Now, who are these beautiful women? These are my moms. The one in colourful blouse is my Umi (my stepmom) and my mother is the one holding the white handbag. This pic was taken during my last visit to my hometown. This is the house in which umi and my late dad raised 5 children.

I remember when i was small and my existence was unknown to Umi, dad used to bring us for a drive and passed this house and he would show me "ni rumah umi", i remember there used to be a biscuit factory somewhere near this house and without fail, whenever i eat the biscuit, i'll tell people "biskut ni buat kat umah umi saya". Once in a while when umi's away from KB visiing her children in KL, dad would bring me to this house so that he could take a nap while mom did her shopping in KB town (this house situated near town while our little house is somewhere near PCB). While dad took his nap i'll help myself to the puddings umi kept in her refrigerator, rummage thru my stepbrother's stacks of entertainment magazines, and checked out the family albums. I know my siblings' name by heart tho' i never met them in person back then. On the wall near the stairs leading to the 2nd floor umi displayed convocation potrets of her children. She has 5 children and 4 of them graduated, but of course she reserve five spaces, when her youngest son did not show any signs of graduation... dad always told me during one of our secret visits, "nanti ayah letak gambar tini kat sini" pointing at the empty space. ofcourse, it never materialised since dad passed away longgg before my graduation.

When dad got sick he spent most of his time at umi's house. Whenever i came back for holiday in KB, i'll come and visit him here. I will give him the "SPA treatment" he liked. He liked it when i plucked his uban, clean his nail, nose and ear, urut kaki. I'll play with his hair till he fell asleep, and left slowly when he started to snore. I will go the mall situated right next to the house. Yeah, few years ago they built a shopping mall right next to my umi's house. No more biscuit factory. To those who have been to KB or from KB they would know Billion supermarket... my umi's house is right behind Billion, first house.See that building with a hint of peach next to the house? that's Billion.

On my last visit umi told that the supermarket/the owner/whoever were buying her land coz they need to build a bowling alley or whatever. So, she and few other relatives who had been staying there for so many years would have to move out. They would have to bring the whole house down. What a waste. When i was there i could see that umi had been doing serious packing. No more graduation potret, no more beatiful antiques display. All went into the boxes. Bukan rumah aku pun, but i felt sad. I have memories there. Tho' tak banyak, but it left a lasting wonderful feeling remembering dad sitting on the couch smiling weakly at me whenever i come for a visit (cis, berair mata lak masa tulis nih! Grow up nik!!! Sensitif tak pasal2!)

i think they ore the house down already, Umi said the they were bringin the house down mid sept, i guess the house is no longer there now. Selamat tinggal 4082-G, Lorong Merican...

to all you who'd be playing bowling in Billion later, remember you are bowling on my memories.. Uhuk..uhuk...