for sure, I was his bestfriend. And our cat which died when I was 13, named Cat. Hahaha, or better known as Aficat because we were born in the same year.

I remember one time, he fetched me at school and he told me to look at the back seat (yang paling belakang, we used to have Kia Carens). So I literally jumped to the back because I was still tiny kan that time, to find a two-tyred bike! You have no idea how happy I was because all my friends started to naik basikal earlier than me. I was 8 that time. 1 because I didn't have a bike, 2 because I had roller blades and 3 because I loved swimming more than anything else. But since we moved to an area yang dah takde swimming pool, maybe that's why he bought me one. God it's so sad to think of it because I am not a person who really asks for stuffs because I prefer time spent together than materials. So yea, balik tu he taught me to ride the bike. It was okay awal-awal because I already got how to cycle. Suddenly I was heading down a bukit depan our housing area and worst part is that he forgot to teach me how to use the brakes!! Haha I wasn't so scared though, but to think of being a dad I bet he was soooo so worried sebab there was a big longkang down the hill. My father literally ran down, with both hands kedepan to stop the bike. Hahaha So that’s basically it for this part.

My beloved, missed, father was also a morning person. Totally my opposite. I love the idea of mornings, but I'm not motivated enough to wake up everyday because ill always end up enjoying the long night that I cannot get up the next morning. But my dad would wake us up with his tongkat or whatever ways that will annoy you. Haha most of the time he’ll just pull our toes. For subuh, and also sunrises! yaAllah, I love sunrises so much because the feeling it gives me never changes dari my dad was still around. My dad was a big fan of sunrises. He would drive or walk us idk to random places just for the sake of it. And he takes great photos too, since he used to have a Nikon and Kodak. He was also a nature person, randomly ajak pergi mandi sungai or mandi laut or camping at random places. (Papa Adik misses you so much :( especially when I'm watching amazing nature views.) Sometimes it's just the two of us because everyone else asrama or uni. Later when I have time I'll scan the scenery photos yang diambil oleh my father. No filter needed!!

I have a lottttttttttt more to talk about him. But I think I'm gonna do a part 2 for this. Some clues; train rides, historical places, food!!!, and Kuala Lumpur.