dialogue with a fav aunt
"cik nah, nadiah nak mintak maaf kalau nadiah ade terkasar bahasa or tersalah gurau dgn cik nah. im sorry if i have hurt your feelings intentionally or not and im sorry if i have done anything wrong to you. tell me what im doing wrong and insyaAllah, i wont repeat the same mistake again."
"nolah, nadiah tak pernah terkasar bahasa ngan cik nah. neither have you hurt my feelings. actuallie u've never did anything wrong to me. the only thing im sad about is that nadiah tinggal dekat2 pun cik nah tak pernah nampak nadiah datang rumah cik nah. sedih cik nah. datang jelah, jenguk2. cik nah bangga dengan nadiah because among all the others, you're the sensible one and the one that dont get into trouble. you know what you want to do in ur life and im proud of that. my daughter really look up to you. dah start pakai cincin besar, dengan beads. jadi kau jangan buat kerja tak senonoh nanti die ikut pulak. cik nah sayang nadiah. n i hope you achieve your dreams."
with that, she expertly slipped the blue packet into my hand, kissed both my cheeks and hugged me. i hid my tears and pretended to get the flu. i think she knew better.