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Waktu kecil dahulu, aku suka panjat pokok. Pokok rambutan banyak di sekeliling rumah, tapi yang kurang seronoknya ada kerengga, nanti kena ketit. Kadang tu lagi la, ada penyengat atau tebuan. Dulu tak ramai kawan, mak kata, jangan bagi biasa pergi menempek di rumah orang, jadi memang tak dapat lah peluang pergi rumah kawan-kawan macam orang lain. Kalau panjat pook, selalu rasa macam nak terjun, lepas tu keluar sayap dan terbang. Memang, dari dulu lagi, cita-cita aku, hanya mahu terbang… dan terbang…

Bila dah besar sikit, masuk sekolah, cikgu tanya nak jadi apa? Tak ingatlah apa yang dijawab… adala tu burung, power rangers, ahli silap mata etc… tapi yang macam dah lojik sikit tu, asalnya cakap nak jadi pensyarah, bila ditanya pensyarah apa, taktau. Lepas tu lama sikit, taktau la dari mana dapat idea, tapi ingat la, bila tanya pensyarah apa dah boleh jawab dah, pensyarah falsafah. Ya, FALSAFAH… haha… istilah falsafah tu bunyi macam best kot untuk lidah budak umur 7 tahun.

Dulu mak selalu marah sebab suka buat semak, suka gunting. Mak kata “adik, kalau jumpa gunting dengan kertas, habih penuh rumah” haha… lepas tu dulu, ayah pernah heran, sebab tiap-tiap minggu beli buku lukisan kadang berkali-kali. Lukis ka makan? Masa tu takda kesedaran sivik, guna kertas banyak, tak kitar semula pula tu. Dalam linkungan masa tu juga waktu duk berangan-berangan nak jadi pelukis jalanan, mak pun berpesan “belajar pandai-pandai, jangan kerja duk lukis ja, nanti besar jadi la doctor”. Lepas tu yang ingat, aku pun lukis la gambar pempuan bertudung dengan steteskop, mak pun gembiralah kerana telah diberi gambaran visual masa depan anak bongsunya ni.

Masa 6 tahun, ustazah tadika pernah suruh buat persembahan sajak. Lepas tu rasa macam suka baca ruangan sajak-sajak dalam majalah kanak-kanak, seperti asuh, kuntum, Disney etc. Bila dah darjah 4-5 tu, mula la perasan nak jadi sasterawan, mula la mereka tulis segala benda, sajak prosa dan puisi yang tak pernah jadi… merepek saja banyak, tapi satu file la jugak. Ingat lagi, file tu warna biru, mana pergi agaknya. Masa itu juga perasan punyai kefahaman yang tinggi, lalu bacalah segala buku cerita karya terulung (tak layan novel picisan tu! Berlagak bukan main!!!) seperti orang tua di kaki gunung, senjakala, ayahanda, awang sabdu dan tok guru, jibam, shit yg kontroversi tu pun baca, tapi kebanyakannya tak faham sangat pun. Perasan saja lebih.

Ada sekali tu, pergi kedai Pak Teh (kedai runcit dekat rumah), beli aiskrim. Lepas tu masa jalan balik rumah sambil makan aiskrim duk terbayang kalau dapat buat kilang aiskrim, seronoknya… tiba-tiba teringat juga iklan ice sculpture kat tv tu, jadi terbayang sculpture tu daripada ais yang boleh di makan. Sejak dari tu memang nak buka kilang aiskrim.

Masuk sekolah menengah, terus rasa nak jadi ustazah! Haha.. maksud sekolah agama kot. Tapi lama-kelamaan jadi tak ketahuan dah nak jadi apa. Lepas tu masa tingkatan 3, ingat lagi, duk mengarut-ngarut dalam kelas time cikgu takdak ka waktu prep tah, tiba-tiba datang idea nak jadi arkitek… rasa macam time tu ada buat menara straw bentuk A… herm, sebab apa tah tu… tak ingat… tapi rasa macam segala idea nak jadi pensyarah, sasterawan, ahli falsafah secara tak pastinya telah menyumbang ke arah keinginan untuk menjadi arkitek, jadi masa nak masuk tingkatan empat, mohon la bidang sains teknikal.

Tapi masa tingkatan dua, suka tengok cerita cina kung fu kat tv 2 yang petang-petang tu. Lepas tu rasa macam kostum-kostum mereka menarik, teringin pula nak reka baju. Lepastu pula ditambah dengan kedai baju sebulan yang dibuka bersama kakak. Haha.. sekejap saja, tapi seronok la benda fesyen ni. Dah rasa nak buka butik pula dah.

Dekat seberang jaya, ada perpustakaan yang aku suka pergi. Masa baru buka dulu excited ooo.. perpustakaan negeri, tapi tak adala besar sangat… tapi lepak di perpustakaan sangat best, tapi tula, tak boleh makan dalam perpustakaan. Taktau la sekarang macaman undang-undang, tak pernah dah lepak situ, hari tu balik pergi sekejap saja. Jadi terfikir la, kalau lah ada kedai kopi ala perpusatakaan kan seronok. Kedai kopi tempat bergosip tu, diubah jadi tempat org lepak dan membaca. Satunya, budaya lepak kedai kopi tu dah memang ada, tapi kalau la boleh dimanipulasi untuk semai budaya membaca, kan bagus macam tu… oh, hari tu dah sambung angan-angan ni dengan sorang kawan yang rajin melayan… hahaa… ada juga orang mau layan angan-angan.

Tapi sejak dah habis sekolah, dah memang tekad dahla nak jadi arkitek, dah dapat tawaran apa semua. Cumanya masa kat intec tu, suka la pergi kedai hardware section 18 kat shah alam tu, macam ada keseronokan luar biasa. Lepas tu dulu selalu pula ikut bapa saudara pergi Ace hardware. Ada yang besar dekat mid valley ka klcc entah, tak ingat. Benda-benda yang dijual di hardware sangat menguja. Datang sini, berkenalan dengan bunnings warehouse, best oooo pergi jalan-jalan bunnings… apa lagi, teruslah tertanam minat nak buka hardware. Nama kedai dah ada, “small people selling big things”… panjang sangat ka?, okla, nanti fikir lain…

Balik cuti, tengok abang buat construction macam best… rasa macam nak join dia jadi kontraktor pun ada. Tapi duk bayang nak pekik dekat mat-mat indon dan bangle, oh…hilanglah keayuanku… hahaa.. dakla, macam tak sopan la pula rasa… taktaula…

Now? Hermmm…. I’m a first year student, doing Master in Architecture. Tiba-tiba rasa macam tak larat nak jadi arkitek. Hahaa… habih tu nak jadi apa?

Suri rumah sepenuh masa. Hahaa!

Taklah, aku memangla rasa tak larat, lagipun masih belajar lagi sekarang… tapi kalau sebenar-benarnya ditanya dan ditanya… dan seikhlas-ikhlas jawapan…. Nak jadi apa?

Arkitek. 




Panjang betul mengarut. Terima kasih la siapa yang baca sampai habis tu.

Comments

Faraha Hamidi said…
hahaha. nice one.
indulging in childhood innocence is so my camp. once i dreamt of becoming a "wonderwoman", the cartoon. haha. my parents used to ask me about that ambition every other time just to muse them. hehe.

masters in archi? wow. brilliante! good luck!
Anonymous said…
haha.. wow! wonder woman?! that is so sexy... muahaha!

tq, faramidi!
Anonymous said…
yup abis baca..
interesting..it is so u...
all the best ;-)
muslim architect in the making..definitely right?

k hana
Zada said…
apeng nak jadi arkitek since darjah satu hmmmmmm no turning back (-_-") selalu fikir tak larat tapi rasanya kalau takde architecture susah gak nak teruskan hidup hehe. salam sejahtera :D
Anonymous said…
heeee... terima kasih kak hana, inshaAllah..ke arah itula hendaknya.

OMG Apeng, advance nya u! as tak igt kalau as kenal perkataan 'arkitek' masa darjah satu... haha... tp tula, kita komplen2, tapi architecture juga di hati~
ztie said…
hai! terserempak dengan u punya blog! nak tanya. master kat ne ni? dulu study kat ne?
Anonymous said…
hi,

dulu study RMIT University

and master kat tempat yg sama:)
ztie said…
erm..okla tu. er.. ada suggestion on archi? archi ni ada text book ke? or.. just subjektif? drawing skill perlu mantap ke? biasanya kalau 1st year dah design ke for dig or deg?
Anonymous said…
as far as I'm concerned, it really depends on the institution... some uni only teach basic stuffs to first year students, like in RMIT we have design studio since first year of degree.

dwg skill tak kisah sgt. lgpun now byk guna software but if u're good at it, it'll be an advantage.

no, we don't really have a text book as our references cut across disciplines... but we do have must-have books like metric handbooks... and other great books of your own particular interest.

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