..I tried to be youthful as I aged..at least in my mind..and my mind keeps on assuring me that, indeed, I am 70 and I look it..but I do not feel it..and I really do not know how a 70-year old is supposed to feel..I looked at those in my peer group and found them older than me...and my wife laughed when I told her so, that I found them older than me...but in her family, apart from her mother, who is 85, I am the oldest..but, then again, she is 13 years younger than me..and since the oldest in her family is her sister who is 64, I cannot help but moved around with those who are younger...which helps keep me youthful..
..I also tried to be healthy..but at 70 how healthy can you be?..I watch my diet as I watch my hair greying and my teeth breaking one by one....like most every one else, when I was 55 going 60, I tried holding on to my youth...dyeing your hair black is easy...but keeping your skin taut and your bones creak-free is hard...I bought a Raleigh bike..life now is in auto-cruise, no reason why I should not now pedal a little...which I did with gusto to the beach and back on most evenings...
...I tried to be a better Muslim...I wasn't during my hot curry, polygamic mayhem days...it was hard balancing your life between two women...more so, three...children kept you off-balance...I could have been a better father, of course...I wasn't too bad, but I could have been better...hindsight magnifies your mistakes a thousand times...then, I was just a hardheaded young man with more than one wife...later, I was that 60-year old licking his wounds...now I am that 70 year-old looking at the memories invoking scars of an earlier life....
..children gives you grandchildren, and I am glad..they will be the light that will take pakmat into the future, a future of which pakmat will not be a part of..and yet, pakmat will be very much a part of it...what lies ahead for them I dare not even hazard a guess...but for pakmat, in this short span of time that he has left, .he will pedal along,...enjoying the moments that God has given him...thank you, Allah...
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Salam PakMat.
I also don't know to feel 60 when I reached that age two years ago.When I am cycling on my bike in Putrajaya with younger riders,I feel like I am 26 instead of 62.Cycling has a magic mirror that managed to laterally inverted my age.Hehe..See you this weekend in Bachok.
age is felt only and as brief a moment as when the joints cracked, no?
You dontvsound 70, sir!
salam, pak adib..wow, that was fast..cant invert mine, 'cause then i would be 7...but, then again, maybe I am going through my second childhood..haha...
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Wow. Beautifully written. Keep them coming Pak Mat
No regrets Pakmat, it's all written in the stars....we should thank God that we all led a fortunate life compared to a lot of people around the world.
Sofea says, to remain young, just take cat naps. It will shave years off your human age.
..hi Arena..Thanks..jottings of an ole coot
..hi, Tommy..been sometimes since we met here..remember Keith Locke and his Don't play that song for m?..
hehe...
..hi Sofea..yes been cat napping lots lately..hehe
..hi Arena..Thanks..jottings of an ole coot
..hi, Tommy..been sometimes since we met here..remember Keith Locke and his Don't play that song for m?..
hehe...
..hi Sofea..yes been cat napping lots lately..hehe
children kept you off-balance...I could have been a better father, of course
But I have witnessed U with your children! My observation is, they really love U and look up to U.They always speak highly of U too! U have been a good father without U actually noticing it. And your kids are good grounded citizen, who I am proud to call friends!
Here I am dreading 40. Reading this and Pak Adib's give me some motivation and hope.
Nice one!
..thank you, Jehan..I think, on the most part, thru have accepted me for what I am..
..not yet forty, Nazrah?..muda tu..not the age yet to worry about growing old..:)
..thank you, Jehan..I think, on the most part, thru have accepted me for what I am..
..not yet forty, Nazrah?..muda tu..not the age yet to worry about growing old..:)
I don't believe I have had the pleasure of knowing you during my years of blogging. But I can already see what a treasure this blog will be for me to visit. :) Looking forward to more postings, Pakmat.
I hope to be able to write as well as you when I reach your age, PakMat!
Old is gold PakMat and the soul is always young..welcome back!
Pak Mat...whenever I am in your company, I feel we are mates from some sacred past. Never have I felt like I was talking to an old man...in fact to the contrary, you challenged me without saying, for me to continue acting youthful.
Stay young Pak Mat.
Salam pakmat!
I salute you for that energy.
In sya Allah will become a frequent reader here. Sharing is very important and could become amal jariah too.
Happy blogging pakmat!
Welcome back Pakmat. Hope to have the pleasure of meeting you in person one day, insyaAllah.
Lovely post.
And here I was complaining when I turned 40. I think I'll stop doing that now. Keep lighting the way, sir.
you sound young Pakmat Fahmy...and Alhamdulillah for the good health that you are enjoying now.
Salam Pak Mat,
A beautiful piece of writing, as always. Reflective, humble and honest.
I am a big fan of people being exactly who they really are.
..I dont believe I have the pleasure of knowing you, too, Blabarella..so here's to friendship...:)
..when you reached my age, you will be writing better than me, leenbaker..
..thank you, naniasda..be seeing you..
..insya Allah, Oldstock..we will, I am sure..
..hi, Mc Ani..welcome..
..you will always be family, Pak Pin..
..40 is a nice age to be, Jordan..relish every minute of it..for soon, 50 will also be a nice age to be..:)
..in my mind, I am always young, Kak Teh..now if only the body listens to the mind..hehe..
..as I am a your fan, Naz...:)
Salam Pakmat,
salute you for having the passion to still blog.
..ahh, Kak Teh..where will us bloggers be if not for you..thanks, again..and me sounding young?..I tweaked the speakers..hehe..
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Pak Mat, I can tell you that cycling can slash a few good years off your age. I do that here often, and I can't tell you how much catcalls I got while cycling from my home to the Shabab beach (beach for the young men) 20km back and forth!
I thought my loose skin would steer away men's look, but I was totally wrong! You go figure!
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