Monday 7 January 2013

..new year thoughts..

....it was slightly misty on the morning of the 6th day of year 13...it sat like a thin veil across the fields near the river that flows in front of my house...aidil and adha, two newest members of our cat family,  were playing catch me if you can in the receding light...I scanned the sky, seeking signs of the promised tropical storm...but the clouds were thinning...and I sat there on the steps of the house that has been home for pakmat for the past 25 years..

...time fly by fast when you are not counting...but the house is in need of a new coat of paint...as pakmat is in need of a new set of teeth...but I am not a man of means...hardly a Roland Bleke, by any account....just an aging retiree, settled into his retirement, and wanting for nothing...except, perhaps, an enduring good health...

..but as I sat there, a song kept playing in my mind...dreams left behind sometimes are too real to replace..






4 comments:

YuinTing said...

Dear Pakmat, you have stopped updating your blog for quite some time, I miss you and so glad you are back! I would like to wish you and your family a Happy New year. With each passing year, your family tree is growing bigger and BIGGER... how wonderful! Do stay healthy and happy to enjoy your cucu cicit...and your aidil & adha!

Unknown said...

..thank you, dear yuin ting..here's wishing you and family a joyous new year, too..your kids must hve grown..and pretty soon, they, too will be leaving the nest...regards to your hubby parents and inlaws..cheers..

June Malik said...

salam pak mat .. been a long time :) wishing you a great 2013. insyaallah muga semua diberkati!

Unknown said...

..salam June...it has been a long time..wishing you a joyous new year..take care