Friday, June 1, 2012

When Common Sense is not Common

Off white and pink roses
March 11, 2012 was a day "When Common Sense is not Common". A rare case for me, as its my first. My first to be the head of delegation on an 'engagement' mission for my nephew Abdullah Omar, eldest son of Hj Abdul Aziz and Hjh Nor Hamidah, my in-laws.

Its a delegation from Terengganu, in transit in KL en route to Cheng Baru, Melaka. Being the eldest...hmm no no...being the senior most uncle i was unanimously made the head of delegation. As you all know, an engagement delegation to Melaka - the home of 'dondang sayang' and 'pantun' is quite a daunting task. So came all the ideas, suggestions, recommendations of 'pantuns' through email, fb, sms and chat.


iPad - ing a pantun
I ended up with a compilation of pantuns. Even Azhim's majlis on February 7 2012 in Seremban was not as stressful. But then Hai or Hj Mohd Salleh was around to be the spoke person on that day.
Come March 11, 2012 most of our family members were there in Melaka. Stepping out of the car, we were welcomed by smiling faces with open arms, the new extended family to be.

True enough, Melaka is thick in 'adat' and ceremony, and the host had long 'khemah' in front of the house in 'kenduri' mode. Common sense is not common! as all action has to abide the 'adat' or local ceremony.

The celebrities
When all seated and making our selves confortable...but nothing happens. Later we got to know we had to wait for the host 'spoke person' to arrive. Apparently the 'Tok Ketua' of the Qariah will represent the host family in welcoming and all negotiation.

True enough the opening remarks starts with a 'pantun' out of his mouth effortlessly - indicating experience....but my iPad saved the day! All my compilation of pantuns came out smoothly to counter all of his...much to the awe of the crowd...pantuning via iPad...

How i love technology....

hamid
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3 comments:

  1. lynnJune 24, 2012 at 4:01 PM

    huhu...pantuning via ipad? that's cheating hahaha

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  2. Ir. Haji Abdul Aziz AbdullahJuly 16, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    Abang Hamid doesn’t want to admit of “Being the eldest”. Heh heh.. preferred to term as “the senior most uncle”. But in either way, incidentally both are right actually. Let everybody else knows that…. Ha ha..
    But pantuning with an i-Pad indeed putting a class of the most senior uncle in pace with technology. Not many people – even the young ones are like that.

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  3. Hamid'sCommonSenseAugust 28, 2018 at 4:04 PM

    Haha six years after this entry, it’s still a memorable experience, and Congratulations to Hjh Nor Hamidah and Hj Abdul Aziz now blessed with two beautiful grandchild...

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