tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58014292024-03-17T03:52:03.715+09:00Awan Okinawa berlalu...MY BOOKS: 3 adult novel (Malay);
2 haiku/tanka anthology;
1 haiku translation.Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.comBlogger656125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-26169218159987831112019-01-22T11:46:00.001+09:002019-01-22T12:01:29.135+09:00MORNING MOMIJI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This link for online purchase<br />https://dbpniaga.my/<br /><br />
My first novel in English is out. I thank Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, the publisher.<br />
The original version of this novel which is in the Bahasa Melayu (Malay) won the Award of Letters 2015 in the novel category (Anugerah Persuratan 2015) in Singapore. There was a period of 6 years before this novel managed to break the gap in the novel category.<br />
Inquiries from non-Malay readers about the novel came in, so I thought to make an English version should cover it.<br />
Here comes the English version.<br />
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<br />Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-5080950957587141472018-11-24T12:58:00.000+09:002018-11-24T13:00:48.376+09:002018 Nov. 2 - 21 (Pelancaran buku haiku #anggerikdidahansakura (Anggerik di dahan Sakura).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kali ini saya balik ke Singapore selama 20 hari untuk memeriahkan pelancaran buku antologi haiku yang saya sunting dan terjemahkan ke bahasa Inggeris. Buku kumpulan haiku ini diusahakan oleh 4 orang penulis perempuan dari Singapura. Idea buku ini terbetik 4 tahun lepas apabila 4 orang penulis ini setuju membina haiku dengan bimbingan saya. Mengumpul haiku mereka makan masa 2 tahun dan seterusnya setiap kali saya kembali ke Singapura, kami mengatakan beberapa sesi "brain-storming" pada setiap karya yang terkumpul.<br />
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Akhirnya pada 6 Nov. 2018, bersama seorang menteri Parliamen Dr. Faizal dan seorang wakil dari Kedutaan Jepun di Singapura Puan Akiko Sugita, buku ini dilancarkan sempena Pesta Penulis 2018, Singapore (Writer's Festival, 2018) di Arts House.<br />
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Kepada yang berminat mendapatkan buku ini, sila masuk ke kotak mesej Facebook saya (Leyla Shuri) dan saya akan hubungkan kepada penulis-penulis buku ini. (*saya hanya membantu, tiada ganjaran).<br />
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Perlu disebut di sini bahawa terjemahan haiku dalam buku ini ke bahasa Inggeris mengikuti format 5-7-5. Terjemahan yang mengikut format 5-7-5 tidak sama dengan penerangan yang biasa terdapat pada haiku-haiku bebas yang biasa dilakukan oleh penulis haiku dalam bahasa Inggeris.<br />
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<br />Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-63324560452147370612018-10-08T18:14:00.000+09:002018-10-08T18:19:04.901+09:00Penyerapan Budaya Jepun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: left;">daripada pemenang berulang Salina Williams kali ini, dia menjadi terkenal serta merta di Jepun. Rakyat Jepun berbangga atas kemenangannya sebab namanya Osaka. Naomi mengambil nama keluarga ibunya yang berasal daripada keluarga bernama Osaka. Ibunya berasal dari Jepun dan ayahnya dari Haiti. Jika Naomi menggunakan nama ayahnya dan memenangi Grand Slam itu, tidak mungkin tidak mungkin dia mendapat penerimaan oleh rakyat Jepun sebab dia membawa nama ayahnya yang bukan berasal dari Jepun.</span></div>
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Penerimaan rakyat Jepun terhadap orang yang dilahirkan dengan separuh darah Jepun atau kahwin campur orang Jepun dengan pasangan bukan Jepun masih berprejudis. Kanak-kanak dalam keluarga campur begini tidak dianggap Jepun 100% walaupun dilahir di Jepun. Mereka dibuli dan dipinggir. Beberapa tahun lepas, seorang wanita daripada darah campuran ini memenangi Miss Japan. Walau bagaimanapun, ramai orang Jepun mengomel yang dia tidak layak menerima taraf ini sebab dia hanya separuh Jepun. Situasi agak pelik apabila Naomi Osaka dapat merebut piala tennis itu. Kemenangan Naomi mendapat pujian tinggi oleh semua rakyat Jepun.<br />
Lupa mereka yang Naomi itu hitam, bapanya bukan orang Jepun, dia tidak mahir bertutur bahasa Jepun tapi asalkan dia membawa namanya dari sebelah ibunya ke aras sejagat, itu kemenangan mulia bagi rakyat Jepun.<br />
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Keseluruhannya, penerimaan bangsa asing di Jepun masih jauh lagi untuk mendapat taraf setanding dalam kehidupan mereka.<br />
Esei yang saya tulis dengan tema ini tersiar di Berita Harian, Singapura pada 24 Sept, 2018.<br />
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-24804301794358564072018-09-06T10:50:00.000+09:002018-09-06T11:00:22.758+09:00Ribut taufan 21-2018/gempa bumi Hokkaido 6.7Musim panas ini, saya ke rumah anak ke-dua di negeri Mie, Suzuka. Orang Jepun antara kawan2 saya tidak tahu sangat negeri Mie tapi apabila saya kata anak saya tinggal tidak jauh dari Suzuka Circuit, mereka mengangguk-angguk sebab Suzuka Circuit terkenal di negeri Mie. 8-18 Ogos 2018.<br />
Dua hari lepas (4 Sept 2018) bahagian Osaka dan kawasan2 di situ dilanggar ribut taufan yang kuat 935 hpk. Ribut ini meninggalkan banyak kemusnahan dan 11 orang terkorban. 3000 orang terkurung di LT Kansai tanpa elektrik, wi-fi dan makanan.<br />
Laluan yang satu ke LT Kansai itu dilanggar oleh sebuah kapal tanker dan rosak.<br />
Pagi ke-esoknya, pelancong-pelancong itu dibawa oleh feri ke LT lain.<br />
Baru 2 hari, kejadian ribut melanda Jepun, hari ini bahagian Sapporo di Hokkaido dilanda gempa bumi ukuran 6.7 scala rickter.<br />
Apa-apa pun kemalangan-kemalangan begini adalah sesuatu perkara rakyat dan pemerintah Jepun perlu hadapi, bala atau ujian, kita tidak mampu menilai.<br />
Semoga orang-orang yang terlibat mendapat kekuatan dalam menempuhi kejadian-kejadian malang ini.<br />
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-73853610200584021292018-08-04T13:45:00.000+09:002018-08-04T13:46:16.441+09:00The Narrow Road to the Deep North.<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18803672-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Narrow Road to the Deep North" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1451443855m/18803672.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18803672-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north">The Narrow Road to the Deep North</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8864.Richard_Flanagan">Richard Flanagan</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2481453140">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Whatever you called it. This novel could be a romance, could be historical, could be about war. The writer has ways with descriptive metaphors inserting haiku and poems. The surrounding pictures of tropical forests and climate were vivid. The horrendous tortures of POW were gruesome and I've to skip several pages to avoid nightmares in my sleep. I live in Japan, I know once the Japanese put their mind on an object of loyalty, they would obediently serve faithfully that object of power with blind loyalty. All the cruelties of war by the Japanese are base on loyalty for the Emperor. The harder the torture, the deeper the loyalty. What is the measurement or barometer of loyalty? Their minds brainwashed, warped and insanely indoctrinated in the name of the Emperor, who was unaware and uninformed of the cruelty done under his name.<br />
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<br />Saya tidak lokek ilmu. Apa guna ilmu jika tidak diturunkan kepada orang lain?<br /><br />Abu Hurairah pernah berkata Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Apabila seseroang itu meninggal dunia maka terputuslah amalan-amalannya kecuali 3 perkara iaitu;<br />1. sedekah jariah<br />2. ilmu yang dimanfaatkan<br />3. doa daripada anak2 yang soleh untuknya.<br /><br />Darihal ini saya mengambil perkara 2. <br />Tidak perlulah saya membuka perkara 1 dan 3. Takut jadi ustazah terjun pula.<br /><br />Apa-apa pun saya harap dapat meneruskan kerja-kerja menurukan ilmu-ilmu baik supaya dapat dimanfaatkan oleh para peminat kaum Melayu.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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Saya balik ke Spore pada 4 Jun 2018 sendiri. Suami datang kemudian, pada 3 Syawal (3 hari lepas raya) dan kami pulang bersama pada 22 Jun 2018.<br />
Kali ini saya balik ke Spore kerana perlu membuat paspot baharu yang hanya berbaki 2 bulan. Dalam pada itu, dapat lah rasa suasana berpuasa dan beraya. Tiba di Spore setelah separuh Ramadan agak mencabar untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan cuaca tinggi had kelembapan. Terik matahari tidak berbeza dengan Okinawa tapi udara yang sangat lembap di Spore membuat saya kurang berdaya melakukan kerja-kerja di luar rumah. Berjalan dalam cuaca begini mudah memenatkan, hendak-hendak lagi apabila berpuasa.<br />
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Hari ke-2, saya perlu ke JB untuk mengemaskini data-data dalam akaun bank. Perjalanan bas ke imigrasi mudah, namun disebabkan cuti sekolah di Spore, dewan imigrasi saya kira ada 10 kaunter dengan 100 orang yang sedan beratur bergerak lembap. Hampir 2j 45m baru dapat ke depan kaunter untuk mendapatkan setem masuk. Itu pun baru sedar yang baki tarikh paspot hanya tinggal 2 bulan. Saya menyatakan kepada pegawai imigrasi bahawa saya tidak sedar tarikh baki yang pendek itu, jika tidak luluskan saya masuk, tidak mengapa, saya akur.<br />
Alhamdulillah pegawai imigrasi faham keadaan saya dan meluluskan masuk.<br />
Apabila di JB, saya masuk satu cawangan bank tapi diminta pergi ke cawangan asal apabila membuka akaun buku. Dalam matahari tengah hari tengak di kepala saya berjalan balik ke JB Sental dengan kehausan yang tidak tertahan lagi. Sampai ke cawangan lain dengan teksi, saya masih tidak dapat melakukan tugas atas sebab-sebab tertentu. Ini bermakna perjalanan saya ke JB tidak mendatangkan hasil. Keletihan hari itu menuntut dua hari rehat di rumah.<br />
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Beberapa urusan mengemaskini data-data diri dengan pemerintah seperti memperbaharui alamat rumah, membaharui data-data dalam akaun CPF dan mendapatkan token untuk urusan Singpas berjaya saya lakukan dalam 10 hari.<br />
Selama ini ada satu dua mesyuarat penulis yang saya perlu hadir, walau bagaimanapun keletihan dan kelemahan tenaga memerlukan saya membatalkan urusan-urusan itu.<br />
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Apa-apa pun bunga2 di rumah saya tetap segar waktu ketiadaan kami.<br />
Buah kedondong dan buah limau purut berputik, buah peria bergantungan, buah papaya masak ranum, buah pic (peach) lebat hingga pohonnya rebah kerana berat menanggung buah2 yang membesar.<br />
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Pertama-tama sampai rumah, saya petik lada-lada yang sudah masak ranum. Kami tanam 3 jenis lada, lada merah, lada padi dan lada habanero.<br />
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Suami datang pada 3 Syawal, anak sulung bawa kami ke Kebun Bunga (Botanic Garden) dan Garden by the Bay. Waktu kami masuk G by the B, ada pameran bunga jenis Begonia. Terkejut melihat ada begonia sebesar bunga matahari atau sebesar tapak tangan dewasa.<br />
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Selepas dari Kebun Bunga, kami berjalan dari pangkal ke hujung Orchard Road.<br />
Dah lama, saya tidak ais krim roti. Duduk dengan cucu, menikmati roti ini.<br />
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Ada banyak jenis begonia, yang ini kecil-kecil seperti manik-manik.<br />
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Begonia jenis ini yang selalu saya lihat. Begonia yang sebesar matahari, nanti saya masukkan gambarnya kemudian.<br />
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Ini nasihat saya kepada pembaca. Seburuk-buruk rumah sendiri, elok berkali-kali rumah sendiri walau di mana jua rumah itu, selagi ada kasih dan sayang bersama.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">They were in the Reception Room after the forum ended. The security personnel allowed me in the room. I was alone. Before entering the room, I thought there should be many political people and their security personnel. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I was alone with the Tun and his wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah</span><span style="color: #444444; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">.</span></span><br />
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They were both staring at me when I entered through the door. So, I panicked. What topic to talk and how to greet them?<br />
The Tun has just retired. I didn't even know who took over his position as PM of Malaysia that time.<br />
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So, I just smiled and suddenly became speechless. But Tun Dr Siti Hasmah started first by asking me how long I've stayed in Okinawa, am I a student.<br />
She was soft-spoken and her quiet personality brought calm in me.<br />
I told them many native people of Okinawa live through the ripe old age of 100. The Tun asked what is their magic diet. I told him the island people take lots of goya or bitter gourd.<br />
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The Tun asked many things of Okinawa and its people. Easy, I thought.<br />
We went to a garden party after this conversation. The garden party with many politicians and media people were held on the ground of the Emperor of Okinawa. The ground has a summer palace where the once Emperor of Okinawa and his family members escaped the humid summer in town.<br />
That meeting was 15 years ago. I had thought the Tun would retire peacefully into mature old age.<br />
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But just 10 days ago, 10 May 2018. He was elected again as the PM of Malaysia at age 92.<br />
I wish him healthy and strong to perform the hopes of his people and success in making his country "clean" again.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Semalam saya ke rumah kawan membawa buah telur kuning ini (canistel). Sampai di rumahnya dia menunjukkan beberapa haiku dan menanyakan pendapat saya. Yoko (nama kawan itu) sudah lama (mungkin lebih daripada 18 tahun) mengarang haiku. Kali ini saya datang, dia saja-saja tunjukkan haikunya ingin tahu pendapat saya.</span></div>
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Selepas itu Yoko pasang home karaoke dan minta saya nyanyikan lagu Stevie Wonder, <b>I just call to say I love you</b>. Yoko ingin latih kemahiran menyanyi lagu itu sebab ada beberapa tempat sebutannya tidak betul.<br />
Lalu dipasangnya lagu <b>Kawa no nagare no yo ni</b> yang bermaksud seperti sungai mengalir dan kami nyanyi bersama.<br />
Pada akhir lagu itu, mike terlepas dari tangan saya dan kedengaran kami sedang berebut mencapai mike yang jatuh.<br />
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<br />Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-26901393125086886712018-04-28T18:32:00.002+09:002018-04-30T16:03:01.513+09:00Internet dan ikan terbang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Zaman belum ada internet, buku sangat perlu untuk segala maklumat, penerangan dan ilmu. Bandingkan sekarang, dengan kemudahan internet semua masalah untuk mendapatkan maklumat boleh diselesaikan di hujung jari sahaja.<br />
Ini buku-buku yang saya simpan sejak zaman belum ada internet dari tahun 70-an. Buku-buku perubatan, ramuan herba dan kesihatan. Sekarang buku-buku ini tidak perlu lagi. Haruskan saya simpan atau buang?<br />
Masalahnya rumah orang Jepun bertemakan minimalis. Minimalis bermakna konsep "lagi sikit, lagi elok", konsep buang segala yang tidak perlu, konsep tiada barang simpanan. Barang simpanan memerlukan ruang, dan ruang adalah sesuatu yang bernilai. Rumah sempit, tiada ruang, bermakna tidak nilai pada rumah itu.<br />
Saya perlu ajar diri menjadi seorang minimalis. Buang segala yang tidak perlu, jangan simpan.<br /><br /><br />
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Minggu ini selama 10 hari, di Jepun orang meraikan cuti-cuti Mingguan Emas atau Golden Week. Dalam masa yang sama juga mereka menyambut Hari Kanak-Kanak. Pada Hari Kanak-Kanak ini, mereka menaikkan tiang. Pada tiang ini mereka gantung 3 bentuk bendera ikan, besar, kecil dan sedang. Apabila ditiup angin, bendera2 ikan ini seperti menongkah arus, berenang ke hilir. Kononnya didoakan anak-anak mereka mendapat kekuatan ikan-ikan ini memenangi masalah kehidupan seperti ikan-ikan ini berenang melanggar arus untuk ke hilir (bukan hulu). Mereka gunakan bendera ikan salmon sebab ikan salmon berenang ke hilir untuk bertelur, mungkin kawasan hilir lebih selamat. Janganlah tanya kenapa lagi sebab itukan Tuhan sudah settingkan dalam kepala ikan-ikan itu.<br />
Di Okinawa, tiada ikan-ikan salmon, jadi orang Okinawa terbangkan bendera ikan tuna.<br />
Saya terfikir, kalau orang Melayu ingin terbangkan bendera ikan, elok juga ambil ikan patin. Ikan patin atau ikan keli. Ikan-ikan ini lebih kena pada budaya orang Melayu.<br />
Itu saja.<br />
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-29517716913880593382018-04-14T17:03:00.000+09:002018-04-14T17:06:50.563+09:00Kait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hari ini buku kait ini datang dari Bristol, Gloucester, England. Tempah online dari Amazon. Harga asalnya GBP20 tapi dijual murah kurang GBP4. Sudah lama tertinggal kegemaran ini. 30 tahun dulu pernah kait baju kardigan dan sweater. Rasanya kalau tidak balik semula mengait, mungkin akan terlupa cara-cara memegang kayu pengait. Lagi pun mengait sangat mendamaikan hati saya. Waktu celah-celah tulisan yang memerah fikiran, mengait sangat melegakan kepala. Itulah saya mula mengait semula.<br />
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Ini pohon terung pipit. Pohon ini tubuh liar di sisi jalan besar. Ia sedang berbunga. Saya kata apabila sudah berbuah nanti, akan datang petik buah-buahnya. Tapi diberitahu hanya burung-burung saja makan buah terung pipit ini. Tidaklah, buah terung ini boleh buat ulam makan dengan nasi, saya pula nyatakan. Orang itu ketawa besar seperti saya berkata perkara pelik.<br />
Saya teringat seorang kawan di Singapore mengadu yang pembantu di rumahnya kata kangkung hanya digunakan untuk makanan babi di kampungnya. Orang Singapura makan kangkung tapi untuk orang dia, sayur itu diberi kepada babi.<br />
Adakah perbezaan ini menunjukkan kelainan taraf hidup pada kedua-dua bangsa ini? <br />
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<br />Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-58435620608005471082018-04-12T19:05:00.000+09:002018-04-12T19:05:08.010+09:00Penjualan novelHari ini saya terima surat pemberitahu darihal pembayaran royalti daripada penerbit novel saya. Novel itu terbitnya 7 tahun lalu. Pada saya pengukur sebuah novel itu yang masih menunjukkan ia diminati pembaca adalah selepas 10 tahun. Jika sesudah 10 tahun, ia masih dicari pembaca bermakna novel itu berjaya menakah ruang sastera yang banyak penghalangnya waktu ini.<br /><br />Saya ingin menceritakan sebuat anekdot yang terjadi hari ini.<br />Selepas sauna di kolam panas hari ini, di depan cermin besar, seorang perempuan Jepun, saya rasa dalam lingkungan 75 tahun bercerita tentang kepayahan kehidupannya. Sudahlah payah, dia terpaksa menjaga cucu-cucunya yang dalam peringkat sekolah rendah. Katanya pinggang sakit, kaki letih apabila banyak bergerak. Saya tanya adakah dia berkerja. Jawabnya dia berkerja sebagai heruppa (helper). Helper adalah pembantu (kerja) rumah.<br />
Sakit2 begini seharusnya kamu yang perlu heruppa, kata saya.<br />
Dia minta saya teka umurnya. Terus terang tanpa berfikir lagi, saya kata 75.<br />
Alamak, kamu teka tepat. Tak tahu nak suka atau tidak, tak tahu memuji atau tidak selepas mendengar jawapannya itu.<br />
Patutnya kamu teka 65.<br />
Adei, sebenarnya saya lihat dia dalam 80 tahun tapi bagi muka beri 75. Itupun markah kasihan.<br />
Marah pula dia.<br />
Ada orang kata beruk kah, monyet kah, itu tekaan kita. Kita berhak ke atas tekaan kita.<br />
Itu saja anedot kali ini.<br />
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<br /><br />Hati ini tidak menentu apabila terima makluman daripada Google bahawa gambar-gambar kembara dirujuk 10,000 kali. Apakah itu nilai kiraan orang glemer (glamour)? Tapi kalau disiasat lagi, rasanya orang glemer menerima rujukan hingga bermilion-million.<br />
Jadi dengan perasaan ini, rasanya tidaklah perlu saya risaukan penyataan dari Google ini.<br /><br />Tak perlu jadi glemer.<br />
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-46083495703188770272018-02-07T14:18:00.003+09:002018-02-07T14:19:41.474+09:00Haiku Tahun Baharu Cina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Apabila penuntut berjaya, saya tumpang bahagia. Haiku yang bertemakan Tahun Baharu Cina terbit di Dewan Budaya (bil. 2).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Puan </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000196900262&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/amirah.syazwani.9?fref=mentions" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Amirah Syazwani</a> (nama Facebook).<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> Tahniah.<br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Komen saya : Tema keseluruhan haiku ini berpusing pada kigo Tahun Baharu Cina. Kigo ini diselitkan di baris 2 untuk cukupkan suku kata. Budaya Cina diketengahkan dalam haiku ini dan kegiatan2 perayaan ini dinyatakan sebagai budaya orang Cina. Klimaks haiku ini terdapat pada rangkap akhir dengan sorakan "Malaysiaku". Satu saja perkataan ini sudah menggambarkan perpaduan rakyat Malaysia yang berdamai dalam berbilang kaum menyambut bersama percutian ini.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">When my first daughter and her family visited us this January 2018 (12-19), I went along with them to visit my second daughter's family in Osaka. After a short stay with us in Oct and Nov.2017, my second daughter moved to Osaka. So, this would be our first visit to her in Osaka.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">One thing about Osaka now is that it is crowded with tourist from Korea, China and other Asians countries, that sometimes I wonder if Osaka is still in Japan.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Those famous eating places and frequented places in Osaka do not look like the typical street of Japan anymore. I see trash littering everywhere and the bad odour from public toilets are getting intolerable. </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">But, good thing these unwanted conditions are not found in public housing areas where tourists do not tramp around.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Anyway, I managed to grab some delicious dishes like their famous sea crab, beef sukiyaki and beef shabu-shabu. I'm quite surprised at the numerous eating place that caters to the Muslim customers that sprang up the last 5 years in Osaka. Even at Kansai Airport, there are several eating places that offer Halal menu.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">It was sheer happiness to have my kids and grandkids gathered together at the same time and place. </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">I have a special tune that just flows from my mouth whenever I'm with my grandkids.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">I will sing it like "sayang, sayang. Yang sayang. Yang sayang, sayang."</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">My last grandchild imitate me when he was alone at home after I left his house.</span></div>
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Before I went to Osaka the cherry tree on my front porch was about 20% in bloom.</div>
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Towards the last three months of 2017, I've glued myself to the telly every afternoon between 12.30 pm to 12.45 pm. After Kuroyanagi Tetsuko afternoon talk show, it's the daily drama Totto-chan.<br />
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko is the writer of Madogiwa no Totto-Chan or the English translated version The girl by the window.<br />
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The daily drama is about Totto-Chan which is not written in the book. Actually, it is a biography of Kuroyanagi Tetsuko (the writer). It started with the romantic love story of Totto-chan parents. The meeting of her father (a violinist) and her mother (a chorus singer). Totto-chan's mother was disowned by her family for marrying a violinist. How the couple go through a poor living condition as the violinist husband is not paid for playing in concert. Totto-Chan is born as a talkative and inquisitive girl. In fact, she was suspected of having a light autism syndrome but at that age, the medical condition in Japan has still not been able to recognise such malady. <br />The book started when Totto-Chan had to change to Tomoe School (the classroom in a train coach). The book did not get into how Totto-Chan's life changed during the WW2. Her father was called up by the military. Left hungry and undefended with her mother in war-tormented Tokyo, the mother decided to move to the countryside to get away from the bombings.</div>
When the war was declared over, they moved back to Tokyo. Coming back from the war, the father continued as a violinist.<br />
Totto-Chan took up an interview with NHK (Japan's television company) and successfully passed through. Within a couple of years, she becomes a celebrated tv personality. When she changed to another tv company, she is given a slot every lunchtime to interview other celebrities.<br />
She had a romantic link with a pianist from French. She rejected his marriage proposal as she wants to concentrate on her tv career. They meet secretly at every chance when both are out of work obligations.<br />
You may be wondering if they get married at last, but I'm a cruel person. AM NOT TELLING ~la~la~la~<br />
Anyway, what you read in that small book is only a small part of her life. By the way, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko is still doing the talk show daily with TV Asahi now.<br />
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Originally Kuroyanagi was not a writer. She started her career as an actress. Upon insistent from her pianist lover to write about her life at the school in the train coach, she agreed to write. The book Madogiwa no Totto-Chan became instant bestsellers at that time. Even now the bookshops all over Japan still stock it.<br />
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Good thing I followed the drama daily for 3 months.<br />
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This is the link to the drama and the singer who wrote and sing for the theme song of the drama. Kuroyanagi Tetsuko keeps her onion hairstyle since she started the talk show 60 years ago.<br />
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1. Saw this movie on Christmas Eve 2017. Left a l<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">asting impact on my mind after watching it. A novella by Matsumoto Seicho called Kichiku. (The Demon).</span></span></div>
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Lelaki yang duduk di kanan itu guru pesara yang baru terima anugerah penulis Haiku di Okinawa dan telah terbitkan 8 buku himpunan haiku.
Lelaki duduk tengah juga telah menerima beberapa anugerah haiku selama 35 thn berkecimpung menulis haiku.
Perempuan itu mengajar haiku di balai raya. Dan saya mengajar haiku online kepada peminat berbahasa Melayu.
Kami sama-sama telah terbitkan beberapa antologi haiku bahasa Jepun.
Gambar Kumpulan Haiku Sagaribana di Balai Raya Nishihara (22 Ogos 2017).
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-25495545662810381592017-11-23T16:37:00.001+09:002018-02-12T12:53:27.538+09:00Pandanus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning, hubby and I went to the Garden Center to get some baby spring onions. We bought some spring onions and celery sprouts to grow at home.</div>
Then we saw two pots of pandan leaves. This is the first time I saw pandan leaves sold in Okinawa.<br />
The local name for it is "niou adan" (say : ni-oh-oo + a-dang) or fragrant pandanus.<br />
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There are lots of pandanus fascicularis grown on the beach on the northern side of Okinawa main island.<br />
Pandan is the name of the plant in the Malay language, taken from its original Pandanus source.<br />
The local name for this plant is Adan (say : a-dang). This is why they call the kitchen pandan as niou adan because of the plant physical similarities and niou or fragrant is stronger in the kitchen variety.<br />
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That's all folks.Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-4877482179996401792017-11-02T18:00:00.000+09:002019-01-20T11:26:13.694+09:00Morning Momiji<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The call of translating one's work into another language kept on hitting my mind after receiving an award for the novel PAGI SEMERAH DAUN MOMIJI. I told myself that I need to make the book known to non-Malay readers. I started translating the book into English from 6 May 2014. It took me more than two years and it was completed on 23 June 2016.</div>
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The manuscript went to DBP on 10 March 2017. At last, I signed the letter of acceptance from the publisher on 30 Sept. 2017.<br />
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I needed to write a blurb for the book. It would make the task a lot easier for me just by translating the blurb from the first book which is in Malay, but I thought since the readers in English come from all races, all backgrounds and all countries, it would be better to write from a different angle.<br />
The idea came suddenly while I was resting on the bed from a sudden cold. I grabbed a paper wrapper from the trash bin beside my bed and started the scribbling.<br />
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It went under the editor's scanning on 18 Dec. 2017.<br />
Hopefully, the blurb will attract reader's interest in the book.<br />
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My second daughter lay-over at our house in Okinawa from 5 Oct. to 11 Nov. 2017. The family was transferred back to Japan. The three children (twins at 5 yr 5 mth and the younger boy at 3 yr 7 mth) gave me quite a shock with their good command of spoken English. Before moving here, they were at a stage of learning phonics in kindergarten and have grasped the idea of relating sounds to letters.</div>
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They could make a string of conversation and made their intentions understood in proper, good command of English. I thought this should continue and I ordered this series of Peter and Jane book from Amazon.</div>
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I remember it was Peter and Jane that made me realized letters have meanings and sound in books when I was in Primary 2. Imagine my grandchildren able to read easily Book 1a, 1b, 1c and getting into 2a while I was writing this.<br />
I was a slow child in reading but I caught up by Primary 5, by which time I read one Enid Blyton per day.<br />
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My granddaughter was so excited to read Peter and Jane without my supervision. She would sneak and read by herself but I told her I need to teach her the new words on each page. This is her writing practices (see image) while reading the book.<br />
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Ayu is my second daughter. Immediately after graduating from Ryukyu Univ. (Mar. 2008), she opted to work overseas and not in Okinawa. Upon her elder sister's advice, she went to Singapore to start a career. 22 April 2008 (picture), she left Okinawa and started her life's journey.<br />
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She found her love in Singapore (Japanese) and got married at Kobe Mosque on 16 Feb. 2011. Both returned to Singapore to start a new life as a married couple.<br />
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Yesterday, 1 Oct. 2017, they returned to Japan to start a new life in Japan. They are parents to a set of twins, a boy and a girl aged 5 yr 4 mth with the third boy aged 3 yr 6 mth.<br />
She started her first career in Singapore and with the children starting every new in Japan, they will have a different rhythm of daily activities in Japan compared to Singapore.<br />
Just as they've enjoyed their lives in Singapore, praying (doa) they do not need to adjust much living in Japan from now on.<br />
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-55007012566539164212017-08-14T10:42:00.000+09:002017-08-14T13:21:11.072+09:00Penamatnya Mabrur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Semalam 13 Ogos 2017, cerpen ini disiarkan oleh Berita Harian Singapura.<br />
Setahun saya tidak menulis cerpen. Akhir sekali (kalau tak salah) Ogos 2016.<br />
Dalam rangka setahun ini kenapa saya tidak keluarkan cerpen?<br />
Saya puji sangat penulis yang mampu menulis beberapa catatan dalam satu masa sekaligus. Maksud saya sedang menulis novel tapi dapat pula pusing sudut lain dan menulis cerpen. Saya tidak dapat buat begini. Satu projek untuk satu masa.<br />
Dalam setahun saya tidak keluarkan cerpen sebab saya tumpukan pada penulisan terjemahan novel PAGI SEMERAH DAUN MOMIJI dari bahasa Melayu ke bahasa Inggeris. Usai dihantar ke penerbitnya, saya mula pula novel baharu. Kali ini saya cuba novel Inggeris pula. Saya belum boleh maklum penerbitnya.<br />
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Saya sengaja kaburkan imej di atas sebab saya sedang kumpulkan semua cerpen.<br />
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Oh, saya ingin kongsi satu perkembangan negatif sebagai penulis. Apabila cerpen pertama tersiar di akhbar Berita Harian Singapura, ramai yang menulis tahniah atau LIKE. Boleh dikatakan berderet-deret dan sampai keesokan hari pun masih ada yang memberi tahniah.<br />
Kalau tak salah semalam cerpen saya yg ke 7 atau 8 (agak-agak saja) disiarkan, yang pelik tiada seorang pun penulis yang saya kenal, yang rapat dengan saya di Singapura maupun di Malaysia sudi memberi komen. Saya ambil ini sebagai kenaikkan saya ke taraf yang sudah glemer sebagai penulis.<br />
Kalau artis atau penghibur, glemer mereka meriah serba serbi tapi lain rupanya sebagai penulis. Semakin prolifik seorang penulis, semakin dia disenyapkan. Tiada LIKE atau tahniah berderet-deret lagi.<br />
Saya rasa masa mula2 karya tersiar, ramai yang mengucap tahniah sebab ingin memberi dorongan. Tapi kenapa dorongan itu terhenti apabila penulis itu sudah menjadi terkenal dengan tambahan karyanya?<br />
Pelik bukan?<br />
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Saya perlu perhatikan perkembangan ini dan mengambil contoh dari penulis lain.<br />
Semakin mereka terkenal, semakin bertambah karya mereka, tiada perlu memberi dorongan lagi atau mengucapkan tahniah lagi atau memberi LIKE berderet2.<br />
Ada bagusnya kita belajar dari pengalaman.<br />
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Apa-apa pun penghargaan saya kepada para editor, penyunting sastera di meja Berita Harian Singapura kerana memberi saya peluang dan ruang untuk berkembang sendiri.<br />
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Terima kasih.<br />
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Leyla Shurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483481323141756276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801429.post-57204575223876621422017-08-07T14:01:00.000+09:002017-08-07T14:08:15.843+09:00Such a deer.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I never expect the first night of our trip to Hokkaido (29 June to 2 July 2017), when we stayed at Sahoro Hotel that it was one of the Club Med chain-hotel. Club Med being an international chain-hotel, unlike local-run hotels in Japan, caters to the special needs of their Muslims customers. </div>
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We were delighted to be served with grilled deer meat which, we were told to be halal. I can't remember having deer meat before, maybe I had, but I cannot recollect it's taste anymore. It was soft without the smell of mutton. </div>
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That night, I made my way to the common bath-house on the ground floor of the hotel. It has a 露天風呂 Roten-buro (literally it means bath under the sky) or an open air bath. It was dark, I could see the stars so far off into the galaxy with its weak twinkling as I dipped in the steaming water. There was an earthy smell to the water, it might come from the depth of the earth.</div>
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I take a public bath every week. Having a common bath with other women every week has a therapeutic effect on me. You should try hit the sauna at 78c, then dip in the water at 19c, repeat in three or four rounds. Feel your body changing.</div>
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Most time I tried to keep quiet and relax, feel my body tightening in the heat but that would normally be quite impossible. While dripping in sweat, the women talk about the weather, about some sick friends, about politics or anything that we are willing to share. </div>
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I've come to know many friends I made from the common bath. Sometimes, we arranged another date at the karaoke or have lunch together.</div>
Coming back to the halal grilled deer at Sahoro Club Med, do make a special request during the booking. Oh, I'm not paid for this promotion, just a travel information.<br />
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