In need of a hug

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand
In other words darling kiss me

Fill my life with song
And let me sing forevermore
You are all I hope for
All I worship and adore
In other words please be true
In other words I love you.

*The picture was taken by myself :)

Nano World

"Little knowledge estranges man from God, science brings him back"

~Sir Francis Bacon

What is nano-world? Everything is nano now, nano-materials and nano-technology. Many are wondering what is it? Most important is it's effect on us. It is simply a world dealing with anything, matter and anti-matter that is by the scale 1/1,000,000,000 of 1m (meter). Can you imagine such situation?

Everything, which is exist now is reduced to such a size, yet assuming they are still functioning through some might be affected by such an effect of miniaturization. Imagine, something, which you are able to see suddenly, vanishes into the thin air. It becomes invisible. Or simply a ghost or a spirit, still exist but no longer seen or felt. A real world transforms into a relatively virtual world.

Do you realize that whatever we see now are those you are able to see with your naked eyes or thise you see with something capable of capturing and magnifying to your scale. For example, a magnifying glass magnifies an object up to 10x while a tunneling microscope to 1,000,000,000x. What about those, which are smaller? They exist and functional yet still unknown because we are unable to detect or we do not have the capability of doing so. Does it mean they do not exist? Is this the way the saying "seeing is believing"?

As time goes by and with better understanding, innovation and so forth, a day will come when things will be different. Many so called myth and infinite might be real and finite. The meaning of infinitely small is no longer confined to infinity, but beyond our mean or imagination now. Actually such a concept is nothing new. Suddenly the so-called theories will no longer be, even contradicts. However, the truth is still the same, but the current truth might not be so if they are not the truth yet. It is our obligation to seek the truth, albeit it might hurt.

The world of materials; organic, inorganic, naturally occuring or man-made will be different, but most importantly they must be smart, intelligent, more functional than now because we are able to understand and control since their begining or when they are at the smallest stage. Imagine a situation where you are able to replace your aging organs, able to grow your desirable fruits or simply able to fulfill your current wishful dreams.

Atok

Kalau Sultan Melaka berkehendakkan aku, adalah peminangannya satu jambatan emas dan satu jambatan perak dari Gunung Ledang ke Melaka, kuman tujuh dulang, hati nyamuk tujuh dulang, air mata anak dara setempayan, darah anakandanya semangkuk… hmm, apa lagi tok?

"Kasih sayang dan ikrar setia". Aku senyum, atok pun senyum. Kalaulah ada Sultan Melaka…

Sudah lama aku tak merasai cuti yang panjang yang riang. Cuti Chinese New Year dan Maal Hijrah kali ini baru betul-betul rasa meriah. Paling seronok sebab kali ini atok dan family pak long ada bersama. Atok yang keuzurannya selalu membataskan aktiviti kami, kali ini ikut sama bercuti. Walau tak pernah tinggal inhalernya, atok selalu senyum dan buat kami ketawa.

Paling biasa kalau atok ada, mesti tonton cerita lama-lama. Zaman atok muda-muda dulu. Kali ni atok pilih cerita Sarjan Hassan & Pendekar Bujang Lapuk. Bila tiba scene favorite, semuanya sama-sama ikut skrip; “gua tukar nama jadi Ahmad Ah Leng bin Abdul Lolah”, “fil fadang fasiru, ta’adudil fokok kayuil”. Lepas tu kami ketawa sama-sama.

Atok kata atok rasa muda kalau tengok cerita lama-lama.

Dalam kereta, memang aku paling suka nyanyi lagu kuat-kuat. Adik pun suka ikut sama. Biar pitching lari, biar tempo berterabur, biar lirik pun tak ingat, kami tetap suka nyanyi kuat-kuat, kadang-kadang lagi kuat dari bunyi radio. Bila atok ada jugak dalam kereta, tiba-tiba atok bunyikan “tong, tong, tong” kuat-kuat dengan mulut dia. Atok kata atok tak tahu nyanyi lagu tu, jadi atok nak jadi bunyi drum je. Kami ketawa sama-sama. Lepas tu atok nyanyi lagu yang kami pulak tak tahu. Aku perlahankan suara radio, nak dengar suara atok nyanyi. Atok kata itu lagu famous masa atok muda dulu, tapi kami tak tahu.

Atok kata atok rasa muda kalau nyanyi lagu tu.

Ameen, baru umur 10 tahun, memang lasak budaknya. Di rumah aku, dia nak main ‘lawan-lawan’ dengan aku. Tumbuk dan tendang main-main, siapa jatuh dia yang kalah. Ameen tarik kaki aku, tapi aku tak jatuh, tak juga boleh buat-buat jatuh, sebab aku lagi besar dari dia, lagi berat, jadi aku tak jatuh dan tak kalah. Ameen tumbuk lagi, aku mengelak. Habis semua silat dia keluarkan. Akhir sekali aku tolak pelipat lutut dia dan dia terbaring, aku dah menang. Aku duduk atas dia, buat muka juara. Atok tengok kami lawan. Atok kata “tolak dia lagi Ameen, pusingkan kaki dia”. Atok juara silat dulu, sebab moyang kami memang guru silat.

Atok kata atok rasa muda kalau mula bersilat lagi.

Dan kali terakhir itu, sebelum salam tangan atok, atok pesan suruh jaga diri baik-baik, kerja betul-betul, jaga keluarga dan cari suami yang baik. Atok kata atok nak timang cicit sebelum tutup mata, aku kata atok mengada-ngada. Tak tahu kenapa kali itu hati rasa sangat sayu. Aku cium tangan atok lama-lama. Aku kata aku sayang atok, atok kata dia tahu. Kami senyum sama-sama.

Atok kata dia dah tua.