Friday, November 11, 2011

Ranting on Eleven, Eleven, Eleven

Sometimes I likened myself to a weather girl! Each passing day with each passing weather, I am all into it. I take mental notes of the changes in my surroundings and play along with my moods afterwards. These two days see the skies in beautiful hues of blue. Thanks to the bright sunny day. I see the foliage fully green..in fact greener than it used to be. All the blessed rains we had had for the past weeks has put life to everything. But then again, being me...looking outside the window, a surge of sadness sets in when I cast my view on the awfully quiet park. With this lovely weather, driving to the seaside is apt as it takes my mysterious sadness away...hiks! ;-) 





I was driving everywhere this morning when I remembered today's date. I know everyone is excited about this date though not all really have the reasons to mark the 11-11-11 as their special day. But I see this date as numbers in itself....and a special person who loved the number ONE. 

That special person was my late brother-in-law. How shall I put this? I really want to say he was 'obsessed' with that number, but to term it an obsession would be over-rated. Anyway, I was only a school-girl when I heard about him going steady with my big sister (also deceased, now). I knew people were talking about him being the eligible bachelor with passion for fast cars and the number 17, denoting his birth date. Oh yeah...he was a Cancerian like moi..hehehe! TCLSS, when he married my sister, it was on a 17th January, and everything from then on seemed to be in seventeens but of course, not their babies! But soon he changed his interest when registering for a new car. I presumed, being a married man his attention was on his one and only, my sis! 
So over the years his cars bore those number ones: from a double 1, to triple 1 and the last being 1111. Among my siblings, I was the lucky wan when come my wedding day, he offered to drive the newly-weds, ehem..hubby and I lah tu, in his new car bearing the plate: P*M 111, for the majlis bertandang at hubby's kampung. Weeeeheeee)) Well, itu aje citernye...and to think I have quoted so many 'ones' in my posting today...Hahaha!!
 
I wish I could write some more about my b-i-l, but I can't do it anymore. It is so painful to recall the tragic incident that took his life. You can read about it HERE.  Al-Fatihah buat daddy.

And as for today, I reckon, this beautiful sunshine is gonna stay if only...


 

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

i must say i'm a practical person. i do however, get affected by the weather and surrounding sometimes.

reading this, the cheerful me is now missing my only 1 who's in Sydney on work assignment.

AlFatihah to your late BIL

rindu...

Cat-from-Sydney said...

Aunty Lili,
Oh...where's the sunshine when you need one? Come on, break away from the melancholic thoughts. Have fun in the sun, or rain, with me. purrr....meow!

CS said...

Lili
Where got road semua orang buat entry tajuk sebelas sebelas nih. I pun nak buat jugaklah..

Sebut pasal no. 1111, my sister is using plet no. B*C 1111 since 1979. Sekian terima kasih ditambah dgn muah 18x.

AlFatihah ...

Lili said...

Noir,

You should be missing her..it's a must for every girl...hehehe!
Haha, I find it hilarious if something I penned down here can actually stirred your emotions!

Lili said...

Angelina,

Oh, the sun did shine for two whole days and set beautifully too until last night it rained again! I'm not complaining, but see how the weather affected some sentimental souls...hehe! Muaahhhhs)))

Lili said...

Kander S,

That date macam nampak best jer..tapi kalau takde occasion pun macam best jugak! Hahaha))

Thanks ;)

kak ja said...

Beb, I nak tunggu kimeng ke 10 dulu.. I nak jd pengimeng ke 11..

ehem ehemm.. i dolu bertonang dgn si dia iTTew on 11-11.. aauuuwww!!

Lili said...

Ja,

Blog lain boleh ler cecah pengkimeng kesebelas...mine, no harapan ler! Apa pun cannot...hahaha! (ni ketawa ke nanges tgk kucing bergaduh? hiks)

3yearshousewife said...

So very terlepas the 11.11.11 thingy...

Lili said...

As,

It was just 'another' day like everyday! Hahaha!

Al-Manar said...

Your 11.11.11 carried a sad memory. I had one posting on the same date but that featured differently,. AlFatihah to arwah.

Lili said...

Salam Al-Manar,

I am about to turn in for the night when I see this new comment and, I am beaming with pride! Thank you, Pakcik for the prayer and thank you for dropping by my humble abode. Really, your visit here is indeed an honour.

By the way, I already read your posting on 11.11.11 before you even noticed my blog! hehe!