Opah

During the course of raya Eidulfitri, our family went beraya at my mum's side which is at Johor. Kluang. This year we had the priviledge to go to the old house of my late grandma. It was still in good condition eventho its left with old furniture and some other old stuffs inside of the house. We pay her a visit to her grave and went to the house for a family gathering.

Anyhow, the place or the house to be exact, is nice and as we are cleaning the dust around the area, I opened some of the old stash inside of the house. I found myself some really old photos, diaries and some photo album of my late grandma. Some of them are funny and some are interesting and it does brings some nostalgic feeling of the 90-s.

My Auntie when she was in Japan, lets be honest here, I thought that was the oven glove

Hahaha..

A simple panoramic picture of my aunt and some heartfelt message

The gift from my cousin to Opah

Hahaha, this was the funniest I guess. Mainly because my cousin, the girl who wrote this is all grown-up already. There even some sign over there. Whats funny is that, my grandma didn't really write anything at the book despite receiving it to write diaries. 

Her days when she was a teacher.. I think it was during Teacher's day 

Opah loves to collect scented candles, potpourri, and those doorgift from various wedding ceremonies. Soo basically this is her collection stash.

My Aunt with Opah.

I found this lovely photo frame of her grandchildrens at that time. If it were to include present time, maybe they had to add more faces in there. I'll be honest not much people recognize me in this. Hoho

I had planned to write this ever since Raya Eidulfitri this year, but something came up, and it kept me away from my blogs for sometime. My lappy basically had its screen cracked and I didnt really have enough money to fix it. But worry not, cuz now I am fine and I'm on my way of getting it fixed.

My Opah as far as I knew her is really an admirable person. During her youthful days, she was a famous ustazah at her school. She was well-known cuz her students are all very good in that particular subject she's teaching. She is knowledgeable, kind, generous, loving, and always full of advise. I always happy during her presence. There aren't much woman family members in the family tree, so having her around made us felt comfortable. 

She was always the type who share lots of her stories during her glory days. Sharing stories of her late husband, how he was always by her side before she was left widowed. It was always wonderful to hear her share her experiences. There are just many moral stories to be taken. It was fun

I remembered that one time she was sick at her house, we went visiting her. She always ask me of how I always been and how are my studies when she was around. I was always the one that usually asked for advice how to do this and that.

What I love of her is that she always seems to know when I have a problem. I'm not sure how but she seems to be able to read me inside out when nobody can, that includes my parents as well. I told my grandma lots of secrets tho and writing this kinda made me feel sad to think that now shes no longer here. 

So far, I am very comfortable when I'm with Opah cuz she is a very good listener. There are not much people who are as good as her. Unfortunately, she passed away in her 60ties due to fibroid cancer. She has been fighting it for years and she eventually won the fight, but the aftermath is just too much for a women of her age to handle. May Allah grants her Jannatul Firdaus, paradise in the afterlife.

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